| Tasted 26/5/03 at the Parkhill Cellars Penfolds Dinner at Matteo's - 8th wine served. Colour - purplish, black, red, opaque. Nose - closed, hints of blackberries. Palate - monolithic and elemental, it is much too young for me and it was hard to tease apart the solid mass of flavours. I left to it air for a fair while. Intense and concentrated, with the signature Barossa sweet fruit core, blackberries, rich dark chocolate, subtle savoury spices faintly aniseed, cinnamon and cloves with integrated oak. Well balanced and long length, it will need many years to open up. |
