by Chris | 22 Jul 2009 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Victoria |
After a couple of slightly disappointing versions of this usually reliable wine, some big reviews are starting to appear about the 2008 model. So we duly grabbed a bottle and tried it with a super quick stir fry of sliced beef, vegetables, mushrooms, soy and oyster...
by Chris | 21 Jul 2009 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Victoria |
This wine was tasted recently with a one pot winter bake of pork fillet, pear, potato and red onion with garlic, cloves and lemon juice. The colour is vivid deep ruby red, the nose shows plenty of spice, dark cherry and plums. The palate has huge depth, intensity and...
by Chris | 16 Jun 2009 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Tasmania |
After managing to survive a few years in the cellar, this highly regarded wine from the supreme 2005 Tasmanian vintage was tasted recently with pancetta wrapped pork fillet with sage and apple, accompanied by roasted vegetables.The wine is a deep crimson colour and...
by Chris | 16 Jun 2009 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Red Wines, Victoria |
This week’s SMH Wine of the Week is the Willow Creek Vineyard Tulum Pinot Noir 2007. Huon Hooke writes:Willow Creek’s premium ’07 Mornington Peninsula pinot is a real lip-smacker. It wins you over with its perfume and finesse, balance and beguiling...
by Chris | 10 Jun 2009 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Red Wines, Victoria |
This week’s SMH wine of the week is the Paringa Estate Peninsula Pinot Noir 2008. Huon Hooke writes:One of the Mornington Peninsula’s stars, Paringa Estate, makes outstanding pinot at three levels. This is the cheapest and the only one not made solely from...
by Chris | 10 Mar 2009 | New Zealand, Pinot Noir |
The 2007 Craggy Range Calvert Vineyard Pinot Noir was last week’s wine of the week in the SMH. Huon Hooke wrote:From Central Otago’s Bannockburn district, this is just one of a clutch of outstanding single-vineyard pinot noirs from one of New...
by Chris | 24 Sep 2008 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Red Wines, Tasmania |
My cellar program says drink now but this has years ahead in the cellar if you can keep your hands off it. This wine has the backbone and structure of a good Burgundy (albeit the bolder Pommard version). Unfortunately the ’05 has long since run out and it was...
by Chris | 10 Sep 2008 | New Zealand, Pinot Noir, Red Wines |
This wine was tasted alongside a 2005 Provenance Pinot from Geelong that actually lost little in the contest, the Provenance being lighter and softer but also delightful to drink.Below are the winemakers notes on the Maude; and we agree. It is a quite stunning wine...
by Chris | 8 Jul 2008 | France, Pinot Noir, Red Wines |
The 2006 Chanson Pere & Fils Le Bourgogne Pinot Noir is the wine of the week in this week’s SMH Good Living. Huon Hooke writes: “Bollinger has owned Chanson since 1999, boosting its fairly ordinary reputation enormously in that time. Vineyards have...
by Chris | 27 Mar 2008 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Red Wines, Tasmania |
Huon Hooke’s wine of the week in the SMH on Tuesday was 42 Degrees South Pinot Noir, 2004.He says, “This label is the new focus for Wellington Wines produced by Andrew Hood and his team just outside Hobart. It won a gold medal and topped the 2004-and-older...
