Rockford 2011 BP. Nice but needs a long time in the cellar.
Penfolds 2007 St Henri. Ditto above
Vasse Felix 2005 Margaret River Heytsbury. Very nice and could do with more slumber time
Cullens 2010 Margaret River Dianne Madelaine. OK but did not live up to expectations.
Grant Burge 2010 Filsell Barossa Shiraz. Always boxes above its weight.
Shaw and Smith 2013 M3 Chardonnay. Yummy.
Some french bubble. Nice but a bit of a waste on me.
A wildcard entrant. A 32 YO sticky (no label) that I think was more of a fortified. Quite nice.
A few VSOP Cognacs - too late in the night to remember the name. Mother's milk
A few single malt whiskeys. Ditto above
A beer or 3.
And tonight the family is continuing the celebration at Classico Chianti, an Adelaide institution, that allows BYO. Down to the cellar now to choose the wines.
Update 2/8/15
Wines taken to Classico Chianti were:
Petaluma 1999 Coonawarra. Opened at home a few hours earlier it looked in good shape but at the restaurant it showed mild cork taint. However I can cope with very low level taint if the fruit is still good which it was but after about 2/3 bottle the cork taint had risen. Damn those cork gods as this one was the last in the cellar.
Peter Lehmann 2007 Blackwell Shiraz. Very nice classic Barossa shiraz.
With entres we enjoyed the wines matched with the food and mine was a Landaire 2013 Chardonnay. From an unlikely source in Padthaway this was a revelation. A thoroughly modern version of OZ chardonnay using Burgundy clones (as written on back label). If this is the future I'm with it all the way.
Come Monday the liver will have a well earned rest.
Carl
