Right, what are we/you drinking now .. tonight

[Hacker]

2012 Marc Roy Gevrey Chambertin Clos Prieur
Beautiful wine, full of bright red fruits, candy without being too sweet, Gevrey Earth and plenty of sap. Cool, red fruit profile. Whilst this is not a 20 year wine, it is a mid-term beauty. Definite buy, great value at under $90AUD.
92 points, drink: 2017-2025.

Claude Kolm gives all of Roy's village Gevrey wines top marks for the 2013 vintage, better than Rousseau and Fourrier. No doubt the 2012 was at least their equal or better.

[maybs]

2005 Best's Bin 1 Shiraz

Popped and poured. Super expressive nose of black fruit with undercurrents of gentle spice and wood. Medium bodied (at best) with silky mouth feel and almost fully integrated very fine tannins. Round black fruit flavours dominate the palate but in a refined kind of way, with a hint of spice/pepper on the medium length finish.

The finish does go medium length but then kind of drops off a cliff a little right at the end which is a shame.

Refined cool climate shiraz that is ageing well under screw cap with 5+ years ahead though for my taste it is drinking really well now and I can't see the other 2 bottles I have lasting out the year. Excellent value.

EDIT - about an hour after opening the wine started to develop undercurrents of menthol on the nose and clearly noticeable but mild and smooth menthol flavours on the palate.

[felixp]

2012 Marc Roy Gevrey Chambertin Clos Prieur
Beautiful wine, full of bright red fruits, candy without being too sweet, Gevrey Earth and plenty of sap. Cool, red fruit profile. Whilst this is not a 20 year wine, it is a mid-term beauty. Definite buy, great value at under $90AUD.
92 points, drink: 2017-2025.

Claude Kolm gives all of Roy's village Gevrey wines top marks for the 2013 vintage, better than Rousseau and Fourrier. No doubt the 2012 was at least their equal or better.

thanks Hacker, that is good to hear. I will pick up a couple of the 2013's when next in Hong Kong and report back. Have not tried Fourrier's version of the 2012 yet, but I would agree that it is certainly better than Rousseau's. (mind you, that is not saying all that much, Rousseau's village wine has never been a great performer, unlike the rest of his incredible bunch.)

[Hacker]

2012 Marc Roy Gevrey Chambertin Clos Prieur
Beautiful wine, full of bright red fruits, candy without being too sweet, Gevrey Earth and plenty of sap. Cool, red fruit profile. Whilst this is not a 20 year wine, it is a mid-term beauty. Definite buy, great value at under $90AUD.
92 points, drink: 2017-2025.

Claude Kolm gives all of Roy's village Gevrey wines top marks for the 2013 vintage, better than Rousseau and Fourrier. No doubt the 2012 was at least their equal or better.

thanks Hacker, that is good to hear. I will pick up a couple of the 2013's when next in Hong Kong and report back. Have not tried Fourrier's version of the 2012 yet, but I would agree that it is certainly better than Rousseau's. (mind you, that is not saying all that much, Rousseau's village wine has never been a great performer, unlike the rest of his incredible bunch.)

Should have included the link, sorry... http://thefinewinereview.blogspot.com.a ... mmary.html

[Hacker]

2009 Howard Park Riesling with Peach Salsa Grilled Chicken. So much acid, too much really. Hasn't budged since release. Hard to find the fruit amongst the searing tartness. Certainly a food wine in its present form, and was acceptable with the chicken. Undecided about its future potential though.

[sjw_11]

While visiting South Africa for work, tried a few wines from Oldenburg Vineyards in Stellenbosch (curiously, they call them "wine farms" ... when my colleague first recommended next time I might be best to stay near the wine farms, I thought it was genuinely odd!)

Chardonnay 2013... Half way between the "new world" style and the new trend to leaner, fresher wines. Overall, medium bodied. 9mths in oak. Creamy mouth feel, with fruit flavours on the peach end of the spectrum. Nice enough for wouldn't want to drink a lot of it.

Cabernet 2011... Rich, robust wine. Very deeply fruited, quite youthful, juicy. Powerful, new world style wine. Very enjoyable in a "don't over-think it just enjoy it" style.

Rhodium 2011... Merlot dominant Bdx blend. Much leaner and more herbal than the cabernet and much lighter in colour. Somewhat too green for my tastes.

[Luke W]

Tahbilk Couselant Sparkling NV - straight from the courier into the fridge and then into the glass 6 hours later. Surprisingly good even after the bubbles disappeared. I had no expectations of this wine but will look forward to drinking the next few. Very nice

2007 Penfolds Koonunga Shiraz - again blown away by how good this wine gets with a few years cellaring. 4 years ago it was raw and unappealing - now she's a bloody ripper. Wish I hadn't drunk most of the others in the meantime.

[Chuck]

Last night with some lovely snapper, salad and crusty bread we enjoyed a Patrick of Coonawarra 2013 Riesling. Surprisingly good for a Coonawarra rizza. More Clare like.

