The Auswine Forum

Given the "What has happened" post, I'm sure there are many out there that like me have used this forum as a source of information. I have bought and loved a number of wines that people have recommended here that I would not have otherwise known of. The Kaesler Stonehorse 02', Kirrihill Shiraz 02' and the Rosemount Traditional 01 all come to mind.

So I thought it was a good time for us all to do a kind deed for the other forum users, and recommend some wines that are not very well known, but you have really enjoyed. Wines that if we were all getting together for an offline, you would bring to impress everyone, while at the same time ensuring nobody guessed the wine playing spot on or options.

Obviously, feel free to mention any wines you tried and enjoyed, after hearing about on this forum.

To get it rolling, my discoveries in recent time have been:

Cape Barren Shiraz 2001 - This McLaren Vale beauty was first recommended to me at Charcole Grill on the Hill in Kew. This wine is a joy and great value at around $33. TORB wrote it up pretty favourably, but only rated it as Recommended - still as he always says, you have to read the tasting note, not the rating.

Curly Flat Pinot Noir 1999 - I have previously written about this wine but continue to be impressed every time I try it. It shows that some Australia regions (Macedon) can make truly good pinot, with that magnificent perfume, silky tannins and great mouthfeel.

Zilzie Viogner 2003 - At around $13 this really impressed me. Loads of apricot, but a **** value wine. Very moorish, and went so well with scallops.

Looking forward to everyone's discoveries,

Cheers

Andy

Andy,

I had forgotten about that wine totally, here is what I said about it.

Cape Barron 2001 Shiraz

Mocha, blackcurrant and something else “black” dominate the bouquet with earthy cedar notes at the tail end.

A mid weight wine with soft integrated fine-grained slightly dusty tannins; the wine just slides down and is extremely easy to drink without extraction or heaviness. Sweet blackberry/mulberry fruit turns savoury as it goes through to dark chocolate and leaves an earthy taste on the tongue.

Calling this a “crowd pleaser” would be insulting to this wine but I can’t imagine it failing to please a very broad section of wine lovers.

Rated as Recommended this is the sort of wine one can sip all night and would go well with a broad range of food.