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wine & spirit insider tastingGlendalough Estate Lavina Grand Royale Bethany Barossa SWEET & Trentham LaGovernor's Pleasure McLaren Vale Shiraz Shiraz 2008 HHH FORTIFIED Famiglia MoscatoClare Valley Shiraz 2009 HHH Spicy plum and mulberry 2011 HHH2009 HHH Big, rich, mature wine nose and big, dense, 17 TASTED Lifted spicy bouquet,A big, bold, style of with ripe, porty fruit and spicy fruit flavours. Nice 9 AWARDED sweet and spicy lycheeshiraz with dried prune/ chewy, oak tannins. wine to enjoy now. $28 \"High acid and high sugar palate showing goodlicorice-like fruit and high Very complex style. $50 Taylor Ferguson components should spritz characters. $14alcohol. $22 Yelland & Papps Premium Selection come together - not stand Schild EstateCowaramup Divine Barossa Langhorne Creek apart,\" said the judges. Barossa FrontignacWines Clown Fish Shiraz 2009 HHH Shiraz 2008 HHH A few wines here 2011 HHHMargaret River Beautiful balanced wine - Peppery nose with hints showed how it could be Light floral/melonShiraz 2009 HHH fresh and alert, and loaded of lavender and thyme. done - balance is the key. aromatics and veryHigh acid style with with licorice and stewed Nicely retained varietal clean, crisp andsimple varietal fruit, fruit characters. $75 fruit flavours. $14.99 Leconfield elegant perfumed fruitcharry oak and some Sandalford Henry's Drive Coonawarra Noble palate. $15.95grippy tannins. Needs Prendiville Reserve Dead Letter Office Riesling 2011 Glenpara Elm Walktime. $22.50 Margaret River Padthaway (375ml) HHHH Late Harvest EdenJane Brook Shiraz 2009 HHH McLaren Vale Shiraz Luscious honeyed apricot Valley SemillonBack Block Shiraz A pleasant quaffer with 2008 HHH and dried pear aromas, Riesling 2011 HHH2009 HHH nice balance between A lovely, mature wine and excellent richness Very muscaty, floralLight, clean and elegant spicy, peppery fruit and with warm, mouthfilling and complexity to the bouquet and very fresh,with some toastiness the oak. $90 chocolaty/licorice flavours big, botrytis palate. Nice sweet, muscat palate.mingling with the sweet, that linger on. $23 drying finish. $19.99 Good acid balance. $19earthy fruit. $25 SHIRAZ Redbank Fighting Bethany Steinbruch Pirramimma LateFeet First 2008 & OLDER Flat King Valley Barossa Riesling Harvest AdelaideFrankland River Shiraz 2008 HHH 2009 HHH1/2 Hills SauvignonShiraz 2009 HHH 13 TASTED An interesting wine with Developed riesling nose Blanc 2010 HHHPlum fruit and all spice 6 AWARDED big, sweet, red fruit and and semi-sweet citrus Lifted musky/aromas. Soft in the An eclectic group vanillin oak. Good acid/ flavours on the elegant confectionery nose.mouth with Christmas with a number of wines tannin balance. $24.95 and nicely developed, Simple palate ofcake-like flavours. $29.79 that offer pleasant spicy palate. $14 dried pears and ripeGreg Cooley Wines drinking now. Thomas K Hardy De Bortoli Sacred pineapple. $15Reserve Clare Valley Imprimatur Hill Traminer Swings &Shiraz 2009 HHH Henry's Drive McLaren Vale Riesling 2011 HHH RoundaboutsNice length, good tannin Padthaway Shiraz Shiraz 2007 HHH Lovely spicy lychee/ Backyard Storiesstructure; smells and 2008 HHHH Rich, Christmas cake- honeysuckle aromas. Margaret River Canetastes of chocolate bullets Buttery, ripe plum and like aromas and flavours Good balance of Cut Viognier 2010and stewed plums. $40 sweet oak aromas with velvety tannins. sweetness and acidity (375ml) HHHFox Creek Old Vine with a lovely, fresh, Ready now. $72 on palate. $7.50 Very thick and sweetMcLaren Vale Shiraz complexity of flavours, style but in balance.2009 HHH powerful but not Lovely mix of tropicalDense, chocolaty assertive tannins and fruit and botrytis. $29aromas with big, oaky warming finish. $30 Western Rangelift and a big mouthful of Wines Muscat ofsoft prune flavours. $50 Alexandria PerthJane Brook Atkinson Hills Liqueur MuscatFamily Reserve 2002 (375ml) HHHShiraz 2009 HHH Gorgeous honeyedLifted mix of bramble fruit muscatel aromas and ahere with a minty edge luscious, almost mead-and hints of spice. Good like palate. $30tannin structure. $50Pyrenees RidgeReserve PyreneesVictoria Shiraz2009 HHHPlum nose with smokyhints and lovely depthof blackberry jam-likeflavours. $50 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 151

