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2011 Yangarra Estate Old Vine Grenache
This impressed when I tasted it in the Vale a few months back and it’s looking even healthier with a bit more flesh on its bones now. Yangarra winemaker Pete Fraser is big on exposure and canopy management; it’s paid … Continue reading
Hot and Cool: Nine Years of Heathcote Estate Shiraz
I arrived at the Stokehouse restaurant on the Brisbane river last month and said a brief hello to Heathcote Estate head winemaker Tom Carson, before taking a seat and tasting through nine vintages of the winery’s Estate Shiraz and a tenth wine, … Continue reading
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Vale WWEI: Prepare to Meet Your Maker
Vale interloper Gods listen. Or at least that’s the conclusion I came to at the end of a three-day junket in McLaren Vale earlier in July. To begin with, I kind of muscled my way into the Queensland “Meet Your … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Cabernet et al, Cabernet Sauvignon, Fiano, Grenache, Grenache et al, McLaren Vale, Mourvèdre/Mataró, Mourvèdre/Mataró et al, Other Whites, Roussanne, Sagrantino et al, Sangiovese, Shiraz, Shiraz et al, Vermentino, Viognier, White Blends, Wine Events, Wine Musings
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2010 Oliver’s Taranga Cadenzia Grenache
Cadenzia is the name a number of McLaren Vale wineries have chosen to give their Grenache based wines. It stems from the word ‘Cadenza’; an improvisational piece played by a soloist at the end of a musical performance. So the … Continue reading
2009 Old Plains Terreno Old Vine Grenache
“How old are the vines?” I hear you ask. Judging from the website, at least 50 year-old material goes into the wine with at least one of the vineyards planted “post WWII by Italian migrants, returned servicemen and ex POW’s … Continue reading
The Red Stripe Comes of Age: d’Arenberg’s 100th Birthday Lunch
And it’s Time, Time, Time… Chester Osborn, who began his tenure as chief winemaker at d’Arenberg in 1984, was limping ever so slightly as he came to greet me. We were at Urbane for what turned out to be an … Continue reading
2009 d’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache
Now this is the style of Grenache that personally turns me on. Possibly, that’s too much information. It’s narrower, more silken, soft and flowing. No confectionary within Cooee! It’s simplish but limpid and just really tasty. The price is great … Continue reading