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I just would like to say this is excellent work! I know how hard it can be to type up notes (haven't been doing that many at present) so I appreciate the effort that has gone in.

cheers

Carl

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Fantastic notes. Great to read. I was at All Saints for a tasting a few weeks ago and was blown away by the stickies. We tasted through a few of the wines, such as-
2009 Moscato- Good little apertif wine that i am sure would go down a treat. Quite sweet & spritzy.
2008 Temp Grenache- chewy & jammy. I like this style of wine. The kind that works really well on a Friday night with almost any food.
2006 Sangiovese Shiraz- Cherries and tannins. Really needed food to show of it's best assets.
2008 Alias II- Blend of shiraz and muscadelle. The muscadelle does a similar role to viognier by lightening the shiraz and giving the wine some really lovely floral aromas. But for me it was a little thin.
2008 Durif- good little wine. In fact I enjoyed this more than the older durif tasting after. Hearty wine with loads of potential but I enjoyed drinking it and could really see myself drinking a few of these during winter with a big caserole.
2007 Family Cellar Durif- Bit more age, but didn't impress me the way the 08 did.

At this stage the friendly young lady assisting with the tasting asked me if I preferred Muscat or Tokay. I said that I was torn as I enjoyed both. She then suggested that we taste both the Rutherglen Muscat & Tokay and then decide between muscat & tokey for tasting of the rare selection. I nodded with excitement as the rare stickies are not for tasting usually. I was tasting with a mate who was not familiar with stickies (I didn't know these people still existed). I actualy preferred the Tokay, but my mate liked the muscat. So we chose to taste the muscats.......

Grand Rutherglen Muscat- It was like someone had compressed an entire bottle of the Rutherglen Muscat into one small glass. Liquid fruit cake on steroids. Very special wine.
Rare Rutherglen Muscat- After the first sip I looked at my mate who had a grin on his face from ear to ear. I said it before but this was like they had compresseed an entire bottle of the Grand Muscat into one glass. If not the best, equal to the best fortified tasting I have ever experienced. The flavours lingered for minutes in my mouth. I sipped on the wine so slowly and just admired the spectrum of dense raisins and memories of my late Grandmother's boiled christmas pudding.

A really wonderful tasting experience that I can highly recommend to anyone who ventures to Rutherglen.

Chad