TOP 40Ciavarella Oxley Silkwood Pemberton Haselgrove Aramis Vineyards Queen AdelaideEstate Viognier 2010 Sauvignon First Cut Adelaide Adelaide Hills South EasternQuite a developed Blanc 2010 Hills Sauvignon Sauvignon Australia Sauvignonapricot bouquet and a Still very fresh with Blanc 2010 Blanc 2011 Blanc 2010hot, rich and ripe fruit intense herbaceous/ Closed nose; hints of \"A good wine to take A rich wine with a slightlypalate. $18 tropical fruit varietal pine, lime and peaches. to a party,\" suggested toasty, citrus/pineapple characters on nose and Acid dominates one judge. Distinctly bouquet and interesting palate. $11 the palate with its varietal, with firm acid palate; quite exotic slight malty-like fruit and good residual sugar with oaky-like notes. characters. $16 balance. $19 A different style. $7.99THE TOP 40 BEST BUYS LISTING TO QUALIFYis updated in each issue of The Wine & Spirit Insider. Some wines may - if they are 1 Wines must have first been recommended instill available - remain in the next issue’s Top 40 Best Buys group. Others will sell Winestate Magazine style or new release tastings.out, or be replaced by higher-rated wines. Price is a major factor in selection. Style tastings are defined as varietal tastings - eg,The Wine & Spirit Insider’s Top 40 Best Buys listing comprises the best wines shiraz, chardonnay, etc. - or blended styles such ascurrently available, from big-name brands and the higher volume ‘second labels’ shiraz/cabernet wines.from the smaller producers, as tasted by Winestate Magazine panels. The Top 40Best Buys listing gives credit to the value wines in the marketplace - wines that 2 Wines from designated regional tastings arewould otherwise be overshadowed by their much more expensive cousins. eligible provided they are widely available.HOW IT WORKS 3 All wines must be currently available from the winery, or be readily available in many liquor stores.In each issue Winestate’s publisher Peter Simic selects the highest-rated winesat specific price points. All wines have previously been judged for Winestate by 4 No cellar door-only wines are eligible.panels of expert judges.152 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Queen Adelaide Moppity Pewsey Vale Eden Wise Frankland Willoughby ParkSouth Eastern Vineyards Lock & Valley Riesling 2011 River Riesling 2011 Jamie & CharliAustralia Key Riesling 2011 Attractive combination Estery perfumed rose DenmarkRiesling 2010 Smells of apple blossom of citrus and floral-like petal bouquet and a Riesling 2011Nose showing toasty and has a tight appley aromas and a tight, fresh long, interesting, sweet Lifted estery freshdevelopment as does palate that's high in minerally lemon palate lime juice-driven palate; varietal fruit andthe palate, with a good acid, and showing good - nicely balanced fresh hints of spices and excellent flavour profileacid backbone. $7.99 ageing potential. $14.99 style of riesling. $19.95 flowers. $18 with soft acidity. $18OTHER WHITE WINES Taltarni T Series Victoria Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2010 best buys Floral fragrances layered with tropical fruit. SomeTempus Two Verdelho 2011 honeyed complexity to the melon/citrus palate. $16.99 20less thanPretty floral aromas and a delicately structuredpalate with lovely, clean and spicy fruit flavours G. Patritti & Co. Adelaide Hills Savagnin 2010 $balanced by some nice phenolic characters. $14.99 A light, yet complex wine. Slight perfumed lift to the floral nose and delicate palate but with good flavourGibson Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2011 intensity. $14Aromas