I bought a bottle of the Out of Step Syme on Yarra Chardonnay 2014 from Rathdowne Cellars for Saturday night Netflix with the girlfriend, and cracked the seal to have a look at it.
Out of Step Syme on Yarra Chardonnay 2014
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Let’s Taste – Penfolds Bin 389 1996 and Seville Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
I was at my parents place, which meant I had access to my cellar, and so I opened up a few wines from the ’90s. First I opened and tasted the Penfolds Bin 389 1996, then the Seville Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve 1999.
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Penfolds Bin 389 1996
Seville Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
August 9, 2015 · 4:27 pm
Let’s Taste LIVE – Jamsheed Single-vineyard wines with Gary Mills
Gary Mills from Jamsheed Wines joined me on the 17th of August at 6pm AEST as we tasted his four single-vineyard syrah wines LIVE, allowing viewers to taste along, ask questions and make comments. Listen back to the episode of The Vincast podcast with Gary here. Buy the wines at Different Drop if you would like to taste the wines as well!
Wines tasted;
Yarra Valley ‘Seville’ Syrah 2013
Great Western ‘Garden Gully’ Syrah 2013
‘Pyren’ Pyrenees Syrah 2013
Beechworth Syrah 2013
Jamsheed Seville Syrah 2013
August 4, 2015 · 10:27 pm
Let’s Taste – Main Ridge Chardonnay 2013 & Tarrawarra Pinot Noir 2002
The Intrepid Wino (aka James Scarcebrook) tastes Main Ridge Estate Chardonnay 2013 & the Tarrawarra Pinot Noir 2002, both from the author’s cellar.
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Main Ridge Chardonnay 2013
August 3, 2015 · 10:41 am
Let’s Taste – Giant Steps Tarraford Pinot Noir 2006
I opened a bottle of the Giant Steps Tarraford Pinot Noir 2006 that I bought many years ago from the cellar door, and pulled out of the cellar for dinner with eggplant parmiagiana.
Giant Steps Tarraford Pinot Noir 2006
July 19, 2015 · 7:54 pm
Let’s Taste – Jamsheed Seville Syrah 2013
Jamsheed Seville Syrah 2013 from the Yarra Valley, given to the author after the recording of episode 59 of The Vincast podcast.
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July 18, 2015 · 12:14 pm
The Vincast with Gary Mills from Jamsheed Wines
Gary Mills didn’t learn how to make wine from any studies or books, he learned by doing. After falling into the wine industry in his home state of Western Australia, he got an opportunity to work in California for one of the most fabled vintners in the state, and his fate was sealed. He eventually returned to Australia and settled in Victoria, where he has become one of the most sought after single-vineyard winemakers in the country.
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Gary Mills from Jamsheed Wines, photo courtesy of Hawk Waka Waka Wine Reviews
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The Vincast with Tom Belford from Bobar Wines
Tom & Sally Belford are producing some of the most exciting small-batch wines in the Yarra Valley, under the moniker of Bobar. They met whilst studying viticulture at Charles Sturt University, and after gaining experience in vineyards & cellars in Australia and Europe, decided to craft their own expressions from fruit grown in Tom’s home region. Tom joined me on this episode of The Vincast to tell their story, and share some insight on their philosophy of elegant simplicity.
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Tom Belford of Bobar Wines
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The Vincast with Bill Downie from William Downie Wines & 1000 Candles
It’s impossible not to like Bill Downie as he is such a down-to-earth person, a brilliantly talented winemaker, and is also incredibly humble. His skills are not his technical prowess, skills which he picked up for the most part learning on the job, but his ability to simply capture the essence of what nature provides in a certain place. He joined me on this episode of The Vincast to discuss his background, his approaches to wine, and how he imparts as little of himself to his pinot noir for William Downie Wines and the singular 1000 Candles from the Yarra Valley.
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Bill Downie
Bobar – 8/01/2015
Acting as tour guide for some lovely Italians, I visited Tom and Sally Belford in the Yarra Valley and was introduced to their small-batch winemaking and their expression of Syrah and Chardonnay under the Bobar label. Here are my notes from the tasting, the last wine was from the tank the day before it was bottled.
Chardonnay 2013
Nice lean mealy leesy cheese biscuit notes. Full bold fresh ripe citrus peach, good texture and phenolic grip but focused acids too. Light yet brimming with personality and length.
Syrah 2014
Very subtle mushroomy earthy stalk notes, bright tight red cherry. Light fresh delicate yet full of life and energy, juicy but not bold broad extractive or fruit-sweet.
Syrah 2013
Darker more brambly pomegranate beetroot, a crunchy also blood orange note too. Crunchier tighter more intense somehow, pepper bush.
Syrah 2012
Dark herbal almost a naturopathic medicinal note. Bolder fuller on the mid-palate, a nice sharpness to it but nice and soft without being flabby.
Syrah 2010
Like slightly herbal oxidised ribena. In a really charming way.
2014 Chardonnay
Still smells a bit yeasty ferment style, but nice lemon pith. Wonderfully full and rich without being fat, unfocused or fruitful. Contained yet explosive.
Bobar Yarra Valley Syrah 2014
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