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Wyndham Estate Black Cluster Hunter Valley Australia Shiraz 2005
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80/100
First bottle seemed to have a cork wood flavour but the second was very similar. Elegant, savoury wine with fine and quite powerful fruit flavours plus an emerging toasty/Bovril bottle development character. Slightly spoiled by woody character - it may be oak but it tastes like cork.
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Tasted: May 2009 Average price: NZD $70 (~USD $59)
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