of pears, lemons and jasmine, and longbeautifully textured mouthwatering pear-like palate. Hardys Nottage Hill Riesling 2010More grigio than gris. $18 Lovely bouquet - like a floral basket, and excellent depth of ripe lemony flavours with just a hint ofWarburn Premium Reserve South Eastern Australia sweetness from the residual sugar. $8.50Pinot Grigio 2011Bright peach and pear bouquet with acid crisp green Thomas Goss Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2011apple palate - simple but long and well balanced. $8 Nice chablis style with complex fruit/oak nose and warm, fleshy, varietal palate. $15 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 153

TOP 40Grant Burge East Sticks Yarra Valley The Black Chook James Oatley Tic Yalumba Y SeriesArgyle Eden Valley Pinot Grigio 2011 Adelaide Hills Tok Adelaide Hills South AustraliaPinot Gris 2011 Restrained nose and Pinot Grigio 2011 Pinot Grigio 2010 Pinot Grigio 2011Lovely soft nose - smells well-structured palate - Light, gold wine with Delicate, red apple- Creamy/yeastyof custard apples. Nicely nice texture - very Italian. pungently sweet aromas like aromas and a very stonefruit nose and abalanced palate showing Great food wine. $18 and a crisp and crunchy flavoursome, savoury very Italian, savoury,excellent depth of sweet, palate. \"Excellent fruit palate. $17.99 flinty varietal palatefruit flavours. $19.95 example of a grigio,\" said with lovely balance and one judge. $17 texture. $14.95TOP 40 Ballast Stone Spiralbloom South Australia OTHER RED WINES Chardonnay 2011 A very nice, soft, approachable drink with striking Bethany Barossa Cabernet Franc Rosé 2010 green hues and great tropical fruit expression on the Sweet, musky, rose petal bouquet and very nose and in the mouth. Plenty of length. $12 intriguing, weighty, fruit palate. $18 Mt Tully Vines Ann Winifred Reserve Semillon Sandalford Margaret River Rosé 2011 Chardonnay 2010 Very young for a vintage wine. Full bodied style with Tropical fruit with melon notes on the nose. A fruit plenty of intense, red fruit characters and lovely driven style with good weight and freshness. $15 texture. $18.99 Hugo Wines McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2011 Greedy Sheep Margaret River Rosé 2011 Ripe melon aromas with a delicate touch of oak and Smells of cherries and strawberries with a pleasant nice intensity of varietal characters on the clean, fresh flavour profile on the simple palate. $18 crisp palate. $19.50154 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

Peter Lehmann McLeish Estate Mitcham Estate Trentham Chain of PondsPinot Grigio 2011 Hunter Valley South Australia Murphy's Lore Novello AdelaideRipe, musky, stonefruit Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2011 Chardonnay 2011 Hills Rosé 2011nose and a soft and Semillon Sauvignon Lifted tropical fruit Simple, light and Very crisp and light highflavoursome red apple/ Blanc 2011 aromas and a bright, fun, nutty nose and big, acid style with lovely,guava-like palate with Very intense citrus and tropical fruit palate. $10 advanced, ripe fruit fresh, estery blackcurrantsome lovely flintiness to apple-like fruit characters palate. Drink now. $10 aromas and flavours. $16balance. $12 here, both on the nose and on the medium bodied palate. $18Michelini Alpine Valleys Marzemino 2009 Churchview Silverleaf Margaret River Merlot 2010 best buysComplexity of spicy plum/gamey aromas. A pleasant quaffer with nice depth and balance ofRefreshing palate with quite an alternate structure. varietal fruit and sweet oak. $13 20less than\"Worth a try.\" $18.50 Luca Vineyards Bayliss Road McLaren Vale Shiraz $Riverland Wine Improvement Committee Grenache 2010Alternative Durif 2010 Big alcoholic wine with soft, rich, stonefruit charactersA big, soft, dense and brooding wine with lovely and some good oak derived elements. $16.99richness and length, and loaded with intense,medicinal, red cherry fruit characters. $15 Marienberg Shiraz 2009 A light red with charry oak nose and spicy plumDowie Doole Second Nature McLaren Vale palate showing smoky/buttery notes. $13Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2010Smells like red currant conserve and has a juicy, Brookland Valley Verse 1 Margaret River Shiraz 2009fresh palate with good tasting, sweet varietal fruits Ripe cherry berry nose and cool climate, peppery palateand nicely balancing tannins. $16 with excellent balance and a nice finish to the wine. $18 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 155

