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Guess the Wine - wk begin 29/5 revisited (Google Proof?)
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 3:32 pm
by Andrew Jordan
This weeks wine, and hopefully Google proof:
TASTING NOTE 1
"Ripe, flooded with cassis/blackcurrant fruit. Excellent management of tannin and oak. Very good length".
TASTING NOTE 2
"Black olive, toasty barrel, black fruits of fabulous concentration and depth. Liberal tannins are refined and smooth, giving a seamless texture. It's great now and will reward further cellaring".
Although most of you have proved that you do not need assistance, to help everybody out, I have provided a few options in a couple of the categories.
Country - Australia
State - Vic/Wa/Sa
Region -
Varietial - Cabernet/Cabernet-Merlot/Cabernet-Shiraz
Year - 1999/2000/2001
Winery -
Name of Wine -
Have fun and Google your life away. Will reveal State tomorrow.
WINNER LEADERBOARD - YEAR
1 win - Maximus
RULES
Each week 1 or more tasting notes from published wine critics will be given (that will remain anonymous) that all refer to the same wine. It is then up to the Forum to try and guess what the wine is. Points will be given to each Forum member that guess the correct answer about the wine before it is revealed. The categories that will attract points for the right answers are the following:
Country - Will always be Australia (no points awarded)
State - 2 points
Region - 2 points
Varietial - 3 points
Year - 4 points
Winery - 5 points
Name of Wine - 1 point
Everyday one/two categories will be revealed, which will then allow each Forum member to change their guesses for the remaining categories if they want to. This will continue each day until the wine is revealed. The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the week. Unfortunately, there are no prizes, just a chance to show off your wine guessing prowess on the WWW.
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:22 pm
by TORB
Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Barossa
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 2001
Winery - Elderton
Name of Wine Cabernet Sauvignon
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:34 pm
by mphatic
Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Coonawarra
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 1999
Winery - Katnook
Name of Wine - Odyssey
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:40 pm
by Davo
OZ
SA
Barossa
Cab/shiraz
2000
Yalumba
Signature
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 4:40 pm
by rogerc
oz
sa
coonawarra
cab sav
2001
balnaves
tally
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:00 pm
by GRB
Davo wrote:OZ
SA
Barossa
Cab/shiraz
2002
Yalumba
Signature
Err Davo read the clues
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:06 pm
by GRB
WA (Edit)
Margaret River (Edit)
Cab Sav
2001
Devils Lair
Cab Sav
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 5:09 pm
by GraemeG
Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Barossa
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 1999
Winery - Seppelt
Wine - Dorrien Cabernet Sauvignon
cheers,
Graeme
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 6:35 pm
by Christo
Aust
WA
MR
Cab merlot for sure
1999 now changes to 2001;
back to 1999.
c
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:49 pm
by Davo
GRB wrote:Davo wrote:OZ
SA
Barossa
Cab/shiraz
2002
Yalumba
Signature
Err Davo read the clues
Thanks, I didn't even look at the bottom bitty, just the two titty bits at the top.
Guess I will have to rethink me vintage.
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 10:05 pm
by Sieben
WA
Magaret River
Cab merlot
2001
Cullen
Diana Madeline
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 10:05 pm
by Sieben
WA
Magaret River
Cab merlot
2001
Cullen
Diana Madeline
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 10:08 pm
by Sieben
WA
Magaret River
Cab merlot
2001
Cullen
Diana Madeline
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:03 am
by Mike Hawkins
WA
MR
Cab Merlot
2001
Voyager Estate
Cab Merlot
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:00 am
by war on terroir
Country - Australia
State - Wa
Region - Margaret River
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 1999
Winery - Leeuwin Est
Name of Wine - Artist Series
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 5:29 am
by Ian S
Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Adelaide Hills?
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 2001
Winery - Wolf Blass
Name of Wine - Platinum
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:03 am
by Alex F
Country - Australia
State - WA
Region - Magaret River
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 2001
Winery - Leeuwin Estate
Name of Wine - Art Series Cabernet
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:19 am
by n4sir
Sounds like a Barossa job to me ... wouldn't be surprised if Graeme's on the mark with the 1999 Dorrien either.
Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Barossa
Varietial - Cabernet/Shiraz
Year - 2001
Winery - Yalumba
Wine - Signature
Cheers,
Ian
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 9:52 am
by SueNZ
WA
Margaret River
Cabernet Sauvignon
2001
Vasse Felix
Heytesbury
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:00 pm
by Deejay
WA
Margaret River
Cabernet Sauv
2001
Cape Mentelle
Cabernet Sauv
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:46 pm
by Andrew Jordan
Ok
State is ....
Country - Australia
State - Western Australia
Region - Great Southern/Margaret River/Geographe
Varietial - Cabernet/Cabernet-Merlot/Cabernet-Shiraz
Year - 1999/2000/2001
Winery -
Name of Wine -
Good to see some variety in the responses. Will make things interesting in the next couple of days.
Will reveal
Region and
Varietial tomorrow -
a total of 5 points up for grabs! Change the rest of your guesses if you want to.
WEEKLY LEADERBOARD SO FAR:
2 points - Christo, Sieben (x3)
, Mike Hawkins, war on terroir, Alex F, SueNZ, Deejay
0 points - Everybody else
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:53 pm
by Christo
triple points for the blend please!! I also ammended year, but put it back moments later.
apologies
c
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:55 pm
by Christo
delete... duplicate
c
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 12:57 pm
by Brucer
Margaret River
Cab Sauv
2001
Moss Wood
Cab Sauv
Bruce
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 1:18 pm
by Sharkey
Country - Australia
State - Western Australia
Region - Margaret River
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 2001
Winery - Cape Mentelle
Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:44 pm
by Maximus
Country - Australia
State - WA
Region - Margaret River
Varietal - Cabernet Merlot
Year - 1999
Winery - Cullen
Wine - Cab Merlot
How about we roll with extra points for guess the reviewer too?
Halliday and Mattinson???
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:34 pm
by Andrew Jordan
Ok
Region and
Varietial are ....
Country - Australia
State - Western Australia
Region - Margaret River
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 1999/2000/2001
Winery -
Name of Wine -
And as requested by Maximus, extra points will be awarded if you guess the reviewers - 1 additional point per correct reviewer guessed.
Will reveal
Year,
Winery and
Name of Wine tomorrow ... plus the 2 reviewers -
so a total of 12 points up for grabs! Even those Forum members who haven't guessed yet can still try their luck and have a chance of winning. For those that have already guessed, change the rest of your guesses if you want to.
WEEKLY LEADERBOARD SO FAR:
7 points (perfect score) - war on terroir, Alex F, SueNZ, Deejay
5 points - GRB, Brucer, Sharkey
4 points - Christo, Sieben, Mike Hawkins
3 points - TORB, mphatic, rogerc, GraemeG, IanS
2 points - Maximus
0 points - Everybody else
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:41 pm
by Christo
halliday & ......
Posted: Thu Jun 01, 2006 5:13 pm
by SueNZ
Andrew Jordan wrote:And as requested by Maximus, extra points will be awarded if you guess the reviewers - 1 additional point per correct reviewer guessed.
Er, that makes it a little hard for little ol' me, seeing these reviews can't be googled and I don't have any access to any written material. But I'll give it a go after I've thought about it.
Posted: Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:29 am
by Sieben
waiting for the final answer...