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    326
  • Producer ranking ?

    26
  • Decanting time

    45min
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    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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Vintage 1988

Australia Vintage Report:  Below average rainfall through the growing season and storms and hail in October 1997 led to some yield losses. Parts of Eden Valley were also hit by Spring frosts which affected yields. This was followed by a warm dry summer, “an unhurried vintage” which produced reds of generally good quality but “forward, plain” whites.

In 1988 there were 5,468 hectares of vineyards in Barossa and 43,371 tonnes of wine grapes w...

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Much more rustic, more fungal. Plenty of mushrooms here. A slight earthy note. Some obvious maturity. From a cooler vintage.

Not bad, but not the quality of the others we looked at.

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Origin

Victoria, Great Western

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