Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[ozkid]

Got a bottle of this stashed away at home, looking forward to cracking it.

It's nice now, but wait for a few more years if you can. It's a wee bit youthful IMHO

 

[JessicaTam]

The Diana from Cullen's arrived as a result of my partner being a WP1 and great news is she doesn't drink alcohol. Now I rate this just behind Hill Of Grace, Penfolds 707 and no others so that was a lovely gift.

High praise.

 

[ozkid]

I really enjoyed their Chardonnay. Apparently the owners have very close links with the royal family and their wine was served at Will and Kate's wedding. They have a nice bbq area you can use too.

Had a lovely time tasting the different chardonnays on this trip. Stand outs for me:
Yering Station 2010 Chardonnay
Innocent Bystander Mea Culpa
Coldstream Hills Reserve, Rising Vineyard, regular Chardonnay (in that order)
Dominique Portet 2012 Chardonnay

 

[ozkid]

This was a great vintage too, silky, well balanced, great presence that pulls you up quickly, with lingering notes long after finishing. Who said alcohol and driving don't mix? Squeezed a bit of petrol burning in between some Yarra drinking :mrgreen:

 

[JohnM]

The Diana from Cullen's arrived as a result of my partner being a WP1 and great news is she doesn't drink alcohol. Now I rate this just behind Hill Of Grace, Penfolds 707 and no others so that was a lovely gift.

You can't possibly drink that alone cove.... Going by something you let slip recently, don't you have an imminent significant birthday coming up very soon, young man .

 

[cove]

Yes turning 65 is now coming all too quickly. JohnM I was probably the youngest in the class as I remember matriculating high school at 16.
In the seventies we could drink the big Australian red wines for between $5 and $12 and many would not drink them because of headaches the next day. I actually paid 2 dollars more for an Alkoomi than a Grange back then.
I will keep this one for you to share JohnM. I think I have quite a few bottles of Grange left so we could make a night of reds.

 

[JohnM]

Yes turning 65 is now coming all too quickly. JohnM I was probably the youngest in the class as I remember matriculating high school at 16.
In the seventies we could drink the big Australian red wines for between $5 and $12 and many would not drink them because of headaches the next day. I actually paid 2 dollars more for an Alkoomi than a Grange back then.
I will keep this one for you to share JohnM. I think I have quite a few bottles of Grange left so we could make a night of reds.

My birthday is at the end of October, so I was always a younger one in school classes but you beat that. Going by a few posts by you on another thread here, you were clearly a child prodigy .

 

[AdMEL]

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This was a great vintage too, silky, well balanced, great presence that pulls you up quickly, with lingering notes long after finishing. Who said alcohol and driving don't mix? Squeezed a bit of petrol burning in between some Yarra drinking :mrgreen:

Where and how did you do this?

 

[penegal]

My birthday was last millennium

 

[rogerkambah]

My birthday was last millennium

I would suggest that is the same for all AFFers.

 

[ozkid]

Where and how did you do this?

BMW runs courses at race tracks in NSW (Eastern Creek) and Vic (Phillip Island). There could be other sites but these are the two I've participated. The course a fortnight ago is called M Performance, using M3/M4 cars exclusively. The day involved laps on the track, motokhana, induced oversteer exercises on the skidpan. Hot lap with the instructor to end the day. It was a wet weekend, doing 220kph down the straight and not being able to see the markers as to when to downshift/brake for Doohan corner was...humbling.

 

[JohnM]

Tonight, half this with a thick BBQd steak:



Ferngrove would be about the only WA maker producing a straight malbec, and one of the few in Australia outside Langhorne Creek (Bleasdale being the most well-known practitioner there).

As anyone who has been to Argentina, and Mendoza (I must do a TR) in particular, would know, mucho steak seared on a parilla and malbec is a match made in heaven.

Sadly, Australian malbecs, while capturing the basic elements of the flavour just cannot match the flavour intensity combined with the smoothest, but yet deepest, tannins known to man of the Argentinian examples. It's all to do with the endlessly clear skies in the rainshadow of the Andes and the effect on the anthocyanins etc. in the grape skins. Sensational place! Dang! I'm choking up and wanting to go back :-|.

It's all part of my endless search for alternatives to the mainstream...

BTW, if anyone is interested, the tryptich in the background is Longreach bay at Rottnest Island, off Perth. Another heavenly place .

 

[Daver6]

Cloudburst makes a straight Malbec...except it isn't really commercially released. Will Berliner isn't convinced, but everyone (myself included) love it. If you are down Margret River way get in touch with Will and see if he will part with some bottles. Its not cheap, but a great wine. I've been lucky enough to try it on two occasions.

