Had a few this week,(best part of winter), Temata Coleraine 2000, blackberrys\fruit,spice,raseberry and the nose and palate,soft fine tannins increasing on the longish finish,not a bad wine.
Lawsons Orlando 98
big wine red berry, mint and chocolate mint and mint, nice wine,put the rest away to open another day.
Brokenwood Graveyard 1999
big upfront in your face bold dark cherries,lichorice,earth,meaty,white pepper nose,softens on the finish,fine to soft powdery tannins, well intergrated even at this young age. good wine
Howard Park
cab. 2001
very aromatic black cherry and current,clean dark berry flavours quite complex,pepper spice savoury tannins,nice on the middle palate long on the finish. put them to sleep for a while. smart wine
Henschke M.E 1998
big rich,red purple colour,very indtifiable as a henschke wine,rich red fruits,some plum,and a almost spicey tomato bush type nose and flavour,firm tannins.quite a nice wine in its style.
also drank a 86 St Henri,which from memory showed nicely good wine. and a 98 Parker first growth, which drank well.
Cheers peter
wines drank this week.?
Re: wines drank this week.?
peterk wrote:Had a few this week,(best part of winter), Temata Coleraine 2000, blackberrys\fruit,spice,raseberry and the nose and palate,soft fine tannins increasing on the longish finish,not a bad wine.
Lawsons Orlando 98
big wine red berry, mint and chocolate mint and mint, nice wine,put the rest away to open another day.
Brokenwood Graveyard 1999
big upfront in your face bold dark cherries,lichorice,earth,meaty,white pepper nose,softens on the finish,fine to soft powdery tannins, well intergrated even at this young age. good wine
Howard Park
cab. 2001
very aromatic black cherry and current,clean dark berry flavours quite complex,pepper spice savoury tannins,nice on the middle palate long on the finish. put them to sleep for a while. smart wine
Henschke M.E 1998
big rich,red purple colour,very indtifiable as a henschke wine,rich red fruits,some plum,and a almost spicey tomato bush type nose and flavour,firm tannins.quite a nice wine in its style.
also drank a 86 St Henri,which from memory showed nicely good wine. and a 98 Parker first growth, which drank well.
Cheers peter
Not slumming it then Peter! Some serious wines there.
Is it fair to assume that the Coleraine is very much in primary state? I've got 2, but wasn't planning on touching them for 3-4 years at least.
ta
Ian
Anonymous wrote:Torb slept in this week?
Nope I wes up early enough to kick the sparrows out of bed but wanted to do a bit of work on my site. By the time I got back to post this thread, Peter had already started it. As it had been started, I continued working on the Tour Diary before posting my own tasting note.
Noon 2001 Eclipse My second bottle from a six pack; the first was corked but kindly replaced with the same vintage by Drew. The bouquet is wonderfully complex showing meaty aromas, menthol, black and red berry fruits. It's full-bodied and packs a big wallop of flavour that slams the taste buds into submission and then lingers for ages. Meat, aniseed, blackberry, red berry fruits are found on the palate. Smooth tannins with an excellent balance, it is drinking well now, and is hedonistically bloody lovely. With a good bit of meat, it is rated as Excellent with ***** for value, and by itself, because of its hedonism, it would receive the same rating.
Thought I'd try a cabernet from Califronia. Got a Lajota Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 from Napa Valley,
Deep purple,The nose has lots of ripe berries & some vanilla , Big rasberry and black currant up front long and minty finish with smooth oak & a lot of tannin but balanced only con a little too sweet. I can now say I have tasted a californian wine that is very enjoyable, very balanced and worthy of a T/N.
Mick,
...and tommorow night the somewhat infamous John Riddoch '97.
Deep purple,The nose has lots of ripe berries & some vanilla , Big rasberry and black currant up front long and minty finish with smooth oak & a lot of tannin but balanced only con a little too sweet. I can now say I have tasted a californian wine that is very enjoyable, very balanced and worthy of a T/N.
Mick,
...and tommorow night the somewhat infamous John Riddoch '97.
