TN Beechworth Tasting Melbourne 29/08
Posted: Thu Aug 29, 2019 10:25 pm
Dont know if anyone else made it to tonights Beechworth tasting in Melbourne. Nice venue and not too many people.
No detailed notes, just some observations,
First in the door at 5:30 I started on the whites, which primarily meant chardonnay. A lovely selection, they were all well made and seemed to show a general richness as well as good use of oak. The top 3 for me were the 16 from Indigo, which was quite restrained and layered, the 18 Baarmutha, which was more intense and had a stroke of pineapple on the finish, and the 17 Fighting Gully Road, which had the best structure and reminded me a lot of Curley Flat.
The best wines for me of the day though were the Rhone whites from Warner. New name to me and I was impressed by them all from the odd '15 Chardonnay Marsanne to the sublime '15 The Rest, Rousanne, which really was the wine of the night. The bottle age had integrated all the oak and the slightly spicey aniseed fruit was layered, harmonious and long. Bargain for $33 and I took 3 home with me.
I'm not really a red drinker any more, but I enjoyed the 2 Syrah wines from Madmans Gully and the "lighter" styled Shiraz from Baarmutha. 3 of the producers had a Pinot Noir and I cant say that they were up to much. The 17' Stanley Pinot from Ninth Mile was warm and savoury and reminded me of a young Flor de Pingus - not exactly what they were intending , while the same producers 17 Mayday Hills Pinot was a mess, with licorice, violets and coconut.
Venue was the Revel HQ on Sackville Street in Collingwood and it worked well. Good glasses, plenty of water and lots of bread and cheese to keep everyone going. They have a few other events over the next month and I will go back and try them.
Never been to this sort of tasting in Melbourne and really found it odd to have security on the door. I suppose Melbourne wine drinkers are a bit roudier than the Dutch drinkers I am used to.
No detailed notes, just some observations,
First in the door at 5:30 I started on the whites, which primarily meant chardonnay. A lovely selection, they were all well made and seemed to show a general richness as well as good use of oak. The top 3 for me were the 16 from Indigo, which was quite restrained and layered, the 18 Baarmutha, which was more intense and had a stroke of pineapple on the finish, and the 17 Fighting Gully Road, which had the best structure and reminded me a lot of Curley Flat.
The best wines for me of the day though were the Rhone whites from Warner. New name to me and I was impressed by them all from the odd '15 Chardonnay Marsanne to the sublime '15 The Rest, Rousanne, which really was the wine of the night. The bottle age had integrated all the oak and the slightly spicey aniseed fruit was layered, harmonious and long. Bargain for $33 and I took 3 home with me.
I'm not really a red drinker any more, but I enjoyed the 2 Syrah wines from Madmans Gully and the "lighter" styled Shiraz from Baarmutha. 3 of the producers had a Pinot Noir and I cant say that they were up to much. The 17' Stanley Pinot from Ninth Mile was warm and savoury and reminded me of a young Flor de Pingus - not exactly what they were intending , while the same producers 17 Mayday Hills Pinot was a mess, with licorice, violets and coconut.
Venue was the Revel HQ on Sackville Street in Collingwood and it worked well. Good glasses, plenty of water and lots of bread and cheese to keep everyone going. They have a few other events over the next month and I will go back and try them.
Never been to this sort of tasting in Melbourne and really found it odd to have security on the door. I suppose Melbourne wine drinkers are a bit roudier than the Dutch drinkers I am used to.