Yalumba Hand Picked Mourvèdre Grenache Shiraz 2005 Friday, Nov 23 2007
Tasting Notes and Australia and Barossa Valley and Variety and Red and mourvedre et al
Such beautiful packaging and it would be even better with a DIAM or screwcap. Anyway, it has been a busy time for us this week welcoming our first born Charles (who is an absolute beauty!) into the world on Tuesday, but I still have my old baby to feed and poor old Winorama is feeling a little neglected. I’ll still aim to give him a bottle or two a day over the coming weeks if I can manage it. Burp!
An attractive perfume wafts over dark cherry, red berry, leather, dark chocolate and spice. On the palate full bodied with black cherry and red fruit, spice, leather, dried herb and dark chocolate flavours. It has plush ripe fruit but essentially tastes dark and savoury. Fine open weave lightly grainy tannins provide a supple mouthfeel and the finish is long with dark cherry, spice and leather to close. A brilliant example of rich old vine Barossa goodness.
Rated : 93 Points
Tasted : Nov07
Alcohol : 14.5%
Price : $29.99
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2007 - 2015
Source : Winery Sample
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12 Responses to “Yalumba Hand Picked Mourvèdre Grenache Shiraz 2005”
November 24th, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Congratulations Gary. Excellent name. Being one myself, I can assure you that there is no such thing as too many Charles (although it’s difficult to pluralize as I’ve just found). Make sure you feed him Charles Heidsieck 2003 mis en cave, it’s not too bad for NV and a good introduction to things vinous. Plenty of burps there … although the mousse is rather delicate. You can then move him onto Champagne Charlie when he starts to walk!!
November 25th, 2007 at 3:19 am
GW:
Congrats!!! on holidays in vietnam, and can advise that this wine is actually slightly cheaper in Hanoi than Sydney…as is the Bollinger in Nha Trang
hope family all doing well.
November 25th, 2007 at 10:04 am
Contratulations!!
Thankfully Charlie looks like Jo
And hopefully he will have her palate.
November 25th, 2007 at 11:01 am
Named after the Prince of Wales no doubt - does he have big ears ?
November 25th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Tiny little ears. He is very long. He likes Champagne Charlie and Linc and David have read his mind and sent a bottle of the 95 already.
GW
November 25th, 2007 at 12:49 pm
Ahhh, should have thought about the French connection……is he long like Charles de Gaulle was tall ? What about his nose ?
November 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Well I my wife bought a t-shirt yesterday which reads ‘lock up your sons’ (much to my disgust).
November 25th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Lots of my heroes are called Charles - Darwin, Dickens, Aznavour….
GW
November 25th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
….Manson,….
November 25th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
gary - congratulations !!! all the very best
November 27th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Congratulations, a bit late but still. He’ll sleep a lot for the first half of the year but after that… park, playground, zoo, less sleep, less wine and less time for the blog but a wonderful kid that will smile at you every morning is better than it all.
November 28th, 2007 at 9:20 am
Oh Gary, congratulations to you and JP. I am six months ahead of you - you’re in for a very enjoyable ride.
No wonder the postings have been a little sparse lately!
cheers,
Graeme