Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:42 am
Michael McNally wrote:No worries.
Craig, any preference?
menu 2 please
menu 2 please
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:47 am
Michael et al, this thread is very frustrating as I really want to come along but I just have to tighten my belt at the moment. Mind you others who have read my posts might be glad I had to decline 
Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:40 pm
Booked for 5 now for menu 2 (though I am sure we could accomodate one more ).
Any update on what you are bringing folks?
I thought I might also bring a 2001 Ashton Hills /Galah (can't remember which) Sparkling Shiraz to kick things off. Just for tradition.
Cheers
Michael
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Any update on what you are bringing folks?
I thought I might also bring a 2001 Ashton Hills /Galah (can't remember which) Sparkling Shiraz to kick things off. Just for tradition.
Cheers
Michael
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 8:16 pm
Just confirming tomorrow night's wines? Remember, planning the holiday is as much fun as having it.....well it's fun.
Craig- 2004 Hewitson Old Garden Mouvedre + something else?
Michael - 2002 LEAS Cab Sav + possibly 2001 Galah Clare Valley Sparkling Shiraz
Tim - 1999 Lindemans Limestone Ridge Coonawarra Cab Sav
Rowan - ??
Danielle - ??
And don't forget to bring a glass / glasses if you want to drink out of something decent. From memory it is classic, small italian restaurant glasses (go on; you know the ones I mean - heavy and short with ridges running from the base to the bowl which is a minature fishbowl and just as open). Scream "functional" darlink
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Anyway. See you all tomorrow night. It is 366 Brunswick st, Fortitude Valley. Here is a map: http://www.whereis.com/qld/fortitude-va ... 4F94EC452F.
Michael
Craig- 2004 Hewitson Old Garden Mouvedre + something else?
Michael - 2002 LEAS Cab Sav + possibly 2001 Galah Clare Valley Sparkling Shiraz
Tim - 1999 Lindemans Limestone Ridge Coonawarra Cab Sav
Rowan - ??
Danielle - ??
And don't forget to bring a glass / glasses if you want to drink out of something decent. From memory it is classic, small italian restaurant glasses (go on; you know the ones I mean - heavy and short with ridges running from the base to the bowl which is a minature fishbowl and just as open). Scream "functional" darlink
.
Anyway. See you all tomorrow night. It is 366 Brunswick st, Fortitude Valley. Here is a map: http://www.whereis.com/qld/fortitude-va ... 4F94EC452F.
Michael
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2009 9:21 pm
still not sure what the others are bringing, but i suspect rowan will bring a pinot and dani will bring along something from her recent hunter valley expedition!... so....
Craig- 2004 Hewitson Old Garden Mouvedre + something else?
Michael - 2002 LEAS Cab Sav + possibly 2001 Galah Clare Valley Sparkling Shiraz
Tim - 1999 Lindemans Limestone Ridge Coonawarra Cab Sav/2000 Bin 389.... + 2001 Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz/1998 Bin 28 as backup
or maybe a 2004 Woodstocks 'The Stocks' Shiraz...? any preferences?
Craig- 2004 Hewitson Old Garden Mouvedre + something else?
Michael - 2002 LEAS Cab Sav + possibly 2001 Galah Clare Valley Sparkling Shiraz
Tim - 1999 Lindemans Limestone Ridge Coonawarra Cab Sav/2000 Bin 389.... + 2001 Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz/1998 Bin 28 as backup
or maybe a 2004 Woodstocks 'The Stocks' Shiraz...? any preferences?
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:50 am
tim1210 wrote:Tim - 1999 Lindemans Limestone Ridge Coonawarra Cab Sav/2000 Bin 389.... + 2001 Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz/1998 Bin 28 as backup
or maybe a 2004 Woodstocks 'The Stocks' Shiraz...? any preferences?
Either the Limestone Ridge or 389 are fine - your call. Would prefer the Bin28 (one of my long time favourite labels) over the Chalambar or Stocks as backup. But hopefully it won't be required!
