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Mitolo Savitar Shiraz 2004
A very good wine in the modern alcoholic style that would have been better still with about a percent less alcohol to enable its fruit to express itself more clearly and intensely. Its heady perfume of cassis, dark plums and dark olives overlies fine-grained, roast walnut-like oak. Massively concentrated, its smooth and luscious palate is deeply stained with sour-edged flavours of plums, cassis, dark olives and blackberries, and backed by nuances of mint and menthol. It finishes tarry and smoky, with slightly overt raw, spirity influences and lingering suggestions of salt and mineral.
Vintage
2004
Peak years to drink
2009 - 2012+
Jeremy's score
93 / 100
Seal type
Cork
Mitolo Savitar Shiraz
McLaren Vale
Price Range at Release: $50-$99
Vintage: 2016
Alc %: 14.5
A very good wine in the modern alcoholic style that would have been better still with about a percent less alcohol to enable its fruit to express itself more clearly and intensely. Its heady perfume of cassis, dark plums and dark olives overlies fine-grained, roast walnut-like oak. Massively concentrated, its smooth and luscious palate is deeply stained with sour-edged flavours of plums, cassis, dark olives and blackberries, and backed by nuances of mint and menthol. It finishes tarry and smoky, with slightly overt raw, spirity influences and lingering suggestions of salt and mineral.
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 |
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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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