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Bloody Parker.

It was actually Huon Hooke who gave 97 points review - It was reviewed in 2021 - so maybe possible that VM batch wasn't stored properly or maybe there are some shenanigans as the box it arrived in looked cheap - hard to believe that Peter Lehman would put its flagship in a cheap box like the one it arrive in.

Now tempted to try a bottle ASAP

 

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It was actually Huon Hooke who gave 97 points review - It was reviewed in 2021 - so maybe possible that VM batch wasn't stored properly or maybe there are some shenanigans as the box it arrived in looked cheap - hard to believe that Peter Lehman would put its flagship in a cheap box like the one it arrive in.

Now tempted to try a bottle ASAP

You're right about the packaging. I noticed that myself, but hadn't thought further of it. Certainly puts a big question mark on the provenance.

BTW I wasn't bagging HH or anyone who reviewed this wine, but referring to Parker championing big, bold, heavily oaked, high alcohol wines.
Fine if you've got the quality fruit to carry the style.
But which Kickstarted a stampede of imitators seeking to ride the wave & cash in on the trend. Part of the current excess wine stocks is an ocean of over-extracted, over-fermented, over-wooded swill that is undrinkable when young & will not reward cellaring because there was never any balance or depth to begin with.

Which is what that bottle reminded me of.
Bottle seems legit.
Back label: imported by a Dublin wholesaler.
What might have been a good wine, destroyed by poor storage or crossing the equator more times than most AFF-ers?