Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz 2005 Monday, Aug 27 2007
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This is a well-known label that just seems to get cheaper and cheaper; I am sure I paid more for the 1998 vintage. An interesing nose, showing milk chocolate, nuts, red plums, cinnamon quill, spice, black cherries, deeply spiced actually, and with time a bit of seaweed and oyster shell. The palate shows plums and spice, nicely scribed on an oak backboard, seeming more generous than the ‘04, a bit salty with firm acid and drying finish. Some more time in the bottle is recommended, though I am concerned this is was an atypical bottle.
Other vintages: 2004, 2004, 2003
Rated : 88? Points
Tasted : Aug07
Alcohol : 13.5%
Price : $16.80
Closure : Screwcap
Drink : 2007 - 2012
Source : Dan Murphys
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6 Responses to “Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz 2005”
August 27th, 2007 at 11:04 am
Atypical? In what way- are you referring to some hint of reduced flavour?
GD
August 27th, 2007 at 11:08 am
I didn’t find the seaweed and oyster shell very appealing.
September 7th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
And I thought it was just me. I don’t think it’s atypical. I’ve had a few bottles of this from a couple of recent vintages, as some of my friends quite like it. Each time I’ve not liked it, but couldn’t really say why.
Seaweed and oyster shell? Now you mention it, yes.
April 24th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
DM has this running out at $12.90. I bought one to try yesterday. I thought pretty fine drop and will get some more. Can’t relate to the seaweed comment. A little more time in the bottle had helped?
April 25th, 2008 at 12:40 am
I agree with David H. Despite a few good reviews, every time I’ve tried one of these I’ve been disappointed. Won’t be buying any more no matter how cheap it gets.
May 22nd, 2008 at 9:17 pm
To me the 2005 is out of character with all the Chalambars since 2000. Its palate does not rise above that of a cheap wine, quaffable at the Dan Murphy price of $12.90, but certainly not the $26 wine it purports to be. The colour is not at all opaque, but transparent in the glass, indicating poor extraction of colour and tannin from skins. But worst of all is the poor oak treatment, which seems to have left an off-wood (oyster-seaweed) aftertaste that destroys any good fruit that may have been around. It is now being dumped on customers in magnums if they buy half a case of the 2006 (at Vintage Cellars). Seppelt owes its fans an explanation for this one. I think a score of 88 is generous.