Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Buzzard]

Unfortunately nothing for me today. Mrs. B is working and I am her driver as her car won't start

 

[boomy]

Had some good champagne in the air on my way to the Xmas dinner.


And a very nice red as well.

 

[Buzzard]

Finished off 2 lovely numbers with supper tonight

 

[ozkid]

Christmas pork with crackling, more prawns and turkey with a shiraz, followed by dessert and afters with the Black Noble. Will continue the Boxing Day tradition with the leftovers, start of play with the cricket, and friends

 

[TomVexille]

Christmas pork with crackling, more prawns and turkey with a shiraz, followed by dessert and afters with the Black Noble. Will continue the Boxing Day tradition with the leftovers, start of play with the cricket, and friends

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What's the Black Noble like?

 

[burmans]

What's the Black Noble like?

Lovely, unctuous wine, probably closest I can think of is a PX but still quite raisiny like a Muscat.

 

[liparj]

Almost forgot how good 2001 was....unfortunately it was my last one... Now, where did I stash those '02s?

 

[QF WP]

Have arrived on the Gold Coast - one of my wife's friends and her (English) husband. One of the few people who understands wine and loves to drink good wine. He has experience - used to work on Hiltons in London and has this little badge (number 1001):



So we have decided this is our selection for the day:

 

[QF WP]

We might be staying the night, should we have any of these??



Provenance is questionable and we're worried about the levels of the right three

 

[OATEK]

\SNIP

Provenance is questionable and we're worried about the levels of the right three

Only one way to find out.

 

[QF WP]

We've decanted the first red - St Henri 1997:

All the right implements:



Decanting time



Cork looks beautiful



Colour superb through the flame

 

[QF WP]

Tasting notes: first up it was astringent and front of tongue. After an hour in the decanter it had settled down and it was smoother and it got better with every glass *hic*

Berries with oak.

 

[RooFlyer]

Not a skerrick of (photographic) evidence, but the Christmas roast goose (preceded by prawns and FRESH TASMANIAN crayfish ) was accompanied by a plurality of Henschke Hill of Roses 2001. Hill of Grace is better, that that wasn't bad. The seafood had a 2008 Pipers Brook sparkling to go with it. Dunno what the experts would say to that matching, but there were no complaints on the day!

Oh, and pudding was a small traditional Christmas pudding (with ye olde threepenny bits in it) beside a small mountain of raspberries picked from my niece's garden that morning (or rather, the balance of what was left after the kids had left after sampling (and I'm talking about 'kids' mostly in their 20s!!)).

Boxing Day leftovers have a mere Basket Press Shiraz 2002 to help it along.

 

[QF WP]

A mere Basket Press 2002, you humour me

 

[RooFlyer]

A mere Basket Press 2002, you humour me

Keeping the W in WP :mrgreen:

 

[ozkid]

What's the Black Noble like?

Lovely, unctuous wine, probably closest I can think of is a PX but still quite raisiny like a Muscat.

Concur, there is an intense flavour but I think the plain Noble One has a more lingering taste. Drink either quite happily!

 

[AdMEL]

We've decanted the first red - St Henri 1997:

All the right implements:

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Decanting time

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Cork looks beautiful

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Colour superb through the flame

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Tasting notes: first up it was astringent and front of tongue. After an hour in the decanter it had settled down and it was smoother and it got better with every glass *hic*

Berries with oak.

Is that a Venturi you poured through? Wouldn't have thought it would have been required for a 1997!

 

[AdMEL]

Since I like Muscat and PX, It sounds I'll have to try the Black Noble!

Forgot to mention that I had a 2005 Wynns Cabernet Sauvignon on Christmas Eve - not normally a fan of Cabernet Sauvignon (find it far too tannic), but quite enjoyed it! Would be interesting to try older ones. Vintage Cellars have the 2005 for $30 a bottle at the moment (I paid $38 from 1st choice, at the last minute).

 

[TomVexille]

Lovely, unctuous wine, probably closest I can think of is a PX but still quite raisiny like a Muscat.

Concur, there is an intense flavour but I think the plain Noble One has a more lingering taste. Drink either quite happily!

Sweet. Will have to try it then.

 

[RooFlyer]

Lovely, unctuous wine, probably closest I can think of is a PX but still quite raisiny like a Muscat.

Unctuous. There's a word not used enough. From it, I could almost taste and experience the wine you were describing.