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 10:50 am
Michael McNally wrote:tim1210 wrote:Tim - 1999 Lindemans Limestone Ridge Coonawarra Cab Sav/2000 Bin 389.... + 2001 Seppelt Chalambar Shiraz/1998 Bin 28 as backup
or maybe a 2004 Woodstocks 'The Stocks' Shiraz...? any preferences?
Either the Limestone Ridge or 389 are fine - your call. Would prefer the Bin28 (one of my long time favourite labels) over the Chalambar or Stocks as backup. But hopefully it won't be required!
I have to pull out - broke my leg (going to my cellar) and am in hospital.
only kidding. see you guys tonight. this was just for Darryl.)
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2009 12:12 pm
Craig
I am devastated for you. That's an awful injury.
Can you get a cab to drop the Hewitson at the restaurant? Show must go on and all that.
Michael
I am devastated for you. That's an awful injury.
Can you get a cab to drop the Hewitson at the restaurant? Show must go on and all that.
Michael
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:58 pm
Thanks everyone for a good night. It was nice to meet Tim and his friends Danielle and Rowan. Craig (chillwrx) was in good form as usual. I wasn’t taking notes so these are just impressions of the wine. Hopefully the others can fill in more detail/post their impressions also.
We started with the 2001 Galah (by Ashton Hills) Clare Valley Sparkling Shiraz. Hard to judge the colour as the restaurant was dimly lit, but it was pretty dark with a red mousse. Initially predominantly savoury, after the first glass the sweeter plum fruit came out, but only to balance the savoury aspect. Lost its bubble quite quickly, but a good start. Very Good.
Next was the 2005 Massale Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir. Quite closed initially this wine opend up quite quickly to reveal slightly sour morello cherry with some earth and forest floor. Nicely balanced acid. Really needed to be drunk with food. Very Good.
Craig’s 2004 Hewitson Old Garden Mouverdre was next and was consumed with the three pastas served as entree and the nose reeked class. Much deeper and darker than I had been expecting, it had some up front sweet black fruit and finished extremely long. Excellent wine.
With the mains we had the 2002 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cab Sav. When I had opened this to double decant and check it at home I was concerned by the lack of fruit on the nose and palate, the latter of which was dominated by quite dry green capsicum. Fortunately it had broadened in the three or so hours it had been open and with food was quite enjoyable. The fruit never really shone, but it was Quite Good.
Also open with the mains was the 2000 Penfolds Bin 389. Lovely, dark fruit, excellent tannin structure and a nice long finish, this was quite classy and was certainly the most powerful and deep of the wines. Clearly still has a lot left in the tank, but drinking beautifully. Excellent Wine. A toss up between this and the Hewitson for the WOTN, but hard to choose when there are two quite different styles.
Restraint prevailed and we didn’t open the Tamburlaine that Danielle had brought or the Lazy Ballerina that Tim had brought as a backup. Quite controlled I thought. The small numbers were a bonus I felt as you really got to appreciate each wine, with more than one glass to truly assess them. And it made the conversation more intimate also. The food was more than adequate and we walked away at $30 each including corkage, which was a bonus.
Cheers
Michael
We started with the 2001 Galah (by Ashton Hills) Clare Valley Sparkling Shiraz. Hard to judge the colour as the restaurant was dimly lit, but it was pretty dark with a red mousse. Initially predominantly savoury, after the first glass the sweeter plum fruit came out, but only to balance the savoury aspect. Lost its bubble quite quickly, but a good start. Very Good.
Next was the 2005 Massale Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir. Quite closed initially this wine opend up quite quickly to reveal slightly sour morello cherry with some earth and forest floor. Nicely balanced acid. Really needed to be drunk with food. Very Good.
Craig’s 2004 Hewitson Old Garden Mouverdre was next and was consumed with the three pastas served as entree and the nose reeked class. Much deeper and darker than I had been expecting, it had some up front sweet black fruit and finished extremely long. Excellent wine.
With the mains we had the 2002 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cab Sav. When I had opened this to double decant and check it at home I was concerned by the lack of fruit on the nose and palate, the latter of which was dominated by quite dry green capsicum. Fortunately it had broadened in the three or so hours it had been open and with food was quite enjoyable. The fruit never really shone, but it was Quite Good.
