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So tonight, i thought i'd do a good hunter... Has anyone(I'm sure we all have) pulled out a cork on a bottle and gone "Sh%t thats a great cork", and i shouldn't have opened this yet! Tonight i pulled out a beautiful white cork, only stained at most 1/2 mm. so the wine was McLeish Estate 2...

So tonight, i thought i'd do a good hunter... Has anyone(I'm sure we all have) pulled out a cork on a bottle and gone "Sh%t thats a great cork", and i shouldn't have opened this yet! Tonight i pulled out a beautiful white cork, only stained at most 1/2 mm. so the wine was McLeish Estate 20...

Hey jeremy, that was one of my dumber posts last nite. commercial is a word i would describe wines without any real regional flavour profile and usually made in a generic kind of way. I still think value for money, the philip is a great wine and the 06 and 07 vintages are still this. I just thought ...

Mount Pleasant Phillip Shiraz 2007 Impulse decision to have wine with dinner resulted in this being acquired. I really want to recommend this, I really do, having liked most of the previous vintages. I can't. Ripe, alcoholic, sweet, finishes short. To it's credit it does have some silky tannins and...

St Hallett Old Block 1994 beautiful balance and ready to go, but the fruit is just starting to fade. Still has a great mouthfeel, and the tannins have softened to refined. Drink up, a good barossa shiraz.

Peter Lehmann Stonewell 2004 To be honest, this was not what i excepted, sure it had that great barossa malt choc berry nose, but the palate was weak, and a touch watery and even the last sip while it had gotten better, i'm not sure it has the structure to carry on? Ivanhoe Shiraz pressings SGD 200...

Had a wonderful(after the tasssie tasting) Saltrams No1 shiraz 2002 Full blooded Barossa, just starting to develop, while drinking well now still in its primary, (the palate was sensational!) another few years will do this wine justice. Last night... Moss Wood Chardy 2007 What a great wine this is g...

Ok, maybe i was a little pre determined in my pinot call, i thought a lot of the pinot i tasted had a very nice nose, lush style palate, and the structure, tanins were good, however I don't cellar pinot, and don't drink much of it, hence went to the tasting to try some. The chardy's as cuttlefish sa...

I'll be there HOLM OAK won't, which is a shame as I've heard good things Oh, and I'll be the one in jeans and a t-shirt, looking out of place Went to the Sydney tasting today, jeans and casual was me today! Shame Holm Oak aren't in Brissie, across the board great wine, lush, fruity style. The riesl...

Sandalford reserve cabernet 2007

An absolute cracker from the west. Excellent Fruit balanced with a lush structured palate. This is an excellent young MR cabernet, well worth buying a few to cellar. Can't wait for some of the big gun MR reds from 2007 to roll out!

Cheers All
Simmo

Hi All, Any Chance of changing the topic date Mongie?? Tonite, Jacobs Creek Centenary Hill Shiraz 2002 (cork) By chance i noticed that the cork had a slight staining to it... So i thought it a good excuse to crack it and see where its at. Dark black colour. Choc/mint, plum pudding cake on the nose,...

Hi All, Any Chance of changing the topic date Mongie?? Tonite, Shaw And Smith Shiraz 2005 (cork) When i first opened it, dark purple colour and this beautiful wine was nicely balanced with the fruit/oak and a great palate feel. Great wine ready now in the primary. Jacobs Creek Centenary Hill Shiraz ...

Well what are we all imbibing in? I know it's Monday, but I know we are not all drinking water. Cheers, Monghead. water was good on Monday after sunday and aving a huge hangover Monday from Mark Webber's great win...( and i had too work monday) but Sunday with the wifey Kirrihill shiraz 2002, great...