"Compromises are for relationships, not wine."
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Gianna..
It's a been a good week this week, all the wines tasted were great.
WOTM:
1999 Domaine Serene Evanstadd Reserve Pinot - Oregon
The best pinot I have had this year by far.
Beautiful deep ruby red color, very perfumed nose and the aroma lept out of the glass. Rose petals, red currants, spices and white pepper.
A wonderfully smooth texture that finished with layers of complex fruit driven flavor. It developed enormously throughout the night as more savoury flavours persisted. Bloody pricey, but first class.
Will improve for another few years without doubt and I am rubbing my hands together that I have plenty more.
2002 Evasham Wood Cuvee J Pinot Noir - Oregon
Had this a few nights after the Serene and although clearly a notch below, this was also a wonderful pinot.
Still young and will age gracefully. The flavour was fruit driven with lashings of red berries and plums that finished tightly on the palate.
1996 Wolf Blass Grey Label
At its peak and I think it is time to drink up.
This was a pleasant, easy drinking wine that went perfectly with a slow cooked tomato based rump caserole. I found the shiraz flavours were more dominant than the cabernet (can't recall the split) but the palate was a bit too jammy and sweet for my liking.
1998 St Hallett Old Block Shiraz
This is still a favourite of mine and I think it will peak in another 3 years.
Deep red/black color with no bricking. Nose was full of blackberries with cedar and chocolate. The oak has integrated well and is only mildly noticeable on the back palate with a vanilla aftertaste. Good QPR.
1998 Zema Family Selection Cab Sav
Jet black inpenetrable color and the perfume coming out of the glass was amazing. The nose was explosive. Earthy forest floor aromas with cherries and coffee and cassis. Quite extraordinary.
The palate was still a bit over influenced by the oak and it took a while before the deep cabernet fruit flavors came out. This was a heavy weight wine and will improve for years to come.
WOTM:
1999 Domaine Serene Evanstadd Reserve Pinot - Oregon
The best pinot I have had this year by far.
Beautiful deep ruby red color, very perfumed nose and the aroma lept out of the glass. Rose petals, red currants, spices and white pepper.
A wonderfully smooth texture that finished with layers of complex fruit driven flavor. It developed enormously throughout the night as more savoury flavours persisted. Bloody pricey, but first class.
Will improve for another few years without doubt and I am rubbing my hands together that I have plenty more.
2002 Evasham Wood Cuvee J Pinot Noir - Oregon
Had this a few nights after the Serene and although clearly a notch below, this was also a wonderful pinot.
Still young and will age gracefully. The flavour was fruit driven with lashings of red berries and plums that finished tightly on the palate.
1996 Wolf Blass Grey Label
At its peak and I think it is time to drink up.
This was a pleasant, easy drinking wine that went perfectly with a slow cooked tomato based rump caserole. I found the shiraz flavours were more dominant than the cabernet (can't recall the split) but the palate was a bit too jammy and sweet for my liking.
1998 St Hallett Old Block Shiraz
This is still a favourite of mine and I think it will peak in another 3 years.
Deep red/black color with no bricking. Nose was full of blackberries with cedar and chocolate. The oak has integrated well and is only mildly noticeable on the back palate with a vanilla aftertaste. Good QPR.
1998 Zema Family Selection Cab Sav
Jet black inpenetrable color and the perfume coming out of the glass was amazing. The nose was explosive. Earthy forest floor aromas with cherries and coffee and cassis. Quite extraordinary.
The palate was still a bit over influenced by the oak and it took a while before the deep cabernet fruit flavors came out. This was a heavy weight wine and will improve for years to come.
