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A wine dinner held in August - theme was Pinot from NZ vs USA All wines served blind Wine # 1(Starter) – NV Philippe Glavier ‘La Grace D’Alphael’ Drand Cru Champagne Nice bright straw/hay colour in the glass. The nose has a big hit of chalky mineral notes, stone fruit and some white florals. Palate ...

3 X 2021 Houghton Jack Mann Cheers Ed Love the Jack Mann, should be drinking well in 2100 :D My months purchases all for drinking now (well some for summer) 2 x 2019 Domaine Billaud-Simon Chablis 4 x 2020 Ar.Pe.Pe. Rosso di Valtellina Nebbiolo 6 x 2019 Pertimali Rosso di Montalcino Sangiovese 2 x 2...

Second last tasting in the Festival of Birthday, or "FestiMal". Some oldies from the cellar. All looked good, Grange and 707 were exceptional, Bin128 was surprisingly good, I threw in the Seaview as a bit of a curio, but it was still holding up. The St Henri wasn't the best bottle I've ha...

Depending on dates (and if I'm in the state) this sounds wonderful Con. Been ages since we have shared a bottle (or seven). Let me know *update* Im out for most of September :cry: I have Thursday 12th Sept and thats about it as im away most of September Friday 4th of October is good for me - but i k...

Another wonderful wine dinner held mid last month. The theme for the evening was: Tuscany so basically anything from that region. Wine # 1 (Starter) 2020 Cantina Del Signore Metodo Classico Rosato – Sparkling Nebbiolo Nice pink hue, a light Turkish delight colour – pinkish edges touch of orange in t...

Some for the cellar, some for the dinner table

1 x 2015 Ar.Pe.Pe Valtellina Superiore - Il Pettirosso
1 x 2013 Pertimali Brunello di Montalcino
2 x 2015 Pertimali Brunello di Montalcino
2 x 2019 Pertimali Rosso di Montalcino
1 x 2018 Poggio di Sotto Rosso di Montalcino

I bought 3 of each of his wines. Drank so much aged Shiraz this month in the bitter winter, decided to replenish stocks. Nice one . Good reviews out for all 4 offerings (some Stellar). Will be great to visit them in a few years. Very happy with my purchase and Callum doing amazing things even in le...

WDC Yellow Hammerhill Shiraz Malbec 2022. This is superb, like a silky cuddly blanket generous fruit, great depth, Malbec really brings everything together, and the 5% Cabernet gives a nice freshness. Long palate, finest tannins, super smooth and carries the 15.2% easily. A definite nod to Tony Bra...

JamieAdelaide wrote: ↑Tue Jul 09, 2024 10:13 am Always enjoyed old Bindi. Palate preferences by the looks.

Quite possibly right. Some enjoyed them, others tipped out. Was a bit of a divisive bracket

My notes for an evening held mid last month The theme was Pinot from Gippsland vs Geelong vs Macedon (Regions) Wine # 1 (Starting White) – 2022 Patrick Sullivan Ada River Chardonnay Bright yellowish core, touch of green leading to a clear rim. Looks very young, almost a barrel sample. Current releas...

I grabbed a 6 pack

2 x 2023 DWxHV
2 x 2023 Ebenezer
1 x 2023 K’ Sands
1 x 2023 Flaxman Valley

I had a quick look at Ethereal, and yes a good selection, and a very interesting focus on northern piemonte (aka alto piemonte). One I'll call out for Pippo to try (but indeed would recommend in general) is Gaudio's Grignolino at AUD 42. Very much a benchmark producer for the variety, and a wine th...

Went to Epocha (Rathdown st Carlton) last night. Excellent food and allows BYO. Not cheap but very good glassware, excellent and attentive staff.

I'm in Australia too. Any imported producers that can be sourced here that you would recommend seeking out ? There are many good onew around, however The two that I have found to be very knowledgeable, generous with their time...and just good people are: Rody - Ethereal Wines http://www.etherealwin...

