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And the 05s and 06s? I have one or both in the cellar. 05 95pts, some similarity of comments to the 04. drinking window to 2020. If you have the 06 Allan, you may have missed slightly on the 06, 92pts/2015, "a little reduction" perhaps the main detractor. The rest of the TN though reads w...

Kilikanoon Oracle Shiraz 2004 was another self-indulgence. Bloody hell, if you have any of this don't go near it for at least another ten years. It's huge, fully-fruited, oak?, what oak? I thought Jeanneret Denis Reserve 2002 was a big Clare shiraz but it's a softie compared to the Oracle 04. Don't...

dazza1968 wrote:6 x 05 Robinson of Clare V/Max

Just looking at my rates notices and water corp notices so i think it will be a quiet month for me

You get that

Regards Dazza

Almost $1600 half year here, about $1380 if paid by due date..........

The Story Westgate Vineyard Shiraz 2006. Nice, lively acid, a bit meaty, savoury cherry fruit, salty/sour plums, very good line across the palate and persistence. A quite distinctive wine, fair value @ $40. daz G'day Daryl I liked his regular Shiraz and I have a couple of these. I had high hopes th...

Rooview, just adding my thanks for your efforts and those else who are contributing to moving the contents of the current forum to the new format. The original forum content wasn't able to be translated to the current format if memory serves me correctly. But I was a latecomer to the original forum,...

The Story Westgate Vineyard Shiraz 2006. Nice, lively acid, a bit meaty, savoury cherry fruit, salty/sour plums, very good line across the palate and persistence. A quite distinctive wine, fair value @ $40.

daz

Teusner "Salsa" Rose 2008 - a touch of spice, really earthy/meaty rose that pushed my buttons - a notch up on the Rose of Virginia which was my pick of last summer. Not a big fan of rose but found the 1st vintage (07?) of Teusner Salsa at least as good as the better Turkey Flats I've had ...

Well at least I've tried one bottle of Dorrien 96, have one left

What steps are taken to remove bias when judges own wines take trophies? i.e. their scores are removed from trophy and another judge brought in or... GW Good point Gary. If you were to quote examples they could be allegations that would attract legal censure but do you have a particular show/wine/t...

I swilled heaps of the MP cab 07, preferred it to the shiraz 06 and 07. Seriously thinking of getting another case if there's any left by the time I make up my mind to spend the relatively low price for it's slurpability.

daz

Alex F wrote:

PaulG wrote:Great news, Gavin!
I must admit I'm dissapointed that my hopes of being able to compete in the post-count stakes after a fresh start have now been dashed

suggest a 'lounge' thread

The testing site had one

Does that mean I should drink only a quarter of my weekly average?

It seems the point I attempted to make was lost in the effluvia of me, my, this, that or the other. Forget about the string analogly - unless your prized aged white is cork-sealed and smells like wet hessian after a horse has pissed on it. In terms or development, is the aim to find the oldest white...

Somehow I missed the response, until stumbling back on the thread in search of a 98 JC limited release Shiraz Cab note (pretty good stuff, btw) Cheers for the response Daz. I can say however with some confidence that the 96 is currently superior and will drink well for some time. I tried both at Ta...

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Softie wrote:24cm.

http://blogs.abc.net.au/queensland/2008 ... s-a-1.html

John

OR.......

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spool_of_string.jpg

daz

Blends? Don't some verdelhos age well too? Not that I'm into aged whites but it does sound like an interesting evening full of possibilities - wish I could attend but would have to go searching for some "museum" wine/s. Age is relative too. A good 5-8yo viognier or roussanne could be as in...

I'm not sure us buying and the general public buying Constellation wine is the same thing. Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. cheers Carl We are the general public Can't see the point in denying oneself vinous pleasure simply because some beancounters cocked up! Sorry, I never learned latin, d...

Daz- second bottle tonight and it's the goods you were talking about. 1st bottel reductive, that's all. It happens. At less than $5 who's gonna complain. You recommended a bargain. Yet again Thanks Jeremy, I'm a bit embarrassed, but do hope your experience of it was similar to the impressions of it...

I'm not into FRS but would suggest that if you like the wine just continue to enjoy it. The majority of punters who also enjoy it wouldn't have a clue what or who is Constellation Brands, let alone that a relatively very few wine consumers (buffs?) have decided to boycott the companys products or co...

No Wizz, I'm talking about 1 (and that is a singular, bottle variation exists as much as many would like to pretend it doesn't) bottle of De Borts Sacred Hill 2088 Chardonnay. It wasn't great, it wasn't good. It was pongy. De Borts can absorb that and I hope they wouldn't wish me to lie. I bought t...

Ahhh, you're probably right Wizz - but in another thread somewhere Jeremy expressed his intention to seek out the DBSH chard after having tried the label's ssb and/or sem/chard. I've tried the ssb, prefer the varietal chard - JH 89pts BTW.

Cheers

daz

2008 Sacred Hill Chardonnay - lively and in no way dumb, but this bottle was a bit pongy and rubbery. Maybe reduction or sulpher. I have another bottle to compare it to soon. 2008 Battle of Bosworth Shiraz - it needed a full day to come round, but it did. Generous and sweet fruited. Very pretty and...

The name has been changed:

http://www.camproadestate.com.au/index.htm

Probably to avoid confusion with the Sth Aust Heartland plus there's also a Heartland Vineyards in the USA too.

daz

Luke W wrote:2001 Seven Hills Verdelho - what a surprise - got it as a mistake on Langtons but a pleasant surprise - like a semillon crossed with a good chardy crossed with a good Savvy - couldn't believe it was 8 years old

I should drink more verdelho - prefer it sauv blanc.

De Bortoli Sacred Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2008 I think this is the cheapest red I've had for some time but it's better than the $5.49 it cost. It's actually quite a juicy little mid-weight wine with sweet red berries on the mid-palate moving to sweet/sour red cherries on the finish that whilst not rea...

Perhaps about 10-12 years ago, I remember finding a Normans varietal grenache to be a bit different but very enjoyable nonetheless. I think it was labelled "Unfiltered"(or was that the chardy they released about the same time?). The only varietal grenache I recall having tried in the last ...

This is a nice juicy departure from some other ~$10 reds I've had recently (e.g. Annies Lane cab merl 07 and shiraz 07). Very much in the Ben Riggs style, it has plenty of red and black fruits complexed a bit by dark chocolate, coffee oak on the mid-palate with licorice at the back, moving to mild m...

Still on a grenache bender: DiLisio Grenache d'Arenberg Ironstone Pressings Cascabel Monastrell Yangarra High Sands Grenache Yangarra Old Vine Grenache Dog Ridge Cadenzia Grenache Tscharke The Potter Grenache Vinrock Grenache Petaluma Shiraz Yalumba FDR1A Astrolabe Awatea Sauvignon blanc St. Clair ...