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"For your pleasure
In our present state
Part false part true
Like anything
We present ourselvesThe words we use tumble
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Gravel hard and looseThere all night lying
With your dark horse hiding
Abhorring such extremes" - Bryan FerryCategories
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2012 Evans & Tate Metricup Road Semillon Sauvignon Blanc
Interesting for a Semillon Sauvignon Blanc to be held back a year longer than the Chardonnay. Not usually the case. This lacks some intensity but I like the textural nous on display. Tangy acidity covered by a thin cloak of … Continue reading
2013 Evans & Tate Metricup Road Chardonnay
Regional if unremarkable Margaret River Chardonnay. Driven by primary fruit with an inexpensive oak overlay. Smells and tastes of peaches, melon, lemons and wood-spice, French vanilla, butterscotch and toast courtesy of barrel work. Neat as you like with a gently … Continue reading
2012 Angullong Fossil Hill Shiraz Viognier
Difficult vintage and not a persuasive take on the Shiraz Viognier blend. Pepper and florals. A little plushness in the mouth but the acidity remains gangly and mawkish. Light berry fruit. Purple flowers, sour plum skins. Trails away quickly. 85 … Continue reading
2012 Angullong Fossil Hill Tempranillo
Cold, wet season in Orange and the Central Ranges. It shows here. Only just medium-bodied. The acidity is a lemony. Savoury, fresh red berries and mulch. Spicy with a good deal of crunchy tannin. It is a little sharp and … Continue reading
2012 dalla mia Finestra Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
dalla mia Finestra are a new producer to me. The Finestra vines were planted in 1989 with the sum of Bruce and Jo-Anne Lang’s fruit sold to others until the first release under their own label in 2003. I like … Continue reading
2012 dalla mia Finestra Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Elegant, Yarra Valley Cabernet in the luncheon claret mode (not meant to be pejorative or give any indication that it won’t age well) . An earlier pick was necessitated by significant bird strikes on the grapes in 2012. Has that … Continue reading
2010 Madfish Pinot Noir
Fruit is sourced from the Great Southern, Pemberton and the Margaret River. I must admit I’ve only ever enjoyed one Pinot Noir from any of those regions and that was made at Picardy. Early days for the Great Southern though … Continue reading
2013 Out of Step Malakoff Estate Vineyard Pyrenees Nebbiolo
While I would have ideally tasted this alongside Dave Fletcher’s Nebbiolo from the same vineyard, curiosity got the better of me and I was only in possession of one of the wines. Anyway, Dave Chatfield and Nathan Reeves impress with … Continue reading