Help please - wine identification and mystery taste test

[AisleSeat]

So, I picked up a second-hand modular wine rack off eBay for a complete steal - with the added bonus of some included wine.

I haven't yet researched them online, thought I'd throw the names up here and see if anyone has any experience with them. Apart from Montara, Jacobs Creek and Peter Lehman, I haven't heard of any of the others.

I have no idea how/where they have been stored.

From L-R in photo:

• Montara Sauvignon Blanc 2006
• Bazzani Chardonnay 2004
• Leydens Vale Chardonnay 2004
• Jacobs Creek Shiraz Rose 2006
• Ross Estate Riesling 2005
• Queen Adelaide Regency Red Shiraz Cabernet 2006
• Peter Lehman Riesling 2005

 

[Ikara]

Download the app Vivino. It lets you take a photo of the wine label and provides you with the details of the wine straight away.

JB

 

[AnonymousCoward]

Either Vivino or CellarTracker would have most (if not all) of these.

 

[Daver6]

If stored well, the Rieslings might be good still. Otherwise, I wouldn't be expecting much from the rest. Crack them and report back.

 

[AisleSeat]

If stored well, the Rieslings might be good still. Otherwise, I wouldn't be expecting much from the rest. Crack them and report back.

Yeah, I saw the Rieslings and was all "ooh, I hope they're still good".

I have the next 2 weeks off work so will open them all and report here.

 

[AisleSeat]

First up, the Montara 2006 Sauvignon Blanc.
Nose: musty and fruity
Taste: metallic and tart

Down the drain immediately.

 

[AisleSeat]

Second bottle.
Leydens Vale 2004 Chardonnay

I'm not a Chardonnay drinker at all so I don't have any comparisons to make.

Nose: fruity and floral
Taste: Apple, slightly sweet. Tart aftertaste.

I gave this a few more sips, but decided it's destiny was the drain.

 

[AisleSeat]

Bottle three.
Bazzani 2004 Chardonnay.

Cork disintegrated.
Nose: floral
Taste: flat.

Down the drain

 

[AisleSeat]

Ross Estate 2005 Riesling

Nose: Fruity and musty
Taste. Acidic

Down the drain

 

[Steady]

Shame it was no good, I'm drinking an '05 (Pirie) Riesling now and it is divine

 

[AisleSeat]

Last bottle
Queen Adelaide Regency Red Shiraz Cabernet 2006


Nose: Distinctly port
Taste: Like cheap port

Down the drain, and wow, I've never seen so much sediment.

Well that was fun.

 

[Buzzard]

I think the Queen Adelaide would have gone off in 2007!

 

[MadMick10]

At least you got a functional wine rack out of the deal!

 

[Dr Ralph]

Wow, seem you have had a bad run. May be all of the wines were sitting int he rack in the sun for the last 10 years?

 

[AisleSeat]

At least you got a functional wine rack out of the deal!

Yeah, the wine was just a bonus. I'll be modifying the wine rack and doing a rebuild thread for it.

 

[AisleSeat]

Wow, seem you have had a bad run. May be all of the wines were sitting int he rack in the sun for the last 10 years?

Who knows. After looking on Vivino and Cellartracker as suggested I wasn't holding my breath for any of them. They were a bonus in the deal, so I'm not bothered