Hiya guys,
Planning a nice dinner out with my fiancee this saturday, and I would appreciate some advise on what wine to savour. I was hoping for something with "WOW" factor, something that is truly special. It does not have to be a monster wine, but elegant and complex perhaps? Choices are:
1995 Cullen Cabernet Sauvignon.
1998 Mount Mary Quintet.
1996 Chateau Beychevelle.
1996 Chateau Clos De L'oratoire.
1999 Torbreck Factor.
1998 Rockford Basket Press.
1996 Cote Rotie Chateau Dampuis Guigal.
Any comments are welcome, as other than the Cullen and Basket Press (in different vintages), I have not had the chance to try these wines....
Thanx heaps,
Monghead.
What to drink?
Re: What to drink?
monghead wrote:Hiya guys,
Planning a nice dinner out with my fiancee this saturday, and I would appreciate some advise on what wine to savour. I was hoping for something with "WOW" factor, something that is truly special. It does not have to be a monster wine, but elegant and complex perhaps? Choices are:
1995 Cullen Cabernet Sauvignon.
1998 Mount Mary Quintet.
1996 Chateau Beychevelle.
1996 Chateau Clos De L'oratoire.
1999 Torbreck Factor.
1998 Rockford Basket Press.
1996 Cote Rotie Chateau Dampuis Guigal.
Any comments are welcome, as other than the Cullen and Basket Press (in different vintages), I have not had the chance to try these wines....
Thanx heaps,
Monghead.
The 1995 Cullen without question.
Barossa Shiraz
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David Lole
Ditto the Cullens. Drank it over a long lunch with Tony Wynd a few months ago. Not quite ready, so give it a good breath or decant back into the bottle before you leave to go out. My TN follows:
Cullen's Cabernet Merlot 1995 Just needs a few years for the acid and tannin to fully integrate and we'll have something very special. Deep ruby/purple colour followed by a sexy, complex nose of blackcurrant, plums, cedar, sandalwood with touches of tobacco leaf and an emerging MR minerality/gravel. The sheer weight of fruit swallows up most of the savoury French Oak in the mouth with a lovely creaminess (suggesting old vines) and great persistance and authority at the end. Eerily reminiscent of a fine Bordeaux without any barnyard, wet earth or overt herbaceousness. Outstanding . Should last well into the next decade.
Hope you have a top night!
Cullen's Cabernet Merlot 1995 Just needs a few years for the acid and tannin to fully integrate and we'll have something very special. Deep ruby/purple colour followed by a sexy, complex nose of blackcurrant, plums, cedar, sandalwood with touches of tobacco leaf and an emerging MR minerality/gravel. The sheer weight of fruit swallows up most of the savoury French Oak in the mouth with a lovely creaminess (suggesting old vines) and great persistance and authority at the end. Eerily reminiscent of a fine Bordeaux without any barnyard, wet earth or overt herbaceousness. Outstanding . Should last well into the next decade.
Hope you have a top night!
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Guest
Thanks for the comments so far guys. David, your TN is making my mouth water!!! (especially since tonight was sadly a wine free night).
I too was leaning towards the Cullen while I was perusing the wine list on the net, but wanted to consider others to maybe broaden my horizons. However, this wine seems more and more likely to be the pick, unless someone else could convince me otherwise...
Cheers,
Monghead.
I too was leaning towards the Cullen while I was perusing the wine list on the net, but wanted to consider others to maybe broaden my horizons. However, this wine seems more and more likely to be the pick, unless someone else could convince me otherwise...
Cheers,
Monghead.