This year's HRLD (heavy red lifting day) with my school year mates gathering once again to help Peter clear some more rubbish out of his cellar and to enjoy his sensational cooking.
We were expecting about 17 blokes to show up; in the end it was 14.
The gap at head of the line was the Basket Press which, just before I arrived, had been chosen to kick things off, before a retreat to the Champagne with 10 doz oysters helping things along, and then moving down the line while the finger food kept rolling off the BBQ.
We worked our way down the line to the Moss Wood pinot, then skipped to the Talijancich liqueur verdelho.
All the wines were pretty sound, despite a few crumbling corks.
My WOTD was the Bordeaux. Still clearly recognisable cabernet fruit on nose and palate while moving over to tertiary characters.
A great 1200-1800h afternoon.
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