I’ve recommended this in the past, it is a real bargain. Quality dry Riesling for around an Ayrton (Ayrton Senna, tenner). Mesh Eden Valley Riesling 2005, Grosset/Hill Smith It has a pure nose of lime fruit. It even displays a degree of minerality: jolly good! Not overly heavy or over-ripe. The palate is linear and [...]
I have many memories of drinking this wine is the past; I’ve even had some old bottles that I have thought are quite good. It has always been a large-scale wine, but this vintage is just too heroic. Cabernet Sauvignon 2000, Cape Mentelle A very hot, ripe, alcoholic nose (it is 15%) with stewed, jammy [...]
Fourteen quid well spent on this. It has some real character. Local Growers Semillon 2002, Rockford There is a honeyed, waxy character to the nose. It also has good lemony fruit. This smells quite characterful. The palate is finely balanced with some Semillon weight and a good backbone of acidity. This is pretty good for [...]
The two Australian wines I had planned to have with dinner bored the tits off me. Chardonnay 2003, Cullen Soft melon fruit on the nose, some wood too. It smells quite dull; I’ve had so many similar wines in the past. The palate has fruit, acidity and oak, but is frighteningly boring. I am not [...]
I first tried this at the London wine and spirit trade fair. I thought it seemed a nice enough drink. It is an adequate, but slightly dull, aperitif. Riesling 2004, Plantagenet This has but hints of fly-spray on the nose, a common problem, I find, with Australian Riesling. It is obviously ripe, but has some [...]
I used to travel from Oxford to London just to buy Rockford’s Basket Press Shiraz. If only I hadn’t wasted my time and money ageing them. This wine is a bit more junior in Rockford’s range than the Shiraz. It is 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Shiraz. Barossa Valley Rod and Spur 2002, Rockford Wines A [...]
Considering this wine is 14.5% I surprise myself that I like it. Moss Wood used to make both a wooded and an unwooded Semillon. They recently decided that unwooded was best and now make only that. Semillon 2001, Moss Wood The nose suggests this is a good fighting wine. Lots of alcohol sweetness, ripe lemony [...]
I’m around at the neighbours place and a bottle of has been cracked. This is really excellent Riesling: fresh, lively, balanced, complex, really lovely stuff. At fifteen quid a bottle from the Wine Soc it is a bargain. It’ll age for ten or so years as well, if you have the facilities.
Last night we had a dinner party. Quite a bit of wine was got through. Riesling Spätlese Oberhäuser Brücke 2004, Helmut Dönnhoff Lovely fruit, quite round and ripe for a 2004. Good balancing acidity made this a very nice drink. Chardonnay Champagne 1996, Pol Roger A charming nose of bread and ripe apples. It seemed [...]
Ranked as Australia’s best Riesling, this is a bargain. Polish Hill Riesling 2004, Grosset Intense ripe lime fruit nose. Crivens, there is also some minerality there. Lovely. The palate is very dry and fresh. Good acidity, nice lime fruit and it is extremely well balanced. There are stony flavours on the palate as well. This [...]
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