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  • Country ranking ?

    173
  • Producer ranking ?

    13
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035
  • Food Pairing

    Lamb

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The Story

Ripe fruit notes of dark plum and cherry along with background vanillin oak. Rich in colour with deep red tints, due to
the low yield and low juice-to-skin ratio. For this wine, mostly large format puncheons and a 3000L cask are used. Dry ripe tannins give perfect structure and carry the sweet fruit right to the back palate. An impressive wine, which is a great follow on from the 2014 vintage. Subtle but powerful.

Rated by the Langton's Cl...

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Winemakers' Comments
Looking back at the previous vintages, the lead up to 2006 mirrored that of
2003, except for a mere 60mm of rain in one downpour right in the middle of
winter. The actual vintage conditions were very similar from the heat through
to the low crops.

If the Hunter didn’t get that 60mm the rain would have matched winter 2002, with 120mm over six months. For July and August 2005 there was only two rains days, both in ...

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The Hunter's flagship red is in great form here. Flavours roll at you in waves while the structure is impeccable. Terrific length here and an enticing texture. This will surely come to be regarded as one of the great Graveyards.
  • 95p

Medium deep colour. Black cherry geosmine, roasted almond aromas. Supple with dark cherry pastille, blackberry fruits, plentiful chalky textures and fresh roasted almond/ roasted chestnut (new oak) notes. Finishes with a gravelly tannin plume. 93 points

  • 93p
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Hunter Valley, Hunter Valley
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