Had a brilliant week
Wednesday:
Tyrrell's
Vat 1 - '04, '03, '02, '01, '99, '98, '97, '95, '94, '89
Vat 47 - '04, '03, '02, '01, '00, '98, '97, '91
Vat 9 - '04, '03, '02, '01, '00, '98, '97, '94, '91, '90
Thursday:
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2002
Bollinger Grande Annee 1996
Bannockburn Pinot Noir 1997
Louis Max Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 1999
Berardenga Chianti Classico 1998
Joseph Moda Amarone 1990
Baron de Pichon-Longuevile 1993
Chateau Latour 1991
Penfolds Grange 1992
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
Curlewis Shiraz 2000
Brokenwood Hermitage Graveyard 1985
Saturday:
Farr Rising Mornington Pinot Noir 2003
Tonight:
Orlando Steingarten Riesling 2002
Wednesday:
Tyrrell's
Vat 1 - '04, '03, '02, '01, '99, '98, '97, '95, '94, '89
Vat 47 - '04, '03, '02, '01, '00, '98, '97, '91
Vat 9 - '04, '03, '02, '01, '00, '98, '97, '94, '91, '90
Thursday:
Trinity Hill Hawkes Bay Chardonnay 2002
Bollinger Grande Annee 1996
Bannockburn Pinot Noir 1997
Louis Max Clos de la Roche Grand Cru 1999
Berardenga Chianti Classico 1998
Joseph Moda Amarone 1990
Baron de Pichon-Longuevile 1993
Chateau Latour 1991
Penfolds Grange 1992
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
Curlewis Shiraz 2000
Brokenwood Hermitage Graveyard 1985
Saturday:
Farr Rising Mornington Pinot Noir 2003
Tonight:
Orlando Steingarten Riesling 2002
It’s been an extremely busy time at work, and it’s a struggle to even think of looking at the computer when I get home. There’s still last week’s Blacktongues notes, the VP night notes, and some impressions from a three-day Barossa trip to come after this lot.
2003 Shaw & Smith Adelaide Hills Merlot: Dark to inky crimson with a bare flash of purple on the outer rim. A sweet, dusty/musky nose of plum, mulberry and chocolate at first, developing some high-pitched peppermint/spearmint characters and milled white pepper with breathing. The mid-weight palate opens with an attack of chalky/olive tannins that run the length of the palate; this wine emphasizes structure first and foremost, with slightly jammy/smoky fruit in the background for now. It’s a real pity this is the last vintage (the vines were ripped out soon after) as it’s a serious Merlot in the style of an Irvine, and not the over-sweet, over-ripe, over-oaked, fast food style that’s so common.
2001 Domaine A Stoney Vineyard Tasmania Cabernet Sauvignon: After telling someone how much I enjoyed the above Merlot this was recommended as a similar “Bordeaux-style” effort. Glass hugging, inky purple/red colour with a glowing purple hue. A beautifully delicate and perfumed nose: earthy, floral, complex, so pure and youthful, featuring blackberries dusted in icing sugar, a hint of iodine, carnation perfume, underlying chalk and mixed spices. The tightly knit palate was equally as impressive featuring complex, savoury characters matched to a powerful, chalky tannin structure; vanilla, mushroom, sweet smoke, ink, mineral/pencil notes and sweet blackcurrant, gaining complexity, sweetness, weight and length with breathing. I opened this after coming back from the three day Barossa trip, and found it to be a bit of a revelation - definitely one for the Cabernet purists!
2002 Mitchelton Parish Shiraz Viognier: Inky red/purple colour. The vine has evolved a little over the last 12 months; there’s no obvious apricot on the bouquet this time, although it still retains the BBQ smoke and tomato sauce/meat pie characters, along with some raisin, licorice and stewed red fruits. The palate was just as ripe as the nose suggests, with ripe blackberry fruit, some pepper/spice mid-palate, finishing with sweet cherries and some alcohol heat. With extended breathing the wine becomes even riper and unbalanced, with chocolate/coffee and porty characters on the nose, coconut, jammy fruit and Vegemite on the palate, and finishing with those harsh, sharp Viognier tannins. I’m not sure where this one is going, but at the moment it doesn’t look promising.
