Date: August 14, 2004. Six of us gathered for the night at DavidPÂ’s place in Sydney, Randwick. David cooked great dishes and we were really lucky with the wines. This was one of our best club night ever with lots of fun and conversation.
Attendees were:
DAVIDP: Master of Wine student.
STEPHAN: Connoisseur and Australian wines collector.
CLAUDIA: Visitor from Germany.
ATTILA: Long time Club member.
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GREAT WINES AT THE 2ND AUGUST CLUB DINNER
GREAT WINES AT THE 2ND AUGUST CLUB DINNER
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Just to provide some clarity for an otherwise comprehensive review by Attila, I wanted to make a few comments.
Firstly, thanks to DaveP for his amazing gastronomic skills. He is always generous with both the quality of his food and his wine. Needless to say, I am very jealous of his cellar!
The Penfolds 80A cabernet component was indeed surprising, but by no means not worthy of compliment. It was an exceptionally rare bottle, apparently only ever in 3 cellars - and after Saturday night, 2. Its always interesting to get totally fooled by a wine's background!
For me, the two biggest surprises in this regard were without doubt the Yerinberg and the aforementioned 80A cabernet. I would have laid money on the table that the Yerinberg was Bordeaux!
I thoroughly enjoyed the Hungarian wines brought by Attila over the last couple of weeks, and now believe that I can make some more sensible comments when guessing their origin - thanks.
Although the '71 Grange will undoubtedly loom large over the '71 389, I'm still puzzled about the size of the disparity in auction pricing. Recent 389's might not be made with the same quality as they used to, but these grand old vintages should garner more respect.
Firstly, thanks to DaveP for his amazing gastronomic skills. He is always generous with both the quality of his food and his wine. Needless to say, I am very jealous of his cellar!
The Penfolds 80A cabernet component was indeed surprising, but by no means not worthy of compliment. It was an exceptionally rare bottle, apparently only ever in 3 cellars - and after Saturday night, 2. Its always interesting to get totally fooled by a wine's background!
For me, the two biggest surprises in this regard were without doubt the Yerinberg and the aforementioned 80A cabernet. I would have laid money on the table that the Yerinberg was Bordeaux!
I thoroughly enjoyed the Hungarian wines brought by Attila over the last couple of weeks, and now believe that I can make some more sensible comments when guessing their origin - thanks.
Although the '71 Grange will undoubtedly loom large over the '71 389, I'm still puzzled about the size of the disparity in auction pricing. Recent 389's might not be made with the same quality as they used to, but these grand old vintages should garner more respect.