Wine-Ark Cellar Club Tasting 5 - May 2011 - Moorooduc, Head Wines, Patrick of Coonawarra

Standard Wine Ark tasting with three wineries - Moorooduc, Head Wines and Patrick of Coonawarra. New bloke presenting - Gavin Lennard. He seems to have forgotten to say every wine is perfect...

Mornington Peninsular wine maker specialising in Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Unfortunately they don't really work for me.

• 2009 Moorooduc Estate Chardonnay Robinson Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

  Nose: Stone fruit and citrus peel
  Mouth: Stone fruit and apples, fresh acidity, clean but simple. If there is oak it is very discreet and I am not picking up any malolactic

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• 2010 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Gris Garden Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

  Nose: Grape
  Mouth: At the tasting my only comment is "utterly forgettable"

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• 2009 Moorooduc Estate Chardonnay McIntyre Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

  Nose: butter, stone fruit, gooseberry, some oak and slight tropical fruit hints
  Mouth: butter and oak dominate, also slightly acrid. Tastes over-engineered and lacks fruit.

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• 2009 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir Robinson Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

  Nose: Red fruit, smoke and spice
  Mouth: burnt and smoky and bitter.

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• 2008 Moorooduc Estate Pinot Noir The Moorooduc McIntyre McIntyre Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula

  Nose: Red fruit, berry and cherry, spice, cedar and oak
  Mouth: red fruit, tart acidity, hints of menthol and bitter chalky & gritty tannin. Short finish

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Alex Head is now based in the Barossa where he buys in grapes and makes his own wine. I first met him when he was working at the Ultimo Wine Centre bottle shop. He is experimenting with stalks and whole bunch fermentation. All of the wines here are very young.

• 2011 Head Wines Rosé

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Nose: Candied red fruit, candy floss and slight horse sweat
  Mouth: Acidic and astringent

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• 2010 Head Wines Shiraz Head Red

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Nose: Perfumed peppercorns and apricots, medium plus intensity
  Mouth: Jammy red & black fruit, alcohol heat on the back.
  Hmm. Quite simple.

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• 2010 Head Wines Old Vine Grenache Greenock

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Nose: Red berry fruit and red currant, coffee, white pepper and slightly floral
  Mouth: Jammy slightly burnt red fruit, medium finish and medium acidity.

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• 2010 Head Wines Syrah The Contrarian

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Nose: Perfumed green peppercorn and burnt jam and spice
  Mouth: Talcy tannin, medium acid, meaty, olive, black fruit and black pepper and greenness - pyrazine.
  Hmm again. Needs a bit more time I suspect but pleasant enough.

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• 2010 Head Wines The Blonde

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Nose: Tomato and olive, greenness, over black fruit and pepper, butter and vanilla
  Mouth: slightly jammy black fruit, medium acid and mid mouth tannin that grips the front of the mouth.
  Currently a bit dull and muted.

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I know nothing about Patrick of Coonawarra other than, rather obviously, they are from Coonawarra.

• 2010 Patrick Riesling

  Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Wrattonbully

  Nose: Passion fruit, pineapple and lime
  Mouth: tropical fruit, some residual sugar and medium minus acidity.
  Very nice

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• 2006 Patrick Riesling

  Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Wrattonbully

  Nose: Kerosene and cream over some diminished tropical fruit
  Mouth: medium minus acid and flat green apple.

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• 2008 Patrick Pinot Noir

  Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Mt. Gambier

  Nose: Red fruit, earth, grass and, oddly, cream
  Mouth: red cherry fruit, smoky/burnt, white pepper, residual sugar. Medium minus acid and tannin

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• 2006 Patrick Cabernet Sauvignon Home Block

  Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra

  Nose: Mint, eucalypt, chocolate, over blackcurrant, cigar box and clove
  Mouth: Slightly jammy black fruit, medium minus acid, medium tannin, slightly dry and astringent and slightly green.

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• 2002 Patrick Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

  Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Coonawarra

  Nose: Cream, vanilla, eucalypt, mint, coffee, chocolate and oak
  Mouth: Blackcurrant, oak, bbq meat, medium acid, medium minus tannin.
  Very smooth, very integrated and very balanced. Nice but is it $120 nice?

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An okay tasting. Nothing really shone but I'd like to stick three bottles each of the Head Wine Contrarian and Blonde into the cellar to see how they age.