Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[TheRealTMA]

Premox?

maybe.. hard to tell. maybe slight cork issues causing dullness.

 

[JessicaTam]

The CX Pier F lounge is serving 2014 GB Meshach at the moment. I was lucky enough to have a glass from a bottle that had been opened for a while. Lovely full body and depth. The next glass was from a fresh bottle and was quite closed in comparison. No puns intended!

 

[Daver6]

maybe.. hard to tell. maybe slight cork issues causing dullness.

Yeah, could also potentially be low level TCA killing off the fruit.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Yeah, could also potentially be low level TCA killing off the fruit.

Could of course just be another overpriced cough french wine

 

[Captain Halliday]

Couple of glasses with dessert. Delicious.

 

[Daver6]

Off to the Hunter tonight

 

[TheRealTMA]

Off to the Hunter tonight
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From winemakers, “With tongue in cheek, we affectionately referred to these ‘left-over’ barrels as the “Lips and coughholes” and blended them together to create quite an exceptional Hunter Valley Shiraz.”

 

[Daver6]

From winemakers, “With tongue in cheek, we affectionately referred to these ‘left-over’ barrels as the “Lips and coughholes” and blended them together to create quite an exceptional Hunter Valley Shiraz.”

You say that like a sausage roll is a bad thing

 

[boomy]

Off to the Hunter tonight
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Hmm looks familiar Is it the wine that came as part of the Wine Selectors Hunter Icon pack which also included Maurice O’Shea?

 

[Daver6]

Hmm looks familiar Is it the wine that came as part of the Wine Selectors Hunter Icon pack which also included Maurice O’Shea?

I think so. It was some six pack, two of each.

Wine needs a good hour in the decanter. Quite a decent wine which I think while drinking well now will improve a little over the next few years too.

 

[boomy]

I think so. It was some six pack, two of each.

Wine needs a good hour in the decanter. Quite a decent wine which I think while drinking well now will improve a little over the next few years too.

I remember drinking this one with my +1, we loved it and decided to include Thomas in our Hunter Valley trip during Covid (when the NSW/QLD border was still open). The winemaker hosted us for an extensive tasting which included some impressive back vintages.

Also, that Icon pack was a heck of a deal!

 

[JohnM]

Delicious.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

MEL Mafia sit down at OT 20/05/2026:

 

[Daver6]

Wine club theme last night was the great Australian blend. Bin 389 across three different vintages showed strongly, with the '98 pipping the 2022 for WOTN.

 

[Daver6]

Certainly on the more tertiary end but still some decent red fruit

 

[TheRealTMA]

Two bottles sent back, corked or amyl acetate wine faults! Unfortunately. (Maybe Brett)
Edit: PS will visit Rockford in the next few days to try an untainted bottle.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Lovely tasting at Shaw and Smith. Their recently released Gamay is very nice.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Bird in the Hand LVN restaurant wine pairings.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Hahndorf Hill tasting. Very interesting Austrian German varieties.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Adelaide Hills Murdoch Hill winery. Interesting Chardonnay and very nice reds.