2017 International Wine Fair hosted by Dynamic wines.
The four seasons hotel, the rocks, sydney
Tasted Tuesday, August 1, 2017 by chatters with 327 views
Introduction
Big trade tasting (that I've done before) now extended itself to members of the public which, well, I am. The are in no particular order - at the tasting I went from table to table, started off with whites and then did the reds.
Flight 1 (63 Notes)
Closing
I queued to get in and then stayed until they threw me out. Good solid tasting with some interesting and rather lovely wines here.
2006 Framingham Dry Riesling
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
Kerosene, slight lime, tangy, slight minerality and slightly reductive. Tart but with green apple joins the lime and some creamy notes and a bit of front of mouth grip.
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2016 Framingham Riesling F Series Old Vine
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
Wild ferment, funky, cheesy & leesy. Juicy but round and soft because of the slight residual sugar then non-descript but pleasant fruit. Again a bit of burr.
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2015 Framingham Riesling Classic
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
More lime cordial and perfumed but with wild ferment elements. Off dry, citrus - lime, pear and pear skin, quite tight, travels long. Hmm.
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2016 Framingham Riesling Select
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
fruit is a little muted, spice and lime notes, medium sweet but with zesty acidity to offset green and red apples to join the lime fruit. Yeah, nice.
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2016 Framingham Pinot Gris
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough
Pear and pear skin, melon, slight cream, wild ferment, melon. On the palate, pear and pear skin bitterness. Arguably lacks a little acidity.
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2015 Framingham Pinot Noir F-Series
New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough, Wairau Valley
Slight whole bunch, cherry fruit, slight sweet spice, touch of oak. Juicy, cherry fruit, some savoury spice and a tiny bit of alcohol heat on the finish.
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2014 Millton Riesling Opou
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne
Lime kerosene, slight wild ferment. Off dry with not quite enough acidity to offset the sweetness. Lime here as well as a bit of mid-palate burr. Something not quite right here
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2015 Millton Chardonnay Opou Vineyard
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne
Biscuit over butter, over muted peach and spice. Tangy and dusty. Oak and malo is a bit too much for the fruit.
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2014 Millton Chardonnay Clos de Ste. Anne Naboth's Vineyard
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne
Peachy and slight citrus over butter and toasted oak. Ugh, lacks acidity and, hence, proves cloying and quite flabby. Also feels quite worked. Nah.
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2014 The Elder Pinot Noir
New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough
Earthy raspberry, slight ashy notes (whole bunch) and perfumed, confected notes, more stalky on the palate and a little off dry note to the fruit which lends body. Nah
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2015 Tim Smith Wines Shiraz Barossa
Australia, South Australia, Barossa
Caramel, new oak, sweet spice, vanilla, ripe blackberry fruit, more of the same on the palate. Massive with plentiful drying tannin grip. Oak drags the fruit through if you can imagine such a thing. Long.
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2014 Tim Smith Wines Shiraz Reserve
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Black fruit concentrate tending from the sweet to the savoury. More of the same on the palate. Practically undrinkable.
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2015 Tim Smith Wines Grenache Mataro Shiraz
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
slightly perfumed, perhaps wild ferment, red berry and spice. Thick and dense. Quite big and full on but balanced in its weight.
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2015 Ocean Eight Chardonnay Verve
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Slightly closed with toasted oak, sweet spice, slight butter and cream over peachy stone fruit. Zesty acidity but little fruit on the palate.
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2014 Ocean Eight Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Coffee, caramel, sweet spice, dusty red tannins with slightly chalky tannins. Nah.
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2015 Savaterre Chardonnay Frère Cadet
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
new oak! Butter, sweet spice, slight lemon, juicy, lemon citrus then oak begins to close things down. Tight, bit of a beast. Hmm
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2015 Savaterre Chardonnay
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
More of the same as the frère cadet; new oak, spice, there is a slightly earthy elements as well. Fair amount of butter but not much fruit. Touches of lemon and stone fruit. Juicy and tangy…lot better on the palate. The fruit is more to the fore here and it feels a little bit more balanced.
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2015 Domenica Roussanne Marsanne
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
Peachy, slightly waxy , slightly muted fruit, slightly juicy, tangy, wild ferment, slight peachy fruit with a bit of marzipan and almond.
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2014 Savaterre Pinot Noir Frère Cadet
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
slightly dusty and stalky elements, red berry fruit. More fruity on the palate slightly gritty tannins. Pleasant.
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2013 Savaterre Shiraz
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
Stalky but also almost jammy black fruit, spice over slightly confected fruit,…it's spicy, stalky, tannins close things down, fruit doesn't persist.
