The Auswine Forum

May I interpose a question but what would you (collectively) feel is too high a temperature? My brother lives in Cairns and is always moaning about the temps being too high to keep wine. I believe him but I was wondering what a subjective tipping point might be. The temperature and length of time i...

You gave up? Good for you. Too many wineries. Too many wines. Cheers Michael[/quote] Exactly right. I was on Stonewaller's list but quit after so many inconsistent vintages of BP. For the money there so many similar wines out there even better ones. Never understood why they are trying to create suc...

however, I'll probably never convince myself that wine tastes better out of Zalto/Riedel. I've done a nimver of side bu side comparisons and the to me the difference on the nose is as stark as day and night. Granted the Zalto Universal has a tendency to highlight faults and alcohol on the nose, but...

I came a cross a Kalleske Old Vine and I think it was a grenache, I'll go back and have a look and I don't know the vintage. It's the grenache 2015. Thoughts? We've only tried two other Kalleske's before (a GSM and shiraz) and neither stood out. The GSM had an odd nose to it. Kalleske Old Vine Gren...

ufo wrote:

dave vino wrote:$225 for Mt Ed are you serious?? LOLOLOL

Easy pass for the likes of Rockford, Wendouree, Clonakilla, etc.

sorry double post

$225 for Mt Ed are you serious?? LOLOLOL Easy pass for the likes of Rockford, Wendouree, Clonakilla, etc. 100% agreed. Looks like big H is following Penny's trail, good luck to them. Still remember buying 1996 & 1998 HoG for $180 back in 2004. No wonder why I stop buying anything from big H jus...

I regret buying all those big Barossa Shiraz, Greenock creek, Two Hands, Kealske and Rolf Binder. All went to auction a few years ago. Cheers Con. I suppose you meant Kalleske. All of Kalleske wines have great structure with proper back bone to support the fruit. They never ever add acid into their...

winetastic wrote:Any wine from Mudgee, fun place to visit, just don't come home with any wine - a mistake I have made three times.

This is too generalist, Mudgee is definitely not a wine region to be written off like that.

Settlement Wine Company in McLaren Vale used to do an amazing Cab Franc that aged very well... I think the fruit was from Langhorne Creek if I recall correctly. I am not sure they even exist anymore... Yeah, they were not known much but used to make great wine. I do wonder too if they are still in ...

NOON does a very good Rose.

I am still amazed the debate rages about leaky corks being a requirement for wines to age. The French have been running testing on this for centuries on white wine and in Australia for over 100 years on reds. It is called sparkling wine. It is under pressure and nothing is getting in there unless t...

If it is not gonna take you more than a few hours to drink it, a well insulated bottle holder does wonders.
I have been using the one in the pictures with great success. Where do you get it? have no idea, it came with the shopping wheelie my Missus bought some years ago.

It's not just a question of whether it should, it's a question of how much it flavours a given wine. Doesn't matter if it's intentional or not, some people like those flavours. I am not saying corks should be used just to give that flavour, I'm just saying it's another aspect of the cork vs SC deba...

I agree with you on the cork flavours playing a part in aged characteristics. Older barrels can be used if you want to add less or even no oak flavours whilst still being about the micro-ox and having an influence on tannins. Then again, you can still add tannins just on its own. Some well known wi...

yeah but u guys are missing a curial point that is Oak is specifically/deliberately used to impart flavours to wine whereas cork is just a closure and is used only to stop (or one can argue to minimize) O2 ingress while wine is aging. That's true..but I'm pretty convinced a lot of the "aged&qu...

yeah but u guys are missing a curial point that is Oak is specifically/deliberately used to impart flavours to wine whereas cork is just a closure and is used only to stop (or one can argue to minimize) O2 ingress while wine is aging.

There is a French guy making Pinot/Shiraz blend in Hunter but can't remember the name it was Chateau something?
I had a few of his different vintages back in around 2005-8 and they were not bad at all.

To cap it all off... THE AGE June 16, 2009 Hill of Grace has done it. Now another premium winemaker concedes screw caps are the future for its top merlot. By Jeni Port. TWO bottles of merlot, made in the same year, bottled on the same day and stored in the same winery cellar for more than a decade....

Don't waste your breath Poly, u can not convert these cork lovers. They will never ever have an objective look/consider/accept SC as a very very reliable alternative to cork, full stop.

Andrew Jordan wrote:

ufo wrote:Kalleske Grenache, especially after 10 years of age. Best ever AU and best aging AU Grenache.
If you can, get your hands on a 2003 and find out how good AU Grenache can age.

The 2002 is even better IMO

Do you still have some? Drank my last 2003 last year.

Kalleske Grenache, especially after 10 years of age. Best ever AU and best aging AU Grenache.
If you can, get your hands on a 2003 and find out how good AU Grenache can age.

You can get screw cap at any permeability rate you want. if you adjust your technique to the level of permeability you're going to have with screw cap, there is no issue at all And once they work out the right amount of permeability for any given wine in any given vintage the debate on oxygen will ...

I've got no problem with the price. Wouldn't be surprised to see it hit $1,000 in future years. Grange is viewed as the best icon wine in Australia. Whether it is actually the best wine or not is irrelevant. It's peoples perceptions. Think of how much a bottle of first growth Bordeaux costs. It's i...

Anyone care to comment on if shut down periods, or dumb phases, for wines will be extended, shortened or even made non existent in SC wines in the future? Unfortunately, I don't think anyone can really answer that question. The science of shut down periods/dumb phases isn't understood. Some people ...

So it would seem as though the consensus view is leaning towards the following: Screwcaps are good because there's no throwaway bottles as the case is with traditional corks However, there is some evidence (?) to suggest wine development maybe stunted in a screw cap As such, screw caps are probably...

If you want to see how beautifully/gracefully red wine also ages under screw cap, get your hands on a bottle of Marius 2002 shiraz under screw cap ... if you do, If I were you I would organise a tasting with it to shut up screw cap haters. Maybe I've missed something here but I don't recall reading...

ufo Please , this is not religious fanatasism,it's a discussion . I'm not a screw cap hater I've observed scew cap stunt in some early reds. Be more than happy if all is well ! Yeah Ok, hater is a bit too strong but "Screw cap" issue has been discussed so many times in so such detail and ...

If you want to see how beautifully/gracefully red wine also ages under screw cap, get your hands on a bottle of Marius 2002 shiraz under screw cap. While I was saying to myself that I should keep some bottles of this wine to see how far it goes/develops, I couldn't keep my hands off and pitifully dr...

If you guys wanna have the true Marius experience, get your hands on a bottle of 2002 Shiraz if it still exists anywhere. Truly astonishing wine, a brilliant display of how elegantly red wine can mature under screw cap. Unfortunately I drank my last bottle of two dozens I had last year, what a mista...

Yeah, it goes state by state, first is SA but don't know the sequence after that.