Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[TheRealTMA]

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1991 Wynns Centenary Shiraz Cabernet.
Wow. Just wow. This wine keeps on giving. Don't let anyone tell you that it is over the hill. Such a fine example of how good an Australian wine can be.

Very surprised it was drinkable!

 

[AisleSeat]

Starting Sunday the right way.

 

[baiden]

Starting Sunday the right way.
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Hey AisleSeat, what did you think?
I tried this one about 2 weeks ago and thought it was very good but perhaps a bit young?
Didn't seem to have the creaminess I have found in Ashton Hills nor the raw edge of the Leasingham Clare.

 

[AisleSeat]

Hey AisleSeat, what did you think?
I tried this one about 2 weeks ago and thought it was very good but perhaps a bit young?
Didn't seem to have the creaminess I have found in Ashton Hills nor the raw edge of the Leasingham Clare.

I haven't had a sparkling Shiraz in a long time so wasn't sure what to expect. I liked it. Yes, as you said it wasn't creamy but had a full mouth feel (as much as I hate that phrase). Very low tannins, but a tingly aftertaste on the tongue. I'd like a other to keep for a while. Had to open this one for the in-laws to taste as they'd never heard of such a thing.

 

[amaroo]

Cracking el cheapo with NYC pizza

 

[blackcat20]

Some lovely wines tasted at Tamar Ridge yesterday.


Followed by a tasting at Josef Chromy, with one of their museum pinots with lunch.

 

[Daver6]

Dry as the Simpson. Such a shame what happened to this winery

 

[TheRealTMA]

Brought this back across the ditch at Christmas. Interesting. Bit sweet, mushrooms on the palate at the start (not the nose), soft silky tannins. Drinkable but not brilliant.

 

[TheRealTMA]

An interesting product from Giant Steps (bought from Nicks). Nice mouth feel, softish tannins, Shiraz adds a nice touch of spice and white pepper (Rotundone) which decreases with breathing. Still very young. Be very interesting in a year or so.

 

[blackcat20]

An interesting product from Giant Steps (bought from Nicks). Nice mouth feel, softish tannins, Shiraz adds a nice touch of spice and white pepper (Rotundone) which decreases with breathing. Still very young. Be very interesting in a year or so.

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I'm keen to try this one....

 

[penegal]

I had dinner at a venue last night which serves the Leeuwin Estate Prelude Series by the glass. They also serve the Leeuwin Estate Art Series by the bottle.

I had a good chat to one of the assistant managers last night and he said some junior staff got confused when he was off work and started serving the Art Series by the glass (at the Prelude price). Needless to say the sommelier was rather annoyed when he found out.

Unfortunately they had fixed this by the time I dined there last night.

 

[TomVexille]

Settling on our first patch of dirt required a "nice wine" to celebrate. And this is certainly "nice"

 

[Steady]

Looks nice congrats on your settlement

 

[blackcat20]

Looks nice congrats on your settlement

Tastes absolutely delicious.

 

[Steady]

Tastes absolutely delicious.

You’d be pretty dark if you opened a champagne of that caliber and it didn’t

 

[TheRealTMA]

Friday night Chardonnay. One from Dan’s. Lovely wine. Excellent mouth feel, slightly chalky, integrated oak and malo, limes, peaches...



Apologies to the Chardonnay thread!

 

[blackcat20]

Barbera last night, picked up on one of Buzz's wine tours.


And tonight's Brown Brothers Montepulciano with lamb ragu. Misplaced the bottle for a while (a couple of years) but it's perfect right now.

 

[Steady]

Carted this back home to WA - drinking very nicely. Balanced fruit and acid with dusty tannins Silky mouth feel and medium to long finish. Yum

 

[tgh]

Yum

grump grump grump… says he quaffing his Star Lane Nebbiolo

 

[Steady]

Yum

grump grump grump… says he quaffing his Star Lane Nebbiolo

I haven’t tried the star lane Nebbiolo- but I love their Merlot