CellarDoor TWE Tasting
Langham Hotel, Kent Street, Sydney
Tasted Wednesday, May 18, 2022 by chatters with 171 views
Introduction
Phil very kindly extended an invitation to me to attend this tasting where I had the opportunity to try quite a few wines from the Treasury Wine Estate portfolio.
Flight 1 (41 Notes)
Closing
a few winners, some losers...the wynns black label was probably my pick of the night...
2021 Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Medium minus intensity aromas of raspberry, strawberry, and a little sweet spice. Juicy, simple, lacks a little fruit. Hmm
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2021 Coldstream Hills Chardonnay
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Medium plus intensity aromas show pretty floral and fruit especially melon, sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, fruit forward, simple, quaffable.
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2020 Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir Reserve
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Polished oak, perfumed dark fruits, plenty of spice, textured butt is slightly drying, tangy, fruit slightly subsumed here.
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2020 Coldstream Hills Chardonnay Deer Farm
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Pretty, lithe entry wine but more concentrated and with a little more complexity – it shows citrus and stone fruit as well as the melon note. Sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity and it proves a little sharp on the palate. Hmm
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2020 Coldstream Hills Pinot Noir Deer Farm Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Ooh, struck match, slightly funky, red currant and red berries, plenty of spice. Juicy, fleshy, textured on themed palate after an initial red fruit splash. Okay
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2019 Seppelt Shiraz Chalambar
Australia, Victoria
Meaty, savoury, black fruits, touch of reductive rubberiness, tight and tarry…this struggles a bit because of that reductive note on the palate. A good decant would help here.
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2019 Seppelt Shiraz St Peters
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Grampians
Low intensity aromas initially. With agitation shows quite earthy with a little polished black fruit…In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity, savoury black fruits but a little muted, what is there travels long and the wine is balanced – handles its alcohol warmth very well. Okay
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2019 Seppelt Shiraz Arrawatta Hill Great Western Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Grampians
Savoury dark hued fruits, berries, plums, a little sweet and savoury spice, concentrated without being overblown. The palate reflects the nose, cats tongue rasp tannins, eminently approachable. Very good
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2020 Seppelt Pinot Meunier Drumborg Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Henty
Ooh, smoky, a little green, red hued fruits. Wetly juicy, a little sweet and sour with the emphasis on the latter. Ugh
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NV Seppelt Original Sparkling Shiraz
Australia, Victoria
Too cold to really smell anything, aggressive mousse, party, chalky tannins. No thanks on this tasting
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2019 St Huberts Chardonnay
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Struck match, peach, sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, stone fruit, slight butter, finishes a little bitter with a touch of alcohol warmth. Meh
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2020 St Huberts Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Medium minus intensity aromas of dusty spice backed by red berries, slightly smoky. It’s not very nice on the palate, a little cherry lozenge the only saving grace. Nah
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2016 Saltram Shiraz No.1
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Slightly reductive…Agitation shows perfumed black hued fruits – berries over plums, plenty of spice. Thick mouth coating tannins and fruit. The sensation is akin to having the wine sprayed into your mouth. Hmm
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NV Saltram Mr. Pickwick's Particular Tawny
Australia, South Australia
Sweet spice, walnuts, creams, figs, baking spice, it’s a touch spiritous on the nose as well. In the mouth it’s initially juicy but then the sugar proves a little cloying
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2016 Saltram Shiraz The Journal
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Concentrated, jammy, dense, spice, new oak…nose says years required. Palate more approachable but this is positively porty. Very old school
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2016 Saltram Shiraz Mamre Brook
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Old school jammy black berry, sweet spice, dialled back oak, a touch of reductiveness. On the palate the reductiveness is present but the jamminess still showing, talc textured tannins are quite drying. Hmm.
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2019 Penfolds Bin 389
Australia, South Australia
Blacked hued fruit, plenty of oak, a little peppery spice, polished, balanced in an oak heavy way. Juicy, fleshy, slightly hard tannins but chewy. Oak shows through on the palate as well. Nice in an oaky way.
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2018 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 28 Kalimna
Australia, South Australia
Caramel and vanilla over slightly reductive ripe black fruit and a smidge of peppery spice. Palate a reflection of the nose, tannins are drying, slightly silky textured tannins. Okay.
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2018 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 128
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Initially pretty, slightly jubey black over red hued fruit, sweet spice. Juicy, fruity, slightly chalky, grainy tannins. Tannins are persistent and dominate at the moment.
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2018 Penfolds Chardonnay Cellar Reserve Adelaide Hills
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Served very cold. Struck match, lemon over stone fruit. Juicy acidity but the reductive note dominates the palate.
