Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[AnonymousCoward]

$200 for Basket Press?!!!

Seems about right given the mark-up on the rest of the list.

Of the wines I've had, the Torbrek RunRig 2004, or Cullen DM 2011 would probably be my picks. If 2008 HoG was a great wine, then go for that

 

[Steady]

It's a shame he doesn't drink

 

[Wozza]

What to drink tonight?

A bit exxy, but respectable names on the list.


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Mr P - it makes the SYD Offline Cab Dinner After Party Drinks look a veritable BARGAIN!! We duly despatched the Run Rig 06, the Elderton Command 06, the Yangarra Ironheart 12 and the Standish The Standish 06. I should set up a restaurant (he says tongue in cheek)!

 

[beefarmer]

I have not tried it yet as I've been a bit crook. Will I like it ? I only paid seven dollars fifty delivered

Shucks, there's always one we have to accommodate.

Great price, and you can't go wrong.

 

[Whining&dining]

No 15 for me.

Oh, it's a Chinese restaurant then

 

[Whining&dining]

Mr P - it makes the SYD Offline Cab Dinner After Party Drinks look a veritable BARGAIN!! We duly despatched the Run Rig 06, the Elderton Command 06, the Yangarra Ironheart 12 and the Standish The Standish 06. I should set up a restaurant (he says tongue in cheek)!

Must say the Elderton is one of my all-time faves (searching for the <3 smiley)

 

[Katy]

Mr P - it makes the SYD Offline Cab Dinner After Party Drinks look a veritable BARGAIN!! We duly despatched the Run Rig 06, the Elderton Command 06, the Yangarra Ironheart 12 and the Standish The Standish 06. I should set up a restaurant (he says tongue in cheek)!

Going to cook for us then, Wozz?

 

[penegal]

Mr P - it makes the SYD Offline Cab Dinner After Party Drinks look a veritable BARGAIN!! We duly despatched the Run Rig 06, the Elderton Command 06, the Yangarra Ironheart 12 and the Standish The Standish 06. I should set up a restaurant (he says tongue in cheek)!

haha, yeah - the markup was a bit high. At least my Steak was good. It would want to be for $63, sides extra.

Thankfully I wasn't paying

 

[Whining&dining]

haha, yeah - the markup was a bit high. At least my Steak was good. It would want to be for $63, sides extra.

Thankfully I wasn't paying

Too rich for my blood (not the steak, the whole damned affair) :shock:

 

[Steady]

haha, yeah - the markup was a bit high. At least my Steak was good. It would want to be for $63, sides extra.

Thankfully I wasn't paying

So as this is the "nice wines I have drunk recently" thread - what did you end up having

 

[coriander]

Family enjoyed a couple of bottles of this to celebrate a birthday and wash down a lovely Italian meal at Ciao Cielo last night:

 

[AnonymousCoward]

Tonight opened the Katnook Odyssey Cab Sauv 1999 because, Thursday. Actually, it's Coonawarra Cab tasting tomorrow, so thought we'd get training. This is blackcurrent, plums, aniseed, with leather, earth and some spice on the end. Slightly dusty tannins. I rate it a bit less than the recently had 2001. Going to give this a 91.



End of the weekend, had the Te Mata Bullnose Syrah 2014:



Deep red colour. Floral and spice aromas. Plums and blueberries on the palate. Smooth/fine tannins. Almost Pinot-eque in some ways. Nice. 92 on CT from me.

In between:
Castagna Genesis Syrah 2009. Bolder fruit, with an almost sweet tang, compared to the 2010 I reviewed before. Still with plenty of spice to follow on the palate. Typical floral aromas from the voignier.

- oops wrong photo - need to find the right one

Also:
- Elderton Ashmead Cab Sauv 2007: I thought this bottle a smidge nicer than the first one I had. Plums flavours rather than cassis dominant. Tannins are like previous bottle - smooth and fine. More spice flavour on the finish than previous. 90 on CT
- Maverick Twins GSM 2014: still as peppery as ever

 

[RooFlyer]

haha, yeah - the markup was a bit high. At least my Steak was good. It would want to be for $63, sides extra.

