http://www.winorama.com.au The Home of Renowned Tasting Fri, 16 May 2008 21:00:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'd argue that this wine would be significantly better with a whole lot less oak as the fruit is beautiful and needs to be heard more clearly. Nevertheless, after four days of being open it showed no sign of tiring, and the oak slunk off into the background like a ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/elderton-command-shiraz-2004/ I don't cellar Semillon; I would much rather buy a good mature one, and in this regard I am very thankful to be able to purchase one like this. Now I say mature, but I reckon this could easily go another 10 years, if that is what you wanted. Some yellowing. ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/meerea-park-terracotta-semillon-1999/ Well I tasted this on a coolish Sydney late Autumn night, and it's just the right sort of wine for that of thing, but while you are reading this and quite possibly shivering, most likely I'll be sunning myself and sipping a gin and tonic..or perhaps a dry Martini (stirred, ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/seppelt-heathcote-shiraz-2006/ If you happen to have a child born in 2007 (as I do) then I'd suggest this may well be one of the better local bets to snap open at a 21st. The little buggers probably won't appreciate a twenty one year old Clare Riesling mind you, so I'd suggest ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/tim-adams-reserve-riesling-2007/ Well I reviewed this nearly a year ago and gave it an 89+, tasted a second bottle a few months ago and thought it much better, and this third bottle I thought better again. Good old plus sign eh. Get out of gaol free. I tasted this alongside the 2006 ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/de-bortoli-yarra-valley-estate-pinot-noir-2006-3/ I don't know too much about this wine but I do know it won the trophy at the McLaren Vale show as best red under $20. Fair enough too, you're certainly getting a lot of bang for your buck here! Opens a little charry and then comes chocolate, black plum ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/j-j-mclaren-vale-shiraz-2006/ The trade label on the back says $20 which seems not only awfully cheap, but also a considerable reduction in price from last years model. It's a cellar door and on-premise only jobby but well worth seeking out. It smells of cassis, berries and liquorice but it's also nice and ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/wirra-wirra-catapult-shiraz-viognier-2006/ I'd say the packaging of these wines really detracts from what's inside the bottle, which so far has been really pretty good. Then again I'm not in marketing, or more specifically targeting a specific market, although I guess delivering a good product is ultimately what's most important. This is made ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/marlargo-wines-riesling-2006/ I'm going on holiday tomorrow for a week and have about 40 notes I'd like to write up..but that's not going to happen tonight. I'll aim to knock up about six or seven and have them magically pop up each day in my absence....which may or may not make your ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/vasse-felix-heytesbury-chardonnay-2006/ North Sydney Cellars “Meet The Maker” Tasting: South Africa With Tiaan Strauss ¨ When: Wednesday May 14 ¨ Time: 6.15pm SHARP until 7.30pm ¨ Where: North Sydney Cellars, 189 Miller Street North Sydney (cnr. Berry Street) ¨ ... http://www.winorama.com.au/events/wine-tasting-south-africa-with-tiaan-straus-sydney-may-14-2008/ This is from a total production of 64 dozen and as at yesterday I believe there are about six or ten cases left at the winery (I forget which but I'm sure the number is nearly as fluid as the wine). Perfumed and crammed with Chinese five spice, sour cherry jam, ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/the-story-westgate-vineyard-shiraz-2006/ The Chardonnay of the same vintage is a pretty good wine, smoky mind you, but otherwise excellent. I'll review it later. This on the other hand, should most likely not have been released. I don't normally review lesser wines but this is fully priced, and from a company not lacking ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/st-huberts-pinot-noir-2007/ This is a new line from Seppelts (hence the review) that came along with a 2006 Heathcote Shiraz. It's yet another wine from the 2007 Victorian vintage that I reckon is showing smoke taint characters. I think I'm either looking for it too closely or just getting too sensitive to ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/seppelt-grampians-chardonnay-2007/ No introduction, I am in a rush and Blackboard is telling me to "hurry up". Glacé cherries, a roundedness, stalk and pepper, soda water, mint tea and a touch of dried meat. The palate showed red fruits, dried stalks through the mid palate and fleshed out on a finish that included ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/louis-jadot-beaune-clos-des-couchereaux-1er-cru-2004/ Hmmm well I think I like this one a little more than the 2005 vintage (more length) so logically I need to give it a slightly higher score, even though I have both 92 and 93 written on my pad (a trend you might begin to notice). I'd need to ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/the-story-grampians-shiraz-2006/ Rose of Virginia turns 21 this vintage and I'd say it's still about my favourite local rosé. It walks with style that fine line between being juicy, fresh and flavoursome without wobbling over to the sweet or sickly side. This year's model is Grenache 44%, Cabernet 29%, Pinot Meunier 14.4% ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/charles-melton-rose-of-virginia-2008/ I'm having a couple of major problems with all these 2005 Margaret River Cabernets, namely those of limited funds and finite capacity. This year's Heytesbury is all Margaret River with just a sneaky little addition of 5% Shiraz and is a barrel selection rather than a single vineyard wine (as ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/vasse-felix-heytesbury-red-2005/ I know what you're thinking, here goes Lincoln with that weird descriptor, but this does smell like sausage meat. It does. I might be odd but I hope I am consistently so. There are also aromas of red fruits, spices and smoke, but all this is dominated by spicy ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/domaine-a-stoney-vineyard-reserve-pinot-noir-2004/ A new label for the 2005 vintage (of which you can read more about in the excellent Moss Wood newsletter here), and while I miss the old one, the contents of the bottle more than adequately compensate for the loss of gold trim; this is easily the best since the ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/moss-wood-cabernet-sauvignon-2005/ Greenvale is near the Melbourne airport, so I've plopped this wine in the Sunbury region. The vineyard is dry grown and the wine was made by Antonio Nania, Bruno D'Anna and Franco D'Anna using natural yeast, no filtration or pumping, and gravity feeds. This is the inaugural release. A lovely nose, ... http://www.winorama.com.au/tasting-notes/bonds-lane-greenvale-syrah-2006/