Wine thread

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Dark Corner Durif Shiraz. Made by Casella Bros, so a good chance there is a little bit of Don Mackay in this bottle. Super ripe, deadset you could convince people this is Tawny in a blind tasting.

 

[Bazal]

Chalkboard Heathcote Lagrein. For a pack of absolute no hopers the merch team very rarely do something right. Cherry, plum, mulberry, lavender, vanilla oak, a bit of olive savouriness....really good for $17. So much so that the bottle was empty after 2 hours.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Paul Bara Comtesse Marie de France Grand Cru Champagne. Time for something a bit special for my last day at McCain. Very fine bubbles, lemon curd + red apple notes, and a honey nougat finish.

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Bay of Fires Pinot Noir Chardonnay NV. To be overly simplistic, this is like drinking a Granny Smith apple. Very crisp and without a hint of sweetness. Finishes off with a good hit of Beurre Bosc pear. If you want to introduce people to what Australian sparkling can be (other then Yellow or Jacobs Creek PNC) this is really a great way to spoil them.

 

[Drew-Sta]

How do you drink so much...

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

How do you drink so much...

1. I don't drink a lot, I just drink well. Where I can I try and get the best advice and product as possible. For me, quality is always better than quantity, and I am happy to pay for it.

2. Shut your whore mouth!

 

[Bazal]

Costco can be pretty awesome. Magnums of Blue Pyrenees Cabernet and Cab Shiraz Merlot for 19 bucks. Also picked up a wine from Castillon I'm keen to try and had to be physically restrained from buying bulk Rieussec Sauternes for 50 bucks

 

[Twizzle]

I have a bottle of Lake Breeze Langhorne Creek Bernoota Shiraz Cab for tonight with my Jamaican Pork

I rather like the gear from Langhorne Creek dont think I've ever had a bad one

 

[Drew-Sta]

Langhorne is great. Really intense fruit, always a top drink.

 

[Bazal]

Majority of Langhorne Creek reds I've tried taste like a swamp tbh

 

[Drew-Sta]

Try Nigel Dolan's stuff. Is great.

 

[Bazal]

I don't think it's the wines, per se. I think it's just that, like Clare reds, something about the process or the terroir or something expresses itself and I pick up on it particularly

 

[Drew-Sta]

Fair enough I get that with Mudgee reds. There's a heavy, muddy texture that I dislike a lot.

 

[Drew-Sta]

Gemtree Uncut Shiraz, '12. Good, really easy to drink. Not 95pts though...

 

[Bazal]

2006 Zema Estate Family Selection Cabernet...this is my third bottle over the last three years, supposed to be bang in its drinking window

Great nose, very appealing, rich black fruit dominates. Very front heavy, but surprisingly flat fruit after the nose. Huge mid palate hole, short sweet finish with very little balance about it.

Might improve after some air and no doubt the fruit will come out more, but the mid palate hole isn't going to go away. Classic Coonawarra cabernet really, overrated and missing what cabernet is about

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Mitchelton Print Shiraz 1998. Sooooooooooooo delicious. Very thick, lots of dark chocolate and dried herbs on the palate. Elegant, marginally sweet finish.

 

[muzby]

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

Pretty much how liquor retail works.

 

[Drew-Sta]

James Halliday is the greatest salesman in wine history; he's sold more booze than anyone...

 

[Bazal]

Mitchelton Print Shiraz 1998. Sooooooooooooo delicious. Very thick, lots of dark chocolate and dried herbs on the palate. Elegant, marginally sweet finish.

I think I have a bottle of a similar vintage hanging about somewhere....