Scarborough Wines
Tasted Wednesday, August 3, 2005 by serialmonkey with 669 views
"Spend the kitty" night tonight so expecting some excellent wines.
Excellent white braket showing 4 different bottles of the Scarborough 05 Chardonnay. Each bottle had undergone different oak treatment so it was very interesting to compare the affects of each oak variation (new, old, malo, non-malo).
Red bracket was where the cash was spent. 6 wines with 4 being Bordeaux and 2 being Aussie's to compare with. Have to say, the 97 Pyrus stood up VERY well against the Bordeaux. Favourites other than the Pyrus would have been the Figeac and the Ducru-Beaucaillou.
1999 Château Léoville Poyferré
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Deep purple on the rim with a decent shine in the glass. Black to blood red is hue. HUGE and dry. Almost sand-papery on the palette. Showing abit of age on the nose, but not overly in the palette - decent cellaring potential. Blackcurrents and blueberries. Rating Very Good.
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1999 Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Julien
Lots of caramel and chocolate on the nose, very intoxicating. Slight brown tinge on the rim. Decent legs in the glass. Huge fruit, but a lighter lift mid-palette. Fairly long with the chocolate and mint flowing through the palette. Soft tannin structure abit of a surprise.
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1997 Lindeman's Pyrus
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra
Classical berry nose. Distinctive new-world cabernet style. Perhaps a little closed initially but really opened up with some time in the glass. Funky and jammy on the palette with lots of strawberries and new oak. Low acid levels. Rated very very good. An excellent Pyrus vintage.
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1999 Domaine de Chevalier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Big and black. All the fruit hits in the mid-palette. Defintive old world style. Unfortunately, very bretty and a touch flabby. Perhaps going through abit of a dump phase at the moment. Didn't rate very well.
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1999 Château Bellerose Figeac
France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion
Very odd nose. Big and super dry with nice full fruit flavours. Structure hits you all up front with chocolate and boiled lollies. Rated good-very good.
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2001 Woodlands Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
All spice and fruit. Excellent mid-palette tang of orange with lots of new oak. Infact, perhaps abit much new oak as it's a touch heavy on the resin flavours. Quite enjoyed it actually - guess you have to like that oaky, overcooked style. Will compare well to other MR cabs.
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