Thankfully I wasn't paying

I take it the client wasn't the Aust Bureau of Statistics?

 

[vedder50]

Just pulled a Pepperjack Certified Cab Shiraz 2013 tonight comparing to the Maverick Twins Cabernet Blend 2013 I had last night - a couple of cab blends. One being a cheap f*ck I got for less than $8 per bottle, the other being ~$25 per bottle.

I chose the comparison after a recent post by someone that the PJ surprised at a recent blind tasting.

Result - Maverick Twins Cab Blend 2013. Missus concurs. Has a different level of smoothness and complexity to the PJ. Wish I had bought more.

 

[Whining&dining]

I chose the comparison after a recent post by someone that the PJ surprised at a recent blind tasting.
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The only surprise Pepperjack has offered me is just how s**t it is....

 

[georgehall]

Just pulled a Pepperjack Certified Cab Shiraz 2013 tonight comparing to the Maverick Twins Cabernet Blend 2013 I had last night - a couple of cab blends. One being a cheap f*ck I got for less than $8 per bottle, the other being ~$25 per bottle.

I chose the comparison after a recent post by someone that the PJ surprised at a recent blind tasting.

Result - Maverick Twins Cab Blend 2013. Missus concurs. Has a different level of smoothness and complexity to the PJ. Wish I had bought more.

I bought a case of the Twins cab blend recently, I always gauge on how much I like a wine based on one test, it goes like this..."****, how do I only have two bottle of this left...is someone stealing wine from me...what happened...wait...I bought 12 bottles of this...where did it go...did I scoff all this...must be good...all good I'll buy another case tomorrow"

The Twins cab blend passed this test with flying colours, and now I can't find it for the same price point.

 

[qaz]

Nice wines I wish I had drunk recently - Red or White

(note title change )

SLDS Reunion Tasting
Off-Year La Tâche

 

[beefarmer]

Just pulled a Pepperjack Certified Cab Shiraz 2013 tonight comparing to the Maverick Twins Cabernet Blend 2013 I had last night - a couple of cab blends. One being a cheap f*ck I got for less than $8 per bottle, the other being ~$25 per bottle.

I chose the comparison after a recent post by someone that the PJ surprised at a recent blind tasting.

Result - Maverick Twins Cab Blend 2013. Missus concurs. Has a different level of smoothness and complexity to the PJ. Wish I had bought more.

Pepperjack used to be the wine you took out to a restaurant about one point five decades ago showing folks that you were not a complete tight a@#$ but you knew a little about the red stuff. It used to be reasonably honest but as the palate gets more sophisticated tastes change. I don't think I have had since then, but last Christmas day, someone pulled out a 2014 Pepperjack Shiraz. It was really good as I was seriously surprised. We drank it on a stinker of a day, I think it was late thirtees, but it held it's own easily. I gave it a 7.3 giving marks for...wait for it, some complexity. I am not rekindling the affair with this Jack. I had a comparative tasting of the certified and the regular in store and found no enhancement in the premium priced wine.

 

[Steady]

I opened a 2010 St Hallett single vintage Shiraz tonight (a favourite quaffer of mine, purchased after sampling a later vintage in QF Dom J) while spending a bit of time on what could be described as a jigsaw puzzle. I have been rearranging the Vintec's - after an hour or so, I managed to get 150 bottles into the 120 Vintec with space for 4 more and the small one (40 I think) is now almost empty

It must be time to find some more bargains....

 

[ste667]

Enjoying a 2013 Hare's Chase Ironscraper Shiraz tonight. Thanks to Wozza for the recommendation. Definitely a wine I would never have come across without this forum

Savoury, spicy, meaty, fruity, lengthy, delicious!

Happy to have a few more to watch develop with a bit more time. Still cropping up on langton's for around $20pb for those interested.