The Auswine Forum

I am Stuned the no have it at the bottom and middle ranges we get flogged pillar to post on producing a consistant sparkling. At the top end things changing very slowly with the hardy's range and a few others but we still don't get there with the single vineyard stuff like Salon and Clos du Grossis ...

I had a taste of 1981 Woodlands Cab from MR that had been open about 13 weeks and was still holding together well

I felt the wine lacked the acid to carry the wine for a resonable ageing time Both bottles were the same so who knows The price drop is interesting should be at least $10 retail I think the 99 was so good and now the 00 is lacking class I will try it again soon at the next lehman tasting [/quote]

I have tried the second eight song and still no better

Over ripe fruit Oxicied out of balance short good palate weight
the fruit os one sided lacking the class of the other wines in the range

ben

Yeah I know but there is a bit floating around Perth in cork
not sure why

The 01 Leston Cab is a good wien even better if you can find it in stelvin

Ben

Hay just because my first great wine experance was a
mag of 1982 Petrus with the cellar hand who worked there 1982-1984.
Ps it's the only merlot i really like i have had this as my hotmail acc for about 6 years

BEN

I agree with Torb
Rockford is only wine and there is always more somewere

I know I decanted it for a friend who does not drinks much wine and gave him the rest of my six pack

It's a shame the 01 was a much better wine

in my tasting of Bordeaux the top end ie higher that thrid growth the wine have more power than most OZ shz anyway. one of the ways i look for good wines is the taste over three to for day the wine that fall about ie 2002 Jim Barry Criket Pitch after one day I leave alone. where as wines that hold t...

I have seea very good cellar here in Perth. it was a 5*5 m Tin shed with 100m coolroom panels on the inside and a beer coolroom unit on the back is sits a 13dec all year out side with no shade. Room for about 1000 case of wine when full. ( Not there yet at about 450). the whole thing cost about $300...

They are both selling in Perth at about $150 The good fine wine store have given up trying to get stock from SC and are going around buying all thay can get as SC only gives them a few 6 packs of each. This is when you see it for arount the $120 mark what do you think of the wines? I have tried twic...

Sorry it was the 2000 that won the trophy the year before
the 01 as just knoked out for the trophy last year

Lucky I would love to have some of those wine

The 01 JJ Prom I am not sure which on I think auslase in out in perth now in small amounts

merlto128

Nither the moss wood and cullen are just examples It's the hype around the 01 trad I dislike I think is also shound be just under 20 same as say the 01 Jim Barry Criket Pitch I think the 01 Vasse Felix won the best Cab at Qantas Wine show of WA Beating the 99, 00, 01 Jack Mann and the Haynsbury 00,0...

I agree there is not as much tannin as say the 2001 Moss Wood or 2001 Cullen, but the trad doas not have the fruit and acid for it to stay in for a good run. I score in teh 20 point show system and in the last three times i have tasted it is has score about 15.5 16 15 To my is a good wine but not th...

I agree with Bill it is not a good example of merlot. the High bank is worth a try

When the tannin is out of balance with the rest of the wine if there is to much all that will live in the wine is tannin after the fruit dies by the way I am not saying the wine will be dead in 3-5 years. I think it will by looking tired by 05 or 06 and going down hill fast after that. I have 02 at ...

I have had a Tatsing or
82 noble one
81 Hopler Noble Reserve
76 d'Yquem

The noble on look very good well balanced and lots of flavor left should go another 15 years.

to our suprise the hopler looked the best and the second time i have seen it beat d'yquem in a blind line up

One wine you should have a good look at is the 1999 and 2001 Jack Mann I had the 99 last night at it's still only now setteling down. The 2001 Jack Mann is not out yet Hardy's are still trying to sell the 00 which is nowhere near as good as any of the others. anyway the 2001 is a monster of a wine a...

HI
The agree the79 is looking a bit tired. the 78 on the other hand is still holding up very well. I have had almost a case over the last 3 years and buy whatever i can get as a good aged red