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Craig(NZ) wrote:

yes but you will find the rich asians buying these wines to drink mixed with coke just have a look at a few vintage charts. exceptions are lost on most

gee craig, you are still living in the age of fine kiwi cuisine equals to meat and three veg!

any good suggestion for perth and margaret river area? will be heading south for a vinous vacation next month.
cheers
eddie

oh and jamie,
jasper- yes sort of. i shall PM you.
clonakilla - cheap? damx my taste has once again exceeded the size of my wallet
eddie

alan, well i agree with jamie the prices were good relative to the exchange rate, especially earlier this year when the $A was at record high. i have noticed in the last 2 months when the new stocks arrived they are priced around 10-15% higher. but then it still looks cheap because the $A has gone u...

hello gentlemen, went back to my notes from last year and recalled the 02 has great fruit purity but also some pretty aggressive tannin as well. bought a couple of the 01 later and was too scared to try it, thinking it might another tannic monster now it looks that the 01 is of more elegant style an...

hello wizz, i had the 98 a couple of months ago and i tend to agree with your impression. my notes at the time: "ink purple. berry sweet fruit on nose. Full body sweet with gripping tannin. Blackcurrant, just a touch of mocha. Lots of spice as well. Again a difficult food match [mainly because of th...

hello jamie, big watsons fan huh? we gotta have to try to deviate our drinking pattern from its monthly specials or we will be posting notes on the same stuff everyweek btw how did you fit in all that drinking between flying on to the drinks: Wither Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2002 clearing out the old st...

and david: agree on the 97 cullen. from memory it was far more enjoyable than the gruaud larose.

ed

martin: now you have totally put me off buying the fox creek reserve since you like it so much! anthony: so glad to hear the 02 palliser PN is up to standard of your fine melbourneian palate! i was a bit worried about how they did in 2002...its PN's rating was down compared to 2001 (5stars--> 4 star...

that's just terrible! with the soaring aussie dollar everything seems cheap when bought from overseas....i was going to say the vintec 160 also costs around A$1600 here.

nobody has changed the price in the shops: oz, hk or singapore....it's just the $A going thru the roof!

Ed

dry river gewurztraminer 2000.

bought 2 bottles from where i least expect it to be found right here in HK!

ed

hi jamie yeah the spanish sale....totally clueless. did pick up the WB platinum cab 00 though...for HK$480. i know its a lousy vintage but there was nothing else good to buy except the 00 Te mata Awatea cab and Isabel 01 pinot which are still on sale. used to stuff a six-pack of whatever in my handc...

Voyager Shiraz 2001 Smoky cherry nose. Savoury/meaty with good tannic texture (a bit on the heavy side). 2nd night: starting to open up, more smoky, cedary, and even rose petal. Layers of texture, waiting to be integrated. Saltram No.1 1999 Got stuck into my 2nd bottle of saltram no. 1 after the le...

hmmm...no 96 either
91, 92, 94, 95, 98, 00, 02

ed

hi craig, if money was no object i feel the 98 terraces is another level up from the 98 coleraine. it has that extra bit of intensity and complexity. of coz it was never going to be twice as good! one would be lucky to get another 10% of quality (if quality can be gauged) when you go from the $50 pr...

gee, that was me
eddie

G'Day Ed. I take your point about the good things of your normal explosive SB's - however I'd defend the Te Koko as I enjoyed it a lot and I thought it was more than just vanilla oak - I found it a good food wine which for me is important in enjoying a wine - it had lovely acidity for example . At ...

2001 Cloudy Bay Te Koko Sauvignon Blanc : Those who LIKE Sauvignon Blanc should try this - main hurdle is paying $40 for a SB I guess. Colour is more yellow than a normal SB. Lovely complex steely but still grassy nose and an excellent still fresh but more complex palate than your normal 1 year old...

lucky you

i emailed the wine shop dude yesterday and he said it's now called lavot instead of arapoff. maybe you can confirm that, and thanks again.

ed

hello all NZ syrah lovers, does anyone (sue...craig...) know anything about this new dry river single vinyard label? is this a new site? how does it compare to the "arapoff" syrah?

thanks in advance for any info.

cheers
ed

cant say that anything but the chardy has excited me in the past and i have to question the ability of the chardy to cellar as well as some other nz chardy stars. and compared to te mata elston its pretty expensive now what's new craig? we all know you are all for Te Mata anyway but then i am total...

Hey Ed, could this have been due to defect with regards to time and conditions in store? I only ask because I didn't find it so about a year ago, and I am a Cab drinker. Wondering whether or not this is the way the wine is heading. hi simm....not too sure. but of coz i couldnt be if i havent tried ...

anders

difficult food match indeed, maybe chargrilled kangaroo steak with a sweetish red wine vinegar sauce. or honey-marinated BBQ pork a la canton.

Ed

on monday night had the first 3 reds with a 2-course au sang dish at La Parisien, here in Fragrant Harbour Kaesler old vine shiraz 1998 Outstanding. Had 4 bottles of this vintage so far and all were consistently good. Sweet oak blackberry, cherry, big aroma. Mouthfeel is just right. Great silky text...

consumed half bottle last thursday. splited the remaining half and put into two 180ml screwcap bottles, filled to the top. TN on thursday: Quite deep purple, shiraz-like colour. Cured meat, cinnamon nose, savoury interlaced underlying cherry sweetness. excellent complexity with smooth tannin backbon...

thanks sue for the info...i did forget about Le Sol. btw if you didnt have to buy from your favourite northshore wine shop the craggy block 14 was even cheaper lake sunset!? fragrant harbour is what Hong Kong literally means in english which was an accurate description 150 years ago ....full of frag...

hi sue and steve I don't think it's fair to compare between the 2 groups of wines. They are worlds apart in terms of style. Admittedly i have not tried all of them but if you really have to compare them in terms of quality and style (and price) the closest matchup would be cape mentelle vs craggy ra...

oops that was me.

btw i wouldnt necessary see the 96 jacaranda as "ripe and rich", just an elegant, very varietally true cabernet.

cheers
eddie

hi gavin for me it would be the 2002 Dr Loosen Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Kabinett. i have not tried the pegasus riesling before but i think on paper and from your description they may have something in common: low alcohol, relatively high residual sugar but also has enough acidity and mineral back...

hi aussie john,

where do you think the 96 thomas hardy cab will stand compared to your panel of wines tasted?

cheers
eddie