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What's up for drinking and tasting this weekend?

Anything good, perhaps great, interesting, old ???

For me, a dinner on Saturday night with lots of magnums of old, hopefully good, gear!

Tonight, an auswine tasting panel.

So 8-10 so wines, masked, tried and assessed double blind.

Should be, as usual, the good, the bad and the ugly!

(hoping for more good, less ugly!)

Over to you?

Gavin Trott wrote:What's up for drinking and tasting this weekend?

Anything good, perhaps great, interesting, old ???

Over to you?

looking forward to trying 2 wines that I have not had before:

2007 O’Leary Walker Polish Hill Riesling
2005 Schild Estate Shiraz

Might head to Howard Vineyard to try their 2007 release wines including Riesling, Rose and 2 x Sauvignon Blancs

Looking forward to a bottle of:

2004 Churchview Estate "The Bartondale" Reserve Shiraz.

Happy Weekend Everybody

Maria

Couple of randoms tonight:

DÁrenberg Lucky Lizard Chardonnay 2004 (Adelaide Hills)

Oakridge Cab.Sauv 2001 (Yarra Valley)

Looking forward to a 1986 Penfolds 389.....
Perhaps try Longhop Shiraz or Grenache which have recent good wraps.

Good wine carrieth a man to Heaven !

Altare Barbera d'Alba 2005
El Quintanal Ribera del Duero 2006

Another fun post.

Tonight will be out at a Japanese restaurant. A bottle of Hanging Rock Cuvee X sparkling and a bottle of 2004 Majella sparkling shiraz.

Tomorrow a wine group meet with Barossa/Coonawarra v Western Australia as a theme.

Sunday is a home made cassoulet with a bottle of 1999 Domaine Cayron Gigondas. I think the last one this year.

Next week is obviously a week of piety and modesty to remove the kilos gained on the weekend!

cheers

Carl

Had a lovely bottle of 2005 Chapoutier Rasteau tonight. Could easily have finished a second.

John #11 wrote:Had a lovely bottle of 2005 Chapoutier Rasteau tonight. Could easily have finished a second.

It is good, isn't it? The Cotes-du-Rhone villages 2005 is pretty good too. Stock up!

Got a 2002 Red Burg on the tasting bench - thinking of matching it with an Italian style spicy chicken dish on the weekend.

I'll probably also sneak a quick look at Kay Bros Amery & Robert Johnson's stuff at an instore tomorrow too.

I guess it'll be limited to Heinekin and cheap sparkling wine at the US Open for me..... Not much choice at Flushing Meadow

griff wrote:Sunday is a home made cassoulet with a bottle of 1999 Domaine Cayron Gigondas. I think the last one this year.
Carl

Carl
Will be interested in any TN's on this as I have a 99 (just checked CT) and a 2003 of their Gigondas.
regards
Ian

1 think I'll drag out a 97 penfolds 389. This will be the fist time I cracked the carton so a little interested to see how my children are going

Probably going to try a 2006 Johanneshof Marlborough Gewurztraminer Craig(NZ) reckons its pretty hot .. probably have it with a chicken or fush dinner.
See I even take the puss out of me!!

Lincoln wrote:

John #11 wrote:Had a lovely bottle of 2005 Chapoutier Rasteau tonight. Could easily have finished a second.

It is good, isn't it? The Cotes-du-Rhone villages 2005 is pretty good too. Stock up!

It was the CdR Villages Rasteau we had. my oops.

n4sir wrote:Got a 2002 Red Burg on the tasting bench - thinking of matching it with an Italian style spicy chicken dish on the weekend.

I'll probably also sneak a quick look at Kay Bros Amery & Robert Johnson's stuff at an instore tomorrow too.

It's amazing how things change quickly - it ended up being Johnston's of Oakbank and not Robert Johnson paired up with Kay Bros' stuff today.

