On tour with Tim and Phil day three

This morning we shot out to Glenrowan to pop to Baileys then zipped back to Beechworth to Traviarti before having a disorganised/unplanned afternoon and supper out

I'd only really been exposed to Baileys Shiraz, mostly the 1920's though not many times. Lovely cellar door, very old school wine-making, the fortified wines were impressive.

• 2022 Baileys of Glenrowan Fiano

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Glenrowan

  Green, slightly soapy and herbaceous. Juicy, a little tart, meh.

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• 2022 Baileys of Glenrowan Small Batch Series Rosé

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Glenrowan

  A little strawberry, cherry, lightweight nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly bitter, textured burr is quite drying, a little jubey underpin. Hmm.

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• 2022 Baileys of Glenrowan Nero d'Avola

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

  Vanilla, caramel, plum, sweet spice, clean, a little chocolate/mocha. Medium plus intensity acidity, tight, chewy tannins, plummy fruit. Hmm.

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• 2021 Baileys of Glenrowan Shiraz

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Slightly reductive rubber notes, sweet spice, a little blackberry and plum, vanilla and savoury spice underpin. Juicy, savoury, fruit a little muted, tangy, drying slightly woody tannins. Meh.

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• 2021 Baileys of Glenrowan Shiraz 1920's Block

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Concentrated black fruits; touch of Ribena, black berry cordial, tends to the savoury, a touch of liquorice, a little vanilla/chocolate. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, savoury dark fruits is a little muted, touch of chocolate, slight alcohol warmth. Okay

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• 2014 Baileys of Glenrowan Shiraz Varley

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  concentrated dark hued fruits, smells quite savoury on the nose, again liquorice, touches of fruit cake. Juicy, dense, thick concentrated fruit, tannins are drying flour textured, persistent. Hmm

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• 2021 Baileys of Glenrowan Durif

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

  Savoury, meaty, baked plum with a touch of fresh herbs, a little white pepper. Big, bold, black fruits gritty, savoury tannins, tight, hmm.

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• 2015 Baileys of Glenrowan Shiraz 1904 Block

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Popped and poured. Super reductive, dark fruits seems to struggle to open up, beings to show some meaty savoury notes. With time the black fruits grows but remains non-delineated. Medium plus intensity acidity, tight, chewy woody tannins, muted non-delineated (again) black fruits, Hmm.

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• 2021 Baileys of Glenrowan Sparkling Moscato

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  slightly musky, grapey, a little orange. Soft mousse, orange, grapey, musky, touch of residual sugar. Simple.

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• 2018 Baileys of Glenrowan VP140

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Medium minus intensity aromas slightly spirituous, plummy, slightly green notes. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, sweet, slight texture, plummy fruit , alcohol warmth is well controlled. Quite simple at the moment but time will help.

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• NV Baileys of Glenrowan Founder's Series Classic Topaque

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Raisins, touch of alcohol prickle, toffee over caramel, plenty of oaky sweet spice, fresh acid helps with the sweet (and probably lusciously high) sugar levels, lacks complexity.

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• NV Baileys of Glenrowan Muscat Founder Series Classic Muscat

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Baked apple, sweet spice, a little raisin, fig, again a touch of alcohol prickle, sweet spice. Soft creamy, sweet with a saline underpin, textured grip is quite tight, flavour profile as per nose. Nice.

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• NV Baileys of Glenrowan Winemaker's Selection Rare Old Topaque

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Saline, savoury; almost bacon fat, dark hued fruits are concentrated and have some dried fruit notes, dried orange and dried orange peel, slight alcohol prickle, slightly peppery notes. Medium plus intensity acidity, dried orange, textured grip is slightly woody, saline, dried fruits in support, tends to lusciously sweet with alcohol warmth on the very long finish. A little shouty but this is rather splendid.

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• NV Baileys of Glenrowan Muscat Rare Old Muscat

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

  Sweet spice, muted raisins, creamy. On the palate it's soft and surprisingly flat.

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lovely to meet Simon, listen to his wine making philosophy and try his wines; especially the rather impressive Nebbiolo

• 2022 Traviarti Chardonnay

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Slight stone fruit, melon, a little sweet spice, slight solids and lees work. Juicy savoury solids more prevalent on the palate, texture is positively chewy, medium over slight stone fruit, a little too savoury for me but, as it opens, more fruit shows. Time will help here.

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• 2022 Traviarti Nebbiolo Mezzo

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Red berry fruit shows a touch of floral up lift, a little cherry, clean, simple. Medium plus intensity acidity, plentiful, medium plus intensity drying savoury tannins, muted red cherry fruit sits beneath this. It's a little dilute, great tannins though.

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• 2021 Traviarti Nebbiolo

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Perfumed floral top notes, fresh cherry and plum, a little sweet spice, touch of pot pourri. Medium plus acidity, the fruit is more red than black hued on the palate and has a slight sour note all subsumed by persistent, grainy, ridiculously long tannins which are near perfect. Lovely.

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With zero breakfast the pizzas at Bridge Road Brewers proved more than pleasant. They were accompanied by a couple of glasses of local vino...

• 2022 Haldon Estate Chardonnay

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Medium minus intensity aromas of tomato leaf, slight peach. Butter, tangy, textured grip is tight, leesy, woody, fruit sweet. Lacks acid.

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• 2018 Willem Kurt Shiraz

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Closed black berry fruit, meaty and peppery underpin. Juicy, savoury, fair amount of caramel oak, ripe black fruits, cream, tannins are talc textured slightly drying, rich. Slight alcohol warmth. Okay but feels a little odd after the other wines that we've tasted so far on our trip.