SWMBO and daughter have gone to Melbourne for a girls weekend so with crocodile tears we waved goodbye. So here I sit doing f-all drinking a Vale Ale Pale Ale at 3.30pm in the arvo listening to some old Leon Russell songs on Spotify looking longingly at a Jamiesons Run 2001 Winemakers Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz wondering if there will be any left after a take away sushi dinner and a Tarantino flick. Can it get any better? Life indeed does have some sweet spots.

Carl

[sjw_11]

Last night with some lovely snapper, salad and crusty bread we enjoyed a Patrick of Coonawarra 2013 Riesling. Surprisingly good for a Coonawarra rizza. More Clare like.

SWMBO and daughter have gone to Melbourne for a girls weekend so with crocodile tears we waved goodbye. So here I sit doing f-all drinking a Vale Ale Pale Ale at 3.30pm in the arvo listening to some old Leon Russell songs on Spotify looking longingly at a Jamiesons Run 2001 Winemakers Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz wondering if there will be any left after a take away sushi dinner and a Tarantino flick. Can it get any better? Life indeed does have some sweet spots.

Carl

Nice ... as someone else said, wheres the "like" button in this forum!

[Bytown Rick]

Last night with some lovely snapper, salad and crusty bread we enjoyed a Patrick of Coonawarra 2013 Riesling. Surprisingly good for a Coonawarra rizza. More Clare like.

SWMBO and daughter have gone to Melbourne for a girls weekend so with crocodile tears we waved goodbye. So here I sit doing f-all drinking a Vale Ale Pale Ale at 3.30pm in the arvo listening to some old Leon Russell songs on Spotify looking longingly at a Jamiesons Run 2001 Winemakers Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz wondering if there will be any left after a take away sushi dinner and a Tarantino flick. Can it get any better? Life indeed does have some sweet spots.

Carl

Nice ... as someone else said, wheres the "like" button in this forum!

+1

Rick

[JamieBahrain]

Last week's line-up.

Jim Barry trumped the Granges IMO. The Brokenwood 94, wow, if only the mug had stored it properly. I shake my head at wine storage in Australia- too many great bottles on the secondary market and they're obviously badly stored. I must start a thread displaying what properly stored wine looks like as opposed what some folks pass off as OK.

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Last week's line-up.

I must start a thread displaying what properly stored wine looks like as opposed what some folks pass off as OK.

Can Ya? that would be great for the less experienced amongst us...

[felixp]

2009 Brane Cantenac
When it's good it's very good but when it's bad it's rotten.
maybe that old saying was meant for the commune of Margaux, so often the poor performer in mediocre Bordeaux vintages.
but 09, like 10, was a ripper in Margaux, and this wine really displays the true magnificence of the commune. You could sniff those delightful red and black berries all night, with a voluptuous smooth and rounded palate full of interest. Great length, this is a superb value wine that will continue to improve for a decade, but is such a treat to drink right now.
Drink: now-2025+ 94pts

[JamieBahrain]

2009 Domaine Georges Vernay Côte-Rôtie Blonde du Seigneur- Rhone seems to be suffering the same fate as Australia at the moment with a tapering off of world wide interest. It will be back though, this producer makes my favorite Condrieu and their CR is always smart.

I've sent x 6 down to the cellar in Oz as this is what shiraz-viognier is all about.

[Hacker]

2012 Woodlands Cabernet Franc Merlot - the Cab Franc component fills a palate void and gives a broader flavour profile than it's brother the Cab Merlot and for that it is a better wine for me. Lovely wine for only $20

[maybs]

2012 Woodlands Cabernet Franc Merlot - the Cab Franc component fills a palate void and gives a broader flavour profile than it's brother the Cab Merlot and for that it is a better wine for me. Lovely wine for only $20

Nice one. Am drinking the 2009 Cab Merlot tonight and enjoying it enough. Will have to check out the Cab Franc Merlot.

[Hacker]

2012 Woodlands Cabernet Franc Merlot - the Cab Franc component fills a palate void and gives a broader flavour profile than it's brother the Cab Merlot and for that it is a better wine for me. Lovely wine for only $20

Nice one. Am drinking the 2009 Cab Merlot tonight and enjoying it enough. Will have to check out the Cab Franc Merlot.

It's only a matter of degrees - both are great wines, and gifts at the price point, as is the Margaret. But I will be hunting out a doz of the 2013 CFM when it is released.

[catchnrelease]

Yarra Yering rep came by work last week and dropped some opened bottles off. Wrote up some quick notes elsewhere, and figured I'd post them here.

2012 Yarra Yering Dry Red No.1 - Took three days for this wine to open up. First tasting was a day after being opened. Was still incredibly closed, to the point where I thought it was flawed to some degree. Opened up towards the end of the second day, so left a third of a bottle for the next (third) day. Third day was much more open and expressive. This is not an in your face wine, however it was never designed to be that. Subtle oak, briary fruits, blackberry, cocoa. Very restrained and composed, though, perhaps to such a degree where you're left wanting more. While this is a good wine in its own right, the $90AU price tag is probably too much. 92+ is what I'd give it, as I do think after a long sleep this wine will show its best.