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2014 Domenica Shiraz
Australia, Victoria, North East, Beechworth
Blackberry with that slight confected whole berry note, sweet spice. Juicy, spicy, peppery flack fruit, fine talc textured tannin. Pretty good.
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2015 Philippa Farr Pinot Noir Gippsland
Australia, Victoria
Ashy (sigh) over red berry, juicy, fruity more prevalent and ripe on the palate. Hmm. Time would be the suggestion.
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2015 By Farr Pinot Noir Sangreal
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
Ash and red currant fruit. Ashy, tart, ungenerous and unyielding. Disappointing.
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2015 By Farr Pinot Noir "Farrside"
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
Confected fruit and stalky notes means plentiful whole bunch. Sweet spice. Stalky, tart. Exceedingly unpleasant at this juncture.
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2015 By Farr Pinot Noir Irrewarra
Australia, Victoria, Western Victoria, Henty
controlled stalks, quite wet, coffee, and red fruit, slightly tart and sharp, hmm.
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2015 The Elder Pinot Noir
New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough
Oh this is a riper wine, slight chocolate, whole bunch present by more contained. Ripe cherry Rich on the palate perhaps lacks a little acidity/freshness
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2016 Shaky Bridge Pinot Noir Pioneer Series
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Slight ash, pretty but muted fruit, slight candied fruit, sweet spice. Juicy acidity, slight tannic burr. It's a bit wet, savoury and bitter but the fruit is present. Mmm.
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2015 Wwe. Dr. H. Thanisch (Erben-Thanisch) Riesling Estate Kabinett
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
Ahh, ripe apple, slight sweet spice, exceedingly juicy with off dry sweetness. Cracking.
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2015 Immich-Batterieberg Riesling C.A.I. Kabinett Trocken
Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer
citrus, lime, slight grapefruit and an almost toasty sweet spice nose. On the palate it's hard and tartly acidic with green citrus notes and a little short from the length perspective.
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2015 Veyder-Malberg Riesling Vießlinger Ried Bruck
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Muted lime, smells tangy and earthy with mineral notes. Tart mouth with some alcohol warmth and tight grip on the mid palate and front of mouth to marry to the muted citrus fruit. Meh.
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2015 Veyder-Malberg Grüner Veltliner Liebedich
Austria, Niederösterreich, Wachau
Grapefruit over peach, stony minerality, slight spritz on the palate, bit tart, wild ferment, bit meh for me.
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2015 Wilhelm Walch Pinot Grigio Prendo
Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Alto Adige, Alto Adige - Südtirol
Melon over pear, quite ripe fruit but also quite zesty on the palate where the fruit is a little muted with some mid palate burr..
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2014 Albert Mann Muscat
France, Alsace
Grape juice with wild ferment; grapefruit and almost lychee, slightly bitter but funky as well, wild ferment carries to the palate. Lots going on…mostly pleasant.
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2015 Albert Mann Pinot Gris Cuvée Albert
France, Alsace
Pear, cream, Quite rich with slight honeysuckle and muted sweet spice. More of the same on the palate but more spiced. Kind of glorious.
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2015 Domaine de la Grenaudière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie
France, Loire Valley, Pays Nantais, Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine sur lie
Lemon, leesy notes, quite fruit forward nose and similarly fruit forward, mineral notes, pleasant.
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2015 Isabelle Carles et Franck Pascal Les Sens du Fruit
France, Vin de France
Tending to apple vinegar a little green. Juicy with that cider vinegar note on the palate.
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2010 Château Massereau
France, Bordeaux, Graves
Red rather than black fruit…smells like it will be tart. Dry, juicy, a little savoury, tannins are a slightly gritty. Meh at $85 AUD
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2015 Domaine Séguinot-Bordet Petit Chablis
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Petit Chablis
Slight chicken and herbs ,slight citrus. A little fat on the palate, touches of butter.
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2015 Domaine des Aubuisières Vouvray Cuvée de Silex
France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray
Muted lanolin and lemon, zesty. Lemon and already a little honey.
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2015 Tracot Fleurie Cuvée Le Vivier
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie
Cream, red berry, slight coffee. In the mouth it's juicy, tangy, muted red berry fruit with cream.
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2014 Domaine Lafarge-Vial Fleurie Clos Vernay
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Fleurie
Oak, ashy stalks perfumed top notes, juicy with more of the same on the palate. Meh.
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2014 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Gevrey-Chambertin Vieilles Vignes Flawed
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Hmm, funky farmyard, almost a touch of cork taint, in fact. FLAW.