A wine dinner held late April. Theme was Bordeaux Varieties from Anywhere As usual, all wines are served blind/masked. Wine # 1 (Waiting wine) – 2017 Pascal Clement Chassange- Montrachet ‘Les Baudines’ 1er Cru Not on theme, just something to have a casual sip & chat while the others arrived. No ...

Wine # 10 (Fortified) – 1982 Sevenhills Vintage Port (Clare Valley) Lighter in colour than a usual Aussie VP. Some slight browning but otherwise a dark strawberry Colour. This is a tough one as the colour looks to be Portuguese due to the clarity and light colour… however I’m not sure. Amaro bitter...

Rossco, KS like Tollana, Seaview, Rouge Homme and others were largely obliterated by Southcorp and made extinct by TWE. These labels I drank by the bucket load in my teens and twenties...a lifetime ago. Cheers Craig I assumed as much, such a sad period in Australian wine history....well that and th...

A wine dinner held mid this month Theme was Yarra Vs Mornington Pinot As always all wines served blind. Wine # 1.1 (Left Glass) – 2017 TarraWarra Estate Reserve Chardonnay (Yarra) Bright/Light yellow with a green core & clear Rim. Looks painfully young but screwcap will do that. Could be 2 years...

A massive loss to the entire coonawarra community. Have spent many a good time with the Bowen's (Doug and Emma in particular) and my sincere condolences to the whole family. You couldn't ask for a more down to earth / salt of the earth family who are so generous with their time and hospitality. Vale...

TravisW wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 7:51 am Hi Rossco.
Is it built in a style to age?

I have yet to try any gamay that should be cellared long term (which includes Beaujolais cru)

My preferred style of gamay is red fruits, fresh and drinks perfectly now.

It's a bbq / food wine to be enjoyed now with friends and family.

Just my .02c

Waiters Friend wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:34 pm
Buy the chardonnay! One of Victoria's finest.

This is great advice. The Chardonnay excellent along with the ssb.

So Rossco you seem to prefer their SSB to the gamay? Here is my note from the 2014 tried recently 2014 Sorrenberg Gamay (Beechworth) Much darker in colour than the left glass, not sure of the commonality of this wine yet, as this looks and smells completely different. Lots of Mint, Spearmint and Eu...

Don't buy the SSB ..... means there will be more for me
However I have had their gamay before and there are much better offerings from France for similar money. Didn't work for me.

Interesting comments on the Yattarna Rosscoe. Had a magnum of 2006 recently and the nose world class but the palate wasn’t. It was in cork. Lacks the oomph and tension of Grand Cru Burgundy/ top 1er Cru Burgundy. Would have preferred it in screwcap! It was a clearly a new world wine, but some peopl...

Finally caught up on my notes. This was from an event back at the start of Feb. Theme was - Open: New World Chardonnay & Pinot As always, all wines served blind Wine # 1 – (Waiting wine) – 2022 Saracco Moscato D’Asti Not on theme, just something interesting to pass the time as people arrive. Som...

Pity about the Quinta do Noval - I had a 1995 a couple of months back that I rated very highly indeed. Yeah there were a couple of disappointments during the night (my Alain Hudelot-Noellat being one of them), however the Morris was a more than worthy replacement and just goes to show the generosit...

Catching up slowly This was from a wine dinner held early December 2023. The theme was: Known wines Served Blind Basically we all received the list of the wines that were being presented, BUT we did not know what order they are served in, and as always they are served blind. We had to rank each wine...

Slowly catching up on my notes. This one was for a Christmas Special event (yes im that far behind) Unfortunately this current 2024 year will see a lot less wine events which hurts. My notes for this 2023 Xmas Special. As always all wines served blind Wine # 1 - Faulty –2013 Vincent Dauvissat Chabli...

I’m not sure that there are many flippers on the mailing list, but there are probably a few that buy the full allocation and then sell on the extra bottles they don’t want. Will be interesting to see how much the Our Hill goes for and how many bottles actually appear at auction. I feel anyone flipp...

Ouch! Hitting that failure rate is especially tough given the pricing level and expectation of the bottles in question. On that last wine I certainly remember finding it interesting but unusual (even challenging) when I've drunk it. In youth, the somewhat bitter tannins were a big shock, and the al...