Back when I worked in the cellar door at Domaine Chandon in the Yarra Valley, one of my colleagues lived at Coldstream Hills as her partner was one of the winemakers. She was kind enough to put together a mixed dozen of reserve wines of various vintages, some of which are still in my cellar. I thought it was about time to open this bottle, the Reserve Pinot Noir 2002. What are your thoughts, do you agree? Let me know in the comments.
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Let’s Taste – Main Ridge Chardonnay, The Acre & Half Acre Pinot Noir 2014
Main Ridge Estate make my favourite wine in the world, the Half Acre Pinot Noir. Theirs was one of the first cellar doors I ever visited, back when I was still learning about wine. I visited a few months ago, I think just after the estate had been sold, bought some current release bottles and also placed an order for the soon to be released 2014 wines. I opened the three for the first time to see what they present, and perhaps give me an idea how long I should keep them.
December 30, 2015 · 12:10 pm
Let’s Taste – Out of Step Lusatia Park & Willowlake Sauvignon Blancs 2015
My guests on episode 76 of my wine podcast The Vincast were Nathan Reeves and David Chatfield from Out of Step Wine Co. After seeing my tasting video of their chardonnay they reached out and offered me some wine, and I thought I’d do them even better and have them on a double-episode to tell their story. They brought me some wines after all, and I tasted the two Sauvignon Blanc wines from 2015 on this video.
December 30, 2015 · 9:34 am
Let’s Taste – Pierro Chardonnay 2005
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
December 24, 2015 · 9:33 am
Let’s Taste – Minim Sylvie Syrah 2014
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
December 23, 2015 · 10:33 am
Let’s Taste – d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings, The Dead Arm, and The Coppermine Road 2012
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
December 14, 2015 · 11:50 am
Let’s Taste – Toolangi Estate Chardonnay 2013 & Reserve Shiraz 2010
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
November 24, 2015 · 12:38 pm
Let’s Taste – Santolin Pinot Noir & Nero d’Avola 2014
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
November 19, 2015 · 2:34 pm
Let’s Taste LIVE – Australian Riesling with The Intrepid Wino and Mattia Cianca
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
November 17, 2015 · 5:00 pm
Let’s Taste – d’Arenberg New Releases November 2015
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 Olive Grove Viognier Marsanne 2014; and
- The Hermit Crab Chardonnay 2015
The red wines were;
- The Sticks & Stones Tempranillo, Grenache, Souzao, Tinta Cao 2011
- The Derelict Vineyard Grenache 2012
- The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2011
d’Arenberg new-release red wines
November 16, 2015 · 4:12 pm
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