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A pretty quiet week after an excellent night of wines at our recent capital tasters dinner ( http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11812 ). A bottle of the excellent value and very quafable 2010 Yalumba Y Series Pinot Grigio and also the very enjoyable 2008 Pio Cesare Barbera D'Alba wh...

Yes, it was a great dinner with some excellent food by Rubicon complimenting the excellent wine generously provided by David. With such a high standard of wine it is tough to pick out a highlight or favourite as each wine had its own dazzling effect. However, 2 days later the balance of power and fi...

2006 Rockford 'Local Growers' Semillon: excellent summer drinking. Lemony, grilled nuts, a little grassy herbaceousness. Good length and intensity. I love that it's released with 4 years bottle age. Great value at $18 per bottle. 2005 Hillcrest Premium Yarra Valley Pinot Noir: I was starting to thi...

A few highlights recentley: Numerous bottles of Rockford Black Shiraz . As good as they all were, i still have the Jospeh Sparkling Red a smidge ahead of it as my favourite in the style. Plenty of Xmas/New Year's Champagne, with the standout being the clean, crisp beautifully structured 2002 Moet &a...

Two excellent reds over the weekend were the recent highlights. They being: 2004 Tim Adams 'Aberfeldy' Shiraz: classical Clare medium weight. Menthol, ecualypt nose with a hint of aniseed and vanilla. Lovely balanced wine with fine tannins and fresh blackberry and cherry like fruit. Looking promisin...

Last night, we held our monthly Canberra tasting group dinner at the excellent Aubergine in Griffith. It was my turn to provide the 6 wines and throw in a bit of options skulduggery to keep everyone on their toes. The wines showed pretty well, particularly the whites, with the reds probably served a...

Sacrificed a bottle of 2008 Wendouree Shiraz Mataro 2 weeks ago and it was stunning. Drinking superbly now with obvious upside to it in the cellar. I would make sure you drink it before the heavier styled BP and Eileen Hardy.

1996 Lanson Gold Label: this was a really bright bottle, with lively lemon ascidity, fresh cut green apples and some toasty, oxidative notes on the finish. Very nice and drinking close to its peak in my view (I like it with some zing). 2009 Petaluma Hanlin Hill Riesling: I love this wine. Great flo...

Just heard that Italian and Sons picked up One Hat in last night's SMH Good Food Guide Awards.

Many congratulations to the guys at I & S. Well deserved!!

2002 Rockford Rifle Range Cab Sav - good old school Barossa Cab Sav. Dry, earthy, leathery notes interplaying with jubey black fruit, hints of green capsicum and dried herbs. Still a lick of firm tannins. Yum. Still time on its side too. 2001 Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz - wow, this was a $90 6-pack pu...

Our regular Canberra tasting group met for our monthly dinner at Rubicon in Griffith last night. It was Tammy's turn to provide the wines and the options to keep us on our toes. The food at Rubicon was largely excellent as were the wines which provided a few suprises in options. We drank: 2002 Veuve...

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Benevelli Piero “Bricco Ravera” Barbera d’Alba 2006 - had a veal ragu simmering away for 4 hours callian out for something Italian. This fitted the bill perfectly. In the decanter for 3 hours or so, with blueberry, earthy tobacco, vanilla and grilled nuts notes wafting out. Plums...

ufo, spot on, the Noon Eclipse does 10 years no worries. I fonldy recall a 1998 Eclipse looking very good at an Adelaide offline in 2007: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=6649&p=47448&hilit=noon+eclipse+1998#p47448

Was defintely a night of great wines. 1996 Pol Roger was how vintage champagne should be - complex bready notes, intergrated, loooooong with refreshing acid drawing through the wine. YUM! The 1998 Leo Buring Eden Valley Riesling was pretty much knackered - either slightly oxidised or scalped by TCA....

Another great night. We drank: NV Larmandier Bernier Premier Cru Blanc de Blancs Lovely champagne to start the night with. Dry, oxidative bready notes with lots of zingy lemon and notes of seaspray. 2004 Eileen Hardy Chardonnay Powerful chardonnay. Grapefruit/lemony core surrounded by butter and tao...

Jim Barry Watervale Riesling 2009

Very nice mid-week riesling. Lots of lemon and lime as expected and extremely slurpable - a bargain.

Yalumba 'Running with Bulls' Barossa Tempranillo 2008

Just below full-bodied, chewy, spicy fruit, so drinkable. Great midweeker.

6 x Pewsey Vale Riesling 2009
2 x Dominique Laurent Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Lavaux St Jacques Vieille Vignes
A bunch of every day drinkers including 09 Jim Barry Watervale, 04 Mt PLeasant Lizzie Semilion, 08 Teusner Riebke

The 7th Capital Tasters dinner was held on Wednesday night at Courgette restaurant for the second month running. Briefly, the wines generoulsy provided by David were: 1997 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr Spätlese 1996 Pol Roger Blanc de Blancs 2000 Louis Carrilon Puligny-Monratchet 1er L...

2007 Craggy Range 'Quarry' Cab Merlot - young but very enjoyable, very good wine. Decant for a good 6 hours if you want to look at it now. 2005 Rockford Basket Press Shiraz - top Barossa Shiraz, drinking well young but years ahead of it. 2007 William Fevre Petit Chablis - decent chablis, minerally, ...

According to a quick search on the Langtons website, the last 1967 Galway Claret that went to auction (in 2007) sold for $59.

So at that price, I would say forget about selling it, rip the cork out and enjoy a bit of Australian wine history!

For me the 2006 was a very good Black label (with 2004 and then 2005 behind in that order) and look forward to the 2008. The 2008 Shiraz is back in business (best since 1998 for mine) and I hope the 2008 Cabernet is at a similar level. Agreed, the 2008 Shiraz is an unbelievably good value wine at t...

3 x Hoddles 1er Chardonnay 2008
3 x Hoddles 1er Pinot Noir 2008

From Auction:
2 x 1983 Coutet
1x 1986 Grand Puy Lacoste

Rockford's mailer demanding attention.

1996 Lanson Gold Label - a good aperitif style which is sitting right in its drinking window. Still quite acidic, as expected, with yeasty, toasty notes. Very enjoyable start to the evening. 2003 Seppelt Drumborg Riesling - slightly reductive to start off but cleared quickly. Pale yellow, citrusy n...

The wines we imbibed were: 1996 Lanson Gold Label 2003 Seppelt Drumborg Riesling 2003 Pierro Chardonnay 1998 Orlando Jacaranda Ridge Cab Sav 2004 Rockford Basket Press 2006 De Bortoli Noble One The food at Aubergine was fantastic and all the wines showed pretty well on the night. More impressions to...

Wynns Shiraz 2008 - unbelievable value. Great drinking in front of the footy - plummy, earthiness, slightly oaky but not too noticable. Good value at $20 per bottle and ridiculous value at the $12 i saw it a chain store retailer later. A solid high 88-89 point wine.

2008 Kilikanoon Mort's Block Reserve Riesling - very good, lots of tingly acid and a good depth of typical Clare Valley riesling flavours - lemon, lime, slatey undertones. 2004 Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz - a beautiful Barossa Shiraz. Plums, dark chocolate, liquorice hints, earthiness and a great...

I am keen for the 26th August

Yep, I live in Canberra these days. Havent updated the profile for awhile..... let alone posted! I think this may be my return to the forum