Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[drron]

Tassie is very nice but it's not paradise.

 

[tgh]

A quite amazing winter in paradise Steady..it just keeps raining.
I have a little spillway in the paddock that takes a nearby dam overflow.
It suffered some damage during the wet season ... I thought no probs, when it is all dry and dusty in winter I will fix it up.. fat chance.

 

[Buzzard]

Another cold,bleak day in paradise so Another vintage port to warm the coughles. Another Hunter this time a 1979 from Saxonvale.
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As +1 would say; that would be right, any old stuff for me
I always offer to go buy her something new.

 

[miketh]

Superb Coonawarra CS for the weekend.

 

[Assassin]

Last night at the snow. Not the best bottle of this vintage but still good.

 

[drron]

Back to a Petaluma shiraz tonight. A really nice 1999 vintage.

 

[Steady]

This is drinking very nicely

 

[JohnM]

Our tasting last Wednesday night. Theme was Bordeaux blends 2016 or older. @Daver6 was away on a work trip to LOTFAP, so everyone took the opportunity to bring something decent...

WOTN was the Higher Plane 'The Messenger' 2011 (the other same-label was 2016).

Tasting notes: Grand Cru Tasting Group (Perth) - Bordeaux Blends 2016 or older - The Auswine Forum

 

[drron]

Another cold front has gone through so back to a tawny port. This time from Yalumba.

 

[boomy]

Good wine and fantastic steaks at reasonable price?
We’re not in the golden triangle anymore Toto

 

[concussed]

Good wine and fantastic steaks at reasonable price?
We’re not in the golden triangle anymore Toto

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2017 rifle range as well.

 

[drron]

An old favourite tonight.

 

[henleybeach]

A good day out at Rockfords with some AFFers

 

[RooFlyer]

A good day out at Rockfords with some AFFers

At last! I thought the bus must have broken down! Any Stonewaller offers in the tasting room for non-stonewallers? That is, could you stock up?

Hmmm ... and usually there are fair few more bottles than that. Don' t tell me half the tables weren't imbibing?

 

[Steady]

At last! I thought the bus must have broken down! Any Stonewaller offers in the tasting room for non-stonewallers? That is, could you stock up?

Hmmm ... and usually there are fair few more bottles than that. Don' t tell me half the tables weren't imbibing?

Not much, the cane cut - the ’17 Dry country was stonewall only with an allocation of 6.

less wine was served during the lunch imo

 

[AnzacPaul]

No photo, but cracked the Taltarni 2018 from VM (the one with all the awards).

Drank really well for a youngy, would have no hesitation in opening another bottle with a decant. Great nose, good savoury notes.

Not sure on the lifespan of it as it did seem quite approachable now.

 

[Whining&dining]

Book extract: Blood on the Typewriter – The World of Philip White - InDaily

In a "gonzo" biography published today, <strong>Robbie Brechin</strong> unpacks the large and unconventional life of South Australian wine writer Philip White.

indaily.com.au

To celebrate the publication of "gonzo" wine writer Philip White's biography Blood on the typewriter I've dedicated this review to the man himself. The wine in question (a 2005 Noon Reserve Cabernet) was gifted to me by esteemed fellow forum devotee @Rug, who happens to be another admirer of Whitey's inspired flights of literary derring-do. I can only quote another writer DBC Pierre: "Sod the wine, I want to suck on the writing."

NOON 2005 RESERVE CABERNET

Whoa, what a white-knuckled ride down the glass escalator this black beauty turned out to be! Like a dog that's been kept on a leash all day this baby blew smoke rings the second the cork was pulled. The 2005 Noon Reserve Cabernet represents the extreme red gooseberry end of the Cabernet spectrum, buttoned up in an oak overcoat, with big ripe tannins babysitting exuberant, primary, blackberry-cassis fruit.

At 17% ABV all you need is a corkscrew and a seatbelt, even after seventeen years lying dormant under its Damoclean shard of Portugese bark this is no faded old lady with twinkling eyes. The nose is so titanic you taste it long before you drink it. With the texture of camphor wood and loganberry jam turned to kid leather, the beautiful tannic onslaught coats the mouth like a mink coat leaving behind an almost vinous black hole in space.

Like an ancient staircase kept carefully clean but never quite free of dust, this big-boned baby still has a surprisingly fresh, come-hither, juicy-fruited essence of voluptuousness that is tempered by an overarching sensation of rough suede with emery edges. At each sip fragile mineral shards pierce the pillowy softness of ripe boysenberries. This is an aged Cabernet dressed in Versace and a feather boa, elegant and complex with big muscles at rest.

Despite the cubist pastiche of flavours, overlaid with its decadently biscuity pong, this red is so delicious it provokes gasps of awe and bewilderment in equal measure. This is wine-drinking of the extreme, olympic kind, hairy-chested and muscular, so big it has its own post code and a finish that will stay with you even as you drive out of the carpark, sit down, shut up and enjoy the ride...

 

[Jczer000]

Is that your original review @Whining&dining or one of Philip's? If so, awesome work. Very evocative.

Ill have to check out the book

 

[Whining&dining]

I'm afraid it is one of mine (looks embarrassed, stares at shoes...), should have made that clearer.

 

[boomy]

Tasting the 2020 Prum release, plus a bonus 2015 Auslese.





Now to decide which to buy…