I hope Wozza you are having a great time in Fiji, taking in Kids holidays no doubt.
I had a couple of pinots on the weekend, the adelaidean Riposte from the Fo Pinot pack. Nothing doing on opening, but after a couple of good hours, a fairly good, but basic drop.
Half way thru we got onto the yarra valleyans, Helen and joeys, layla pinot. Stunning is what a few of us thought. A bit unusual in that it had a stack of body, but the dark fruit together with good oak set it off....every drop was really good.
Then we went back and re-tasted the half bot of riposte and it had improved substantially. More fruit character evident, a bit of balance came into it. I see you can buy a case for $11. I look forward to the Tomich coming my way to see how it compares with the I-777. The tomichs have rebranded recently as I had one or two called hilltops from them. that was a beauty as well. I am hoping for three out of three from mr soilworks, randall tomich.
before I forget, one of the ladies on Saturday night used to be involved and owned a yarra valley winery-Hanrahans. Actually it was her fathers and she helped plant a lot of vines. There were several 2010 Shiraz's going and it is a beautiful drop. My mate actually built the barny cellar door at hanrahans years ago and most people won't probably know about the death of the main man and the bitter breakup afterwards. I wont bore you suffice to say that david the carpenter ended up with a lot of beautiful wine.
His wife and the winerys previous owners daughter are best of friends. The lady who now owns the show, ex flight attendant Beverley is one hell of a saleswoman.