Oh, another straight Malbec is Woodlands. Not sure if its just the Reseve de la Cave or a regular one too though.

Tonight, half this with a thick BBQd steak:

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Ferngrove would be about the only WA maker producing a straight malbec, and one of the few in Australia outside Langhorne Creek (Bleasdale being the most well-known practitioner there).

As anyone who has been to Argentina, and Mendoza (I must do a TR) in particular, would know, mucho steak seared on a parilla and malbec is a match made in heaven.

Sadly, Australian malbecs, while capturing the basic elements of the flavour just cannot match the flavour intensity combined with the smoothest, but yet deepest, tannins known to man of the Argentinian examples. It's all to do with the endlessly clear skies in the rainshadow of the Andes and the effect on the anthocyanins etc. in the grape skins. Sensational place! Dang! I'm choking up and wanting to go back :-|.

It's all part of my endless search for alternatives to the mainstream...

BTW, if anyone is interested, the tryptich in the background is Longreach bay at Rottnest Island, off Perth. Another heavenly place .

 

[Cruiser Elite]

After the first three, did you get excited and try to open the bottle by ripping open the label instead of the usual method via the screw cap?

I actually arrived first and bought the Majella - settled in and poured 2 glasses - my china plate arrived and we knocked that bottle down.

His turn to shout to he went and selected the Vasse Felix - bowled that over mighty quick too - one of the staff walked past and asked what we wanted next - my shout - I said 'surprise us with something pretty good' - so he came back with the Seville Hill.

So after that it was my china's turn again - he wandered out and came back with the second bottle of Vasse Felix with a grin from ear to ear - said he was going to surprise me with a 'cleanskin' but the label was too hard to peel off!

Clarification: My friend is from the medical field - as we all know those folk regularly short a few sheep in the top paddock!

 

[QF WP]

Tonight, half this with a thick BBQd steak:

Only half a bottle - just you then for dinner

Ferngrove would be about the only WA maker producing a straight malbec, and one of the few in Australia outside Langhorne Creek (Bleasdale being the most well-known practitioner there).

As anyone who has been to Argentina, and Mendoza (I must do a TR) in particular, would know, mucho steak seared on a parilla and malbec is a match made in heaven.

Sadly, Australian malbecs, while capturing the basic elements of the flavour just cannot match the flavour intensity combined with the smoothest, but yet deepest, tannins known to man of the Argentinian examples. It's all to do with the endlessly clear skies in the rainshadow of the Andes and the effect on the anthocyanins etc. in the grape skins. Sensational place! Dang! I'm choking up and wanting to go back :-|.

It's all part of my endless search for alternatives to the mainstream...

BTW, if anyone is interested, the tryptich in the background is Longreach bay at Rottnest Island, off Perth. Another heavenly place .

Cloudburst makes a straight Malbec...except it isn't really commercially released. Will Berliner isn't convinced, but everyone (myself included) love it. If you are down Margret River way get in touch with Will and see if he will part with some bottles. Its not cheap, but a great wine. I've been lucky enough to try it on two occasions.

Oh, another straight Malbec is Woodlands. Not sure if its just the Reseve de la Cave or a regular one too though.

Oh will you two stop it, you're making my mouth water and it's only lunchtime.

 

[JohnM]

Only half a bottle - just you then for dinner

Your deductive capabilities are now legend QF WP - not that I staged it very carefully just for you .

But you are correct - it's not Friday or Saturday and PJM is still a worker :mrgreen:.

 

[JohnM]

PJM and I had a bottle of this Soave Classico at Lalla Rookh in the PER CBD after some Xmas shopping last Friday night. It was excellent with the gnocchi. I managed to afterwards buy their last bottle at the Lalla Rookh wine shop.

 

[penegal]

PJM and I had a bottle of this Soave Classico at Lalla Rookh in the PER CBD after some Xmas shopping last Friday night. It was excellent with the gnocchi. I managed to afterwards buy their last bottle at the Lalla Rookh wine shop.

I love that place. One of my favourite "bars" in Perth

 

[UpInTheAir:)]

I love that place. One of my favourite "bars" in Perth

Thanks Penegal... Information that would have been useful a week or so ago
Hopefully I'll get there next time

 

[JohnM]

Thanks Penegal... Information that would have been useful a week or so ago
Hopefully I'll get there next time

It is very good. It's under the ANZ building but entry is directly downstairs from the pavement right on the corner of St George's Terrace and Sherwood Court.