Festival of Phil

Phil's place, Putney, Sydney
Tasted Friday, August 19, 2022 by chatters with 170 views

Introduction

Another big tasting at Phil's place, Tim joined us to try a shedload of stuff from quite a few places with the Coravins...Phil did some steak and various protein based nibbles were available...

Flight 1 - Marc Bredif (4 Notes)

Love these wines

  • 2012 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Biscuit, a little citrus, ripe lemon, waxy, honey, slight salinity. Medium plus intensity acidity, lemon, slightly saline, waxy textured. Slightly forward but very nice.

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  • 2008 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of lemon, lanolin. Medium plus intensity acidity, lemon, waxy, smidge of green apple, very slight honey. Okay.

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  • 2001 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. A little lime over lemon, slight kerosene, slightly herbaceous, honey, bees wax. Medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, very slight burr on the mid palate, long, citric. Hmm.

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  • 1985 Marc Brédif Vouvray

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    From Coravin. On the nose it's waxy, with honey, lemon, slight lanolin, a little oyster shell. In the mouth it shows a lemony tang, textured grip, slightly waxy but slightly linear, honey. With time in the glass starts to fall away a little...might need to tidy this one up

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Flight 2 - Riesling (5 Notes)

Lots to love here - for me the Freiherr Langwerth was the winner, The Leeuwin Estate showed well - but the Burklin Wolf wasn't right...

Flight 3 - Chardonnay (3 Notes)

One too old, two too young...ho hum

  • 2001 Rapet Père et Fils Corton-Charlemagne

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Corton-Charlemagne Grand Cru

    Waxy, buttery, slightly oxidised, almond meal, rich, honey. Juicy, fleshy, buttery, honey, oaky, fruit quite muted...this is at the end of its life. Time to drink up (preferably with fish drenched in butter)

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  • 2017 Hoddles Creek Chardonnay Syberia

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    Savoury, meaty, lemon, slight tomato leaf blows off, a little struck match. Medium plus intensity acidity, a little savoury, wild ferment, textured, lemon, but fruit second fiddle, good quality oak, needs time to really pop.

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  • 2019 Giaconda Chardonnay Estate Vineyard

    Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

    Aromas of bacon fat, serious oak, a little stone fruit peeks out after a fair amount of time. Juicy, fleshy, tangy, textured burr, stone fruit with slight citrus underpin. Travels long but this is full on vinfanticide.

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Flight 4 - Fizzies (2 Notes)

Interesting bracket of blanc de noirs

Flight 5 - Pinot Noirs (6 Notes)

I did enjoy the Chantal Lescure and the Bass Phillip Premium was like an old friend

  • 2016 Maxime Dubuet-Boillot Volnay Sur Roches

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Volnay

    From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas of a little wood glue, biscuit, red over blackberry, a little reticent/closed. Sourly, juicy, savoury, quite chalky tannins fruit plays second fiddle to the structure. This showed far better the last time I tried this. Hmm.

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  • 2011 Domaine Chantal Lescure Nuits St. Georges Les Damodes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits St. Georges

    From Coravin. Red berry, ashy stalks, sweet spices, meaty, smidge of farmyard, leather, a little wild ferment. Medium plus intensity acidity, savoury, actually tends to sour, red hued fruits, red currant, a little textured burr, fruit tea. Nice.

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  • 2015 Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosne-Romanée Village

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Vosne-Romanée

    From Coravin. Quit a rich nose with dark cherry, sweet spice, pretty, polished. Juicy, fleshy, savoury, cherry, equally polished on the palate. Nice.

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  • 2018 Charles Van Canneyt Gevrey-Chambertin

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin

    From Coravin. Aromas of wood glue, blackberry, slightly peppery spice, stalks and cream under this. Juicy, slightly ashy, black hued fruits, textured, slightly chalky grip, a little cream on the finish. Nice

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  • 2001 Bass Phillip Pinot Noir Premium

    Australia, Victoria, Gippsland

    From Coravin. Pretty, raspberry and cranberry, sweet spice with a savoury underpin, smells fresh and like my historical experience of these wines. A little tertiary leathery, earthy notes. In the mouth it's juicy, savoury, earthy, fresh, red hued fruits, long, rather lovely.

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  • 2006 Bass Phillip Pinot Noir Estate

    Australia, Victoria, Gippsland

    From Coravin. Closed and reticent initially but, with time, polished oak, red and blackberry, sweet spice, cream and I get a little ashy herbaceousness. Juicy, tangy, slightly sour, slightly herbaceous, something not quite right here. Hmm.

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Flight 6 - Mount Pleasant (2 Notes)

I do like Mount Pleasant wines as I may have disclosed previously...Very kind of Phil to pull these outs...

Flight 7 - Bordeaux 2005 (2 Notes)

Great nose on the Gaudin...pity about the palate

  • 2005 Château Gaudin

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Pauillac

    From Coravin. Aromas of blackcurrant, cream, cassis, sweet spice, clean, polished nose. Sourly fresh, fruit a little less ripe than I expected based on the nose, talc textured tannins, cream, the polished oak rather jars on the finish.

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  • 2005 Château Rauzan-Gassies

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux

    From Coravin. Gamey, red and blackberry, plum, blackcurrant, sweet spice, a little leather and cedar, cream. Medium plus intensity acidity, similar fruit profile, fruit travels long with some alcohol warmth. Yum.