TOP 40Paul Conti Paul Conti Winegrowers Direct Warrenmang Bazzani Taylor FergusonRoccella Western Tuart Vineyards Boys Block Cabernet The Pyrenees Shiraz Premium SelectionAustralia Grenache Western Australia Sauvignon 2010 Cabernet 2009 Langhorne CreekShiraz 2011 Tempranillo 2010 A big wine with a Deep, dark, squid ink Shiraz 2008Fresh and lifted estery Fragrances of cherries youthful nose -a little colour with huge fruit Peppery nose with hintsconfectionery fruit and toasted almonds. like olive tapenade. concentration and of lavender and thyme.aromas and lovely, Excellent fruit flavours Lovely, ripe, cabernet strong oak tannins. Nicely retained varietalsweet, mouthfilling fruit with earthy/savoury flavours supported by Hold. 5+ $15 fruit flavours. $14.99flavours with attractive elements and mouth sweet oak. $15gamey elements. $16 puckering tannins. $16 Issue 121 | Special Edition 2011Editor & Publisher Winestate Web Site electronic medium or machine-readable form without the express permission of the publisher. Every care isPeter Simic E-mail: [email protected] Justin Martin E-mail: [email protected] taken in compiling the contents of this publication, butManaging Editor the publisher assumes no responsibility for the effects Printing DAI Rubicon arising therefrom. ABN 56 088 226 411Lara Simic E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.distalliance.comAdministrationVicki Bozsoki E-mail: [email protected] Director Winestate Publishing Pty Ltd. WINESTATE is published seven times a year by Telephone (08) 8357 9277Renate Klockner E-mail: [email protected] WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD, Facsimile (08) 8357 9212Marketing Manager 81 King William Road, Unley SA 5061. E-mail [email protected] Copyright 2011 by WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD. Website www.winestate.com.auPeter Jackson E-mail: [email protected] This publication may not, in whole or in part, be copied,Tasting Coordinator photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to anyStephen Dean E-mail: [email protected] The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

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aftertasteELISABETH KINGA Touch of GlassSOME truly weird headlines turn up when you a period of social and economic upheaval, Sorry, but I will never give up using a flute,conduct an internet search on wine glasses. the ancient Athenians sought temporary which gives those precious bubbles theForget about drinking. Up pops headlines relief by buying pseudo-luxury goods. Wine vertical space they need to develop andsuch as \"Burglar nailed by wine glass DNA\" cups became the designer knock-offs of show off. When it comes to red and whiteor \"Wine glasses bought at car boot sale their day with cheaper terracotta versions wine, though, I now rely on two styles offor 60 cents fetch $29,000 at auction\". The featuring the high-end shapes and designs wine glass - one with straight sides and onerags-to-riches stemware were, of course, rare of pricier silver cups. that's bowl-shaped. I mean the smaller typeEnglish Beilby glasses dating from the reign of of bowl, not those gigantic balloons soldKing George III. According to the auctioneer, Invention is still a major force in the for red wine which take the unsuspectingthe bargain hunter was a bit embarrassed world of wine glass shapes and uses, of over the legal limit after drinking