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Ok ... this is getting harder than I thought.

But let's try once more. If you guys (Maximus) can Google this then I give up!

This weeks wine (part II), and hopefully Google proof:

TASTING NOTE 1
"Deep purple-red ... lusciously ripe and powerful black fruits/blackberry/blackcurrant fruit ... powerful lingering tannins ... oak absorbed".

TASTING NOTE 2
" ... heavyweight, tannic ... luscious flesh of black, intense, mulberry ... the smoky swirl of oak ... drenched in sweet rich chocolate ... minted blackcurrant, and the bright lift of red ripe plums. It’s a strong, tannic, concentrated beast, and in its style it’s a terrific drop.".


I have provided a few options in a couple of the categories.

Country - Australia
State - Vic/Nsw/Sa
Region -
Varietial - Shiraz/Cabernet/Cabernet-Shiraz
Year - 1998/2000/2002
Winery -
Name of Wine -

Have fun. Will reveal State tomorrow.



WINNER LEADERBOARD - YEAR
1 win - Maximus, SueNZ




RULES
Each week 1 or more tasting notes from published wine critics will be given (that will remain anonymous) that all refer to the same wine. It is then up to the Forum to try and guess what the wine is. Points will be given to each Forum member that guess the correct answer about the wine before it is revealed. The categories that will attract points for the right answers are the following:

Country - Will always be Australia (no points awarded)
State - 2 points
Region - 2 points
Varietial - 3 points
Year - 4 points
Winery - 5 points
Name of Wine - 1 point

Guess the Reviewer - 1 point for each correct guess


Everyday one/two categories will be revealed, which will then allow each Forum member to change their guesses for the remaining categories if they want to. This will continue each day until the wine is revealed. The winner is the person with the most points at the end of the week. Unfortunately, there are no prizes, just a chance to show off your wine guessing prowess on the WWW.

Can I take a guess?



Campbell.

Winefront Monthly wrote:Can I take a guess?



Campbell.

Depends if you wrote one of the notes!!

I always recognise my own words.

Not that I'm giving anything away.

Campbell.

Winefront Monthly wrote:I always recognise my own words.

Not that I'm giving anything away.

Campbell.

Yes, I thought Note 2 read like one of Campbell's...
cheers,
Graeme

Now you just have to keep Campbell quiet

State - SA
Region - Barossa
Varietial - Shiraz Cab
Year - 2002
Winery - Kaesler
Name of Wine - WOMS

Campbell and someone else.

Glen

GRB wrote:Now you just have to keep Campbell quiet

State - SA
Region - Barossa
Varietial - Shiraz Cab
Year - 2002
Winery - Kaesler
Name of Wine - WOMS

Campbell and someone else.

Glen

What he said with Campbell and JO as the critics.

M.

SA
Barossa
Shiraz CAb
2002
Kaesler
WOMS

Oliver and Campbell

I apologise. I will be quiet in future.

Campbell.

Country - Australia
State - SA
Region -Clare
Varietial - Shiraz
Year -2002
Winery - Killikanoon
Name of Wine - Oracle

reviewers Huon and Campbell (bandwagon time!)

(even though it sounds like it has some cabernet characters...)

..follow the leader!

SA
Barossa
Shiraz CAb
2002
Kaesler
WOMS


cd

oh CM & JO

Obviously I'm late to the game - time zones don't help. As soon as I read the TNs, 2002 WOMS stood out to me as well.....

OK. I'll play left field.

Country - Australia
State - Victoria
Region - Pyrenees
Varietial - Cabernet
Year - 2000
Winery - Redbank
Name of Wine – Sally’s Paddock

Tip:

Don't follow the leader.

Country - Australia
State - Vic
Region - Heathcote
Varietal - Shiraz
Year - 2002
Winery - WDCE
Wine - Duck Muck

Country - Australia
State - SA
Region - Clare
Varietal - Shiraz
Year - 1998
Winery - Jim Barry
Wine - Armagh

Kaesler Barossa Valley W.O.M.S. Shiraz Cabernet 2002

I suggest you use TN's from people that don't have online databases, like White, White, Hooke, etc.

I suggest you use TN's from people that don't have online databases, like White, White, Hooke, etc.

Or people could just guess based on the notes, without searching - It is more fun having a blind guess - it is not as if you win anything

Dave

Ok State is ....

Country - Australia
State - South Australia
Region - McClaren Vale/Barossa/Clare
Varietial - Shiraz/Cabernet/Cabernet-Shiraz
Year - 1998/2000/2002
Winery -
Name of Wine -

Will reveal Region tomorrow.

Change the rest of your guesses if you want to. Still plenty of points out there on offer.

Remember to make sure you put your guesses down for reviewers as well.

WEEKLY LEADERBOARD SO FAR:

2 points - GRB, MartinE, Davo, cranky, Christo, Mike Hawkins, Deejay, Cellar Rat
0 points - Sharkey, mphatic
-2 points - Campbell

Hooke and Mattinson

I obviously missed something here. I'm late to the thread, it is Thursday, and region hasn't been revealed.
So was it the Kaesler WOMS - which I had to look up to find meant Weapon of Mass Destruction - to someone's liver no doubt?
LOL.
I couldn't find it on Google, for what it is worth, and I don't have Oliver's and Mattinson's online databases. Though I would have gone SA with those options and those notes.

always thought it meant weapons of mass seduction... but...

Alex F wrote:always thought it meant weapons of mass seduction... but...

Yeah - you're right, I got it wrong. Never seen or tasted the wine. Don't even know if it comes to NZ. But I am sure it is seductive.

Apologies to the crew.

Sue,

Yes, it comes into New Zealand. I sourced half a dozen for myself last year, and I was greedy. I only have two left. I had to show it off to all the Aussies that came over to visit me. Last I heard there were only a couple of loose bottles floating around. Brought in by Hancocks. Let me know if you want some tracked down. It's a superb wine. Contrary to the tasting notes of this thread (if in fact it was the WOMS), I wouldn't have called it a tannic wine. I think it sells circa $60-$70 over here.

Cheers,

Thanks Maximus,
Now I remember Glengary is the agent for Kaesler. Maybe they will have it for tasting at their next road show, if I get invited.
Everyone is saying this WOMS is a Shiraz-Cab, yet the option is Cabernet-Shiraz !!
I looked up the Kaesler website and they don't actually say what the blend is. In fact they don't say much at all.
Cheers,
Sue

Well, it has been a week without an update... is everyone okay out there?

Or was it all just too googlin' disappointing?