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Mitolo Savitar Shiraz 2003
The best Mitolo release to date by some margin, this richly flavoured and sumptuous shiraz combines some heady, very ripe flavours with some pleasing savoury, charcuterie-like complexity. Its briary, meaty and earthy aromas of spicy small berries and sweet cedar/vanilla oak precede a long and unctuous palate that delivers a broad range of shiraz flavours framed by velvet-smooth tannins. Its sour-edged notes of plums and prunes are offset by mocha-like oak and while there’s a suggestion of spirity warmth, the wine’s concentration carries it easily.
Vintage
2003
Year to Drink
2008 - 2011+
Jeremy’s score
94 / 100
Seal Type
Cork
Mitolo Savitar Shiraz
McLaren Vale
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2016
Alc %: 14.5
The best Mitolo release to date by some margin, this richly flavoured and sumptuous shiraz combines some heady, very ripe flavours with some pleasing savoury, charcuterie-like complexity. Its briary, meaty and earthy aromas of spicy small berries and sweet cedar/vanilla oak precede a long and unctuous palate that delivers a broad range of shiraz flavours framed by velvet-smooth tannins. Its sour-edged notes of plums and prunes are offset by mocha-like oak and while there's a suggestion of spirity warmth, the wine's concentration carries it easily.
Last Date Tasted: 24/4/2019
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Vintage
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Score/100
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Score/20
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Year To Drink
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2016
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91 | 17.6 | 2024-2028+  | |
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2015
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92 | 17.9 | 2023-2027+ | |
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2014
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89 | 16.7 | 2019-2022 | |
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2013
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92 | 17.9 | 2021-2025 | |
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2012
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91 | 17.6 | 2020-2024 | |
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2010
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94 | 18.3 | 2022-2030 | |
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2009
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88 | 16.6 | 2014-2017  | |
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2008
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89 | 16.7 | 2013-2016 | |
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2007
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94 | 18.5 | 2012-2015+ | |
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2006
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90 | 17.2 | 2008-2011+ | |
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2005
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94 | 18.3 | 2010-2013+ | |
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2004
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93 | 18.0 | 2009-2012+ | |
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2003
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94 | 18.5 | 2008-2011+ | |
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2002
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91 | 17.5 | 2004-2007+ | |
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2001
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89 | 16.9 | 2006-2009 |
Winery
Mitolo
Frank Mitolo established his wine business in 1999, with well-known Barossa winemaker Ben Glaetzer as his winemaking partner. In a very short time the brand developed an international reputation for the juicy ripeness, impressive oak and complexity of its wines. While Mitolo's style is unashamedly exaggerated and sumptuous, with cabernet sauvignon it's outrageously adventurous! The aim is to pick fruit on flavour ripeness, which with many producers can run a fine line between balance and the consequences of overripeness. Mitolo does it better than most, and I'm beginning to get a feel for the idiosyncratic Jester Cabernet Sauvignon, which has achieved better balance in recent vintages.
Chief Executive(s):
Frank Mitolo
Winemaker:
Ben Glaetzer
Viticulturist:
Paul Carosi
Production Dozen:
30000
Tonnes Processed:
350
Red Wines
7th Son Grenache Shiraz Sagrantino Blend >Angela Shiraz >
Cinquecento Sangiovese
GAM Shiraz >Grenache Rosé >Jester Cabernet Sauvignon >Jester Sangiovese Rosé >Jester Shiraz >Marsican Shiraz >Ourea Sagrantino >Reiver Shiraz >Savitar Shiraz >Scylla Nero d’Avola
Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon >The Nessus Malbec >
Address:
1304 Angle Vale Road , Virginia , South Australia 5120 Australia
Cellar Door Open Hours:
Not open to public
Principal Wine Region:
McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley
Telephone:
(08) 8282 9012
Facsimile:
(08) 8282 9062
Website:
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