New Weekly Segment: Guess the Wine??

Andrew Jordan · Post by **Andrew Jordan** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:18 pm

Hopefully this is the start of a new weekly segment at Auswine to add some spice, drama, etc to the Forum.

Each week I will provide 1 or more tasting notes from published wine critics (that will remain anonymous) that all refer to the same wine. It is then up to the Forum to try and guess what the wine is. Points will be given to each Forum member that guess the correct answer about the wine before it is revealed. The categories that will attract points for the right answers are the following:

Country - Will always be Australia (no points awarded)
State - 2 points
Region - 2 points
Varietial - 3 points (if a blend and the Forum member picks it, points are doubled)
Year - 4 points
Winery - 5 points
Name of Wine - 1 point

Everyday one category will be revealed, which will then allow each Forum member to change their guesses for the remaining categories if they want to. This will continue each day until the wine is revealed. The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the week. Unfortunately, there are no prizes,

just a chance to show off your wine guessing prowess on the WWW.

So for this weeks wine:

TASTING NOTE 1
"Concentrated in every way: colour, aroma and taste. Terrific sweet, ripe flavour, full body and lots of mouth-coating tannin in good balance".

TASTING NOTE 2
"Offers a lightly minty bouquet of sweet red berries, cassis and a whiff of menthol over restrained cedar/vanillia oak. Long, intense and brightly flavoured, its succulent, round centre delivers vibrant small berry flavours integrated with sweet oak and fine, firm, bony tannins. Crafted but not over-made, it finishes tight and balanced, with a lingering and attractive mineral note".

TASTING NOTE 3
"This is a very concentrated wine with a lot more oomph than tradition would dictate. In style it's more of a modern take on the region. At the core is very concentrated blackcurrant liquer-like fruit with hints of mint and earthy characters. Cedary oak plays a positive role, and the palate is a bit like demi-glace, rich, full, beef-stock-like and velvety. A firm backbone of tannin supports everything and should help it hold together for many years".

Country - Australia
State - :roll:

Region - :roll:

Varietial - :roll:

Year - :roll:

Winery - :roll:

Name of Wine - :roll:

Have fun. Will reveal State and Region tomorrow.

Gavin Trott · Post by **Gavin Trott** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:21 pm

Hey

Did you ask my permission to do this??

Gavin Trott · Post by **Gavin Trott** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:21 pm

Permission granted

:lol:

Sounds like fun.

Andrew Jordan · Post by **Andrew Jordan** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:25 pm

Gavin Trott wrote:Permission granted

Sounds like fun.

Sorry Gavin. Should have asked. Hopefully it will stay alive for more than one week. Thanks for giving me permission.

Maybe we could pair it with a few of your upcoming specials?? :shock:

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:29 pm

Australia
SA
Barossa
Cabernet Sauvignon
2004
Slatram
Mamre Brook

Maximus · Post by **Maximus** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:35 pm

Australia
SA
Coonawarra
Cabernet Sauvignon
2001
Wynns
Harold

:roll:

Promise the first three were genuine guesses.

AJ, there could be some issues with this... honesty system???

Finney · Post by **Finney** » Tue May 23, 2006 4:37 pm

Bugger Davo, you beat me to the punch.......I am with Davo

Australia
SA
Barossa
Cabernet Sauvignon
2004
Slatram
Mamre Brook

Finney (Craig)

roughred · Post by **roughred** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:09 pm

Country - Australia
State - South Australia
Region - Barossa Valley
Varietial - Shiraz
Year - 2002
Winery - Penfolds
Name of Wine - St Henri

Alright so im backing a roughie - does sound particularly St Henri-ish other than 'a lot more oomph than tradition would dictate', which seems to sum up the 02.

LL

JamieBahrain · Post by **JamieBahrain** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:14 pm

Australia

South Australia

Eden Valley

Henschke

Cabernet ( mostly )

2002

Cyril Henschke

Christo · Post by **Christo** » Tue May 23, 2006 6:35 pm

sa,
coonawarra,
cabernet,

dont know rest

c

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:23 pm

Australia, Coonawarra, Cabernet Sauvignon, Wynns, John Riddoch, 1999.

