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Incredibly bad nose of oysters and soy sauce? Well, I sent a bottle off to Mountadam for assessment and the verdict was...DMS. The winemaker I spoke with seemed to think that the wine was still drinkable and the fruit was there. I stated that to my palate, the wine was nowhere near drinkable and tha...

98 Baily's 1904 block : HUGE wine in the same category as say a Summerfield Reserve. Powdery tannis. I am leaving the rest alone for 20 years 99 Grosset gaia a very big cab blend with attractive fruit and oak. But way too young now, of course. 1980 Farmer Bros, Hunter Valley Hermitage Got this at a...

98 Wynns Cabernet : disapointed considering the hype. Insipid and green. 97 Highbank Cabernets : This is one of my fav coonawarra cabs and the bottle didn't disapoint. A craker needing as bit more time for perfection 98 Wendouree Shiraz : Tight but with good fruit starting to show through. Not bad ...

Nose of burnt toffee and road tar - transfers to palate. Some good fruit behind it with subtle oak. Possibly cooked and not really drinkable. Unfortunately I have a case (from Langtons). Any other experience with this wine?

Peter

I cracked two out of a case and both were the same, although one was slighlty worse. I have sent a third bottle off to the winemaker for assessment and will post the results soon.

Summerfield Reserve Shiraz 2000 Opaque and black. Abundant fruit and oak. Slightly chalky tannis and finishes just a little short and hot. Needs time of course. Good now and great in a few years I think. Zeema Cluny 98 Quite a large wine - still young with time needed to intergrate. Attractive but ...

Canberra

Rocksalt: Hawker. The best duck
Anise: City. Fine dining
Aubergine. Grifith. great seafood

And many more all BYO

Anyone know a good BYO restaurant in Melbourne? - city area. In Canberra we are spoiled with a great range of well priced restaurants which are nearly all BYO. Not so, it appears, with the rest of the country where I have much frustration in finding quality food and BYO together. I suspect its not j...

Just back from there and the highlights for me were

1. DomainA (by far) - coal river, for everything
2. Holm Oak - tamar river, for the 02 pinot
3. Pipers Brook - tamar river, for the good service, good range and food
4. Meadowbank - coal river, for 02 pinot, food and views

Opaque, brick red colour with obvious sediments. Nose is restrained with some berry characters. Palate soft and long with good fruit and hints of mocha. Mouthfilling with complexity. A great wine and drinking well. Probably just off its prime for some. 12.5% alc

The colour, to me, appears correct for its age - red/puple. Slightly cloudy. There is no brown apples or sherry characters that I would associate with oxidation. Spoke with Mountadam and they will assess a bottle if I send one over. Can't say Ive ever struck this b4. The wine was purchased from Lang...

2nd bottle cracked and same result. Very offensive smell : bad oysters and soy sauce. Decanted with litlle relief.

Incredible amount of oyster/sea salt on the nose and palate which seems to dim slowly - what is this?

First posting from a newbie who is keen to learn more Summerfield 01 Reserve Shiraz: Had this last night with roast lamb and enjoyed it a lot. Seems to me it has a while to go before drinking at its peak. Grosset Gaia 97 : My first Grosset with roast lamb sangers lunch today. Very impressed, a bigge...

Dinner out at French restaurant last night. Goat cheese salad, venison casarole, creme brule. Majella 2001 Cab : great, once it got some air Xanadu Lagan 98 : fantastic, but needs time Wolf Blass Brown lable 96 : I love it and drinking now perfectly BB Patricia sticky 97 : mmmmm...