Curly Flat impressions sought

[brad]

Guys, anyone got impressions on these wines please?

Much appreciated.....

cheers, brad

[radioactiveman]

Guys, anyone got impressions on these wines please?

Much appreciated.....

cheers, brad

Hi brad,


I attended a bit of a tasting for these guys, organised privately here in Canberra. From memory, they were good wines but a bit different, stylistically, from vintage to vintage. We tasted their Pinot and Chardonnay, back to '99 and including yet to be released samples. Both wines seem to get better with each successive vintage and I believe they have a consultant (?Gary Farr) from the '02 vintage. Could be a winery to watch.

My pick from the tasting was their '02 Chardonnay & Pinot (not yet released).

Cheers

Jamie

[brad]

Thanks Jamie, did a search on all the forums and this seems to be the general consensus.

Although I remember having the 99 pinot a year or so back and being impressed....

[radioactiveman]

They have a website you might like to check.


www.curlyflat.com


Jamie

[Graeme C.]

I've tried a few vintages and found the wines OK but generally un-inspiring and quite oaky. I looked up the web site and found it all a bit over the top with 'if you buy this year you will be allowed 'access'(!) to next year's wine....'. Seems like trying to build a demand/rarity well before any exists or is deserved.

There is better value and wuality out there, for my money.

Graeme.

[Tozer]

They are not trying to build a rarity. I'm guessing it was regarding the extremely limited 2003 vintage of chardonnay. There was not much at all and most went to restaurants. I think it is fair. With a vintage like 2003 (and 2002) it is important to look after those that are loyal to you. Demand in these vintages was well beyond supply. Get your hands on 2004 chardonnay before it sells out soon!

[kirragc]

I dont know about the Chard which Ive been hearing good things
However Ive ahad a crack at 02 and 03 Pinot and loved em.
Diffferent wines but a real textural experience.

Ive got them down as a wine of interest

[85luke]

85luke wrote:

Wine: 2003 Curly Flat Pinot Noir
Wine opened with a very strong lanolin smell. This blew off after about half an hour, to provide some background complexity. This wine has a good core of ripe fruit, red berries and cherries. It’s underlying flavours of forest, eucalyptus and game. It has some bitter green tannins. It is a silky wine, and was forever changing in the glass. After a while it revealed some composty type aromas, which were interesting. Fantastic wine, but should have been decanted

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[Adair]

Jancis loved the 2003 Pinot Noir.

I loved the 04 Williams Crossing Chardonnay (very mineral - 18/20) and the 2004 Curly Flat Chardonnay (ripe fruit, little oak and still very mineral - 18.5/20).

I have not opened the 2003 Pinot Noir but the 2002 was great. Served blind, we thought it Premier Cru.

These wines are great if you like Australians wineries with French ideals, which I do.

Adair

[Alex F]

I agree... the 2004 Williams Crossing is superb value for money.

[Barney]

Am popping into Curley Flat on Sunday on route to Cobaw Ridge during the Macedon Ranges wine festival, am looking forward to an interesting tasting based on the above comments.