Dinner with Jerming

Casa Esperanza
Tasted Saturday, July 3, 2021 by Paul S with 45 views

Introduction

Home-cooked steak dinner with good friends and a couple of wines we bought from the winery in Orange way back when I used to visit JM in Australia.

Flight 1 (3 Notes)

  • 2006 Bloodwood Cabernet Franc 91 Points

    Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges, Orange

    11 years on from the last bottle, this was showing surprisingly well and quite enjoyably. A little tight and green and grippy when first poured, this really loosened and opened-up nicely in an hour or so. The palate was still fresh and youthful, with bright acidity and fairly well-shaped tannins framing a bright mouthful of fresh berries and cherries, with just the tiniest hint of green asparagus and earthiness at very edges of the palate. There was a nice finish too, with a little chew of tannins and blueberries skins. Not the most complex of wines, but balanced and pretty yummy.

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  • 2005 Bloodwood Cabernet Sauvignon Maurice 92 Points

    Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges, Orange

    More than a decade down from the last bottle, this was really quite enjoyable with a good steak. Probably time to drink up though - it started fraying at the edges after a couple of hours. The nose had pleasant wafts of wood spice, cooked pandan, a little touch of vanilla, and then notes of dark berries and cassis. The palate was not the most complex, but very enjoyable, with energetic notes of cassis and fresh berries dancing across the mouth on a bed of fine tannins and juicy acidity. There was a little underpinning of spice and vanilla bean running into the finish. This lacked a bit of power and authority, but made up for it with a nice breezy freshness. Enjoyable and easy-drinking if neither the most complex nor compelling.

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  • 2004 Clarendon Hills Grenache Blewitt Springs 91 Points

    Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, Clarendon

    This was enjoyable. A touch confected, but no less delicious for that. The nose was tremendously blue-fruited, especially for a Grenache, with blueberries and cassis fruit-drops touched with a bit of violets and bramble. Roundtree fruit pastilles I thought. A bit distractingly sweet, but still attractive nonetheless. The palate was where this shone. Bright juicy acidity, fine tannins, with a sweet, fresh crunch of blueberries and cassis laced with a nice touch of mineral and just that little hint of spice, all resolving into a floral finish with roses and violets laced with vanilla bean. Almost a hint of blueberry pie at points, but with enough acidity and structure and a touch of secondary earthiness to pull it back from being spoofy. Not for old world purists, but a fun, yummy wine.

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