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Yes, I've had it several times, including pre-release samples. The 2004 is better.

J wrote:3 2003 Voyager Cab
Any thoughts/improvments

I'd wait for the 04.

JO gives a score of 17.5 and drinking window of 2005 -2010. So a reasonable wine but not as good as all the other vintages around it. His 2007 wine annual gives it 91 points and a drinking window of 2005-2009. I think that Cliff Royle wasn't the winemaker there in 2007 so not sure how similar the 9...

and the viticulturist's forum - there's some old ones in there - poor old Britney Spears certainly seems to be having a rough time lately

what does NWS stand for?

or white cabernet sauvignon

or unfortified port

Hey Dave, i am just sharing my experience!.... i think they are great!....the owners are not paying me! lol How many people can truely admit they have had storage problems! i can!....its horrible Thats why i throught everyone would be interested in this Even the folks at Wine Therapy, who by the wa...

Thanks for the notes. I remember talking to Corrina at a wine tasting where she said that 99 was an extremely difficult vintage in McLaren Vale and 2000 was a big improvement for them. I bought the wines for a couple years and then they sort of fell off my radar. Not sure why. Will keep an eye out f...

Interesting too that you can pick up lots of wine cheaper at auction than what they sell for at cellar door. Or from retailers. Irritates me sometimes to see the prices I could buy the wines for now at auction away from the newsletter hype.

Mitchelton Print Label?

I've seen the same thing happen at a restaurant in Griffith, but not to me. I did have the same thing happen at a three hat restaurant in Sydney where I spied the staff sampling our wines. I don't let my BYO bottles out of my sight now. I can understand the temptation, and usually offer some to the ...

Did you call Jasper Hill? Are you sure that the 04s have been released?

Was the second bottle also a new label Krug? What do you think is the reason for the difference between the two bottles? Cork taint or something else?

I think the Charles Melton Sotto di Ferro sticky uses an amarone type process. Very intense, very good, hard to find.

Maybe they couldn't sell the bottles with the unripped labels at those high prices.

Chateau Branaire-Ducru, 1996, Bordeaux, France. Decanted in restaurant for about 20 mins before drinking. Deep and dark with only slight hints of aging on the rim. Absolutely singing on the night from the first small and sip but evolved throughout the night. Nose of deep cassis and leather with a w...

2004 Sorrenberg Semillon (Beechworth) Dry, slatey, minerally, chalky, creamy, buttery and malo-influenced. Very Chablis like. A worked style. I quite liked it! 86 / 100 2000 Viking Grand Shiraz (Barossa Valley) 14%. Very polarising bouquet of iodine, band aids, intense cassis, spicy pastilles, boot...

Out to the visually stunning Voyager Estate . Appealing Dutch Cape architecture, gardens manicured to within an inch of their lives, and one hell of an Aussie flag fluttering in the breeze. After fighting my way through a batallion fancy condiments and tea towels I finally found the Cellar Door. Be...

I went to the UWC champagne tasting on the weekend....highlights...Bollinger Grand Annee 1997, Dom Perignon 1998, Veuve La Grand Dame 1996, Laurent Perrier Brut 1996, Billecart Nicolas Francois 1996 and Krug MV.. Also Tyrrells Belford Semillon 1999 which was fantastic, a brett riddled 1997 Balmoral...

Deano wrote:The Nectar Shiraz 2004...very nice, deep in colour and delicious on the tongue...might track down some more.

Is this the Red Nectar made by Troy Kalleske?

and Keith Tulloch for the wine, Audrey Wilkinson for the view

Try Thomas at the Small Winemakers Centre - across from Brokenwood. KISS shiraz very good but priced accordingly.

I visited Woodlands recently and was very impressed with the wines. They had a richness and power I found lacking in many other MR producers. The 03 Margaret is released now and I picked up a six pack for $30 per bottle. Great wine, and very fairly priced in my opinion. The $20 04 Cab Merlot was als...

danclarke wrote:If....if, you feel you must comdemn a wine, never ever do it unless you have looked over at least two bottles.

or three if they are under cork

Has anyone tried the Turkey Flat sparkling shiraz and care to comment?

I tasted several 2002 Coonawarra wines at cellar doors recently, and the cabs in particular often had a capsicum (green) note to them. I'm not a fan of this profile, so I'm treading carefully here in this vintage. Totally agree - I found the same thing with many of the 02 Coonawarra cabs I tried at...

I actually think that most of the matches look very good, I think the only odd one out is the old block with a tomato salsa based ditch. Riesling and scallops with ginger, semillon sauvignon with asparagus? These sound entirely appropriate to me and quite delicious. I don't live in Brisbane so won't...

Stuart, impressive method, you aren't an engineer per chance?

I usually use 707s method. However, I have to do that right after opening the bottle otherwise the bottle tends to empty itself as the night goes on. I admire your restraint.

Max, it is a favourite so why not try it again? The 2002 is as good as any Eclipse so far so grab any you can. The best value at auction is the 2000 which drinks really well now but suffers from the perception that 2000 is an "off" vintage. I know it's a current favourite of Drew Noon. Ian, I left ...