A mature chardonnay wine from the Intrepid Cellar, from arguably Australia’s premier chardonnay region. I bought this bottle of Pierro Chardonnay 2005 from the Victorian distributor, and I thought it would be interesting to open it with 10 years of age. Also my cork skills are pretty woeful, so apologies for that.
Pierre Chardonnay 2005
Not the first time I’ve tasted this wine, I wanted to re-visit it and share my impressions on camera. Tim Sproal is a member of the Boomtown Wine Co-op based in Castlemaine, and I’ve tasted the white wine on this channel already. The Minim wines are made by Tim, and this Sylvie is a Syrah blended from the Yarra Valley and Mount Alexander.
Minim Sylvie Syrah 2014
The lovely Tash Stoodley from d’Arenberg was lovely enough to send me some more bottles of wine to taste. These are the three icon reds from the McLaren Vale d’Arenberg vineyards; The Ironstone Pressings Grenache Shiraz Mouvedre, The Dead Arm Shiraz, and The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon. All three have a recommended retail price of $65.00, and were from the 2012 vintage.
d’Arenberg Icon 2012 Wines
The lovely people at Toolangi wines in the Yarra Valley sent me a few bottles to taste, which I was happy to do for Let’s Taste. Made by David Bicknell at Oakridge, these are very classic styles for the region. The Estate Chardonnay 2013 has a recommended retail price of $38.00, and the Reserve Shiraz 2010 is $60.00.
Head to http://www.toolangi.com for more information!
Toolangi Estate Chardonnay 2013 & Reserve Shiraz 2010
My guest on Episode 72 of The Vincast wine podcast is Adrian Santolin, who brought me a few bottles of his wine. I opened them up on another edition of Let’s Taste, they were the Pinot Noir 2014 and Nero d’Avola 2014. Be sure to head to intrepidwino.com to listen to the podcast!
Santolin Pinot Noir & Nero d’Avola 2014
On Sunday the 22nd of November 2015 from 6:30pm AEST, Mattia Cianca (3rd best young sommelier in the world) and I tasted six Australian riesling wines, talking about their provenance and how the style is evolving.
Wines tasted were as follows;
2014 Rieslingfreak No.2 Polish Hill River Riesling (Clare Valley, SA)
2014 Sons of Eden Freya Riesling (Eden Valley, SA)
2014 Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Riesling (Frankland River, WA)
2014 La Violetta Das Sakrileg Riesling (Great Southern, WA)
2015 Ravensworth Riesling (Canberra, NSW)
2015 Billy Button The Torment Riesling (Alpine Valleys, VIC)
Many thanks to Different Drop for providing the wines. If you would like to taste these wines, simply head here and remember to use the code IntrepidWino to secure your discount and let them know I sent you!
Riesling
The lovely Tash Stoodley from d’Arenberg wines got in touch and sent me some samples of their new releases, which I was happy to open! I separated the whites and most of the reds into two tastings, here are the whites;
The red wines were;
d’Arenberg new-release red wines
Alex Head was my guest on Episode 68 of The Vincast wine podcast (link below), and so I was thrilled when my girlfriend brought home a bottle of his 2014 Nouveau and decided to open it up and share my impressions.
Head Nouveau 2014
I was very blessed to have Shashi Singh from Avani on the Mornington Peninsula on my podcast The Vincast (episode available Friday November 13th), and she was very generous in giving me a bottle of her unreleased 2014 Syrah to taste. I couldn’t wait and opened it that evening. Have you tried the Avani Syrah before? What have been your impressions? Let me know in the comments, and don’t forget to like this video and subscribe to the IntrepidWino channel.
Avant Syrah 2014
Back when I was scouring the Langtons auctions for good wine with a bit of age on it, I managed to secure a lot of six bottles of the Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Shiraz 1998. This is the last of those six bottles, and I’ve enjoyed all of them to varying levels. This was probably the best of the six, and I was happy to share why. Let me know in the comments what you thought of this tasting, if you’ve had a chance to taste this wine, and what experiences you’ve had with mature Australian shiraz.
Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Shiraz 1998
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