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Flight 8 - Nebbiolo (2 Notes)

The Damilano was just a bit young, the Rovellotti yumptious

  • 2003 Rovellotti Ghemme

    Italy, Piedmont, Northern Piedmont, Ghemme

    From Coravin. Fruit tea, red berry, a little pot pourri, and dried orange peel. Juicy, fresh, fleshy, fruit tea, tannins encroach and just do not quit but are very much time of a team performance. Very long. Lovely.

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  • 2011 Damilano Barolo Lecinquevigne

    Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo

    From Coravin. Closed and reticent initially. With agitation some red cherry, spice, orange fruit tea. Medium plus intensity acidity, medium plus intensity chalky tannins, slight alcohol warmth, a little red cherry, fruit tea in support. Feels like it needs time to come together (despite being 11 years old)

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Flight 9 - Seppelt (4 Notes)

What a lovely bracket of wines - Pity about the 97 Great Western...

  • 1996 Seppelt Shiraz Great Western Vineyard

    Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Grampians

    From Coravin. Leather, black hued fruit, sweet spice, black pepper underpin and a little black tea. Juicy, black fruits, sweet and savoury spice, woody, chalky textured tannins are persistent, slight alcohol warmth. Nice.

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  • 1997 Seppelt Shiraz Great Western Vineyard

    Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Grampians

    From Coravin. Slightly oxidised caramel notes, muted black fruits, a little red currant, savoury spice. Sour, a little cream, oaky tannins, not much fruit on the palate, pretty awful.

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  • 1997 Seppelt Shiraz Reserve Great Western Vineyard

    Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Grampians

    From Coravin. Medium minus intensity aromas are meaty, savoury, black hued fruits - blackberry over plum that is concentrated and a little closed & reticent with an earthy underpin. Juicy, savoury, concentrated, chewy tannins are integrated with the black fruits. Balanced. Showing considerably younger than its years. Very good indeed

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  • 1998 Seppelt Shiraz St Peters

    Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Great Western

    From Coravin. Meaty, savoury, slightly sour smelling red over black fruits, a little pepper and leather. Fruit is almost a little jubey on the palate, black hued with chalky, drying, grainy tannins, then swing by but the fruit, assisted by the alcohol, persists and carries long. Nice.

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Flight 10 - Randoms (5 Notes)

Probably the Armagh for me here...

  • 2007 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas

    France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Gigondas

    From Coravin. Orange peel, earth, baked red fruit, a little garrigue quality. Chewy, savoury, baked red fruits, tight chalky tannins, alcohol warmth on the finish. Better than last time I tasted this but <shrugs>

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  • 2018 Hermanuspietersfontein Skoonma

    South Africa, Cape South Coast, Walker Bay

    From Coravin. meaty, savoury, slightly reductive, sweet spice and muted fruit, a little smoky note, toasted oak. Medium plus intensity acidity, lots of woody tannins but lacks fruit. Meh.

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  • 1991 Jim Barry Shiraz The Armagh

    Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

    From Coravin. Earthy black hued fruits, savoury with sweet spice, leather, slightly sour red cherry underpin, vanilla, coconut and a little chocolate with time. Medium plus intensity acidity is a little high (adjusted), savoury with a fruit sweet core, talc textured tannins, alcohol warmth, long, pleasant.

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  • 2012 Hentley Farm H-Block

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    From Coravin. Biscuit, toast, closed, alcohol heat, slightly porty fruit. Juicy, fleshy, baked black fruits, plenty of oaky tannins and alcohol warmth in support...it's a bit shouty but it's in balance.

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  • 2015 Castello dei Rampolla Sammarco Toscana IGT

    Italy, Tuscany, Toscana IGT

    From Coravin. Sour red fruit, biscuit, slightly volatile, cherry, wood glue, dusty spices. Medium plus intensity acidity lends sourness, lashings of chalky tannins are drying, needs years but pretty unpleasant at the moment...

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Flight 11 - Fortifieds (5 Notes)

This was a bit of a disappointing bracket for me...The stanton and killeen is the one that I would probably knock the top off given the choice...

  • 1999 Yarra Yering Portsorts

    Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

    From Coravin. Sour red fruit, herbaceous, chalky underpin. In the mouth it's sour with residual sugar which lends a cheap Chinese take-away sweet and sour sauce quality to the flavour profile, chalky tannins. Not very nice.

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  • 1977 D'Oliveiras Madeira Terrantez

    Portugal, Madeira

    From Coravin. Aromas of figs, walnuts, baking spice, molasses, a little red cherry...Medium plus intensity acidity, drying tannins, a little sour, similar flavour profile to the nose but it's all a bit sharp and pointy. Yum nose, palate less so...

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  • 1987 Stanton & Killeen Vintage Port

    Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

    From Coravin. Biscuit, then plummy black fruits, a little walnut and figs, raisins. Sweet red berry fruit is slightly lozenged, jubey, a little fig, slightly chalky finish, nice.

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  • 1990 Campbells Touriga Nacional Vintage Port

    Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

    From Coravin. A little reticent, red and black fruits, a little sweet spice, oak, a little herbaceous note, slight raisins. Medium plus intensity acidity, alcohol a little intrusive, figs, walnuts, a touch coarse on the palate with chewy woody tannins. Hmm.

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  • 1996 Rockford Shiraz VP

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    From Coravin. Blackberry, sweet spice, savoury, peppery, slightly spirituous, slight vanilla. Still very young on the palate, slightly coarse brandy spirit, alcohol warmth, raspy tannins, pretty rough stuff.

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Closing

Probably the Bredif and the Seppelt as the two best brackets of the night...Pinot's weren't bad...lots of lovely wines regardless and, though a couple of wines were arguably a little stripped or slightly oxidised nothing was undrinkable or corked...

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