Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[Daver6]

Theme last night was a Victorian odyssey. Each person had a different GI region from Victoria. What we certainly concluded is that Cabernet is not Victoria's strong point

 

[boomy]

Theme last night was a Victorian odyssey. Each person had a different GI region from Victoria. What we certainly concluded is that Cabernet is not Victoria's strong point

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Agree. I buy quite a lot of Victorian wines but almost never strait CS. There are some brilliant Bordeaux blend though.

Tasted the Savaterre 24 the other day at a Beechworth event. It will be brilliant in few years.

Hope you guys liked the Sorrenberg, it’s my favourite Aussie Gamay

 

[Daver6]

Hope you guys liked the Sorrenberg, it’s my favourite Aussie Gamay

We did but it's a bit of a novelty at that price point. It also doesn't exactly have too much competition of Aussie Gamay

 

[TheRealTMA]

Agree. I buy quite a lot of Victorian wines but almost never strait CS. There are some brilliant Bordeaux blend though.

Tasted the Savaterre 24 the other day at a Beechworth event. It will be brilliant in few years.

Hope you guys liked the Sorrenberg, it’s my favourite Aussie Gamay

FWIW the recent new release of the Adelaide hills Shaw and Smith Gamay is lovely.

 

[boomy]

We did but it's a bit of a novelty at that price point. It also doesn't exactly have too much competition of Aussie Gamay

I buy them direct, good value for the quality IMO as well as their Chardonnay which is a bit more expensive but worth it

 

[TheRealTMA]

Stunning Martinborough Chardonnay and red from Piemonte made by Australian.

 

[petethemoskeet]

Dark fruits with pronounced licorice and well integrated tannins

 

[Daver6]

From a recent cellardoor.co purchase, wine in great shape. Cork crumbled. Durand to the rescue!

 

[Daver6]

Preparing for @JohnM moving into the hood

 

[JohnM]

Preparing for @JohnM moving into the hood

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Excellent!

You're drinking up that cr@p before I get there.

Keep going!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Preparing for @JohnM moving into the hood

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Aww

 

[boomy]

Wonderful Victorian Shiraz. My last bottle from this outstanding vintage.

 

[Daver6]

This was stunning at Yi in SIN. Cost made a little more approachable when the somm offered $100 of when I expressed interest, plus the Accor plus 15% discount and Amex restaurant voucher.

 

[TheRealTMA]

This was stunning at Yi in SIN. Cost made a little more approachable when the somm offered $100 of when I expressed interest, plus the Accor plus 15% discount and Amex restaurant voucher.

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[Buzzard]

Some very nice wine consumed during my couple of weeks in Merimbula.

 

[zig]

The carmenere caught my eye. I have only had Chilean carmenere, how was the Australian?

 

[Buzzard]

The carmenere caught my eye. I have only had Chilean carmenere, how was the Australian?

My house guest brought the Carmenere, a wine I had not previously tried. Maybe I should have made some notes but it was definitely very enjoyable.

 

[boomy]

I usually like to post about nice wines that I had but this time I’ll share two not so nice wines, each comes at a whopping RRP of $100.

The Pertaringa YEOMAN 2018 wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good either, just a boring wine with no character. I paid $40 for it, not a terrible value but also not a wine I’d like to drink again.

The Penley EOS 2017 was much worse, it had absolutely nothing going for it. No structure, no balance and not a hint of complexity expected from a wine of this RRP. I paid “only” $20 for it on clearance thinking I was winning but the joke was on me because it doesn’t worth even that much. Had two glasses and down the sink the rest went. Life’s too short to drink bad wine.





After two consecutive failures I had to go for a safe bet. The 389 never disappoints

 

[boomy]

How good is this baby Graveyard!
First time to try Vegas block and I’m impressed.