Orlando 1996 Centenary Hill Shiraz Sept 05
he bouquet is dominated by
coconut oak, dark berry fruit, chocolate and dill which is faithfully
replicated on the palate. The wine was a little disappointing as initially
on release, it had magnificent fruit but at this stage of its life, the
fruit is flavour little and the oak is taking over. Muscular-weight, the
tannins are resolving well; the fruit is good and the wine finishes with
good persistence and length. As the wine opened up, the fruit started to
emerge a bit more from under the oak and is improved considerably. Rated as
Highly Recommended it will be interesting to
see what happens to the wine as it matures further, if the oak dissipate to
all the fantastic, if the fruit fades it will not be a good look.