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After the drive to Baileys, the excitement of Traviarti and lunch we were a bit demotivated to drive around so walked the solid 16 meters to the Eldorado Cellar Door right next door to the brewery

• 2022 Eldorado Road Wallflower Viognier/Marsanne

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Apricot, bees wax, stone fruit, a little candy floss and floral note. Tart, textured burr, herby notes, fruit a touch muted on the palate, lightweight textured burr. Meh.

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• 2022 Eldorado Road Nero d'Avola Luminoso

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Slight red cherry, plum, a little wood glue underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, drying textured burr more stone fruit on the palate, simple. <shrugs>

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• 2022 Eldorado Road Nero d'Avola Comrade

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  A little funky, wood glue, sour red plums, slightly ashy whole bunch notes. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, fresh, cherry red plums is less sour on the palate, tannins are drying, chewy, hmm.

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• 2021 Eldorado Road Nero d'Avola Riserva

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Plush, riper than the Comrade, plummy, sweet spice, a little oak. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity. Fruit is slightly more sour on the palate, woody and textured tannins. Hmm

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• 2022 Eldorado Road Quasimodo

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Dense plummy fruit, damsons, blackberry, sweet spice, rich. Juicy, savoury, black hued fruit is concentrated, tight chewy tannins are more grape than oak but with that slight stave sucking quality.

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• 2021 Eldorado Road Syrah

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Meaty, savoury, blackberry, plum, a little meaty peppery note; slight wood glue. Medium plus intensity acidity, that savoury peppery note, translates to the palate along with grainy tannic grip that persists long, fruit is slightly muted here for me. Touch of cream on the finish. Hmm.

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• 2019 Eldorado Road Durif Onyx

  Australia, Victoria, North East

  Fresh black plums, sweet spice, cream, a little liquorice. Medium plus intensity acidity, grippy, grainy grapey tannic grip is chewy and drying, fresh black plums, a little sweet spice, caramel, persists long, interesting. Hmm.

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Because I know Phil likes fortified I dragged him to Pennyweight in the hope that he would enjoy the vintage port. He didn't (it wasn't very nice) but the Ruby was very good so it was worth the trip

• 2021 Pennyweight Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Medium minus intensity aromas of apple, gooseberry, a little ashy note. Medium plus intensity acidity, muted fruit, juicy, savoury textured, chewy tannins.

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• 2018 Pennyweight Pinot Noir

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Dark cherry fruit, oaky sweet spice, slight dusty underpin. Juicy, woody textured tannins, dark cherry fruit, just about persists, long but simple despite 5 years of age.

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• 2018 Pennyweight Shiraz

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Low intensity aromas of a little green and black peppercorn, black hued fruits. Medium plus intensity acidity, muted fruit on the palate, not very nice.

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• 2018 Pennyweight Cabernet Sauvignon-Cabernet Franc-Merlot

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Muted blackcurrant, slight plum, red berry underpin, slight cedar. Juicy medium plus intensity acidity, savoury, tarry notes, tight textured and tooled tannins, dark hued fruits a touch muted.

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• NV Pennyweight Fino Constance

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  A little wood glue, cream, that fino aldehyde quality, a little residual sugar, not quite right.

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• NV Pennyweight Ruby Cabernet

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Red and black plums fruits, some oaky notes. Juicy, off-dry, savoury, red and black plums, is joined by liquorice and woody tannins. Nice

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• NV Pennyweight Old Tawny

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Slight rancio, black hued fruit, walnut, fig, savoury. Alcohol warmth is a bit pointy on the palate, off dry, flavours are as per the nose - other than the alcohol this is pretty good.

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• 2015 Pennyweight Vintage Fortified

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  A little muted black fruits, sweet spice, a touch dirty on the nose; some thing not quite right. There is a little wood glue on the palate, not quite right.

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• NV Pennyweight Muscat Gold

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Rancio and oxidised notes show plenty of nuts; walnut, almond, slight honey. Juicy, fleshy, sweet; great sugar/acid balance, touch of cereal and cream notes, lacks fruit for me.

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• NV Pennyweight Muscat

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Grape and raisins, floral top notes, super fresh nose. Juicy, fleshy, a very good acid/sugar balance, grape, raisin and slightly musky notes, good.

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Phil booked the Empire hotel (I think at Stef's recommendation) for our last supper and we were extremely impressed by how good the food was. When we finished we toddled back to our accommodation and I did my very best to drink everything left in the house.

• 2022 Sentiō Gamay

  Australia, Victoria, North East, King Valley

  Took time to open then showed cherry fruit, touch of creamy, prettiness, tight tannic grip. Okay

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• 2019 Madman's Gully Syrah

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth

  Again this was quite closed and a little sharp initially, then opens to show sour red fruit which, again, ripens with time, texture, just on the right side of wood glue, slight funky.

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• 1986 Seppelt Shiraz Show Sparkling Great Western

  Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Great Western

  Awful funky nose but in the mouth there is gorgeous black fruit berry and spice, soft mousse, lovely palate.

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• 1998 Seppelt Shiraz Show Sparkling Great Western

  Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Great Western

  Ripe blackberry fruit, a little sweet spice. Soft but persistent mousse, persists long, the palate is a reflection of the nose, a touch of tannic grip, off dry, lovely

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• 2003 E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône

  France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Côtes du Rhône

  Savoury, fruit cake, baked red fruits, a little peppery spice. Juicy tends to (adjusted?) medium plus intensity acidity, blackberry, plum, a little herbaceous underpin, grippy and slightly drying tannins, feeling a little disjointed. Hmm

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Another lovely day of pottering around but a general sense of fatigue gripped as the afternoon unfolded...nana naps were grabbed before we headed out for supper...