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2014 Hubert Lignier Gevrey-Chambertin
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Gevrey-Chambertin
Medium minus intensity aromas of slight cherry, quite youthful. In the mouth it's juicy with red berry and cherry, tight tannins but this is pretty handy.
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2015 Domaine Dubost Beaujolais-Villages Le Tracot
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages
Slightly dark cherry fruit. Fresh with muted cherry fruit. Touches of talc textured tannins. Hmm.
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2014 Domaine Pavelot (Jean-Marc et Hugues) Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru La Dominode
France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune 1er Cru
Red currant over red berry and slight cedar. Touches of stalks here - perhaps a little whole bunch. Crunchy fruit, savoury, juicy, slightly drying floury tannins. Nice.
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2014 Hubert Lignier Morey St. Denis
France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Morey St. Denis
Polished oak, cream ripe red berry. Juicy, rich, with touches of strawberries, tannins are a little drying but integrated. It's still youthful but balanced and enjoyable.
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2014 Domaine Anne Gros & Jean-Paul Tollot Minervois Les Carrétals
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Languedoc, Minervois
Perfumed red over black berry fruit, sweet spice. Fresh, easy, spicy, tannins are restrained. Smooth, pretty handy.
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2012 Domaine La Suffrene Bandol
France, Provence, Bandol
Red berry fruit, slight tobacco leaf…More savoury on the palate, fruit is a little astringent and warm with plentiful spice. Not for me on this outing.
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2005 Domaine La Suffrene Bandol Cuvée Les Lauves Flawed
France, Provence, Bandol
Corked, alas. FLAW
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2015 Uccelliera Rosso di Montalcino
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino
Gamey and funky, cherry, slight tobacco…Juicy, but ripe and fleshy, cherry and plentiful front of mouth tannins.
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2014 Tenuta le Potazzine Rosso di Montalcino Flawed
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Rosso di Montalcino
Corked, for me, slightly only but enough to intrude. FLAW
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2014 Fontodi Chianti Classico Filetta di Lamole
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Medium minus intensity aromas of dusty red cherry, slight cream and tobacco. In the mouth it was juicy, fleshy, muted cherry, ridiculously tight tannins.
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2014 Fontodi Chianti Classico
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Medium minus intensity aromas of red cherry, slight tobacco. Juicy with tight tannins. That close things down…begs some form or Ragu…rather nice in a simple way.
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2015 Cave de Tain Crozes-Hermitage
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Smells a bit washing up liquid initially, cream and red berries. Savoury and spiced tannins grip but a little meh.
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2015 Domaine Combier Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Laurent Combier
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
muted but perfumed green peppercorns, cream and red berries. Juicy, spicy but a little flat. Hmm.
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2013 Domaine Santa Duc Gigondas Aux Lieux-Dits
France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Gigondas
Bretty, peppery and funky over slight blackberry fruit. Juicy, warm, tight taninns but sharp the sharp, slightly unripe, black berry fruit persists beneath these tannins. Bullish.
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2016 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Viognier Les Vignes d'à Côté
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Vin de Pays des Collines Rhodaniennes
Apricot, very slight ginger but also slight green notes - though ripe. More of the same on the palate . Juicy but a slight bitter finish…
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2015 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Crozes-Hermitage Blanc Les Rousses
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Quite rich on the nose, bees wax, apricot and peach. Quite dense, thick, a fair bit of burr on the mid palate. Little waxy. Hmm.
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2016 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Roussanne Les Vignes d'à Côté
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Vin de Pays des Collines Rhodaniennes
Bees wax and stone fruit; peach, honey suckle. Lacks a little acidity but everything else present and correct.
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2015 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Condrieu Les Chaillets
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Condrieu
New oak, apricot, spice, cream, slight butter (?) Rich, dense, thick, rather splendid in an overworked way.
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2014 Domaine Yves Cuilleron St. Joseph Les Pierres Seches
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, St. Joseph
Cream, blackberry over muted black peppery, sweet spice. Juicy, fresh and fleshy with plentiful fruit and tannins. Perhaps it's a little short.
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2014 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Crozes-Hermitage Laya
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Crozes-Hermitage
Slight volatile acidity, black cherry and berry, sweet spice. Juicy, little sharp and pointy. Nah.
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2015 Domaine Yves Cuilleron Côte-Rôtie Coteaux de Bassenon
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie
From half bottle. Blackberry, new oak, slightly dusty, sweet spice. Juicy, broad, tight tannins though fruit persists. Perhaps a little sharp. Hmm.
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