Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Sedimental]

Two jeroboams of Two Hands Shiraz. Preferred the Barossa but both excellent wines.

 

[Steady]

Two jeroboams of Two Hands Shiraz. Preferred the Barossa but both excellent wines.

And the Hanna's Swing?

 

[burmans]

After two jeroboams who would remember?

 

[Steady]

penegal......

 

[penegal]

Did you share them Sedimental or were they just for you?

 

[QF WP]

Staying with my uncle and aunt in Sydney and toasting my Dads twin brother who is in hospital tonight and the prognosis isn't good at all

 

[penegal]

Staying with my uncle and aunt in Sydney and toasting my Dads twin brother who is in hospital tonight and the prognosis isn't good at all

Sorry to hear that QF WP

Was the wine good?

 

[Sedimental]

Did you share them Sedimental or were they just for you?

LOL! Had them for the more discerning drinkers at my daughter's wedding recently. (Used the Hannah's Swing & decanter to scale the picture).

 

[Sedimental]

Last Tuesday of the month's blind wine options tastingsScrewcap 10.9%
Pale yellow straw in the glass. Clear meniscus. Intense lemon citrus, green apple and toasty bottle age complexity. Dry and tight but beginning to round out. Classical unoaked Hunter Semillon (An 03 tasted recently had even greater acidity)

 

[Sedimental]

Holm Oak The Wizard Chardonnay 2012.One for the tennis buffs! Screwcap. A surprisingly ripe 14% alc for N.Tasmania. Light golden straw in colour with a nose of citrus, apricot and white peach. Malo and spicy oak. An elegant wine with a fine minerality to the palate.

 

[Sedimental]

Main Ridge Half Acre Pinot Noir 2006Screwcap. Garnet with an orange halo in the glass. Dark cherries and barnyard characters leading to a mid-weight palate. Complex earthy/stalky tones adding complexity. Fine dry mouthfeel.

 

[Sedimental]

Ata Rangi Pinot Noir 2006Screwcap 13.5%
Deep garnet hue. Aromas of dark cherry, blackberry, spice and orange chocolate! Forest floor, mushrooms and a hint of white pepper .A talc-like velvety mouthfeel fills the palate. Very moreish!

 

[Sedimental]

Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2005Cork.
Ruby red. Aromas of raspberries, dark chocolate, spices and vanilla bean. Black plum, raspberry and kirsch on the palate. Fruit forward Barossa with supportive tannins and vanillin oak giving balance and length.

 

[Sedimental]

Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2005 Cork. 14.5%
Deep purple almost black ink in the glass. Nose of black fruits, dark chocolate and plum pudding. Complex palate of plum, raspberries, leather, black olives and spice. Whiffs of vanillin oak. Fine tannins and a long finish.

 

[boomy]

Visiting my parents and being in Italian mood after a recent trip picked this Chianti Classico from my dad's cellar.



This Peppoli 2007 became "full bodied" Chianti with dark red colour and full flavour, loved it!

 

[Sedimental]

Visiting my parents and being in Italian mood after a recent trip picked this Chianti Classico from my dad's cellar.

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This Peppoli 2007 became "full bodied" Chianti with dark red colour and full flavour, loved it!

Antorini is one of my faves. Wood fired pizza oven boomy?

 

[Rocket09]

Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2005View attachment 68833View attachment 68834Cork.
Ruby red. Aromas of raspberries, dark chocolate, spices and vanilla bean. Black plum, raspberry and kirsch on the palate. Fruit forward Barossa with supportive tannins and vanillin oak giving balance and length.

How was the Xanadu 2012?

 

[boomy]

Antorini is one of my faves. Wood fired pizza oven boomy?

Multi-purpose wood fire oven, good for pizza as well.
One day if I'm going to have backyard I'll get one too.

 

[Sedimental]

How was the Xanadu 2012?

I've put a case of this down but keep buying random bottles as it's a great wine now. Was best Cab in show at Royal Adelaide in 2013. It's actually a 89/6/5 blend of Cab Sauv/Malbec/Petit Verdot, hence nicely rounded. Vivid purple in the glass. Nose of black fruits, mocha and perhaps bay leaf. On the palate blackberries, chocolate, tobacco/cigar box. Medium bodied with finely textured tannins firming to a delightfully long finish. Screwcap, unlike the 2002 Saltram that was corked!

 

[Sedimental]

And the Hanna's Swing?

Not what I was expecting! Hadn't tried one before. Great colour and fruit on the nose. Ripe luscious fruit on the palate but no oomph. All on the front palate, like it hadn't been on oak. No length but delicious fruit. How have others found it?