2012 Yarra Yering Dry Red No.2 - Another bottle given to us by the Yarra Yering rep a day after opening. Showing much better on day two when compared to the No. 1. Definitely open and expressive. Red fruits, spices, capsicum and cracked pepper. So much pepper, but fortunately doesn't overpower the other elements of a complex wine. A very elegant and refined style of shiraz, and done pretty well at that. Finish was of decent length, no acidity sticking out or unpleasant tannins. This style will have its admirers. Day three showed much of the same, except the pepper notes had been toned down. Starting to fade, though. Cellar time will be appreciated, but can be enjoyed now if you like your shiraz young and primary. At $90AU I probably won't be buying any, but will gladly jump at the chance to drink it again. 93-ish.

[JamieBahrain]

R. López de Heredia Rioja Gran Reserva Viña Bosconia 1995- This is a cheap alternative to aged Cru Burgundy! Magnificent wine, classic traditional Rioja, if you haven't had Bosconia but you have had Tondonia, Bosconia is more Pinot like. I don't think any sensible cellar should be without some of the Tondonis or Rioja Altas.

94pts

[felixp]

where did you get it Jamie?

[mjs]

Last night with duck ... 09 Romney Park Adelaide Hills Pinot

[JamieBahrain]

where did you get it Jamie?

BBX exchange. About 40£ a bottle no commission.

Very pleased will send some to Oz as will go forever well-cellared and it's a fantastic wine to show traditional Rioja and significantly different to Tondonia Gran Reserva.

[felixp]

xie xie, I'll have a look!!!

[Polymer]

Didn't you just poo poo a LdH Tondonia GR? But you want to try an even lighter version of the one you said was on the terrible list where you couldn't find anything to drink?

[felixp]

Didn't you just poo poo a LdH Tondonia GR? But you want to try an even lighter version of the one you said was on the terrible list where you couldn't find anything to drink?

no, actually, I just said the 94 was a better drink. In fact, as I said, the Tondonia caught my eye, but was wrong vintage and $$$$$.

[Rossco]

2011 dog point section 94 fume blanc..... I love this wine. So funky, flinty and different. Like nothing you would have had before. I sniffed it for hours. You will either love it or hate it, it's that divisive. Why cant more sav b's be this great/interesting!!

2012 Jim Barry Barry bros cab shiraz. Great quaffer.

1999 jim Barry lodge hill Riesling. Their first screw capped trial. Just glorious and in its prime

Braydun hill sparkling shiraz. At the price point......Australias greatest sparkling (waits for arguements/flamage)

2010 hollick sparkling merlot. Meh.....meh. doesnt hold a candle to braydun hill.

2012 tahbilk semillon. Such a shame they ripped out the vines. This wine is stunning. Grass and hay aplenty.

2004 collier d'or vin de pays de l'herault. Another really interesting wine. A little fat & oily but different....in a good way. Very short length though.....like it lasted 3 seconds then nothing....gone. wierd

[Andrew Jordan]

2001 Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - Medium ruby in colour, aromas of dark fruit and vanilla. Medium to Full bodied with plenty of heavy ripe, rich fruit which coats the mouth. Definitely not elegant in style but more of a powerhouse. Big finish of savoury, silky tannins. Enjoyable now with a decent decant and a BBQ beast of some description, but has the legs to go for a few more years yet. Will drink the rest of my bottles over the next 5 or so years.

[Chuck]

FLAXMAN WINES The Stranger Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet 2008. When they say its full bodied believe them. Not the best wine with bug tails and pasta in cream sauce on a 41C day. Even left it in the fridge for half hour to bring the acid back into balance and calm the fruit that yells at you. Nice meal. Not so sure about the wine. May try the other bottle with a rare steak in the middle of winter.

Carl

[Bobthebuilder]

I just tried art series Chardonnay for the first time
Had 2 bottles in there, a 1999 and a 2001
Tried the 99
Wow, I can understand the reputation this wine gets
It's fantastic
But it seems to disappear very fast
I swear this bottle hasn't got 750mls in it!

[Rossco]

I just tried art series Chardonnay for the first time
Had Funny tles in there, a 1999 and a 2001
Tried the 99
Wow, I can understand the reputation this wine gets
It's fantastic
But it seems to disappear very fast
I swear this bottle hasn't got 750mls in it!

My first was the 2007. One of my 'wine moments' that completely
Changed my entire perspective on chardonnay. Such a stunning and complete
Wine. One of Australias best.

Currently drinking a 2013 vinteloper odeon Riesling. This is really good. Quite
Funky. Almost sweet/ wild honey type nose, but it's not. Acid kept in check nicely
marmalade lime and something else I can't put my finger on. It's quite approachable now.