Clarendon Hills 1998 Clarendon Hills Shiraz Astralis Magnum

Wine – red – 1998 – Clarendon Hills Shiraz Astralis Magnum – Australien – Region: South Australia – Apellation: McLaren Valley – Syrah – 1500 ml.

1998 Clarendon Hills Shiraz Astralis Magnum

Tasting Note:

A sensational wine the 1998 Syrah Astralis is a candidate for perfection. It boasts an inky/purple color as well as a big complex sweet perfume of charcoal spring flowers blackberry liqueur roasted meats and damp forest floor-like notes. Enormously endowed with good acid backstrapping tannin levels fabulous concentration and a layered mouthfeel it is beginning to throw off some of its closed impenetrable personality. A long-termer it needs another 5-7 years to fully open and should last for 2-3 decades thereafter. Source: Wine Advocate

Rating: 98 RP Reviewed by Robert Parker Date: June 2009