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This week I had Yalumba Signature 1991, excellent wine, good to drink now, value for money Orlando Centenary Hill 1994, still very powerful, may need to keep for another couple years. Coldstream Hill Reserve PN 1995 & 1996, both are still very enjoyable and personally I like the 95 more. Hard to...

Clarendon Hills, Hickinbotham Grenache, 2001. I have not tried it, but I really do doubt this comes close to a good cdp. I have lost hope with Australian Grenache... it is what it is, but it is not Chateauneuf.... I wouldn't have reccomended it a few years ago but it has really come around. Also it...

Pegau is Southern Rhone, so you're looking at a Grenache Shiraz Mouvedre blend in some proportions. Spinifex is a good suggestion (Indigene, Esprit are the two wines). Also take a look at some of the D'Arenberg grenaches (Custodian, Derelict Vineyard etc). Teusner (Avatar I think?) might also be go...

Is there a budget? Torbreck Les Amis (Grenache) is good but expensive ($200+ AUD), Charles Melton Nine Popes (Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre) is around $50 AUD, still good but not as concentrated as the Les Amis. Pegau would be mostly Grenache with Shiraz, Mourvedre and some others. Price is not a mai...

camw wrote:Northern or Southern Rhone?

I dont know much about Rhone wine, but the wine use for comparation is from Domaine de Pegau. Which should be shiraz base I think.

I need to find a Austrlian wine which is totally in Rhone style for a blind wine tasting dinner in HK. Prefer 2001 vintage. Any suggestion?

Thanks

I got nine here in Hong Kong, cost around $A260 each.

1990 Mount Mary Chardonnay Considering the age of the wine, the colour is much lighter than what I expected. It didnt open up until half an hour later. It may pass it peak already but still drinking very well. 1999 Elieen Hardy Chardonnay Deeper colour than the Mount Mary. Fruity and creamy on the ...

Have a vertical tasting of the Penfold 389 last week. Vintage 86 91 92 93 94 96 98. Except the 93 vintage, all of the them are excellent and 86 is the most enjoyable one at the moment but have to drink within these few years. 96 and 98 boths drinking very well now but should be even better few years...

MossWood Chadonnay 1991 , A bit worry about this wine before open it , however, it really surprise everyone and the style is quite difference from the other aged Australian Chadonnay which I tasted before. Unfortundately, that was the only bottle I got. Penfold Grange 1998 , Big wine, got everythin...

How many bottles you are going to ship there? Are you prepare to pay the crazy wine import tax there?

Dear Jacques, Thank you for taking the time to contact us at Rosemount Estate. There are a couple of points that could lead to your impressions of the wine. Given that there isn't a fault that you've pointed to in your email, one factor would be the cellaring conditions the wine has experienced and...

Anyone taste this wine lately? The last one I open was something like four years ago, open another bottle last night and it is totally difference from what I expected. It is smooth and good to drink but lack of the complexity and structure which I expected from my past experience. Will it be a bottl...

I tried 76, 80,83,86,95,96,97and 98, all of them ar excellent except 80 and 97. For the good vintage, I am will to pay up to 200 for bottle, however, the 2000 and 2001 is mark over 400 at the moment!

I open a magnum half year ago and it was excellent to drink. Still got two left, may open them in couple of years

Held a Australia wines dinner in Hong Kong on last week. Yarrabank Cuvee 1999 , 95 pts from Jeremy Oliver, however, really disappointed. If a 95pts Australia sparkling is like that, I think I shouldn't touch any Australia sparkling anymore. Yalumba The Virgilius Viognier 2002 , the first one from th...

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Kay Brother Hillside Shiraz 1999 Much better than two years ago , more balance and soft, mouthfilling of liquorice, chocolate and vanilla, very enjoyable now but will keep improve in the next few years Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon 1987 Only two bottles left, earthy, leather and cigar box smell. Very sm...

I will hold an Australian Wines Dinner in HK among the local friends. Here is my proposed wine list. Leo Buring Eden Riesling 1998 Penfolds 95A 1995 Bannockburn Chardonnay 1996 Coldstream Hill Reserve Pinot Noir 1998 Parker Estate Merlot 1998 Orlando Jacaranda 1987 Hardys Elieen Hardy Shiraz 1988 He...

It is an excellent idea and I would love to join it, unfortunately, only got around a week in Brisbane every month. The rest of the time will be in Hong Kong or mainland China.

Open one 98 vintage few months ago, I would say it is good to drink now if you decent it for at least an hour. I believed it will keep improving in the next few years , however, since you got six bottles, it is not a bad idea to try one now. Then you can compare your own feeling in few years later r...

I still have few bottles of the 98 vintage in my cellar and I opened one couple months ago. It is still the best rose' I had so far. After it aged, it taste more like a normal red instead of a rose' although it is still tasted very good.

Open a Lindemans 91 St. George Magnum on Chirstmas night. Jeremy Oliver give it 95 point and the drinking window is 2003-2011. To me , it was a bit disappointed. It tasted ok but definitly not worth even 90 points. May be it will improve in the future but I doubt. Still got another bottle and wont ...

Open a Lindemans 91 St. George Magnum on Chirstmas night. Jeremy Oliver give it 95 point and the drinking window is 2003-2011. To me , it was a bit disappointed. It tasted ok but definitly not worth even 90 points. May be it will improve in the future but I doubt. Still got another bottle and wont ...

Open a Lindemans 91 St. George Magnum on Chirstmas night. Jeremy Oliver give it 95 point and the drinking window is 2003-2011. To me , it was a bit disappointed. It tasted ok but definitly not worth even 90 points. May be it will improve in the future but I doubt. Still got another bottle and wont t...

Just have a bottle of 90 MossWood Pinot Noir last week. It just beautiful....

I travel every month between HK and Brisbane . What I usually do is carry whisky and cognac from HK airport duty free shop and bring wines back from Australia. If you know the right shop to go, you may find some good value Bordeux wines. Never go to Watson's wine cellar ( the largest bottle shop in ...

[ Penfolds Grange 1980 I was given a glass of this wine to try by the sommelier. The wine was dark inky red. Not much nose, no primary fruit left. very disjointed, tanninic and tired. I don't think this wine has been cellared properly, no wonder there is still half of a decanter full at the end. Op...

Thanks for all of your suggestions. Since I still have around half dozen of the LLC in my cellar, so I think I should try it. I would like to compare it with the Mosswood 86 as well but unfortunately, I dont have that one in my cellar. Anyway, will do this tasting in the early of November when some ...

That was back in 1998...Im sure he must have updated his window by now... I agree it should have been - but it hasn't. You know Parker. Lazy, lazy, lazy! Well, in my copy of his lastest released guide, it show 100 pts there. Hope it is not a typing mistake. Anyway, I dont think I can really tell th...