Some years ago when I worked with winemaker John Harris at Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley. After leaving John joined forces with his wife’s family and they launched Mitchell Harris Wines, using predominantly Pyrenees fruit. A few years ago they opened a cellar door/restaurant/shop in Ballarat, and I stopped in on the way back from Dunkeld recently. I bought this bottle and shared my impressions, let me know what you think in the comments below.
Mitchell Harris Mataro 2013
Ben Haines was my guest on the 93rd episode of The Vincast wine podcast. He is the winemaker and estate director at Mount Langi Ghiran in the Grampians region of Victoria, and has made some incredible improvements there in the last few years. Ben also produces his own wines, and took me through a tasting when I visited. Here are my impressions of one of his wines, let me know what you think in the comments below.
Ben Haines Under Woods Syrah 2013
I’ve been in contact with Lawrence Scanlon from Dirty Black Denim for a while through social media, but it wasn’t until recently that I finally met him in person. He and his brother make a range of wines, focused particularly on Italian grape varieties, and I’ve been hassling him to try some of them. I was thrilled to finally be able to do so with two of the recently released 2016 wines. Let me know what you think in the comments below!
Dirty Black Denim 2016 wines
Yeringberg was my epiphany producer; the 1997 Pinot Noir is the reason I continued working in the wine industry. Back when I worked at Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley, I went to Yeringberg’s Open Day to taste, and bought these two 2004 wines. I’ve relinquished them from my cellar and thought I’d share my impressions. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Yeringberg Red & Pinot Noir 2004
You may have heard my chats on The Vincast wine podcast with Nathan Reeves and Dave Chatfield on Episode 76. You may also have seen me taste a few of their Out of Step wines on previous editions of Let’s Taste. Based out in the Yarra Valley, they make a range of wines from fruit sourced from a number of vineyards. Amongst the most important is Lusatia Park in the Upper Yarra Valley, particularly for the white varieties. The newly released Margin Walker is from a particularly good parcel of Lusatia Park fruit, here are my impressions of the wine, let me know what you think in the comments below.
Out of Step Margin Walker 2015
I recently visited the Derwent Valley in Tasmania for the first time since I was a baby visiting family, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to visit Tasmanian wine legend Steve Lubiana. After an awesome tour through the winery, vineyards & cellars with Steve, a tasting of some of the wines, and a wonderful Italian Osteria style lunch, I bought a bottle of the Late Disgorged 1996 to take away with me. Here I open and share my impressions of this amazing wine, let me know what you think of Tassie sparkling in the comments below.
Stefano Lubiana Late Disgorged 1996
St Leonards Vineyard is a sub-brand of All Saints Estate in the Rutherglen region of North-East Victoria. Like many historic producers in this region, All Saints have a proud legacy of fortified wines which regrettably is not what it used to be. The Brown family are attempting to tap into a new younger wine consuming market with this new range labelled Hip Sip, starting with a Tawny. Here are my impressions and my thoughts on fortified wine in Australia.
St Leonards Hip Sip Tawny
Following on from the last edition of Let’s Taste, I opened a bottle of the Katnook Estate Shiraz 2012 that was sent to me by the lovely people at the Wingara Group. These are my impressions of the wine, let me know in the comments below if you agree with me, and be sure to like this video and subscribe to my channel!
Katnook Estate Shiraz 2012
The Wingara Group – owner of many great wineries around the world – sent me some samples from one of their Australian brands; Katnook Estate. They are both from the Founder’s Block range, both with a retail price of $20. They are the 2015 Shiraz and the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Katnook Estate Founder’s Block Shiraz 2015 & Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
I opened my last bottle of the Yering Station Reserve Pinot Noir 2002 from my cellar, and shared my impressions. Let me know what you think in the comments below.
Yering Station Reserve Pinot Noir 2002
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