Some notes taken at a dinner attended by some fellow wine lovers – Seppelt Show Sparkling Shiraz 1990 – (Grampians, Victoria): A nice way to start the proceedings. Blackberry, cherry, spice, violets and earthy characters on the nose. Nice rich mouth-feel, with a bit of sweetness on the palate. Good, long finish. 88/100 Dry River […]
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Bannockburn is an iconic winery, based in Geelong, Victoria. This was an opportune time to stop and look at Bannockburns past vintages with the ex-winemaker Gary Farr moving on to his own ventures after more than 20 years at Bannockburn and new winemaker Michael Glover coming on board for the 2005 vintage. The tasting offered […]
The North American class was an interesting one – it is obviously a region with some unexplored and unacknowledged potential. I heard some rather complimentary things being said about these classes from fellow attendees, and while there were some very good, bordering on excellent wines being shown, there were an equal number of wines that […]
Current Vintage (2004) Dry Atwater Estate “Dry” – 91/100 Heron Hill “Ingle Vineyard Johannisberg” – 90/100 Dr Konstantin Frank’s Vinifera Wine Cellars ”Dry” – 88/100 Lamoreaux Landing “Reserve” – 87/100 Vincor “Genesis” – 87/100 Sheldrake Point “Dry” – 87/100 Waters Crest Winery – 86/100 Belhurst “Traditions Dry” – 86/100 Keuka Spring Vineyard – 84/100 Anthony […]
Current Vintage (2004) Semi-Dry Dr Konstantin Frank’s Vinifera Wine Cellars “Johannisberg Semi-Dry” – 91/100 Chateau Ste Michelle “Eroica” – 89/100 Keuka Spring “Reserve” – 88/100 McGregor Vineyard “Semi-Dry” – 87/100 Fox Run Dry – 87/100 Hawthorne Mountain Vineyards – 86/100 Hillside Estate – 85/100 Chateau Ste Michelle “Cold Creek” – 85/100 Fox Run – 82/100 […]
Current Vintage (2004) Sweet Sheldrake Point “Ice Wine” – 92/100 Heron Hill “Late Harvest” – 90/100 Heron Hill “Ingle Vineyard Icewine” – 89/100 McGregor Vineyard – 87/100 Belhurst Traditions “Semi-Dry” – 86/100 Widmer’s Brickstone “Semi-Dry” – 78/100
Current Vintage (2004) Sweet A genuine step up in quality and a couple of excellent wines here. The Weingut Schales Eiswein was a lecture in length, balance, power and aging potential. Weingut Schales “Eiswein” – 93/100 Weingartner Bad Cannstatt eG “Zuckerle Eiswein” – 92/100 Max Ferd Richter “Muelheim Helenenkloster” – 91/100 Bardof Gunther Weingut “Randersackerer […]
Current Vintage (2004) Semi-Dry Another six wines offered, and this time some more interesting wines in the six tasted. Weingut Matthias Gaul “Mineralstein” – 91/100 Weingut Deheck & Meinzer “Spatlese feinherb” – 89/100 Weingartner Bad Cannstatt eG “Cannstatter Zuckerle Folition” – 88/100 Max Ferd Richter “Sonnenlay” – 88/100 Weingut Gebruder Anselmann “Classic” – 86/100 Weingut […]
Current Vintage (2004) Dry Six wines on offer here and six were tasted. Generally not too bad, but also generally unexciting. Weingut Deheck & Meinzer “Spatlese Trocken” – 88/100 Weingut Matthias Gaul “Terrain Calcaire” – 88/100 Weingartner Bad Cannstatt eG “Cannstatter Zuckerle Trocken Premium” – 87/100 Marcus Clauss Weinkollektion “Rheinhessen Trocken” – 87/100 Weingut Matthias […]
On to the European class (but this year entirely comprised of Germans), one need only look at the names of some of these wines to understand the trouble Germany must have marketing its wines to people that are used to the straightforward and simple labelling on most “new world” wines.