Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Steady]

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

I didn’t realise you were a stonewaller boomy, as a pleb I need to wait until December for the ‘18 to get released to the CD.

 

[boomy]

I didn’t realise you were a stonewaller boomy, as a pleb I need to wait until December for the ‘18 to get released to the CD.

I’m not, far from it
Got some bottles courtesy of another stonewaller.

 

[afro]

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.

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the good old hill of gold cab. one of the early batch of wines i bought from rosemount cellar door back in the early 2000,had my last 2000 cab. 5 years ago, really good cab.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

the good old hill of gold cab. one of the early batch of wines i bought from rosemount cellar door back in the early 2000,had my last 2000 cab. 5 years ago, really good cab.

I’m glad those 20-year wines are still going well if kept well. Certainly need a few hours of air though.

 

[afro]

I’m glad those 20-year wines are still going well if kept well. Certainly need a few hours of air though.

how's the cork when you open it?

 

[GoldCanyon340]

how's the cork when you open it?

Perfect. This one had a thin wax seal too.

 

[afro]

Perfect. This one had a thin wax seal too.

there was a wax stamp on top of the cork on my 2000, wasn't really a seal, doesn't cover the whole bottle top.

 

[GoldCanyon340]

there was a wax stamp on top of the cork on my 2000, wasn't really a seal, doesn't cover the whole bottle top.

Yes, a stamp not a seal.

 

[Wozza]

Baby due in April

That is such lovely news, BC. Super happy for you both. Stay well. And my warm wishes for motherhood x

 

[Steady]

I’m not, far from it
Got some bottles courtesy of another stonewaller.

Seems they were released earlier this year - they are available already at the CD and via mail order for some

 

[Buzzard]

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I have to say it is a pain to take the cork out with a traditional waiters friend,

You need an Ah-So

 

[afro]

You need an Ah-So

I do have an ah-so ,its not the cork that gave me the hard time, its the wax seal.

 

[Buzzard]

I do have an ah-so ,its not the cork that gave me the hard time, its the wax seal.

I must have misunderstood your post.

 

[afro]

I must have misunderstood your post.

i didn't make it clear either, i don't have any problem with most wax seal wine, but this bottle wax seal is quite hard, usually the little knife on the waiters friend does the trick.

 

[Daver6]

Don't bother trying to remove the wax seal. Just go straight through it with a waiters friend and pull the cork out as per usual. Works surprisingly well.

 

[afro]

Don't bother trying to remove the wax seal. Just go straight through it with a waiters friend and pull the cork out as per usual. Works surprisingly well.

will give that a try for my next sami odi, this is the only wine i have with wax sealed.

 

[afro]

Was planning to open another 2-3 bottles of hunter to compare,but this is the only single bottle I have ,others are packed in boxes in a dark hole.

This is from auction not long ago, pour 1hr early into the glass, dark fruits with rose perfume , I like this type of hunter reds where oak is just a support rather than the hero of the wine,great finish at the end.

 

[Snoopy113]

View attachment 144974 Was planning to open another 2-3 bottles of hunter to compare,but this is the only single bottle I have ,others are packed in boxes in a dark hole.

This is from auction not long ago, pour 1hr early into the glass, dark fruits with rose perfume , I like this type of hunter reds where oak is just a support rather than the hero of the wine,great finish at the end.

Interested to know how your bottle was on opening? I had one of these 6 months ago and I couldnt believe how closed it was for the first hour or maybe even more. Closed might not even be the right word....dead, asleep?......To the point where I was regretting buying so many of these, thankfully it eventually opened up and was fantastic, but I dont think ive ever witnessed such a drastic change in a wine before.

 

[afro]

Interested to know how your bottle was on opening? I had one of these 6 months ago and I couldnt believe how closed it was for the first hour or maybe even more. Closed might not even be the right word....dead, asleep?......To the point where I was regretting buying so many of these, thankfully it eventually opened up and was fantastic, but I dont think ive ever witnessed such a drastic change in a wine before.

It Is quite closed in the beginning but I can smell the perfume. My usual routine for just delivered wines is to stand the bottle up somewhere cool until the next day, put the bottle in the fridge for around 20mins before opening ,depends on how cold your own fridge is, I hardly do any decant for the whole bottle, just pour a glass and leave it alone for an hour. Even on the third night the wine still very drinkable , no sign of sourness or flavour faded away.

 

[baiden]

Some wines I've enjoyed over the last month or so.
So glad I splashed on out the Mt Langi - absolutely fantastic. The ice wine was enjoyable but not very complex. Edizione was a new experience, thoroughly enjoyable and highly recommended. The Aglianico was a nice change although the tannins got a little bit much by the end, probably could have done with some nibbles to soften the impact (maybe blue vein). The St Henri (2013) was stock standard high quality Penfolds, can't complain. The Tapanappa is a great merlot blend and I'm really happy to have 6 still sleeping away. Toolangi was very soft, smooth and quite nice but I wouldn't say it carried a wow factor. Dr Loosen was delicate and enjoyable (got one left) and has reinvigorated my interest in riesling. Second last of my West Cape tempranillo - this has been an enjoyable journey over the last 4 years or so