Wine thread

[Bazal]

Absolute ripper mate. Especially the 2010. Normally comes in at 32 bucks. I bought two doz

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

2010 Wynns Black Label was a ripper. Missed out on trying the 2011 vintage because of my redundancy.

 

[Bazal]

And also lacking a time machine to skip into the future?

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Wasn't Wynnsday a few weeks ago?

 

[Twizzle]

cheers, I might invest in a few

 

[JessEel]

shit day. will be wine-ing it up when i get home!

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Going to have a Chalk Hill Barbera tonight I reckon...

 

[Bazal]

Wasn't Wynnsday a few weeks ago?

Indeed. Black Label 2010 is the vintage that was released

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Meh, close enough...

 

[Bazal]

True, true. Kay Brothers Hillside Shiraz this evening

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

This Barbera would make an excellent summer red. Very bright + vibrant flavours.

 

[Bazal]

The Kay Brothers is a bit of a beast. Old school, loads of oak but well integrated, fat fruit. Love it

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Time to celebrate my last night in Queensland. Going to crack a '04 Penfolds RWT.

 

[Bazal]

Classy son of a bitch!

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Yum....

 

[Twizzle]

Just walked in to work...Wynns Black Label Cab 18.70. Are you kidding me?

I recognised it as soon as I saw the label, used to get it when it was about $18 years ago but stopped buying it when it got too expensive.

Happy fathers day to me.

 

[Bazal]

Macro Vintners rep gave me like a dozen samples...cracked a Claymore Dark Side of the Moon shiraz on his recommendation. With trepidation, I might add...It's a Clare shiraz and it's widely accepted (by me!) that Clare shiraz is just awful. This one won't win me over...it's nice enough (one of the better mainstream Clare's I've had in a long time) but suffers from the typical Clare issue, ie basically being a fruit bomb that's insipid in terms of tannin and structure. Doubt I'll get through more than a glass or two. Oh well, could be worse...could be Taylors!!

 

[_Johnsy]

The gorgeous Mrs Johns purchased 2 x bottles of St Halletts Gamekeeper Shiraz today before I finished work, lots of plum and cherry. Hints of dark chocolate with a subtle yet noticeable hint of vanilla. Absolute cracker for about $12. Thoroughly enjoyed it, and will be getting a few more.

 

[Bazal]

With the great weather I felt like a white....2006 Peter Lehmann Wigan Riesling. Very nice

 

[_Johnsy]

Baz

I am a red drinker only (85% of the time shiraz).

However I have given the beautiful bride an undertaking to sample some whites coming into the warmer months. Will be interesting, considering as soon as I smell white wine it takes me back to Townsville (dealing with the "locals" 98% of everyday I was at work) in an instant.