Museum Class Dry
Thirty wines in this class with thirty tasted. Obviously some very good wines here with some of the better vintages having been kept back by wineries for museum stock. The newly branded Jacob’s Creek (formerly Orlando) Steingarten was very impressive across all three entered wines, with the 2002 vintage standing out and having the potential to be stunning with time.
Jacob’s Creek “Steingarten” 2002 – 93/100
Orlando “St Helga Eden Valley” 1996 – 93/100
Richmond Grove “Watervale” 1998 – 92/100
Peter Lehmann “Reserve” 2001 – 91/100
Jacob’s Creek “Steingarten” 2001 – 91/100
Richmond Grove “Watervale” 2002 – 91/100
Pikes “Reserve” 2001 – 90/100
Richmond Grove “Watervale” 1999 – 90/100
Mitchelton “Blackwood Park” 1998 – 90/100
Taylors “St Andrews” 2000 – 90/100
Orlando “St Helga Eden Valley” 2002 – 90/100
Jacob’s Creek “Steingarten” 1997 – 89/100
Houghton “Museum Release” 1995 – 89/100
Yalumba “Pewsey Vale Contours” 2000 – 89/100
Crabtree “Watervale” 1998 – 89/100
Brown Brothers “Limited Release” 2001 – 89/100
Penfolds “Eden Valley Aged” 1999 – 88/100
Mundoonen “Canberra District” 2002 – 88/100
Forrest Estate “Dry” 2002 – 88/100
McWilliams “Regional Collection Eden” 1996 – 88/100
Mitchell “Watervale” 2002 – 88/100
Kim Crawford “Marlborough Dry” 2002 – 87/100
Jackson Estate 2002 – 87/100
Houghton “Museum Release” 1996 – 87/100
Goundrey “Reserve” 1998 – 86/100
Orlando “St Helga Eden Valley” 1998 – 86/100
Willespie 1998 – 85/100
Gibraltar Rock 2001 – 84/100
Willespie 2002 – 83/100