Dalwhinnie

Moonambel Shiraz 1992

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  Vintage 1992
  94 points www.winefront.com.au

Big and oaky, coffee syrup and toast, chocolate-coated blackberries – a dense, hulking Dalwhinnie, and in fine fettle. The palate adds game and mint to the show, the latter likely from the oak-tannin as much as the region, and while there is probably a smidge of brettanomyces here this is just about the most complete wine here – the tannins are majestically formed and just when you think you’ve got the wine, another layer unfolds. Too much oak, yes, but gorgeous complexity and might and persistence. 

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  Vintage 1992
  92 points www.winecompanion.com.au

An impenetrable red-purple colour heralds a hugely concentrated bouquet with briary, chocolate and cedar aromas, yet paradoxically a European feel to it. The tannins run right through the palate, with cedary flavours from the fruit and oak.