Huet Le Haut-Lieu Vouvray 2007
Loire, France. Chenin blanc. 13%. Cork. Approx $A65.A day of strange fruit, once exotic spices and beautiful wine. To start a few hasty sips of the 2011 Grosset Springvale Riesling. In passing it resembles the Johnno Semillon - that sensation of powder...
Toolangi Reserve Chardonnay 2007
Yarra Valley, Victoria, Australia. Chardonnay. 14.2%. Screwcap. Approx $A65.I spent the afternoon sniffing at curry leaves, my mother in law has a pair of small trees growing unsupervised in her front yard and I'm fond of the scent. It's something I de...
Cascina Chicco Barolo Rocche di Castelletto 2007
Piedmont, Italy. Nebbiolo. 14.5%. Cork. Gift.Tasted after a tart trio of Champagne I found this initially irresistible. The weight, the structure, the depth. . . The scent is deep and enticing, but anything to do with fruit or place is shrouded in a fo...
Tyrrell’s Stevens Semillon 2007
Hunter, NSW, Australia. Semillon. 12.2%. Screwcap.Two unrelated thoughts as I twist the cap. How can producers of aromatic whites still seal their wines with cork, and the image of preserved lemons. . . From the instant the seal is removed this is aliv...
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Berardo Chianti Classico Riserva, Castello di Bossi 2007
Spending a weekend in Brescia at the European Wine Bloggers Conference, seemed a pretty good way to try to fill in some of the blind spots in my wine knowledge, namely, pretty much all Italian wine. But due to “real” work commitments I was unable to attend any of the post conference trips, the most...
Wildcroft Estate Wild One Shiraz 2007
Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. Shiraz. 13.4%. Diam. Approx $A60.The back label and in particular this one line caught my attention - Grown on the estate and made by Phillip Jones at Bass Phillip.As to the package, it's the only bottle I've ...
Tangled up in blue
Unrelated tasting note: Samuel's Gorge Shiraz 2007. McLaren Vale, South Australia. 14.5%. Cork. Approx $A120 from restaurant list. Deep and round. Milk chocolate and berries, cream, abundance and softness. A gentle giant. It's hard to escape the sense ...
Bouchard Meursault Les Genevrières 2007
Meursault, Beaune, Burgundy, France. Chardonnay. 13.5%. Diam. Half bottle.Though from the same commune and separated by only a few kilometres, this is starkly different from it's slightly less esteemed relative. Where the sibling was spindly and awkwar...
Bouchard Meursault Les Clous 2007
Beaune, Burgundy, France. Chardonnay. 13%. Diam. Half bottle $A45
How to change wine into words and scribble into clarity. . . My glass has been washed and stored, the bottle waiting in the laundry for disposal and I've a page of messy words and the l...
Bouchard Vigne de l’Enfant Jésus 2007
Beaune, Burgundy, France. Pinot noir. 13.5%. Diam.
I can still fondly recall the last Baby Jesus I tried. It had the most wonderful spine and structure. Something serious and unbowed. This half bottle shares that structure and tightness, that lovely l...
Pfalz 2010 – Von Buhl
Von Buhl has always had a special place in my heart. They are located in Deidesheim which is tied with Iphofen as my favorite German wine village and they have improved so much since my first visit in 2006 it is quite remarkable. They are transferring ...
