Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Whodoesthat]

Wading through the oldies saw another find..Yalumba Menzies Cabernet 1989. Not a particularly good vintage, has seen better days....cork came out well, almost translucent ruby in colour, surprisingly fruity aroma on opening, with enough going on to be highly enjoyable....

 

[Whining&dining]

The colour is certainly revealing the age of the wine but nice to know it was still really enjoyable (and under cork)....

 

[Whodoesthat]

W&D, myself and the ol'mate crew have been comparing notes as we go, only another few hundred bottles to go:shock:. We are experiencing probably a 10-15% failure in corks but the better wines seem to have held up, with the odd surprise along the way.... tbh older wines well into secondary aren't for everyone...I do still keep going back to Barossa Bombs for a fruit fix to mix it up a bit..a fun exercise none the less..cheers

 

[TheRealTMA]

Interesting Shiraz from Cortona DOC with a bit of age.



Quite soft tannins with medium body and finish. Some fruit on the nose but quite subtle.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Very strange "natural" wine recomend by Decanter magazine as one of the top ones. Orange colour, burnt slightly oxidised flavours, very dry, quite good food wine.



From Emilio Romagna.

"... defiantly tannic orange wine made with 30 days of maceration would triumph in this tasting? Malvasia di Candia Aromatica (the dominant variety here) takes to skin contact like bees to a honeypot. La Stoppa’s 50 hectare organic estate in Emilia-Romagna has been established for more than a century, with the enigmatic Elena Pantaleoni its grande dame for the past 23 years. She prefers the term ‘artisanal’ to the more nebulous ‘natural’ for her wines. A full bodied, spicy and honeyed wine with haunting aromas of rose, musk, chamomile and thyme. Full of deep, pure, head-turning flavours, modulating from rose-water charm through clean apple-orchard fruit, oranges and rhubarb. Notes of cinnamon and ginger come through on the memorable finish. Somehow more than the sum of its parts.
..."

 

[Steady]

Just a couple of years bottle age and this is truly slurpable, smooth, silky, round, juicy wine of medium body and a medium finish. This is my first bottle since trying and buying at the cellar door 18 months ago

 

[TheRealTMA]

A little tasting and purchasing of my favourite Vino Nobile...



Three cases shipped at very reasonable shipping rates. Yet to be seen how much WET and GST we will have to pay!

 

[QF WP]

As I have time to fill in waiting for my re-booked flight. The Chris Ringland needs more time to slumber and develop. My wife saw I was opening a French red and helped me finish it over the weekend.

 

[TheRealTMA]

One from the Maremma - Morellino di Scansano Riserva 2000 Castello Montepo



Took quite a while to open up. Deep ruby color with purple hues. The ethereal, vinous, fresh and elegant with hints of blackberry jam. The taste is fruity, dry, well-structured, mellow tannins with good length.

Morellino Di Scansano Riserva Castello Di Montepó 2000 | Enoteca Corsi

"Jacopo Biondi Santi, the latest generation of the family that invented the Brunello, bought in the 90s the estate of Montepò Castle, located in Maremma south of Grosseto, far from Montalcino, to pursue his personal project: to produce wines closer to market needs but without conflicting with the image of Brunello di Montalcino, to which his name is closely linked..."

 

[Daver6]

Tasting group theme was the great Australian blend, Shiraz Cabernet. One smarty pants found one from Canada. Looking at you JohnM.

Wine of the night was the very expensive 2012 Metala Shiraz - Cabernet at $14 per bottle!

Edit: I should add, the tasting was blind.

 

[Deleted member]

So, after retiring early last night. Mrs GPH and her bff partied on...... I woke to discover that my "last in captivity " Gibbston Valley Glenlee Pinot noir was opened in my absence. At least they only consumed 1/2 the bottle. It has barely had the minimum recommended cellar time, however it is a nice wine, which I think may have benefited form another 12-24 months at least. Oh well :-(.
I think I need a lock on the Vintec.



I might add there were another 6 bottles (including two champagne) consumed. Hence my early retirement.

PS (late edit) nice cherry notes, big overall fruit. With a spicy finish.

 

[JohnM]

Heh, heh - fooled 'em again .

Worth adding that all wines were very good and really there was only a bee's appendage between them. Interesting to see that the Canadian (Burrowing Owl Athene 2012 Syrah/Cabernet Sauvignon from the Okanagan Valley) was stylistically identical to the Australian wines and could have been (err, was) easily thought of as Australian rather than some left field oddity. It was really only the 2015 Wirra Wirra with its berry fruits that could have initially been mistaken for a straight Cab Sav; all the others had fully melded the varieties into the whole characteristic of the blend.

Tasting group theme was the great Australian blend, Shiraz Cabernet. One smarty pants found one from Canada. Looking at you JohnM.

Wine of the night was the very expensive 2012 Metala Shiraz - Cabernet at $14 per bottle!

Edit: I should add, the tasting was blind.
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[Daver6]

Heh, heh - fooled 'em again .

Worth adding that all wines were very good and really there was only a bee's appendage between them. Interesting to see that the Canadian (Burrowing Owl Athene 2012 Syrah/Cabernet Sauvignon from the Okanagan Valley) was stylistically identical to the Australian wines and could have been (err, was) easily thought of as Australian rather than some left field oddity. It was really only the 2015 Wirra Wirra with its berry fruits that could have initially been mistaken for a straight Cab Sav; all the others had fully melded the varieties into the whole characteristic of the blend.

Also the Wirra Wirra did have a small amount of Merlot too.

 

[Steady]

My 22nd wedding anniversary today
Some sparkling

Nice digs

And nice view

 

[Whining&dining]

Tasting group theme was the great Australian blend, Shiraz Cabernet. One smarty pants found one from Canada. Looking at you JohnM.

Wine of the night was the very expensive 2012 Metala Shiraz - Cabernet at $14 per bottle!

Edit: I should add, the tasting was blind.
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That only serves to reinforce that it's not alway the buck for the bang but the bang for the buck

 

[JohnM]

Also the Wirra Wirra did have a small amount of Merlot too.

Aaahhh, is that right? Broke the rule for the tasting more than me with the non-Aussie...

 

[ste667]

My 22nd wedding anniversary today

congratulations!

 

[Steady]

congratulations!

Thanks ste667

 

[Wozza]

As everybody else sipped their Dan Murphy's buys at our school quiz and pizza night, I thought I'd open this little number from a recent Langtons auction win:

the 2006 Tyrrells Hunter Valley Shiraz Vat 8


Sipping from a plastic glass didn't detract from how good this wine was, especially after some air time:

http://www.vivino.com/users/warren-dav/reviews/68996583

2006 Tyrrell's Shiraz Vat 8, Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley - CellarTracker

"What a difference 11 years makes! This is a smouldering, Hunter classic at the apex of its game. There's power, elegance and interest in spades here.

Impenetrable black cherry in colour. The nose is seductive. As ripe blackberry, blackcurrant, tar, cigar box, liquorice, a touch of fresh mushroom and spice allsorts lead you in to the depth-charged medium-full bodied palate. There's long, plush, dry tannins. And a tidal-bore mid-palate rush of super ripe fruit, salted caramel and smokey spicy oak notes.

This is the epitome of Hunter Shiraz. A Wozza 95/100 (4.2/5.0) from me."

Not sure why none of the rest of the table didn't want to join the Hunter party. But I wasn't complaining the next night as I got to savour more of this magnificent wine.

Definite recommendation from me. Especially for those that trawl the Langtons auctions looking for aged gems.

Cheers, Wozza

 

[CaptJCool]

Hmmmm choices....