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it is 3% Malbec. in the 2001 but that amount changes every year.

Student

I am at the Curtin Campus there. send me a private message and with your questions and i will try to reply. i dont know the minimum age, as i am sure i am well past whatever that is

Brett

I am trying to find details out about this, can anyone send me in the right direction?

Brett

1999 Moppa Springs way too confectionary for my taste Hi Brett, FWIW, here is my TN Rockford 1999 Moppa Springs GSM (May 2003) sells for $21.50 at CD. A lifted but elegant bouquet translates to a palate of initial sweet raspberry that instantly turns intensely savoury with strong black pepper and a...

Had a few over the weekend The highlight on Friday night was definitely 2000 Paringa Estate, Estate Pinot Noir Wow factor high, Maybe we can make Pinots after all. excellent example especially for the price i think about $50 1999 Moppa Springs way too confectionary for my taste 2002 Oomoo Shiraz A l...

Thanks Michel

I have found the date but now feel like a ditz.

Any recent tasting notes on 98 BP

Hi all A couple of Rockfords questions. Firstly I have a few black shiraz (i think from different disgorgements) well a number bought years apart anyway. Is there any way to tell from the bottle what year disgorgement they are. Would be helpful when working out how long to keep. Secondly I have a co...

Well all it seems that Brad is right. I have not contacted the winery in question. instead after Brad's comments i spoke to a couple of my lectureres (also local winemakers) and they advised me caveat emptor. the theory is right that the wine was sold with H2S in it and that it is not a random fault...

I agree with Torb, if H2S is bottled into wine, then with time in reductive conditions this will become Mercaptans which will bind into the wine. However once exposed to oxygen the reaction can go back the other way. From memory the threshold to Mercaptan is a lot higher than H2S? Any way i will rin...

Interesting, I have had one winery replace one last year from MR very quick to replace. realised a number of them had a problem.

Seeing as this is a winemaking fault should this be replaced?

Brett

Recently i have opened a few reds (under cork) that have had real stinky H2S issues. some have blown off but others must have become mercaptan bound and not blowing off at all even over 24 hours. What do you guys & girls do when you get a wine like this? Do you follow it up the same way you woul...

Tasted a couple on Friday night 1999 Seppelts Chalambar Shiraz a good wine for price $19 nothing over the top but well weighted in all the right areas, probably good for another 3 or 4 years. but drinking well now. 1997 Penfold Bin 407 another good one for the price $18 way back when. good but not g...

Drank a bottle of the 98 on saturday night and, in my opinion this is one of the truly iconic wines, great value and flavour year in year out.

You can drink it in the car on the way home from the bottle 'o' or age for ten years. fantastic.

I have had some luck with female friends and family in the past with Grant Burge Hillcott Merlot personally i dont like Aussie merlots much but this one is very light. also cheap $14.00 Some of the red sparklings on the market while not medium bodied give that impression due to residual sugar. Brett

Hi Mark

I tasted this wine at CD a couple of weeks ago, and i actually thought the cabernet tasted a bit green, that was my taste, was early in the day in all but i have enjoyed this wine much more in the past.

Brett

here here to everything Graham said, great to finally meet a fellow forumite. And a huge thanks to Troy for taking a couple of hours to show us around the property and the winery. Very educational and enjoyable. also interesting to see, the way great wines are made and a lot of the text book winemak...

Hi all i have decided to be extremely generous and let you help with an assignment It is on white wine styles. I am looking for tasting notes on four specific wines Capel Vale 2002 Semmilon Annies Lane 2003 Riesling Killerby 2001 Chardonnay Peter Lehmann 2001 Noble Semmilon I am sure that a lot of y...

Quote from www.wilsonvineyard.com.au Alright Mark whats my prize. i will be in Adelaide in a fortnight so i will be able to transport the case for nothing. rather than have you send it over!! Brett "We call them "gloops", the chaps in the Barossa call them "runners"; every winery has them but no-one...

Gavin I do buy cleanskins only after i have tasted or if i know what the wine is and the label has been torn off so i cant resell it. i have also been fortunate to collect some bottles from labs around the country. all used for quaffing though i dont get together with my wine wanker friends and pull...

I got some 2000 From a vintage cellars in Adelaide when i was over there last week. so there must still be a bit around?

Brett

Not sure if should buy into this one or not? Some interesting points raised. I particularly agree with TORB in regards to the AU$ being artificially held low for many years. It is reasonably common knowledge that with a rise in official interest rates the dollar strengthens, therefore if we get anot...

Had a few during the last week but have moved house as well but one of interest with the TV on 01 Rockfords BP Shiraz of which i havent tried yet. I love Rockford wines but had a 93 Basket Press with Mustard Beef Fillets the other night and at 14.5% alc was almost undrinkable. i couldnt get my palat...

Thanks Gavin

I will drink tomorrow and depending on damage will post tasting vibes in a couple of days

Got some of this NV for Christmas today. wondering if anyone has any tasting notes or vibes, how does it stack up against the seppelt original?

Brett

Hi all a query for you do any of you buy cleanskins from bottle shops? In particular there is a bottle shop in Vic called Uncorked, they buy from wineries and put there GI and variety and sell under own label. i have had a few recently and they have all be excellent in the $10-$20 range for quaffing...

Had quite a lot of wine this week but again more clean skins and lab samples although had a few yesterday that were pretty good. 2001 Ferguson Hart Shiraz Excellent young (cheap wine about $20) with strong fruit and not over oaked. For those who havent been to the GI of Ferguson Valley there is abou...

unsure what we are doing yet, no family in WA, however have friends will probably catch up with. My wife has been eyeing off a case of Rockford Alicante Bouchet so i can see a few of those going and depending on Temp of day will depend on what to drink with Mains maybe Pinots this year for something...

was going to reply but i agree with everything guest said above.

seem to be drinking a lot of clean skins at the moment and lab samples so wont bore with those. However had an interesting night on friday night. myslef and a mate had a 99 night. We know 99 wasnt the best year and i guess our overall results proved it. Penfolds Bin 407 1999 green capsicum, asparagu...

recently had a bordeaux style tasting at a guy from uni's place. He is from california. the two american wines were Simi/ Alexander valley cabernet sauvignon 1999, this wine is about $30 USD from memory and was a good wine without being great particularly when you look at the price. The 2nd was Eros...