From the wine stash...
A great Dutschke St Jakobi Shiraz 2004 (cork)
Excellent Barossa shiraz, from a good year, no holes, just really good stuff, drink now or wait for a lovely more savory barossa style (93+)

Cheers all
Simmo

Some good cheapie's lately...
Moondah Brook shiraz 2007 (SC)
Mount Langi Billi Billi 2006 (SC)
both of good value, drink now and enjoy style... maybe let em go 5 years, (at the moment 89 pts) recession specials

1985 Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon (cork): Oxidised. Cheers Ian hi Ian, great notes as always, but is it that you get a so/so wine always on these tasting's.... just for the fact that on most of these great wine tasting's there is always a suspect wine, and from cork..... 1 in 7 maybe?? Cheers simmo

Hi all Just sipping on a lovely Kirrihill Clare Shiraz 2002 (screwcap) Excellent wine this, mouthfilling silky palate. Lush and long finish, its very easy to swallow... The nose is full of caramel, with some eucalyptus and a hint of earth. Again i think has matured well under the screwcap and has a ...

Tonight, Kirrihill Clare Shiraz 2003 Cork Interesting wine, nice dark plums, liquorice and caramel, but a slight earthy(maybe brett) in the mix. The palate has a smooth not too dry feel, perhaps a touch watery. Drink now St Henri 2001 Shiraz Cork A bit said about this Henri vintage, but at the recen...

for the rest of Australia. WA had a public holiday Drinking a 2005 Brokenwood Mistress Block Shiraz Lovely Hunter red. Still a youthful dark red colour. Chameleon nose. Coffee, chocolate, plums, blackcurrant, earth and dried flowers. Even some caramel. Palate has a silky feel and tastes of satsuma ...

Have had both over the last 2 years, and both are mighty good. Not much between the 2 but if you save a little money on wine go the 98, it's still too show it's greatness....

1998 Mitchelton print shiraz (cork) still a deep dark colour, nice and mature central vic style, ready to go 2004 Bannockburn Estate shiraz (cork) My WOTW, lots of complex layers already, and no hurry on this. Superb australian shiraz, WOW! 2004 Woodstocks 'the stocks' shiraz (cork) Had this after t...

Seppelts Mt Ida 2005 shiraz Loved this wine, was big in all aspects, plenty of coffee, mocha with that rich heathcote dark berry fruit, just jumping out of the glass. Excellent Seppelts Mt Ida 2004 shiraz Had this the next night after the 05 to see where it was at, a little more closed and restrain...

from the last month Annie's Lane Copper Trail Shiraz 2001 Excellent, needed some time to open up as was under screwcap, but this was a great example of how well wine goes under the screwie Orlando Lawson's Shiraz 1998 Great wine, in its window, excellent length, and outshined the next wine we put it...

Davo wrote:I voted shiraz just to help even it up a bit. Love both but shiraz dominates my cellar.

I agree

In Brissie on holidays, a few from last nite with a mate. Tyrrells Vat 47 Chardonnay 2001 Lovely age Chardy, super fruit driven nose and soft palate, golden colour. Very good drinking now St Hallets Rewards Cab Sav 1996 good wine, drinking well now, balance nose but a little dry on the finish Fox Cr...

with the failure of the 2001 gladstone shiraz, i opened another one to make sure it wasn't a whole case thing! and i can say with joy this bottle is smashing, definitely on the big side of wa shiraz, lovely nose of fruit and savory herbs, a little choc, nice smooth long finish! great wine.... needs ...

I have seen in the recent weeks some serious discounts in wine by the major's.... My local (sorry Gav) has the 'the factor' 2005 at $60, Jim Barry Armagh $95 and Turkey Flat Cab $24..... Plenty of others on discount, If your drinking the wine, you can never get it cheap enough! and if there's a mess...

Just enjoying and not enjoying a couple of nice bottles Houghtons Gladstone 2001 first sip was a little pruney and over ripe, but the palate was as it should be nice smooth and a longish finish... over a couple of hours the nose didn't improve so am thinking heat or ox problem?!? it seems what shoul...

Merry Christmas Dazza..
Go Qld next year, and i have to agree with you
Tahbilk make great wine year in year out!
Cheers mate n good drinking this summer
Simmo

Hi all, I'm new on this site, and to the world of wine appreciation. Fed up with drinking random swill that I pluck off the shelf at the local bottle shop so I need some advice. The main question I have at this stage is where do I start looking for recommendations on good wines to try? I'm on a lim...