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In our present state
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Like anything
We present ourselvesThe words we use tumble
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2012 Forester Estate Margaret River Chardonnay
Tasted blind in a bracket of mostly 2012 Chardonnays. I got a shock when I saw the RRP. A Baudrillardian wine – all surface. Two dimensional. Pear, pineapple, white peach. Sweet nougat oak. Syrupy as much as creamy. Fades on … Continue reading
2012 McHenry Hohnen Rocky Road Vineyard Chardonnay
Perhaps the Chardonnay that exhibits the most detail in the McHenry Hohnen stable. Regional yet restrained. Smoke and pebbles as much as fruit intensity. Line, length and subtlety. Nectarines and limes, roasted hazelnuts and cashews. For all the purity and … Continue reading
2012 McHenry Hohnen Burnside Vineyard Chardonnay
The only single vineyard McHenry Hohnen Chardonnay that comes from a site that doesn’t lie in the southern parts of the Margaret River. It comes as no surprise that it is more brash and fuller than the other two wines. … Continue reading
2012 McHenry Hohnen Calgardup Brook Vineyard Chardonnay
This is the second year I’ve been gifted the opportunity to taste the McHenry Hohnen single vineyard Chardonnays together. I’m not as familiar with these sites and names as I am with say, the Giant Steps models in the Yarra … Continue reading
2011 Voyager Esate Girt by Sea Cabernet Merlot
An affable, early drinking Cabernet Merlot blend executed well. BlackBerry, mulberries, bay leaf, chocolate milkshake oak. Some eucalypt and pencil shavings with a suggestion of Kalamata olives. Fleshy enough in the mouth. The tannin lacks a little sophistication but overall the wine … Continue reading
2013 Voyager Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Sees a small amount of oak and some lees contact. I’m unsure of the exact make-up of the blend. Lacks some intensity. Musky, salty aromas mingle with gooseberry, mashed banana, pear and herbs. It goes ok. 88 Region: Margaret River … Continue reading
2011 Blue Poles Shiraz
In some ways this is very much like a Blue Poles red wine and in other ways not so much. The fruit is sweet and concentrated – much more so than in the Reserve Merlot, Allouran Merlot Cabernet Franc or Teroldego. … Continue reading
2012 Snake + Herring Dirty Boots Cabernet Sauvignon
Grapes come the Yallingup and Wilyabrup subregions of the Margaret River region. Contains a splash of Merlot and Malbec – 4% and 1% respectively. Sweet blackberry with glints of red fruit. Not much in the way of oak static and … Continue reading
2013 Snake + Herring Perfect Day Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
I tried to slip a Lou Reed reference into a recent feature for a national wine magazine. It didn’t make it. Probably a wise move from the editorial team given that the lyric dealt with the subject of amphetamines. A blend … Continue reading
2012 Snake + Herring Tough Love Chardonnay
The bottle tells me this is a multi-regional blend using fruit from the Margaret River and the Porongurup subregion of the Great Southern but the website seems to indicate that it’s 100% Margaret River. I’ll go with the bottle. Fuller flavours … Continue reading