Cheers
Ian
2003 Shaw & Smith Adelaide Hills Merlot: Dark to inky crimson with a bare flash of purple on the outer rim. A sweet, dusty/musky nose of plum, mulberry and chocolate at first, developing some high-pitched peppermint/spearmint characters and milled white pepper with breathing. The mid-weight palate opens with an attack of chalky/olive tannins that run the length of the palate; this wine emphasizes structure first and foremost, with slightly jammy/smoky fruit in the background for now. It’s a real pity this is the last vintage (the vines were ripped out soon after) as it’s a serious Merlot in the style of an Irvine, and not the over-sweet, over-ripe, over-oaked, fast food style that’s so common.
2001 Domaine A Stoney Vineyard Tasmania Cabernet Sauvignon: After telling someone how much I enjoyed the above Merlot this was recommended as a similar “Bordeaux-style” effort. Glass hugging, inky purple/red colour with a glowing purple hue. A beautifully delicate and perfumed nose: earthy, floral, complex, so pure and youthful, featuring blackberries dusted in icing sugar, a hint of iodine, carnation perfume, underlying chalk and mixed spices. The tightly knit palate was equally as impressive featuring complex, savoury characters matched to a powerful, chalky tannin structure; vanilla, mushroom, sweet smoke, ink, mineral/pencil notes and sweet blackcurrant, gaining complexity, sweetness, weight and length with breathing. I opened this after coming back from the three day Barossa trip, and found it to be a bit of a revelation - definitely one for the Cabernet purists!
2002 Mitchelton Parish Shiraz Viognier: Inky red/purple colour. The vine has evolved a little over the last 12 months; there’s no obvious apricot on the bouquet this time, although it still retains the BBQ smoke and tomato sauce/meat pie characters, along with some raisin, licorice and stewed red fruits. The palate was just as ripe as the nose suggests, with ripe blackberry fruit, some pepper/spice mid-palate, finishing with sweet cherries and some alcohol heat. With extended breathing the wine becomes even riper and unbalanced, with chocolate/coffee and porty characters on the nose, coconut, jammy fruit and Vegemite on the palate, and finishing with those harsh, sharp Viognier tannins. I’m not sure where this one is going, but at the moment it doesn’t look promising.
Cheers
Ian
Forget about goodness and mercy, they're gone.
Penfolds 407 1999
Dark purple, very clean and bright. Blackcurrent and leafy aromas. chocolate and sweet dark fruit with subtle well intergrated oak leading into long dry tannins at the finish. Quite an elegent wine.Have always been a bit disappointed with these wines, but this vintage was very enjoyable.
Tyrrell's Rufus Heathcote Shiraz 1999
Lovely rich aromas of blackberries , vanilla and earth. These aromas carried through to the pallate with a bit of chocolate and cinnamon thrown in. The wine was nice without being great.
Petros
Dark purple, very clean and bright. Blackcurrent and leafy aromas. chocolate and sweet dark fruit with subtle well intergrated oak leading into long dry tannins at the finish. Quite an elegent wine.Have always been a bit disappointed with these wines, but this vintage was very enjoyable.
Tyrrell's Rufus Heathcote Shiraz 1999
Lovely rich aromas of blackberries , vanilla and earth. These aromas carried through to the pallate with a bit of chocolate and cinnamon thrown in. The wine was nice without being great.
Petros
Serious week for me......
Torbreck Assemblage tasting during the week...and yesterday
90 Krug (2 bottles)
73 Dom Perignon Oenotheque Magnum
02 Laroche Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru
02 Ravenau Chapelots Chablis 1er
92 Chapoutier De L'Oree Hermitage
00 Chapoutier l"ermite
96 Leroy Aux Boudots NSG 1er
96 Confuron Aux Boudots NSG 1er
01 Jadot Les Amoureuses Chambolle Musigny 1er
00 Comte de Vogue Chambolle Musigny AC
89 Cheval Blanc
85 Sassacaia
86 Margaux
86 Pichon Lalande
90 Mount Mary Quintets
90 Gaja Darmaji
99 Guigal La Mouline
99 Guigal d'Ampuis
99 Delas Les Bressards
99 Chapoutier Le Pavillion
82 Haut Brion
97 Tignanello
99 Jadot Clos St Denis GC
00 Leroy Clos Vougeot
00 DRC Echezeaux Magnum
82 Borgogno Barolo
96 Araujo Estate 'Eisele' Cabernet
88 Coutet 1/2
90 Guiraud
86 Doisy Vedrines 1/2
88 Rabaud Promis 1/2
88 Latour Blanche 1/2
Seppelt DP 64
H&H Madiera Malmsey 1894
H&H Madiera Malmsey 1900
I'll try and whip up some notes at some stage....