Also open with the mains was the 2000 Penfolds Bin 389. Lovely, dark fruit, excellent tannin structure and a nice long finish, this was quite classy and was certainly the most powerful and deep of the wines. Clearly still has a lot left in the tank, but drinking beautifully. Excellent Wine. A toss up between this and the Hewitson for the WOTN, but hard to choose when there are two quite different styles.
Restraint prevailed and we didn’t open the Tamburlaine that Danielle had brought or the Lazy Ballerina that Tim had brought as a backup. Quite controlled I thought. The small numbers were a bonus I felt as you really got to appreciate each wine, with more than one glass to truly assess them. And it made the conversation more intimate also. The food was more than adequate and we walked away at $30 each including corkage, which was a bonus.
Cheers
Michael
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 6:21 pm
Damn, looked awesome. I miss my "Brisbane wine club" offlines. I'll be back up in August maybe for the next one?
Posted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 10:04 am
Great stuff, cheers, hope all had a blast and will do my best to get to the next one. Good on Michael for persevering and organising it, good on those who attended and let's hope more of us who wanted to be there can make it next time. Social aspects of wine are great.
Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:08 pm
Sounds good Brett. Hope you can make the next one Jeremy. Perhaps you can organise it? 
Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:49 pm
A somewhat belated report on the great night we had with Michael and Craig at Giardinetto... I was prompted to reply by Gavin's latest email on 'Small Parcels of Premium Wine', in which the latest vintages of Leeuwin Estate Art Series C/S and Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre were both featured... coincidentally, the wines that Michael and Craig brought along for the offline.
We started with Michael's sparkling shiraz which (from a limited experience of sparkling shiraz), I seriously enjoyed. It was one of my favourite wines of the night.
Rowan's 05 Kooyong Massale Pinot was great after a little time in the glass and was a refreshing change from the usual confectionary/cordial qualitites of the kind of pinot I can afford.
Michael's 02 LEAS C/S was a little capsicum-ish (emphatically reinforced by the capsicum in our big bowl of veggies served with the awesome osso bucco) but a sound wine, and enjoyable.
The 2000 Bin 389 was pretty great on the nose, and tasted brilliant considering it's thought of as a lesser vintage of the wine. I'm really looking forward to trying a 'great' vintage now...
Craig's Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre was a favourite of many at the table (Rowan's WOTN), but I have to admit it was a little to sweet and 'indiscreet' for me. As M & C suggested, it was an interesting intellectual experience, with lots of fascinating smells and tastes to be had, but I was overwhelmed, even with a big osso bucco to accompany it.
Sadly we didn't get to the 2004 lazy ballerina or the 2003 tamburlaine members' syrah... but maybe next time i certainly had a great time and enjoyed some more experienced opinions.
Till the next brissy offline!
Tim
We started with Michael's sparkling shiraz which (from a limited experience of sparkling shiraz), I seriously enjoyed. It was one of my favourite wines of the night.
Rowan's 05 Kooyong Massale Pinot was great after a little time in the glass and was a refreshing change from the usual confectionary/cordial qualitites of the kind of pinot I can afford.
Michael's 02 LEAS C/S was a little capsicum-ish (emphatically reinforced by the capsicum in our big bowl of veggies served with the awesome osso bucco) but a sound wine, and enjoyable.
The 2000 Bin 389 was pretty great on the nose, and tasted brilliant considering it's thought of as a lesser vintage of the wine. I'm really looking forward to trying a 'great' vintage now...
Craig's Hewitson Old Garden Mourvedre was a favourite of many at the table (Rowan's WOTN), but I have to admit it was a little to sweet and 'indiscreet' for me. As M & C suggested, it was an interesting intellectual experience, with lots of fascinating smells and tastes to be had, but I was overwhelmed, even with a big osso bucco to accompany it.
Sadly we didn't get to the 2004 lazy ballerina or the 2003 tamburlaine members' syrah... but maybe next time
i certainly had a great time and enjoyed some more experienced opinions.
Till the next brissy offline!
Tim