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While i realize that there is another thread that deals specifically with nice wines that folks have imbibed - and how i love the seriously exotic produce out there and I am envious - but in my reality, i enjoy the quality and value on offer from this site which is reasonably specific. So to the point. Last week i mentioned that i was trying the Hentleys Farm 13 especially to see why this rated so highly with dan murphy's eight reviewers. In the wines that the three of us had last saturday night, i am very pleased to say that it was magnificent. fresh, great fruit, complexity BUT most importantly it didn't let me down with pre-excitation anxiety(for those with this sort of problem, priligy is the answer)..it delivered, in spades, which to a wine seeker looking for quality, be it from a wine merchant or an on line buyer with knowledge is a very impressive thing. I am a very hard marker and am tough on my wines, but this had the wow factor and i loved it. vat 1 for me at over fifty bucks is over-rated. best wine of these was the zema estate, which makes sense as a great cabernet is the king of the reds. Having said this, all but one of these seven were very good. the second wine is the chardy from churchview that i recently got. i don't pull any punches in saying it's one of the best i have ever had.
now onto the maverick twins gsm 2013..i can't remember who said the 2013 was very good, possibly better than the 2012. it was a few posts ago. All i mention is those lucky folk who bought it, and there are many, it is absolutely beautiful. There is not much more one can say. It has supurb berry fruit , great body, a hint of chocolate, not much oak, and a lovely cherry flavoured, low tannic finish. I cannot find a single fault with it, and believe me, i try. when you think that this lands in at under a tenner, you realise how really lucky you are !! To those who bought, open a bot, and tell us your thoughts, SALUTE !!
