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Brisbane Book Club meeting – 18 February 2012

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Andrew

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2010 Mayford Tempranillo

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Andrew

How good is this?  Pours bright purple.  Juicy blueberries and ribena fruits, bursting out of the glass.  Touched by some brown spices, and a lick of spicy new oak.  Moderate chewy tannins round out an effusive appealing package.  Cellar if … Continue reading →

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Miscellany 3: Christmas day 2011

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Andrew

My Christmas Day selections: Ployez Jacquemart Selection Rose: Lovely – just right, and its pinkness was Christmas-appropriate.  And it won over a non champagne crowd with its delicate strawberry and lemon notes. Ployez Jacquemart Brut 2000: Served too warm – … Continue reading →

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2004 Comte de Vogue Chambolle Musigny

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Andrew

Its an 04.  Friend or foe?  Well this is definitely friend…Colour a little cloudy and browning slightly.  Nose is kid leather and mint.  Palate is sweet and generous – nothing of the 04 green streak.  Leather, cedar, raspberry and rhubarb … Continue reading →

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2009 Chard Farm Mata’au Pinot Noir

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Andrew

Chard Farm dont seem to get the publicity that a lot of Central Otago producers do. They aren’t a Felton Road or Mt Difficulty in that regard.  But they have been there a long time, with the Hay family arriving … Continue reading →

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1998 Briar Ridge Stockhausen Shiraz

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Andrew

This is reaching way back into my youth, when Hunter Shiraz was the done thing.  I thought these bottles were all gone, having peaked and tired a long time ago.  Well well, this bottle is just fine thanks.  Clear coloured, … Continue reading →

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Miscellany II

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Andrew

2008 Schaefer Frohlich Bockenauer Kabinett: A higher residual sugar kabinett,  Yep, back up the truck.  Alive and joyful.  Rich for an 08, creaming soda passionfruit and tropical, even creamy.  bordering on Spatlese intensity.  Yet herbal and slatey as well.  Lively, … Continue reading →

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Miscellany I

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Andrew

Linc has his Odds and Ends, Michel has his Garage. I have Miscellaneous stuff.  This weeks miscellany: 07 Stephane Aladame Montagny 1er Selection: Ripe citrus, peach, roast nuts.  Nougat.  Butterscotch and this bottle beginning to show some advancement.  Very good … Continue reading →

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Riesling weekend

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Andrew

Here’s what we drank with some tasty home meals of fish on Friday and pork on Saturday. 1993 Zilliken Saarburger Rausch Spatlese This must have been searing and hard to approach in its youth – unless it has stood still … Continue reading →

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2010 Thomas Labaille Sancerre’s

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Andrew

I hate Sauvignon Blanc.   I ponder how such a beautiful country as New Zealand can be planted with this toxic weed which produces so much goopy muck.  I will tolerate them when I have to and not for a second … Continue reading →

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