Yellow Tail
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Don't get confused with this one. Cassela Wines, the makers of Yellow Tail won the JWT with fruit they sourced from Wrattonbully, a very near neighbour of Coonawarra.
The winning wine has not yet been released and will obviously be an upmarket label not a base Yellow Tail.
A bit like Orlando Jacobs Creek base wines which have no resemblence to other Orlando wines like Jacaranda Ridge, Centenary Hill etc.
The winning wine has not yet been released and will obviously be an upmarket label not a base Yellow Tail.
A bit like Orlando Jacobs Creek base wines which have no resemblence to other Orlando wines like Jacaranda Ridge, Centenary Hill etc.
Cheers - Steve
If you can see through it, it's not worth drinking!
If you can see through it, it's not worth drinking!
JWT releases are always well publicised, they often get column space in the daily press as well.
I wouldn't expect the Casella until later this year or next year.
The JWT is the most over rated trophy but most important commercially on the circuit. The wine that finally gets in the bottle is often nothing special but it would take a whole post to explain why. Maybe TORB can do an article on the JWT when he's got a blank week!
I wouldn't expect the Casella until later this year or next year.
The JWT is the most over rated trophy but most important commercially on the circuit. The wine that finally gets in the bottle is often nothing special but it would take a whole post to explain why. Maybe TORB can do an article on the JWT when he's got a blank week!
Cheers - Steve
If you can see through it, it's not worth drinking!
If you can see through it, it's not worth drinking!
Maximus wrote:What are the conditions, if any, to win the JWT?
the Jimmy Watson Trophy for the best one-year-old red at the Melbourne Wine Show usually still in the barrell.
Is this really part of O week max?
Graham
Chardonnay: A drink you have when there is no RED wine, the beer hasn't arrived and the water may be polluted
Re: Yellow Tail
Yes. Shiraz: Ribena with oak chips, probably treated oak chips at that. The first sip is okay, then there's a sickly sweetness to it. EwwAnonymous wrote:Is this stuff as bad as ive heard?
No.Anonymous wrote:Did it win the Jimmy Watson?
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Neville Nessuno
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I hear what you all are saying but do you think we all are missing something?
Why is it such a runaway success in the US then ? surely millions of americans must see something in it cause they are buying it by the case load and there would be plenty of alternatives on the market there?
My guess is that at its price point, its probably a very good fruit driven quaffer. the sweet ripe fruit criticism doesnt sit well either - doesnt that describe just about every second red wine coming out of SA, North Vic and MIA that we all espouse here.
my two cents worth
NN
Why is it such a runaway success in the US then ? surely millions of americans must see something in it cause they are buying it by the case load and there would be plenty of alternatives on the market there?
My guess is that at its price point, its probably a very good fruit driven quaffer. the sweet ripe fruit criticism doesnt sit well either - doesnt that describe just about every second red wine coming out of SA, North Vic and MIA that we all espouse here.
my two cents worth
NN
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Neville Nessuno wrote:My guess is that at its price point, its probably a very good fruit driven quaffer. the sweet ripe fruit criticism doesnt sit well either - doesnt that describe just about every second red wine coming out of SA, North Vic and MIA that we all espouse here.
NN
Price is a very valid point. No point comparing it to Bin 389 for eg
Well, can only call it as tasted...and that's probably where the key lies, with taste, and varying palates. And marketing 
I don't drink white wine really, so can't comment on the Yellow Tail range on that side, but the Shiraz I've tried has been almost sickly to drink, a unanimous call each time. Might get a bottle over the weekend in the interest of science 
Just a question of whether it's cruel to test it on humans 
I don't drink white wine really, so can't comment on the Yellow Tail range on that side, but the Shiraz I've tried has been almost sickly to drink, a unanimous call each time. Might get a bottle over the weekend in the interest of science Just a question of whether it's cruel to test it on humans 
I tasted the cabernet last year, and it was not as bad as I expected.
Definitely a bit sweet, but drinkable in a bbq or picnic style. I can see why the great unwashed (okay, the majority of non-serious wine drinkers) in the US may like it. It is aimed at the "jug wine" market, not the type who go out and grab their allocations of Napa cab. on release day (I still laugh at the idea of convoys of limos prowling the country backroads once a year)
Definitely a bit sweet, but drinkable in a bbq or picnic style. I can see why the great unwashed (okay, the majority of non-serious wine drinkers) in the US may like it. It is aimed at the "jug wine" market, not the type who go out and grab their allocations of Napa cab. on release day (I still laugh at the idea of convoys of limos prowling the country backroads once a year)
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