by Chris | 2 Jun 2021 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
2018 Grant Burge Miamba Barossa Shiraz, 14.5 % Deep dark impenetrable red black colour, intense nose of pepper spice, plum and chocolate. Palate as above, ripe plums, chocolate, liquorice and slightly grainy but soft tannins become more integrated after the wine is...
by Alison | 10 Jun 2018 | Australia, France, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, South Australia
NV Dhondt-Grellet Champagne Les Terres Fines, 100% Chardonnay Another boutique producer, this time from Cuis, and this time 100% Chardonnay. 30% of the wine is vin de réserve from a solera system started in 1986, disgorged 29 June 2015, zero dosage....
by Alison | 26 Sep 2016 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
Occasionally, if any of us have a wine of interest, a few of us wine loving Penangites will get together for a tasting. So here we were, Adrian, kindly offering his apartment, Choong and myself looking forward to three very notable wines: two significant 2010 Shirazes...
by Chris | 23 Mar 2015 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
Kindly offered for me to taste by Cellar Masters, many thanks to Stuart Robinson of Cellarmasters. This wine won Gold at the Barossa Valley Wine Show in 2014 and was Cellarmasters Red Wine of the Year in 2014; it retails online at Cellarmasters at under $20. Colour is...
by Alison | 21 Dec 2014 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
Tasted 17/12/2014 for our wedding anniversary dinner; well, you need an excuse, and we found one. We had it with a simple Weber-cooked whole piece of mesquite smoked rump steak, asparagus, corn and roasted tomatoes; in truth what we had in fridge at the time. It...
by Chris | 15 Dec 2014 | France, Shiraz
Vincent Paris produces two Cornas reds from the same slope composed of fine granite soils, where his major pruning down to four bunches per vine produces incredible power and concentration. This is what he calls the Granit 60, from his oldest vines, and is available...
by Chris | 9 Dec 2014 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, Victoria
Tasted May 2013 Robert Parker gave it 95 points so you kind of know whats coming up. My thoughts were thus: First taste is quite powerful and solid tannins; will be better with food like red meats and hard cheeses. Colour is deep dark rich red. Nose is of black fruits...
by Chris | 5 Dec 2014 | Australia, New South Wales, Shiraz
Here are some notes from an earlier tasting in September 2006. ‘Legendary winemaker, the late Maurice O’Shea founded the Hunter Valley’s Mount Pleasant winery in 1921. This wine is a tribute to Maurice O’Shea, a true visionary, who is acclaimed as one of Australia’s...
by Chris | 21 Oct 2014 | Australia, Red Blends, Shiraz, South Australia
A blend of 55% Grenache, 25% Shiraz and 20% Mataro (Mourvedre), the 2005 was one of the last to be finished with a cork closure, but it is high quality cork and in perfect condition. Colour is deep dark brick red and showing some of its age. Nose shows the elegance...
by Chris | 29 Jun 2014 | Australia, Shiraz, Victoria
Graillot Syrah is making waves on the Australian wine scene. A collaboration between Rhône Valley superstar Alain Graillot and importer Robert Walters, this remarkable Syrah is already pressing for entry to the very top ranks of Australian wine, after just 3 vintages....
