Tasted December 2007
Looking back at my notes from 2 years ago I'd say this wine is now an obvious 'drink now' candidate. Colour is still holding very well (dark crimson) and the nose shows red berries with a tinny note, almost acidic like. Palate is a fraction hard and one-dimensional with red fruits and a hot, hard extracted feel that appears to be loaded with an acid-like character. The underlying fruits are clearly strarting to fade. No great, and again the hardness evident in the palate is very consistent with other 1996 Bin series wines that I have tried over the past 3 years.
Tasted November 2004
Good colour for an 8yr old, very dark crimson with a thinning edge on the rim. Tar like nose, almost meaty yet seems quite fresh. A touch of sweet fruit provides good lift. Palate is tough to read. Upfront fruit seems very fresh but falls away in the middle and back palate. Fruit thins out and becomes disjointed, with a hard extracted streak running through. Plenty of tannic backbone keeps the wine relatively tight, and more tarry notes appear on the finish.
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