Wine thread

[thorson1987]

Down at Mclaren Vale today.

Going around to the wineries. Getting drunk for free = winning

 

[_Johnsy]

Had a bottle of BVE 2003 E&E Black Pepper Shiraz with some gorgeous steak on Sat evening. Sitting on the back deck under the Poincianna tree with a nice cool breeze just blowing while watching the sun go down.

Wow !!!!!

Was an absolute delight to drink, savoured every drop.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I'm missing a bottle of BVE Black Pepper Shiraz from my cabinet _Johnsy, wasn't you was it...

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I will need a wheelchair / electronic scooter in Brisbane on the 23rd April, as the DWS Trade Show is on from 10:30am to 6:30pm, and they have an exceptional portfolio. And if anyone can get me from the Gold Coast to Brisbane before that, I'll try and swing them a start too ;-)

 

[Bazal]

2007 Carrick Pinot Noir (Central Otago). f**king fantastic pinot!

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Torbreck Vintners "Natural Wine Project" Grenache. Basically a wine which they have done with virtually zero intervention and only natural products (doesn't specify if it's organic or not, so I guess not). Has the picked day (7th April 2010), bottled month (August 2010), and "best before" date (7th April 2012). Having tried it, I think it was a wine that needed to be drunk pretty close to that bottling date. Feeling a bit tired in the glass, but still a pleasant drink and I appreciate what they are trying to achieve.

 

[Bazal]

I tried that about a year ago. I was disappointed tbh. It felt flat even then, kind of like an experiment that didn't quite work out

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Sounded interesting, but just didn't seem to work for them. I have had excellent minimal interference wines before, Cork Cutters "Benign Neglect" Pinot Noir comes to mind as a fantastic wine in that style.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Drowning my sorrows with a Tobacco Road Pinot Noir. For a cheapie it's pretty good stuff.

 

[Bazal]

Finished the remaining half bottle of one of today's tasting wines, Tyrrells Stevens Shiraz. Very nice

 

[beave]

I polished off a Wolf Blass Cab Sav from 2010.................. not bad, lacks some real bite but I would drink it again no dramas.

 

[_Johnsy]

I'm missing a bottle of BVE Black Pepper Shiraz from my cabinet _Johnsy, wasn't you was it...

I hope you don't mind if I take a guess and say it may have passed down your throat and into your tummy. I know thats where all the bottles go that are no longer in my wine fridge.;-)

 

[thorson1987]

Drank a bottle of 2009 scarpantoni Fiori that I got from Maclaren Vale last weekend.

Very sweet wine, which for me not being a big wine drinker, made it very easy to drink.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Going to crack a 1999 Wynn's John Riddoch tonight for my birthday - will let you guys know how it goes (must buy a decanter first).

 

[_Johnsy]

Enjoy Vince, & happy b'day mate.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Cheers mate, appreciate it. Just praying that it comes out tops.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

WOW, drinking this is like having sex on velvet and the purest Chinese silk. Magnificent to say the least!

 

[_Johnsy]

WOW, drinking this is like having sex on velvet and the purest Chinese silk. Magnificent to say the least!

= envious.

I am saving a bottle i received from Mrs Johns (Hardy’s Eileen Hardy Shiraz 2004) for a recent b'day. Cannot wait to open it up over a gorgeous steak on a winters evening sitting on the back deck waiting for the mightier to run out.

 

[Bazal]

2006 D'Arenberg Sticks and Stones Tempranillo, Grenache, Tintacao and Souzao...

 

[Bazal]

Two glasses down, this stuff is delicious and drinking it's best now I would say. Black cherries from the Tempranillo and Grenache, but the two Portuguese grapes (and the tempranillo) add spice and earth. Nice oak too, loads of character, highly recommend