Archive for February, 2008
Toscar Monastrell 2005
I've saved the best of these Toscar wines as the last post in the set. Before I tasted these 4, I wondered if the wine that the region is best known for, Monastrell, would come out on top. And it did. There is a bit more character with this wine, and if there is one thing [...]
Torre Oria Cava Brut NV
A bloke I worked with years ago with dropped me an email from out of the blue about this Cava he'd just had. I had to have a look he said, nice and fresh appley goodness apparently. So I tracked down a bottle at Randalls last week and polished it off in the backyard [...]
Toscar Tempranillo Crianza 2003
Ok, this is the 3rd of the 4 Toscar wines. This one is a wood aged tempranillo, and its a good drink. It shows plenty of rustic, warmer climate tempranillo character and some nice wood treatment that is virtually unheard at this price point in Australia. While I have a stylistic preference for the [...]
Granbazan Albariño ‘Amber’ 2005
I've been meaning to buy the 2006 of this wine for a while, I've been downing bottles of the stuff at bars but haven't written it up yet. So when I stopped in to Rathdowne Cellars and saw a bottle of the 2005, it went straight in the basket. The packaging on this [...]
Lunch at Movida
I took the day of from painting to roam around the city and have some lunch. It started raining around 12, so I ducked into Movida to warm up and have a bite to eat. The great thing about Movida is that its the kind of place where you can muck around with your mates [...]
Toscar Cabernet Sauvignon Crianza 2003
Alicante is well known for its Monastrell based wines, but there have also been large scale plantings of other Spanish and French varieties. The region is quite hot and dry, but also quite high in places so this allows for a good growing season without many dramas as long as it rains every now [...]
Toscar Syrah 2005
I've got 4 wines here from Alicate, so I sat down today and went through the lot. Quite impressive for the asking price of $14, all of the wines are well balanced, show well ripened fruit character, are mostly medium boddied and easy to drink. Its the kind of stuff that is a [...]
Lustau “Escuadrilla” Amontillado
Just a quick note today, I've got a load of painting to finish off before the end of the week. I'm mainly a fino/manzanilla guy, but I do enjoy a bit of older sherry action from time to time. Amontillado is a handy style as it goes well with cheese and is great with [...]
Alvaro Palacios Finca Dofi 2000
The second of my Priorat auction purchases went much better. One of the problems with buying wine at auction is you never really know whats happened to it before it got to the auction house. I've had good luck so far and have usually picked up very well stored bottles. While there is still [...]
Clos Mogador 1996
I picked up this wine and a bottle of 2000 Finca Dofi from auction to see how they were looking and to test the theory that these wines from Priorat can age well and develop additional complexity. While there is quite a bit of old vine material in the region, modern methods have only [...]
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