less thanwhen she brought them in and didn't want course. The US Patent and Trademark two \"glasses\". The only thing I won't budgeto waste our time. \"But when I saw them, Office has granted a swag of patents on is thin glass at the rim in both choices.I made sure I put them in a locked cabinet\". for new developments this year alone - from the Aerating Wine Glass thought Mind you, I am not sure I am ready to Fast forward a few centuries and the same up by Frank Lardino, of Illinois, to the embrace one of the most successful winescenario could play out if another canny buyer ornamental design for a wine glass filter receptacles to emerge from the UK in theunearths the world's largest wine glass. An from Frances Stott, of North Carolina. past 18 months. James Nash appeared onendeavour that's become something of an the BBC2 show, Dragon's Den, in 2009, butOlympic sport recently. Portugal held the In our house we are still debating the panel rejected his appeal for a $380,000honour for 12 years until Lebanon grabbed the the pros and cons of the \"O\" Series from investment loan to make and sell Le Frogletbrass ring in 2010 by unveiling a giant vessel Riedel. The Austrian company, known as - French wine packaged in a plastic winemeasuring 1.51m in height and 1.46m at its the Rolls-Royce of stemware, released this goblet and sealed with foil. Judge Duncanwidestpoint.UnveiledatawinefestivalinBeirut, avant-garde stemless wine glass six years Bannatyne scoffed that there was no marketadjudicatorstravelledfromLondontoconfirma ago and it became the fastest-selling new for one-off \"shots\" of wine.newGuinnessworldrecord.Famewasfleeting, collection in the company's history. I lovethough. In September, Cypruslaidclaimtothe the chunky tumblers because I am lousy at Marks & Spencer begged to differrecord for the world's biggest wine glass to stacking the dishwasher and have broken and a week after the program aired,celebrate the 2011 Wine Festival of Limassol. more wine glass stems than I care to admit. the mega-retailer launched the product.The measurements? A massive 3.37m high My partner loves the design aesthetic, The plastic goblets were an instant hit andand 1.73m across. but his major complaint is that holding a more than $2.29 million worth of product stemless bowl in your hand warms up a white is sold every year. It's fitting that Greeks have collared the wine more quickly than holding it by a stem.record. According to a recent study byAmerican archaeologists, even a small I won't say that I have become so cavalierchange in wine cup trends signalled social, in my choice of an appropriate wine glass thatcultural and economic shifts in ancient I am happy to use one that doesn't leak orGreece. After studying wine receptacle have a chip. But I confess that I have movedshapes and designs over 800 years - 1100 on from keeping eight or more different wineto 300BC - a fashion story that sounds glass styles at the ready. Glassmakers likeremarkably modern started to emerge, Riedel, who offer 16 types of wine glass,revealed head researcher, Kathleen Lynch. obviously argue that every major wine style merits its own shape. But unless you're the In the Iron Age, it was clear that wine ultimate wine snob or a wine judge in hotdrinking was reserved for the elite. Five demand, you really can de-clutter your lifehundred years later, though, the masses and get by with three types of wine glasshad become the political, if not the social unless you are a big fan of sherry or port.equals of their betters, and took to sippingwine in terracotta stemware. During the In the past year or two, an increasingHigh Classical period from 480 to 400 B.C, number of sommeliers have taken to serving champagne in regular white wine glasses.n e x t i s s u e : The annual best of 2011 issue - featuring all of the four- to five-star wines of 2011 in review.162 W I N E S TAT E Special Edition 2011



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