Tower Estate – Hunter Valley – http://www.towerestatewines.com.au
Semillon 2005 – Very mealy on the nose. Good acid, but no depth to the fruit. Not impressed. 85/100
Verdelho 2006 – Tropical fruits. Soft, sweet palate. Fine, but I struggle to find much to like about this variety. 85/100
Chardonnay 2004 – Buttered toast nose. Rich, mouth-filling palate. A bit too over the top for me. 86/100
Shiraz 2004 – Dirty and metallic on both the nose and palate. Something has gone seriously wrong here. Avoid. 76/100
Very surprised by your score on the 2004 shiraz. I had a great surprise with this wine which was contrary to your note. Maybe you had a bad bottle because the wine I had was very typical Hunter shiraz in a very elegant style. Iwould have scored it closer to 90 points… but that was my experience. Keep up the great work on the notes. the site is great.