Dave
Torbreck Assemblage tasting during the week...and yesterday
90 Krug (2 bottles)
73 Dom Perignon Oenotheque Magnum
02 Laroche Les Clos Chablis Grand Cru
02 Ravenau Chapelots Chablis 1er
92 Chapoutier De L'Oree Hermitage
00 Chapoutier l"ermite
96 Leroy Aux Boudots NSG 1er
96 Confuron Aux Boudots NSG 1er
01 Jadot Les Amoureuses Chambolle Musigny 1er
00 Comte de Vogue Chambolle Musigny AC
89 Cheval Blanc
85 Sassacaia
86 Margaux
86 Pichon Lalande
90 Mount Mary Quintets
90 Gaja Darmaji
99 Guigal La Mouline
99 Guigal d'Ampuis
99 Delas Les Bressards
99 Chapoutier Le Pavillion
82 Haut Brion
97 Tignanello
99 Jadot Clos St Denis GC
00 Leroy Clos Vougeot
00 DRC Echezeaux Magnum
82 Borgogno Barolo
96 Araujo Estate 'Eisele' Cabernet
88 Coutet 1/2
90 Guiraud
86 Doisy Vedrines 1/2
88 Rabaud Promis 1/2
88 Latour Blanche 1/2
Seppelt DP 64
H&H Madiera Malmsey 1894
H&H Madiera Malmsey 1900
I'll try and whip up some notes at some stage....
Dave
TORB wrote:Anonymous wrote:Torb slept in this week?
Noon 2001 Eclipse it is rated as Excellent with ***** for value, and by itself, because of its hedonism, it would receive the same rating.
The Noons Eclipse is an underrated wine but not amongst my group where there are many of us who love it with a passion. A great example of how good Grenache/Grenache dominant blend can be.
I'm putting together a vertical Noon Eclipse tasting for Blacktongues next year, 1997 to 2004 and I'm seeing if I can get the 1996 which at that stage wasn't called Eclipse.
Cheers - Steve
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Some interesting wines folks. A couple of questions:
Dave B, how was the 97 Tignanello - I have a couple hiding away I've been thinking of drinking recently.
CamW, very interested to hear more on the Tyrrell's tasting, particuarly the Vat 1s. Standout vintages, etc.
TORB and 707, nice one on the eclipse. Don't know why but I've never bothered getting the eclipse until last year. Maybe it's the huge volume of wine lists out at that time of the year and the general cost of everything. Keep hearing good things about it though.
Quiet week for me with only a 98 Hardy's Tintara Cellars Shiraz. Still a dark red purple colour and nice purple fruits on the nose. Initially a bit of bottle stink but gave way to quite nice licorice notes. Somewhat flat though and I wasn't sure if it was very lildly corked or just a bit past it. Still drinking well but certainly didn't have the vibrancy of the 99 Koonunga Hill from last week. Working my way through some of my quaffers that I've had stored away right now.
Dave B, how was the 97 Tignanello - I have a couple hiding away I've been thinking of drinking recently.
CamW, very interested to hear more on the Tyrrell's tasting, particuarly the Vat 1s. Standout vintages, etc.
TORB and 707, nice one on the eclipse. Don't know why but I've never bothered getting the eclipse until last year. Maybe it's the huge volume of wine lists out at that time of the year and the general cost of everything. Keep hearing good things about it though.
