Peter Lehman Shiraz 04 - very good buying this again
Yering Station Shiraz/Viogner 05 - OMG - fanbloodytastic
McWilliams Mt Pleasant Phillip 03 - is this a Hunter red
greatWoodlands Cabernet Merlot 05 - luverly will buy more
Bremerton Selkirk Shiraz 04 - yummoooo
regards
Richard
Statistics: Posted by seddo — Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:25 pm
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Craig(NZ) wrote:
Charles Melton Nine Popes 1996 - To be honest this was a little disappointing. Perhaps a reflection of high expectations, as the last one I had 6 months ago was stunning. This one seemed to lack a bit of fruit, with somewhat prominent acid, although underlying structure was still good. I wondered about a mild dose of TCA, but couldn't identify any of the usual mustiness / wet cardboard / etc. To be fair, after 30 mins in the glass, it did open up more, and we drank the whole bottle quite happily. And yet, I feel this was far from the wine's best showing.
Loved the 95 and 96 of this wine. seemsed to go off the boil after that. Any good recent vintages? I havent actually tried this for a couple of years
Funnily enough I liked the warmer 2001 & 2003 vintages of this, and wasn't impressed with the 2002. All of these were tried blind, and I remember thinking afterwards the 2003 had some vague resemblence to the 1994 magnum we had around the same time. It turned out to be one of the very few 2003 wines I thought was good enough to buy (and I did).
Cheers,
Ian
Statistics: Posted by n4sir — Tue Dec 12, 2006 10:15 pm
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One of the Kellermeister range of wines. The nose and palate were dancing to the same music in this wine. Everything in balance and drinking beautifully somewhere in the middle of it's drinking window. Excellent.
1997 Saltrams No1 Shiraz
A very good wine from an otherwise poorer vintage. It goes to show that good wines can be made by good winemakers under difficult circumstances. Drinking beautifully and rated as Excellent.
Statistics: Posted by GrahamB — Tue Dec 12, 2006 9:46 pm
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2002 Pegasus Bay Riesling
Attractive nose of lime marmalade & quince. Well weightes, slippery mouthfeel with plenty of RS, but enough soft acids to keep it clean and moreish. Perfect foil for the three cheese twice baked souffle we enjoyed it with.
Attractive nose of lime marmalade & quince. Well weightes, slippery mouthfeel with plenty of RS, but enough soft acids to keep it clean and moreish. Perfect foil for the three cheese twice baked souffle we enjoyed it with.
cult vintage of peg bay over here. still have a handful left, very integrated now. lovely drink
1998 Rockford Basket Press Shira
First of the 6 pack - oh goody 5 to go. This has years ahead of it. Rich fruit beginning to mellow.
Its good stuff. Rockford seems to have something about it, the layered flavours and a bit exotic.
1996 Penfolds 389
Showed beautifully. Powerful nose of blackberry, dusty cocoa, and sweet vanillin oak. Well weighted, big tannins softening, and rich liqorice riddled finish.
One of the buys of the decade
Charles Melton Nine Popes 1996 - To be honest this was a little disappointing. Perhaps a reflection of high expectations, as the last one I had 6 months ago was stunning. This one seemed to lack a bit of fruit, with somewhat prominent acid, although underlying structure was still good. I wondered about a mild dose of TCA, but couldn't identify any of the usual mustiness / wet cardboard / etc. To be fair, after 30 mins in the glass, it did open up more, and we drank the whole bottle quite happily. And yet, I feel this was far from the wine's best showing.
Loved the 95 and 96 of this wine. seemsed to go off the boil after that. Any good recent vintages? I havent actually tried this for a couple of years
Statistics: Posted by Craig(NZ) — Mon Dec 11, 2006 7:58 pm
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When I tipped this into the decanter there was a huge wave of strong blackberry that filled the room. Very strong blackberry and black current flavours which over the course of a couple of hours toned down a bit to reveal plum and vanilla but not much else. Soft well integrated tannins and a rather long finish.
Statistics: Posted by davidg — Mon Dec 11, 2006 12:51 pm
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Attractive nose of lime marmalade & quince. Well weightes, slippery mouthfeel with plenty of RS, but enough soft acids to keep it clean and moreish. Perfect foil for the three cheese twice baked souffle we enjoyed it with.
1998 Anderson Sparkling Shiraz
An up and down style - plenty of earthy leesy complexity, but just tips the barnyard scale for me. Probably better with food rather than an aperitif.
1998 E&C Section 353 Cabernet Sauvignon
Have enjoyed a number of these over the past couple of years, but unfortunately a mild dose of TCA.
1991 Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon
Fully integrated - a rich Cabernet nose of tobacco leaf, with clean leafy mulberry fruit. Tannins fully integrated, sofy & supple. Not likely to improve further, but not falling over in a hurry either.
1996 Penfolds 389[b]
Showed beautifully. Powerful nose of blackberry, dusty cocoa, and sweet vanillin oak. Well weighted, big tannins softening, and rich liqorice riddled finish.
[b]1998 Buller's Mondeuse Shiraz
The last soldier. A big solid wine. Prune and beefstock on the nose, perhaps pushing the VA limit but pleasant nonetheless. A rich relatively simple palate of milk chocolate, sweet earth, and walnutty oak tannins. Still has plenty of character, but I would drink up.
1998 Les Cailloux CdP
An intriguing nose of strawberries and pigshit. A biggish, somewhat developed CdP, ripe black peppercorn, new leather, dried herbs and a pleasant earthy clay like character. If I was to fault acid is still relatively prominent, and not in keeping witht he rest of the wine's development. Chalky tannins softening. Pipped the 389 for wine of the night on interest, and how well it paired with my duck breast with braised lentils.
Cheers,
LL
Statistics: Posted by roughred — Mon Dec 11, 2006 9:42 am
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Nick wrote:2006 Two Hands Moscato My last of these & I'll have to get some more. Not at all serious, light & spritzy. Apple & citrus, nice mouthfeel. Most importantly, a very sensible way to finish an evening at 6% alcohol.
Or a frivolous way to start the day...
Statistics: Posted by Nayan — Sun Dec 10, 2006 4:11 pm
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