Kieran

Jakob · Post by **Jakob** » Tue May 23, 2006 7:52 pm

Maximus wrote:Australia
SA
Coonawarra
Cabernet Sauvignon
2001
Wynns
Harold

Promise the first three were genuine guesses.

AJ, there could be some issues with this... honesty system???

D'oh. What he said.

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:48 pm

Ok, what the hell, I'll embarrass myself!

Australia
SA
Coonawarra
Shiraz
2004
Balnaves

holy grail · Post by **holy grail** » Tue May 23, 2006 10:58 pm

Victoria
Henty (I think)
Cab Merlot
2004
Seppelt
Moyston

Brucer · Post by **Brucer** » Tue May 23, 2006 11:09 pm

Im with roughred, and go the 02 St Henri

Ian S · Post by **Ian S** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:13 am

I'd rather guess the critic :roll:

1. Halliday: Concise, but maybe a little general in comment (my only doubt is there's no mention of iron fists or velvet gloves :lol:

)
2. Jeremy Oliver: Quite detailed, with careful use of words, but nothing too fancy. Focussed on style in particular the "crafted, but not overworked"
3. Not sure - quite young/modern style but serious nonetheless with carefully discussed features (compare this to TN#1). I've not read much of Campbell's work, so only a wild guess at him. Otherwise I'd have gone for someone like Chris Kissack in UK (possibly even TORB, but ignore the young bit :wink:

)

regards

Ian

GRB · Post by **GRB** » Wed May 24, 2006 9:13 am

Jakob wrote:
Maximus wrote:Australia
SA
Coonawarra
Cabernet Sauvignon
2001
Wynns
Harold

Promise the first three were genuine guesses.

AJ, there could be some issues with this... honesty system???

D'oh. What he said.

What they said :roll:

rednut · Post by **rednut** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:24 am

Country: Australia
State: SA
Region : Coonawarra
Varietel : Cabernet Sauvignon
Year : 2001
Winery : Wynns
Name : Harold Vineyard

Deejay · Post by **Deejay** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:45 am

Australia
SA
Coonawara
Cabernet Sauvingnon
2000
Balnaves
The Tally

smithy · Post by **smithy** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:46 am

Cabernet
Margaret River
02
Cullen

Andrew Jordan · Post by **Andrew Jordan** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:23 pm

Ok State and Region are ....

Country: Australia
State: South Australia
Region: Coonawarra
Varietial - :roll:

Year -

Winery -

Name of Wine - :roll:

Have fun. Will reveal Varietial and Year tomorrow. Change the rest of your guesses if you want to.

LEADERBOARD SO FAR:

4 points - Maximus, Christo, Kieran, Jakob, Nick, GRB, Rednut, Deejay
2 points - Davo, Finney, Roughred, JamieBahrain, Brucer
0 points - Everybody else

Christo · Post by **Christo** » Wed May 24, 2006 12:38 pm

harold 2001

c

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed May 24, 2006 1:31 pm

Changed my mind.

2003 Wynns Michael Shiraz.

Cheers
Nick

JamieBahrain · Post by **JamieBahrain** » Wed May 24, 2006 2:09 pm

Bowen Estate Cabernet 03.

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:02 pm

Cab Sauv
2002
Wynns
Riddoch

Christo · Post by **Christo** » Wed May 24, 2006 4:27 pm

was there an 02' riddoch?

c

roughred · Post by **roughred** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:21 pm

Could it be a 2001 Coonawarra Shiraz - looking at the points tally it's leaning that way.

Let's have a crack at the 2001 Majella Shiraz. Failing that it was Colonel Mustard in the conservatory, with the candlestick....

LL

roughred · Post by **roughred** » Wed May 24, 2006 7:23 pm

no scrap that...it can't be

2002 Majella Shiraz?

Davo · Post by **Davo** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:25 am

Christo wrote:was there an 02' riddoch?

c

No

But who cares?

Mike Hawkins · Post by **Mike Hawkins** » Thu May 25, 2006 12:27 am

Ok, so I'm a bit late to the game. Surely if your running it AJ, its gotta be a St Hugo - I'll go with the 98.

Mike

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