T.I.: 0 Pyrus, 02 Ingoldby R., 05 Woodland CM, 03 Brini ...

Grinners · Post by **Grinners** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:05 am

Tonight it was my birthday and with some mates and family we shared chronologically:

Lindemans Pyrus 2000, Woodlands Cab Merlot 05, Ingoldby 02 Reserve Shiraz, Brini Sebastian Shiraz 2003, Wynns BL Cab Sauv 01.

Easy choice and echoed by all - WOTN Pyrus 2000 - nose the most complex and satisfying and the longest most pleasant complex palate. Great structure and strength and also very smooth. Decanted 1 1/2 hours.

Followed by Ingoldby (others put the Woodlands 05 before the ingoldby), but i felt was strongly supported by a good lasting fruit/tanning integration finish. Structure and complexity very very good and only came in 2nd behind Pyrus because it wasn't as powerful.

We then had the woodlands, which i thought was velvet silky smooth very nice but lacked anything like the structure and power of the ingoldby and pyrus, i suppose depends on what type of style you like.

Brini Sebastian Shiraz 2003 and Wynns BL Cab Sauv 01 - both over oaked and disappointing comparatively. Comments unworthy in comparison, however, we hadn't the time to decant these wines for long (straight in and out of the decanter) like the others which all received min 30 minutes to max 1 1/2 hours.

Gary W · Post by **Gary W** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 10:52 am

I think you will find that the 00 Pyrus has much more oak on it than the 01 BL. Certainly looks that way to me anyway.

GW

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Thu Jul 06, 2006 4:42 pm

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Grinners · Post by **Grinners** » Sat Jul 08, 2006 12:21 pm

Gary W - may or may not do, but no question 00 Pyrus had it covered, integrated and barely showing. 01 BL oak was sticking out, bittery, & low fruit/other characters.