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Cathcart Ridge Estate "Reserve" Shiraz 2004 - Nice fruit on the nose but doesn't follow through to the palate, I like the standard 2004 better.[/b]

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Finished the survey too, I wonder if the question "Does the type of closure have any influence on whether you buy a bottle or not?" was included what people's reactions might be.

I use cellartracker, works well. I especially like the links to other community tasting notes of the same wine, so you can see what other people think about the wines in your cellar. Helps sometimes with deciding when to drink certain botlles as they approach their drinking window. Important if you ...

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Usually b sometimes c and b together

2005 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon
2004 Tim Adams Cabernets
2006 Fox Creek JSM
2004 McWilliam's Elisabeth

Printhie 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon - Dark fruit, slightly sweet and light oak, easy drinking

Charles Sturt Chardonnay 2007 - last one at the bottle shop, 2008 out now, anyone tried the 2008 yet and how does it compare.

Just a note, Printhie is a great winery and is rated as the only 5 star by halliday but it is a bit out of town and up quiet a long dirt road. I think it's worth it but if you are limited for time you may want to skip it. Also Mayfield and Canabolas Smith are excellent

Printhie 2006 Pinot Noir Orange - Cherries and strawberries, a bit too much sweetness for me, easy drinking with home made pizza

If you cant afford a wine fridge and need a good solution for ambient temperture storage, use polysterene boxes that fruit shops get there veges in. They are usually happy to get rid of them. Sort your wine into years of drinking dates, that way you don't have to disturb the ones you need to keep fo...

Cheers thanks for the quick reply

Hey Everyone, I am getting a wine fridge for the first time and need to move my collection from the cupboard where is stored in polystyrene boxes to the fridge. My question is: Will moving the wine from the cupboard (current temp 23 degrees) to the fridge (probable temp 14 degrees) cause problems wi...

I've had the 02 a couple of times before and a in my younger days enjoyed older vintages, I can't remember which, it probably doesn't matter anyway. Granted I've not had this since the 02, but certainly remember it making more of an impression than your bog-standard $sub15 quaffers. I thought the 0...

Thanks Tim,

I think i'll drink it sooner rather than later

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Hi everyone, just wondering if anyone knows how this wine is travelling at the moment. I was under my dad's house picking up a few bottles I had left there from last year when I found it. As dad isn't a red wine drinker he has let me take it home. Is it ready for drinking now, holding on to or disca...

One day I went wine tasting at Charles Sturt Uni winery as my uni building was located 500mtrs from the cellar door, went there on the first date with my now wife so it was a pretty special occasion. My wife bought me a book Jancis Robinson's wine tasting work book and my interest in wine has been t...

Hi everyone, wondering if anyone is going to Orange wine week. Starts Friday with the public tasting for the wine show. This will be my first wine show tasting and wondering if you could give me some advice as to getting the best out of the experience. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Cheers P...

De Bortoli Yarra Valley Shiraz 2000 - Opaque purple with slightly watery edges, most of the fruit aromas have faded, leaving leather and spice, tannins have fully integrated and the wine is very smooth and balanced.

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One of the main differences between the two industries is that Australia is an innovative industry while the French (at least in the past) is regulative. The regulations in France allow vine growers to only grow certain grapes in certain areas and winemakers to use only certain grapes to be used in ...

The Brokenwood Semillion is a light on flavour and probably needs a few years in the cellar, If you are looking for a slightly better one maybe try the 2007 lost block from Tyrrells, same price (sometimes cheaper) and can be found anywhere.

Brickman's Hunter Valley Late harvest semillion 2000 - light gold, dry with no hint of sweetness which I found supprising, apricot and butter, nice balanced acid. Pepperjack 2007 Cab Sav. Barossa - very easy drinking at a young age, smooth tannins with plenty of red berry flavours dominating, balanc...

I have a similar system and use ice and the home air conditioner to cool the room, would a portable evaporative air conditioner work any good in Perth. They are not very effective in Sydney as the humidity is already quiet high, but could work quite well to cool a small room and are reasonably inexp...

- Printhie 2006 Cab Sav

Jacobs Creek 2001 Cab sav Reserve - Nice stucture but the fruit had faded
Merrill 2004 Chardonnay - Citrus notes, light oak, fresh finish
Henry Holmes 2005 Shiraz - ripe berrys and chocolate, deep purple in colour, smooth finish

Great idea the thread as i can't regularly drink wine at $50+ but some of the cheaper ones I have enjoyed are; - Printhie 2006 cab sav. $18 (sold out I think, if anyone knows where to get any more let me know) - d'Arenberg The footbolt 2005 - Brokenwood Semillion - can always be found for under $20 ...

Only been collecting for a year and a half but my prized ones are

- Brokenwood 2002 Graveyard Shiraz
- Cullen 2005 DM
- Canabolas Smith "Shine" Chardonnay
- Cathcart Ridge "The One" shiraz