88
points
Killerby 1999 Cabernet Sauvignon (Western Australia)
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$30
In a style that nods more to Bordeaux than the New World, the cassis, tobacco and herb bouquet shows class and style. Displays fine balance and good acidity, which supports the ripe black-currant fruit, cedar and peppery notes. It’s structured rather than plush, and finishes long, dry and toasty. Drinkable now, it should improve further with a few years’ aging.
— W.E.
(6/1/2001)
87
points
Killerby 1999 Shiraz (Western Australia)
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$30
This oaky, opaque Shiraz from the new GI (appellation) of Geopgraphe in Western Australia offers pepper, root-beer, even candy-bar aromas. Medium-weight, it has nice palate texture and good acidity to support the black fruit, caramel and pepper. Powdery tannins, pepper and oak flavors close it nicely. Drink now through 2007. It may open to show more fruit in a year…
— W.E.
(11/1/2001)