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Garagiste #5

michel — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:54:53 +0000

Kooyong ferrous 2009 stoney minerally savoury
Jadot clos de garenne 2004 long and complete – seriously great wine
Coche dury les rougeots 2004 green tight revealing with time incredible tannins & structure
Mystery red burg decent nuits from monsieur burgundy

Oakridge Pinot 2010

michel — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:32:25 +0000

Just a brief note-at release this revealed little – a deft touch with fruit & oak- a pretty wine a hint of funk/earth in a good way… Pinosity in spades

88.5

Brown Brothers Patricia Chardonnay 2008

michel — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:18:57 +0000

First release in five years- sometimes I see colours when I drink wine- some white burgundy- brown – in a good way- this wine has a wet stone character & a hint of brown. Shellfish oyster mineral structure with poised acid and lingering palate and lean nectarines.
Tried with smoked trout & experimental ciabatta….
89-90

Woodfired Pizza&Pinot

michel — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:10:17 +0000

When all else fails do the easy stuff-pizza….

I have a bottle of Bell Hill Old Weka Pass 2008 in the cellar but I cant find it- so I had to open the first label from Bell Hill Pinot 2008
Citrus fruit earthy nose with undertow of chalky minerals & sous bois – palate is fresh intense & unashamably New World- oak doesnt intrude at all- seductive long- masculine yet feminine
91-94

now to the wood fired sourdough baking

Fish&ChipFriday

michel — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:35:35 +0000

Fresh local caught garfish&home made chunky chips& homegrown zuchinni fritters

Coldstream reserve chardonnay 2010
Judicious oak persistant intense stonefruits…..
Much more balanced than the old days
Laid back Manchester Beats on tour

89-91

Yabby Lake block 2 2009
Savoury earthy fruits – these guys have been on my radar- they suffer from brand confusion with Another vineyard-
Intense but still pinous mouth- oak- but not an issue- leave another 3 years for bigger ratings-the tour is on hold while the record label sorts out the legal issues…..
90

Thursday night in The Valley

michel — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:09:37 +0000

Yes we braved it to look for wine & food…..

Vincent Girardin Chevalier Montrachet – I have tried his 1er but this was a first for the table-0.15 ha- 35% new oak-full but more understated than Bouchard 06 chevalier-white flowers with a linear balanced palate- this is good & if corks did their thing no rush
92-93

DRC Richbourg 2008
White pepper, violet perfume, peering into a waterfall as Francois @ Vogue would say- long long tight palate- masculine- but not like Nuits
90-94

Bouchard Echezaux 2006
Lively acid cherry expansive nose- geranium flowers – no overt 2006 characters- I thought it was a 2002- these 2006 Bouchards were brilliant at release and stiil are
91

Crittenden Zuma pinot 2009

michel — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:03:06 +0000

Purchased from cellar door- tried a few months at the MPVA tasting at Powerhouse Brisbane.
Cherries, tamariilo nose- blind I would pick it as a spiffy Kiwi-restrained oak.
Fine pinot mouthfeel & silky tannins- long finish-no rush to drink but this has really blossomed over a few months.
89-91

Garage lazy Sunday

michel — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 10:59:25 +0000

Veuve forny champagne nv -88 have been cellar door – bizarre family story- source ross duke- very stylish champagne
Vasse felix heytsbury chardonnay 2009 -87- too cold to assess but remarkably they have dropped their oak – worth trying

Curly flat chardonnay 2009 -89- fruit driven stylish- i rate cf wines

Yarra yering dry red # 1 2004 -90
Must stop drinking cab- because i dont like it- brilliant less is more cassis cigar box- still young

Rymill coonawarra cabernet 1990 -87 my companion tells me it is too young & needs to be had without food when you havent eaten allday- i kid you not

Fluus barossa 2009. – 88 gluggable very young not barossa like
Pizza is ideal
Bosquet de papes chateau de papes a la gloire de mon grand pere 2009. -90
Tad young- roasted nut garrigue in spades good deal@55 bucks

Garagiste #4

michel — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:05:09 +0000

Egly ouriet vv village – serious mouthfeel- burgundy drinkers wine

Egly ouriet 2002 – brilliant

2002 didier dagenau silex – mouthfeel stuns exceeds my sav blanc expectations

2007 cullen keith john chardonnay – pretty much one of the better aus chardonnays ever when young- drink now while still well structured

2007 Leflaive Batard Montrachet- not imported to australia by stupid assigning of wines to continents- too young – if the cork lasts – 20yrs- leflaive make structured signature whites

2009 pyramid valley field of fires – glimpses of brilliance- offers potential – ph intrigues me

2007 bouchard chevalier montrachet- white citrus flowers – youth – 07 whites are outstanding- bouchard whites in great corks would transcend life itself

2004 la tache – complex shedding 04 character

2004 bindi block 5 pinot -i have never liked bindi- just dont get them- this is damn good- life is full of surprises

I tried a few Bernsteins after release of 07 & just didnt rate them- but now the 07′s sing more than the 08′s- the 07′s exceed the vogue & mugniers of the same year. All the Bernsteins like the Bernsteins Bears Rock big time.
Bernstein 07 charmes

Bernstein 08 charmes

Bernstein 07 mazy.

Bernstein 08 mazy

Grand puy lacoste 1990

Calon segur 1996

Sieppe 2000

Bond estate 2006

Bond Estate 2007

Harlen was a mystery to me & I always thought they were Mt Harlen that make stupendous pinots- but these were expressive and did I tell you I hate cabernet- Harlen is a new word in my vocabulary
Harlen estate pluribus 2006

Harlen estate quella 2007

2009 Chard Farm Mata’au Pinot Noir

Andrew — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:36:52 +0000

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 in Gibbston not long after Alan Brady. Nowadays their portfolio of vineyards spreads well beyond th spectcular Gibbston Valley cellar door location, and this wine comes from a location in Lowburn, about 40 kilometres east.

The small black berries that this subregion can show are apparent in this wine, but it needs 24 hours to open and really see this integrate from something elemental and disjointed into something very intriguing. Forest floor and brambly berry nose, with hints of white pepper and spice here too. Like the texture here – silky and slippery, this is redskins and dense blackberry fruit on the front palate with lovely spice and pinot sap left to linger as the fruit washes by. Musky in an “inner mouth perfume” kind of way. This is an expression of Central Otago Pinot I like – restrained but still purposeful. Stately but energetic. 90/100