Richard Hamilton – Centurion Shiraz (2001)
Coming from 109 year old vines in the McLaren ?Vale region of south Australia I’m expecting good things from this wine.?Fairly tight nose. Some deep red fruits showing through the alcohol – plums and the like.
Colour is extremely deep red almost purple.
A whole heap of oak is here, not much fruit showing through. Somewhat disappointing. Not horrible, but not outstanding. I’m thinking more time to open up is required here even five minutes after writing the previous statement, things are on the up. I expect in an hour or so this will be very nice. The tannins in this are very tight, smooth and feel nice on the mouth after swallowing.Given an extra 30 minutes this wine is opening up wonderfully, the nose is showing forth blueberries,?molasses,??fine tannins and something smokey like smoked fennel.The oak is easing off, but now there is a hint of vegemiteiness coming through. It’s tip top.?