I'm also putting away the red Burg to have with some quail after being told it would be overwhelmed by the Cacciatore-style chicken; looks like well aged Grenache territory will be ventured into instead. After this afternoon's devastating loss looks it like I'll be drowning my sorrows up the pub tonight with something far more basic though.

Probably going to try a 2006 Johanneshof Marlborough Gewurztraminer Craig(NZ) reckons its pretty hot .. probably have it with a chicken or fush dinner.
See I even take the puss out of me!!

yeah drink it before the cops come round. You practically stole it from LL at $23 a bottle!!

Had the 389....not drinkable Nose of stewed band-aids which permeated the palate. Could still taste the fruit but it had to go down the sink. Spent the rest of the night drinking Rockford Marion Tawny.
Will have another tomorrow

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Had the 389....not drinkable Nose of stewed band-aids which permeated the palate. Could still taste the fruit but it had to go down the sink. Spent the rest of the night drinking Rockford Marion Tawny.
Will have another tomorrow

How disappointing. Did you say you had a full carton of this?

Wow... I'm glad I keep my cellar lean at only around 150 bottles to keep track of them...

Me? I'm contemplating even opening a bottle. The wife and kids are off baby sitting somewhere... I haven't cooked any dinner and not sure if it is a good idea or not... Probably just a Pindarie '05 Shiraz... Will let you know what happened in the morro!

Lots of beer while watching the Rugby.

Might sneak a Mosel riesling or two into the mix as well

John #11 wrote:

Lincoln wrote:

John #11 wrote:Had a lovely bottle of 2005 Chapoutier Rasteau tonight. Could easily have finished a second.

It is good, isn't it? The Cotes-du-Rhone villages 2005 is pretty good too. Stock up!

It was the CdR Villages Rasteau we had. my oops.

Same thing i.e. Rasteau being an AC (village) within the greated CdR appelation. I think Linc might be talking about "Belleruche" being a CdR (not from a specific village).

Had the 05 Petaluma Shiraz and 05 Shaw and Smith side by side. Both very nice wines. The S&S being more interesting.
GW

graham wrote:Had the 389....not drinkable Nose of stewed band-aids which permeated the palate. Could still taste the fruit but it had to go down the sink. Spent the rest of the night drinking Rockford Marion Tawny.
Will have another tomorrow

Had a few of these over recent months. All pretty good. What is the storage like ...
GW

14 degrees at 75 humidity. Hopefully single bottle variation

Petaluma 07 Riesling on the back of Campbell's review, plus a couple of Moretti whilst mowing the lawn.


Franco

Just hammering the liver with too much of a carton of Jip Jip Rocks Shiraz 05 (Limestone Coast) and Malt Shovel Brewery's India Pale Ale and Pilsener.

Gary W wrote:

John #11 wrote:

Lincoln wrote:

John #11 wrote:Had a lovely bottle of 2005 Chapoutier Rasteau tonight. Could easily have finished a second.

It is good, isn't it? The Cotes-du-Rhone villages 2005 is pretty good too. Stock up!

It was the CdR Villages Rasteau we had. my oops.

Same thing i.e. Rasteau being an AC (village) within the greated CdR appelation. I think Linc might be talking about "Belleruche" being a CdR (not from a specific village).

Had the 05 Petaluma Shiraz and 05 Shaw and Smith side by side. Both very nice wines. The S&S being more interesting.
GW

yes, Belleruche is the CdR, and the Rasteau is CdRV.

Peter Lehmann Eden Valley Reisling ($12ish)

Not often I drink white, but thought I would give this one a go. Gotta say I thought this was really enjoyable on a Sunday afternoon in the sun. Crisp, clean, lemon, lime, and even a bit of apple. Very nice indeed.

World Cup rugby has now started so I think plenty of beer will be consumed over the following weeks, especially as I can't see England doing anything especially after that performance against USA ... Oh dear I think I will be getting stick at work for some time to come when we are nolonger the Champs

Go the All Blacks. Its overdue, lets bring it home