Quiet week for me with only a 98 Hardy's Tintara Cellars Shiraz. Still a dark red purple colour and nice purple fruits on the nose. Initially a bit of bottle stink but gave way to quite nice licorice notes. Somewhat flat though and I wasn't sure if it was very lildly corked or just a bit past it. Still drinking well but certainly didn't have the vibrancy of the 99 Koonunga Hill from last week. Working my way through some of my quaffers that I've had stored away right now.
Cheers,
Kris
There's a fine wine between pleasure and pain
(Stolen from the graffiti in the ladies loos at Pegasus Bay winery)
Kris
There's a fine wine between pleasure and pain
(Stolen from the graffiti in the ladies loos at Pegasus Bay winery)
bacchaebabe wrote:Dave B, how was the 97 Tignanello - I have a couple hiding away I've been thinking of drinking recently.
This was one of my bottles. I took it up as a quaffer (so to speak) to have at the end of the evening with pizza. Seemed quite young. Bit bretty too. Good wine though. Have some notes at home I think. Bit pissed at this stage though. Dave took notes (officially).
I have notes on Tyrrells Tasting too...
Highlights - Semillon 04,01,99,97 all very good.
Chardonnay - 00,02 top shelf
Shiraz - 91,98 and 97 a suprise package. Not as keen on 00,01,02,03.
GW
bacchaebabe wrote: 98 Hardy's Tintara Cellars Shiraz. Still a dark red purple colour and nice purple fruits on the nose. Initially a bit of bottle stink but gave way to quite nice licorice notes. Somewhat flat though and I wasn't sure if it was very lildly corked or just a bit past it.
I've had a awful run with Tintara's of this vintage. n4sir was going to bring a 1998 Tintara Grenache to dinner and I advised him to check at home to ensure it wasn't corked. He brought something else to dinner because the Tintara WAS corked!
Cheers - Steve
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This was one of my bottles. I took it up as a quaffer (so to speak) to have at the end of the evening with pizza.
Gary, A quaffer? Did you get it as a gift or something? It's a $90 bottle of wine. Super Tuscan and all that. Although, maybe in that company...
Thanks for the info on the Tyrrell's too. I saw this tasting advertised only on the wednesday night or I would have been there too, I think. Sounded quite fabulous.
I've had a awful run with Tintara's of this vintage. n4sir was going to bring a 1998 Tintara Grenache to dinner and I advised him to check at home to ensure it wasn't corked. He brought something else to dinner because the Tintara WAS corked!
Steve, this was only the cellars version (the $12 one). I have a few of the normal 98 Tintara shiraz but haven't opened one for a while. I don't think I was exactly overwhelmed with the last one I had although the 96's are quite good. Next time I open one though, I'll have a backup at the ready!
Cheers,
Kris
There's a fine wine between pleasure and pain
(Stolen from the graffiti in the ladies loos at Pegasus Bay winery)
Kris
There's a fine wine between pleasure and pain
(Stolen from the graffiti in the ladies loos at Pegasus Bay winery)
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Two of the most memorable wines I had were:
Jasper Hill 1994 Emily's Paddock - to me it is at it's peak and I wouldn't expect anything more from it. Not an overpowering wine, but more in the subtle aromas and fine long finish.
Leasingham Bin 61 1998 shiraz - drinking fantastic right now. Very earthy and leathery. Reminds me of McClaren Vale wines.
Jasper Hill 1994 Emily's Paddock - to me it is at it's peak and I wouldn't expect anything more from it. Not an overpowering wine, but more in the subtle aromas and fine long finish.
Leasingham Bin 61 1998 shiraz - drinking fantastic right now. Very earthy and leathery. Reminds me of McClaren Vale wines.
Anonymous wrote:Leasingham Bin 61 1998 shiraz - drinking fantastic right now. Very earthy and leathery. Reminds me of McLaren Vale wines.
I've had a few of these recently and thought they are peaking so I'm drinking up. I've got a couple of magnums which I'll keep a little longer. The 1999 version I had still looks as if it has a way to go however.
Cheers - Steve
If you can see through it, it's not worth drinking!
If you can see through it, it's not worth drinking!