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2018 Penfolds Shiraz St. Henri
Australia, South Australia
Medium minus intensity aromas show very slightly reductive, sweet spice, blackberry, and a very slight black pepper note. Juicy, savoury with fresh almost crunchy black fruit but finishes a little savoury, easy tannins
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2020 Penfolds Pinot Noir Bin 23
Australia, South Eastern
Clean, polished oak, dark hued fruit cherry, berry, sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, savoury, sot burr, fruit persistent clean, perhaps a little anonymous after all the Pinots at the Moncur Cellars tasting.
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2018 Penfolds 802.A Superblend
Australia, South Australia
Oak!!! Baked earth, black fruits, if you can get past the oak on the nose this is quite balanced. In the mouth it’s fleshy, juicy on the palate but the oak is just too much here as well. Time may help. Or not.
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2016 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Shiraz V & A Lane
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Blackcurrant and blackberry, slight tomato leaf, slightly meaty notes. Alcohol warmth lends this a bit of a cough medicine feel. Time may help but it’s not very pleasant currently.
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2019 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Medium minus intensity aromas of black currant, a little tomato leaf. In the mouth it’s got juicy acidity, fleshy, wild black currant, tannic burr but this is wetly enjoyable – nose not so hot but palate is pleasing. Yum
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2021 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Reframed Cabernet Franc x Cabernet Sauvignon
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Fresh red berry, pencil shavings, pepper, a little musty note. Simple, juicy, fresh, skinny and short on the palate…I must confess I wanted a bit more stuffing.
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2018 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon John Riddoch
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Medium minus intensity aromas of polished oak, slightly muted and moderately anonymous black fruits, cream, a little spice. Again, the palate is better than the nose but, for me, it’s not quite in balance. Hmm
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2021 Pepperjack Chardonnay
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Aromas of butter, fresh stone fruit backed by a little sweet spice. Its juicy, fleshy but a little tight with reductive notes, clean but lacks a little fruit on the palate. Hmm
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2020 Pepperjack Shiraz Porterhouse Graded
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, Langhorne Creek
Ripe blackberry, a little plum, pinch of black pepper all with a sense of denseness. Tight, ripe black fruit loses delineation, time will help but it’s a bit meh at the moment
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2021 Pepperjack Sangiovese
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Candied red cherry, a certain charcuterie notes, touch of wet tobacco leaf. Juicy acid, grainy tannins, soft and slight sweet baked fruits, balanced but it’s not pressing my buttons.
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2018 Wolf Blass Shiraz Grey Label
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Initially savoury and reductive, ripe black fruit – think blackberry jam…Medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, tight, not so jammy on the palate, alight alcohol warmth. Hmm.
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2018 Wolf Blass Grey Label Cabernet Shiraz
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, Langhorne Creek
Sweet spice over blackcurrant and berry; ripe. Thick dense, chewy black hued fruits, a little green underpin to the chalky tannins.
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2019 Wolf Blass Chardonnay Grey Label
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Served very cold. Struck match, reductive notes rather dominates butter and toast. Sourly juicy on the palate, lemon, textured, a little butter, stone fruit. Out of whack. Not for me.
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2019 Wolf Blass Black Label
Australia, South Australia
A little muted, with a shake it shows polished oak, Ribena with a slightly sour note, sweet spice, a little clay. In the mouth it’s fleshy, concentrated, chewy tannins, woof, time and lots of it
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2018 Wolf Blass Shiraz Platinum Label
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Spicy, oaky, polished oak, cedar, fruit a little muted and so it proves on the palate, woody, slightly sour fruit.
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2021 Devil's Lair Chardonnay
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Muted peach and polished oak, a little sweet spice, and a very slight struck match note. In the mouth it’s quite sharp and tangy on the palate, a little too sour for me. Nah
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2019 Lindeman's Trio Shiraz - Cabernet Limestone Ridge Vineyard
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Perfumed, pretty and jubey black berry and currant with savoury and sweet spice. That jubbiness translates to the palate as well, blackcurrant, fresh as nice.
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2019 Lindeman's Pyrus
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Black hued fruits, plenty of sweet spice. Surprisingly juicy, fleshy, tangy, chalky tannins, concentrated without being overbearing. Nice
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2019 Lindeman's Cabernet Sauvignon St. George
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Ripe cabernet nose – baked but not jammy blackcurrant. Surprisingly slightly sour on the palate with chalky textured, tight tannins. Not so good.
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2021 Leo Buring Riesling Leopold Tasmania
Australia, Tasmania
Medium minus intensity aromas show peach, green apple and lime. Medium plus intensity acidity and this proves far more lime concentrate, linear and front to back of the mouth on the palate
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2017 Rosemount Estate Syrah Balmoral
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Slightly reductive with blue and blackberry, a little sweet spice. In the mouth it’s thickly dense without being overtly jammy, alcohol lends a peppery prickle. Kind of fun.
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