Wines from Nagambie Lakes

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Tahbilk 1996 1860 Vines Shiraz (Nagambie Lakes)

Cellar Selection

Price $125

This is a wine that feels old-fashioned but still not ready to drink. It smells nutty and dusty, with black pepper and anise accents. Its plum fruit core is wound very tightly, and encased in a fair amount of good-quality oak. Tannins are thick and wooly, so much so that I’d forget that I even had this in the cellar until Bush is out of office, then drink through… — D.T. (8/1/2005)

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Tahbilk 2000 1860 Vines Shiraz (Nagambie Lakes)

Price $125

There’s just 350 cases produced of this terrific wine, which has light tobaccoey aromas layered over cherry pie. It just floods the front palate with juicy fruit: raspberry, a hint of cranberry, even quince. It’s pure, focused, juicy and sophisticated. Finishes medium-long. Imported by Broadbent Selections, Inc. — D.T. (4/1/2006)

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Tahbilk 2000 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon (Nagambie Lakes)

Price $59

The aromas are just beautiful: Inhale deeply and there’s spice, nut, cassis and gumtree notes. Has wooly, textured tannins that grip the midpalate firmly, along with plum and almond paste notes that carry on through the finish. A real pleasure; drink after 2008. Imported by Broadbent Selections, Inc. — D.T. (6/1/2006)

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Tahbilk 2005 Eric Stevens Purbrick Shiraz (Nagambie Lakes)

Price $51

At six years of age, this wine shows finely integrated fruit and oak, with the two merging seamlessly into shadings of cedar, meat, spice cake and leather. It’s full bodied and intense, solidly built; firm without being tough and crisp without being hard-edged. Drink now–2020. — J.C. (11/1/2011)

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Tahbilk 2005 Eric Stevens Purbrick Cabernet Sauvignon (Nagambie Lakes)

Cellar Selection

Price $51

Not a fruit bomb at all, this is a harmonious Cabernet, one that gracefully combines cedar and vanilla from oak aging with richly textured cassis fruit. It’s full bodied and firmly structured, with a long, elegant finish. Drink 2014–2020. — J.C. (11/1/2011)

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Tahbilk 2005 Marsanne (Nagambie Lakes)

Price $18

This varietal Marsanne has pretty almond and coffee liqueur aromas, and a palate rife with grassy, citrusy tones. It sounds disjointed but actually works quite well. Acidity is lively and would be razor sharp, were it not saved by a moderating minerally overlay. Worth seeking out. — D.T. (10/1/2006)

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Tahbilk 2002 Eric Stevens Purbrick Shiraz (Nagambie Lakes)

Price $60

Tahbilk, one of Australia’s historic wineries, has turned out a velvety-textured Shiraz named for one of the company’s long-time winemakers. This is a medium-bodied, yet velvety-soft Shiraz that boasts plenty of intensity. If its blackberry, licorice and vanilla flavors develop more complexity over the next few years, the 89 rating may seem stingy. — J.C. (4/1/2009)

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Tahbilk 2005 Viognier (Nagambie Lakes)

Price $19

A very good, medium-bodied Vigonier, but one that may stump you if you taste it blind: it smells of yellow stone fruit and clarified butter, followed by flavors of fresh bread, tradiing card bubblegum powder and citrus. The pleasantly dry, citrus component continues on through the finish. — D.T. (10/1/2006)

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