Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[wine-muller]

What a wine. Starts off brooding & somewhat stand-offish, although leaves no doubt about the quality. A little air, a little time and it keeps revealing new details. It's a big one, although a little mind boggling the way it handles itself with such finesse. Think; a brickie in a tutu gracefully nailing Swan Lake. Looking forward to seeing where this goes on day 2, presuming it makes it...

 

[JohnM]

I'm trying hard to imagine the brickie in the tutu... - let alone her () nailing Swan Lake .

Must use that as a descriptor next heavy red tasting....

 

[Wozza]

What a wine. Starts off brooding & somewhat stand-offish, although leaves no doubt about the quality. A little air, a little time and it keeps revealing new details. It's a big one, although a little mind boggling the way it handles itself with such finesse. Think; a brickie in a tutu gracefully nailing Swan Lake. Looking forward to seeing where this goes on day 2, presuming it makes it...

I had a 15 Theorem over 3 days. Each day it got better. They are incredible wines, built for the ages, but with some serious aeration, drink beautifully early.

In my opinion (and this is a big, qualified claim), the best of Standish are as good as Hill of Grace and any other single vineyard icon wine in Aus you can name (noting, not all Standish from yesteryear are at that level).

Enjoy the remains of the bottle, WM. Cheers, Wozza

 

[Cruiser Elite]

I just love it when the Ette is out with her cobbers so I can settle in for a nice quiet drink!

 

[savingforgrange]

@Viridianne and me had the privilege of sampling the new Penfolds Collection of 2018 at Dan Murphy's a few days ago.

Envy!!

 

[Cruiser Elite]

John Riddoch sublime - jury still out on Apple wine!

 

[Daver6]

Only just decanted this, but geez this is a good wine, especially for the price. Still young but entering the drinking window for me.

 

[Daver6]

Tonight with spaghetti, blue swimmer crab and a bit of fresh chilli and garlic. Just on the off-dry side. Probably 12g-15g residual sugar and a perfect match to the slight heat of the meal. Just 10.5% ABV. Perfect!

 

[afro]

Took one out of my 3 pack for the last weekend,trying different wines to pick something out for Christmas and New Year’s Eve.

I have to say it is a pain to take the cork out with a traditional waiters friend, anyway,had the last glass with dinner tonight. This is a wine Fraser(winemaker) suggested to drink early rather than late to take advantage of the fresh fruit,if this is a early drinking wine then this is a very high quality short term wine.

Very closed at first, light red fruit and spicy nose, not sure why it’s a bit earthy like McLaren vale/hunter Shiraz , overall a long finish. Tonight is a bit sweeter , the earthy, wood , jammy flavour makes the wine a balance drink. This should be drinking well in another 5 years.

 

[blackcat20]

I miss my Friday night wine

 

[Wozza]

I miss my Friday night wine

What's the score BC?

 

[blackcat20]

What's the score BC?

Baby due in April

 

[JohnM]

I miss my Friday night wine

You had your choice....

 

[Daver6]

Last bottle...wish I had more. Well I do, but over the 2014.

 

[Buzzard]

Courtesy of @boomy these wines were enjoyed over a fabulous meal. The Shadrach was the most enjoyable but each was divine.

 

[boomy]

Courtesy of @boomy these wines were enjoyed over a fabulous meal. The Shadrach was the most enjoyable but each was divine. View attachment 144264 View attachment 144265

We had more than you think, don’t forget the aperitif

 

[Steady]

We had more than you think, don’t forget the aperitif

What was he Black Shiraz like? There has been a lot of negativity on TWF of late with the current disgorge..... I haven’t had that many but have always enjoyed them.

I had this Tassie Chardonnay yesterday- I was very impressed

 

[GoldCanyon340]

Forgot about this sole bottle I had laying around. Decanted it for 4 hours and it went perfectly well with a leg of lamb I slow cooked in the wood oven with oregano, garlic and lemon.

 

[Buzzard]

@Steady I'm not sure which year the Black was from but it was certainly lip smackin' good. Perhaps @boomy can elaborate. After those 4 wines I'm a little slow today.

 

[boomy]

What was he Black Shiraz like? There has been a lot of negativity on TWF of late with the current disgorge..... I haven’t had that many but have always enjoyed them.

I had this Tassie Chardonnay yesterday- I was very impressed
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The bottle opened last night was 2017 vintage, definitely no isuues with that one. Didn’t touch my 2018s yet.

Glad to hear you liked the D&J. I’ve ordered their Pinot once and they’ve accidentally sent me Chardonnay. I’ve cancelled the order, got refund but they never bothered to collect their wine back. Guess I’ll have to drink it eventually