9 hour luxury dinner marathon with Rossi including 98Grange
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 1:11 pm
No one could accuse us of eating like Ethiopians or Bangledeshi's for that matter last night.
Always a stunning occassion when Ross and I get together, way too laid back. The food was sensational as usual and never stopped appearing - great platters, roast lamb, coffee and the works.
Starting off with the legendary Neudorf Moutere Chardonnay from the 2001 vintage. Consistant notes with the last occassion, rampant nose of lime maralade on toast with a hint of sweet clay and road gravel. Palate of toffee, nectarine, figs, grapefruit and citrus. drinking well now. Not the most enormous vintage of this label but so so stylish, all breed. 100 points, maybe more.
1996 Leasingham Classic Clare Shiraz was in good touch, though Ross had dipped into it earlier and it was showing just slight confusion from a bit too much air contact. Still a wine of that size still rocks along, plenty of dark chocolatey fruit and soft broad structure. 92 points
1998 Te Awa Farm Boundary Merlot was more our scene. Lovely rich merlot, but not blowsey or over ripe. lovely dusty tannins coat the mouth and bring focus to a very juicy dark fruited wine. Shows the genius of the vintage and class with effortless ease. 97 points
1995 Penfolds Bin 389. A stunning 389 from what on paper must be a under rated year. Glorious rich multi dimensional palate showing confection notes, more serious dark blackberry tones and a milk chocolate type sweetness. Lovely powdery tannin structure. Less interlectual than the boundary but in front of the rugby maybe a better fit? 98 points
Then we moved on to the iconic 1998 Penfolds Grange. However it was only aussie shiraz, and id had enough to drink at that stage and we were busy watching rugby and farting.
Always a stunning occassion when Ross and I get together, way too laid back. The food was sensational as usual and never stopped appearing - great platters, roast lamb, coffee and the works.
Starting off with the legendary Neudorf Moutere Chardonnay from the 2001 vintage. Consistant notes with the last occassion, rampant nose of lime maralade on toast with a hint of sweet clay and road gravel. Palate of toffee, nectarine, figs, grapefruit and citrus. drinking well now. Not the most enormous vintage of this label but so so stylish, all breed. 100 points, maybe more.
1996 Leasingham Classic Clare Shiraz was in good touch, though Ross had dipped into it earlier and it was showing just slight confusion from a bit too much air contact. Still a wine of that size still rocks along, plenty of dark chocolatey fruit and soft broad structure. 92 points
1998 Te Awa Farm Boundary Merlot was more our scene. Lovely rich merlot, but not blowsey or over ripe. lovely dusty tannins coat the mouth and bring focus to a very juicy dark fruited wine. Shows the genius of the vintage and class with effortless ease. 97 points
1995 Penfolds Bin 389. A stunning 389 from what on paper must be a under rated year. Glorious rich multi dimensional palate showing confection notes, more serious dark blackberry tones and a milk chocolate type sweetness. Lovely powdery tannin structure. Less interlectual than the boundary but in front of the rugby maybe a better fit? 98 points
Then we moved on to the iconic 1998 Penfolds Grange. However it was only aussie shiraz, and id had enough to drink at that stage and we were busy watching rugby and farting.
