26 September 2015

O'Leary Walker Wines 2010 Riesling

Variety: Riesling
Region/G.I.: Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley, Watervale
Vintage: 2010
Closure: Screwcap
Colour: Limey-yellow

Alcohol: 12.5%
Bouquet: Limey,wet chalk and lemon

Flavour: Even, lemon and lime flavours with mellow acidity. Clearly not a young wine although I wouldn't think it's 5 years old
Points: 85 (3+7+11+7+7+50)
Notes:  I've had this a couple of years and it cost $17.85~325. From one of the most consistent Riesling regions in th Australia. R, requested Riesling tonight and this delivers


Tasting notes from producer
 

25 September 2015

Imaginacio by Masperla 2006

Varieties: Garnacha and Carinena
Region: Priorat
Vintage: 2006
Closure: Cork
Colour: Purple-copper

Alcohol: 14.5%
Bouquet: Ripe cherry, oak and blackcurrant

Flavour: A rush of fruit according to the nose with a move to a very long, tannic finish with tingles the front of the tongue. Good acidity giving this great poise.
Points: 88 (4+7+11.5+8+7.5+50)
Notes: I would never guessed that this is so old. It was lively for such an old wine

Pillastro 2010 Primitivo Negroamaro

Varieties: Primitivo Negroamaro
Region: Puglia
Vintage: 2010
Closure: Corkap
Colour: Dark purple/ almost inky

Alcohol: 14.0%
Bouquet: Sour cherry, oak, soft liquorice

Flavour: Lovely, full oak and thick fruit; balanced very nicely with an acidity keeping this fresh. A long, gentle finish. Full but with a quick transition. After a couple of hours, it is silky smooth and incredibly harmonious
Points: 87 (3+7+12+7.5+7.5+50)
Notes:  $19.80~360 Kc. Excellent way to end the week. 

23 September 2015

The Little Wine Company 2010 Tempranillo


Same notes apply from June last year

20 September 2015

Bloodwood 2009 Maurice

Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc (% unknown and component grapes change from year to year)
Region/G.I.: Central Ranges, Orange
Vintage: 2009
Closure: Screwcap
Colour: Dark purple with a slightly lighter purple hue
Alcohol: 14.0%
Bouquet: Tobacco leaf, cardamom (bitterness)

Flavour: Full, spicy fruit of blackberry and blackcurrant and long, even tannins. Fantastic feel around the mouth. The spices are more to those in North African cooking (cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, pepper)
Points: 88.5 (4+7.5+12+7+8+50)
Notes: These Bloodwoods have been great and my friend who has tasted these with me has been asking for more. In retrospect these wines are probably 90 or 91 point wines. I still think that the straight Cab is the best of the 2009 pick but the three reds tasted have different, appealing characters

 

Coka Vinarija 2012 Zdcepcevo krv


Varieties: Vranac, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Gamet, Muscat or Ottonel
Region: Serbia
Vintage: 2012
Closure: Cork
Colour: Dark red

Alcohol: 11.3%
Bouquet: Almost no aroma. Smallest amount of aged plum

Flavour: Odd. It tasted more like gluggy fruit (plum pulp) juice with some medicinal herbs thrown in. No length or tannin. 
Points: X (ie less than 80 and I would not buy again)
Notes: I did not like this at all. Interesting to try but won't be getting again. $12~216Kc

18 September 2015

Parri Street 2004 Pangkarra Cabernet Sauvignon (Cleanskin)

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region/G.I.: Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Vintage: 2004

Colour: Medium/Light purple with much lighter purple hue
Alcohol: 13.5%
Bouquet: Almost no aromas

Flavour: Excellent dusty, blackcurrant fruit with tobacco leaf flavours in the mix. The tannins are long and impressive for this old wine. Medium to heavy body which finishes very long
Points: 84 (4+4+11+8+7+50)
Notes: Interesting that when I tasted this years ago, it had nose which was better than the nose. It's clearly evolved and the flavours are fantastic. Pity that it has no nose. For the $10.74 (~195 Kc) it's a bargain. No image as this is a cleanskin.