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Sunday Lunch at Wayne's
Redfern, Sydney
Tasted August 3, 2014 by chatters with 381 views
Introduction
Lunch with the wine ark boys at Wayne's lovely place in Redfern. Chardonnay with openers and Cab Sav blends with main…leftovers with cheese and pudding bolstered by some Aussie Tokay and Muscat (no notes taken on these)
Flight 1 - Bracket one - entrée (3 notes)
butter poached lobster, micro herbs, nom nom nom…yattarna worked best with this but, all in all, it was quite an uninspiring group of chardonnays for me.
White
2006 Bruno Colin Chassagne-Montrachet
Aromas of butter, slight toast, hints of stone and slight sour green-ness here. In the mouth the wine has medium plus acidity with flavours of butter dominating very slight peach notes. Spice and alcohol warmth carry on the long finish.
White
2006 Curly Flat Chardonnay
On the nose aromas of peach, stone fruit in general in fact slight butter, lemon notes and cedar hints. In the mouth the wine has medium acidity, tangy stone fruit and lemon hints, slight spice all carry on the medium plus length.
White
2007 Penfolds Chardonnay Yattarna
Worked! Toasted oak, butter, peach, orange and lemon, spice and slightly spirituous notes. In the mouth the wine is zesty, lemony with cream and slight butter then toasted oak notes on long finish with a powdery mid palate grip.
Flight 2 - Bracket two - main (7 notes)
slow cooked lamb shoulder, tato bake, carrots, green beans, other bit's and pieces…lovely nosh! And a great selection of aged Cab Savs from Bordeaux and Australia. I enjoyed the Chevalier and the Petaluma most.
Red
1990 Domaine de Chevalier
Aromas of autumn leaves, bramble, mushroom, spice, meaty…touches of red berry here as well as earthy notes and hints of cream. On the palate the wine is juicy with flavours of bramble, leather, spice and chalk textured tannin that carry on the long finish. Nice
Red
1992 Cape Mentelle Cabernet Sauvignon
Mint, eucalyptus, yeast extract, liquorice, slight blackcurrant and peppery spice and a seaweed/briny element. In the mouth the wine is savoury, meaty and leather with very chewy, chalky tannin still dominating the blackcurrant fruit. It's quite broad in the mouth and still very dense and brooding. Hmm.
Red
1998 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon John Riddoch
aromas of leather, bramble, yeast extract, meat, blackcurrant, cream, vanilla. In the mouth there are flavours of savoury blackcurrant, medium pus talc like tannin dominates though, some cedary notes. Hmm. With time this wine fell apart and become more sour and dirty finally ending up undrinkable after about 3 hours. Very odd as it was most promising after double decant and 30 minutes.
Red
1998 Petaluma Cabernet Merlot Coonawarra
slight spirituous, concentrated black currant fruit, cedar, pencil shavings. In the mouth the wine has flavours of juicy and savoury black currant underpinned by yeast extract and medium intensity talc like tannins with a slight confected note to the fruit on the long finish. Yum.
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Red
2001 Domaine A Cabernet Sauvignon Stoney Vineyard
Medium plus aromas of spicy, concentrated black fruit, cream, vanilla, almost mocha and chocolate with hints of Christmas cake. In the mouth the wine has quite tight tannin - chewy and savoury over black fruit, leather and cedar. Perhaps a little more time? Nice none the less.
Red
2002 Mount Mary Quintet
on the nose touches of beetroot, rhubarb, sweet red berry fruit, spice, cedar, marmite notes and farmyard hints. In the mouth the wine has flavours of juicy, slightly sweet, red berry fruit, fine talc like tannin, slight cedar, quite warm on the long finish. It's pleasant enough on the palate but the nose is a little off putting.
Red
2003 Château Pontet-Canet
Medium plus intensity aromas of biscuit, warmed bricks, toast, black fruit, quite spicy, spirituous, cedar, slight pencil shavings. In the mouth the wine is juicy and the rather dense black fruit has a very slight sourness to it. The tannins are drying but talc textured. With time the fruit loses it's sourness and becomes more compoted with more spicy elements joining it. Hmm
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Closing
My wines of the day were the Yattarna and the Chevalier. Honourable mention for the Petaluma. I think my palate was a bit shonky as this was a selection of near superb wines based on reputation but I didn't really enjoy them as much as I was hoping to.