2003 Branson Coach House Shiraz Coach House Block

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Score 98/100 · Drink 2007-2025, Robert Parker, Oct 2005

The fabulous, inky/purple-hued 2003 Shiraz Coach House only carries 14.5% alcohol (in the land of 15% full-throttle Shiraz). It offers a huge nose of blackberry and cassis liqueur, plums, figs, barbecue smoke, and lead pencil shavings. A wine of great intensity, enormous concentration, moderately high tannin, and a blockbuster finish, it needs 2-3 more years of bottle age, and it should last for 10-20+ years. This is an impressive successor to Branson Coach House’s equally exciting 2002. Importers: Vine Street Imports, Philadelphia, PA; tel. (215) 533-9463 and Joshua Tree Imports, Azusa, CA; tel. (626) 358-6600

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96
96/100

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98
98/100

Robert Parker

93
93/100

Josh Raynolds

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93 points
Josh Raynolds
Score 93/100 · Josh Raynolds, Jul 2005

Opaque ruby, with a violet rim. Explosive, almost porty aromas of blackberry, dark plum, molasses, gingerbread, licorice, clove, mace, black cardamom, black olive and tar. Smells like a walk through a bakery, a souk and a garage, all at once. Fat, dense and verging on syrupy, with exaggerated flavors of dark plum and cherry, creme de mure, espresso, molten chocolate, cocoa powder, grilled meat, smoky bacon, vanilla and clove. Ageworthy? Why bother? Not for the faint of palate.Vine StreetImports,Philadelphia PA

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Red

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Dry

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