Recent auction case purchase for $24.50 a bottle (after fees and charges including delivery to my door)
13.5% A/V Traditional cork closure
Medium ruby core with abundant brick red and some amber in the meniscus. Reticent, youthful bouquet of cedar, road tar, old lounge leather, licorice, red cherries, an undercurrent of blackberry and a suggestion of mint. The palate displays medium body, a tight, unresolved personality but with abundant potential for long-term improvement. Harbouring deepset leathery red and black fruit, cedary oak and a wealth of unresolved acidity and firm tannin, this is a wine that needs another 5 or 6 years of quiet rest before developing into something quite special to be enjoyed for a decade or more thereafter. Only 90 points from me today but with a bullet for something higher in good time. A Hunter "Classic" in the making.