Tapanappa Tasting with Brian Croser
26 Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, Sydney
Tasted Monday, November 19, 2012 by chatters with 364 views
Introduction
Tasting hosted by Gavin Lennard with Brian Croser running through Brian's Tapanappa wines
Flight 1 (6 Notes)
Closing
I've always had a soft spot for Petaluma and have some Tapanappa wines in my cellar so thought this would be an interesting tasting - a chance to meet an oenological hero so to speak. Sadly it was a bit of a disappointment: Brian is certainly full of opinions and almost equally keen to share them. Most of them are contrary and borderline ridiculous. The exchange on Chile's lack of good clonal material was a good example: Mr Croser stated that he could get any clones any time he wanted because he knew the head of customs, bypassing the usual quarantine restrictions. But what about the risk of bringing in Phylloxera? Apparently Chile doesn't have it so can never get it. Ignorance wrapped in arrogance is never a good thing.
2010 Tapanappa Chardonnay
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Piccadilly Valley
Clear, pale lemon. Medium intensity, clear, developing with aromas of mineral, slight citrus - lemon and slight stone fruit - peach, slight malolactic/buttery notes and hints of oak/cedar. In the mouth the wine is dry with medium minus acidity, medium alcohol, medium body, medium minus flavour intensity with a slight chalkiness of texture and a slight bitterness. Flavour of slight spicy notes, peach and citrus notes, slight malo and the oak tends to come more to the fore on the medium plus finish. meh, it's well balanced but lacks intensity. Plenty of other and better chardonnay's out there at this price.
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2010 Tapanappa Chardonnay Tiers
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Piccadilly Valley
Clear, medium intensity lemon. Medium plus intensity, clean and developing wine with aromas of butter, cream, slight sweet spice - nutmeg and clove, ripe peach and an underpinning of citrus (lemon). In the mouth the wine is dry with medium plus acidity, medium alcohol, medium plus body and medium plus flavour intensity with flavours of peach, butter, slight toast, sweet spice which stumbles into bitterness only for the fruit to come back and wash over the top on the long finish, rather unusually. Very good but needs time.
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2010 Tapanappa Pinot Noir Fleurieu Peninsula Parawa
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu
Clear, medium ruby, tears. Medium intensity, clear, developing, with aromas of red currant & strawberry that are slight jammy, slight earth, leather, toasted oak, sweet spice. In the mouth the wine is dry with medium acid, medium plus tannin, medium alcohol, body and flavour intensity with flavours of red fruit dominated by oak which finishes bitter and very savoury. Promising nose but totally oak dominated. Meh.
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2010 Tapanappa Pinot Noir Foggy Hill Vineyard
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu
Clear, pale ruby, tears. Medium minus intensity, clear, developing with aromas of slight cherry and toast, leather, earth and slight sweet spice. In the mouth the wine is dry with medium acid, medium minus silky tannin, medium alcohol, medium body and medium minus flavour intensity with flavours of slight cherry, slight leather and bitter on the finish. Savoury. Nope. Out of whack, lacks flavour, lacks interest, over oaked. over priced.
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2008 Tapanappa Cabernet-Shiraz Whalebone Vineyard
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Wrattonbully
Deep ruby, clear with tears. Clean and developing and medium plus intensity concentrated blackcurrant and berry, farmyard, herbaceous, leather, cream, slight oak notes - cedar. In the mouth the wine is dry with medium acidity, medium plus tannin, medium alcohol, medium plus body and flavour intensity with flavours of black fruit and vanilla is hidden by tannic grip (tight and grippy), spice as well as cassis. very young
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2008 Tapanappa Merlot Cabernet Franc Whalebone Vineyard
Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Wrattonbully
Deep ruby, clear and bright with tears. Clean developing with medium minus aromas of jammy ripe red fruit, mint & eucalypt, sweet spice and oak. In the mouth the wine is dry with medium plus acid, tannin, alcohol, body and flavour intensity with flavours of red and black fruit, vanilla, and savoury tannin, bit of a bruiser.
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