Dockside Balcony, Cocklebay, Sydney
Tasted Monday, November 18, 2013 by chatters with 647 views
Terrible weather which meant a reduced turnout - bad for the people showing, good for me as I managed to get round everything with very little hassle. Great selection of interesting and fun Italian wines - notes arranged by producer though I did whites before reds...
nice to do the Tignanello with 5 hours difference between opening times.
slightly funky, concentrated red and black berry fruits, perfumed top notes. In the mouth medium minus creamy red and back berry. Medium talc like tannin, lacks acid, medium plus length. Hmm
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red berry, leather spice, slightly spirituous, On the palate - concentrated red berry fruit then tannic grip. Bit meh
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the Morellino Riserva was lovely
Medium minus aromas of cream, slight cherry, sweet tobacco leaf. On the palate there are flavours of cream ad cherry then fine tannic grip, juicy, simple, okay…quaffable
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cherry, acetone, cream slight greenness. In the mouth the wine has herbaceous flavours and there is some cherry fruit but this falls away quite quickly. then tight tannin dominates the palate with touches of toasty oak. Nah
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leather, cherry, spice, meaty with some herbs. In the mouth medium plus acid, leather over cherry and cold meats. Massive structure but tanning beginning to become subdued - well, not so much subdued but less shouty. Simply fantastic.
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enjoyed the reserve wine
chicken, herbs, lemon, cream, butter, spice. On the palate there is initially slight spritz, medium plus acid lemon and spice flavours, juicy, balanced, quite nice if not a touch short.
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Leather, concentrated red cherry and berry, perhaps slight plain chocolate and savoury notes. Touches of cream. In the mouth medium plus body, medium plus acid and medium plus flavours of cherry (both red and black), medium plus grippy, ripe tannin with some alcohol warmth on the finish. Very nice.
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red cherry, spice, reductive meaty notes. In the mouth medium plus acid, slight red fruit notes, front of mouth grip. Meh. A nothing wine.
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The costasera amarone riserva isn't, unfortunately, available over here which is a great pity
Very slight leather notes, cherry and cream. In the mouth light cherry flavours and medium minus fine silky tannin. Quaffable, easy, simple, forgettable.
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meaty, very slight cedar notes, cherry, touches of chocolate and perfumed notes. In the mouth medium plus acid, plain chocolate savoury cherry notes, front of mouth and tongue gripping tannin. Very long, well balanced.
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Meaty, slightly oxidised, funky, cherry, minerality. In the mouth medium plus acid, medium plus flavours dominated by cherry, chocolate, medium plus tannin. Ridiculously long. Very nice indeed.
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Meaty, cherry, slightly oxidised, savoury, cherry, tight. Hmm. Medium plus tannin.
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Meaty but with fruit aromas to the fore. Slight chocolate notes. In the mouth medium plus acid, savoury, cherry fruit and chocolate notes. Okay
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the Taurasi was okay
Muted, medium minus intensity aromas of acetone, tinned grape and pear juice. On the palate there are flavours of grape and pear that is slight oxidised. There is also a rather odd mid palate scoop. The wine has medium plus intensity acidity. Weird.
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Medium minus intensity aromas of slightly dusty red fruit - plum. In the mouth medium plus acid that lends juiciness to muted flavours of red plum. Medium fine tannin. Light bodied…a bit wet. Meh
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Farmyard, leather, slight plum and cherry notes, meaty. In the mouth medium plus acidity, medium plus leathery tannin, plummy fruit with some cream that all carry on a medium plus length. Oddly refreshing!
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perfumed, fragrant, floral, slight citrus. In the mouth slight spritz, dry, floral, slight citrus, front of mouth phenolic grip. Bit short. Nice up front but then fades rapidly
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Cream, red cherry, slight minerality. In the mouth medium minus intensity flavours of juicy cherry, medium tannin, mid palate grip. Nice
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Concentrated almost jubey red cherry, slight leather, perfumed, spice, oak. In the mouth juicy, high acid, red cherry, (touch of residual sugar), zesty a slight clove and nutmeg quality, medium plus front of mouth grip that is talc like, bit warm Okay.
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leather, plum, tar, tiny touches of rose/floral. In the mouth medium plus intensity acid and tannin, wet and juicy, slight plum notes but chalky tannin dominates.
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perfumed, some toasted oak, rose. In the mouth high tannin dominate - tough, leathery, not much else going on. Come back in a millennia or so…
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The two nebbilo's were very nice.
Floral, blossom, slight citrus tending to stone fruit and a certain cheesiness. In the mouth grip - tight and unwieldy also thickness through the mouthfeel. All over slight stingy fruit that finishes quite short. Nah
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cherry, cream, vanilla, spice, tiny amounts of cedar. In the mouth medium plus juicy acidity with flavours of black cherry, spice, Slight front of mouth grip with medium minus chalky tannin. Tiny bit short
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Cream, vanilla, slight oxidative note over rose, plum, toast, tar and cedar. In the mouth medium plus acid, plum, toast, medium plus tannin. The wine carries long with touches of pruniness. Elegant. Lovely. Plenty of time left here.
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leather, prune over plum, slight metallic note. In the mouth high tannin dominates with medium plus acid. Needs an awful lot of time to even be approachable for me.
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the riserva was very good
Tropical fruit, ripe passion fruit, slight sweatiness and a bit boiled sweet…in them mouth there is initial spritz, then flavours of passion fruit - quite passion pop-py. Faultless but no real fun.
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herbaceous, savoury, red and back berry with touches of spice. Bramble, herbaceous then slightly jammy berry notes with medium plus tannin. Little alcohol warmth is evident on the medium length
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Concentrated red berry, leather, spice and an almost bay leaf herby quality. In the mouth the wine has flavours of savoury red berries, high grippy tight tannin that integrates very well with this fruit…spice and slight leather notes. Very long and very, very nice.
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medium minus aromas of herbs, meat, slight peach notes. On the palate the wine is textured and dry with mid and front of mouth phenolic grip…finishes with spice notes but lacks fruit. Meh
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Red currant over cherry, slight menthol notes. In the mouth the wine has juicy red cherry then massive tanning that is chalky textured and grabs the whole mouth dominating everything. Hmm
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Medium minus intensity aromas of concentrated red currant and cherry, cream, slight floral top notes and herbs as well. In the mouth red currant and cherry is immediately blitzed by a massive tannic attack. It survives this onslaught, though, to reappear through this grippy veil. Okay.
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Hmm, like Sauvignon blanc kind of…but ripe…fresh, crisp, tending to passion fruit notes…clean. In the mouth very slight spritz, crisp, fresh, a bit short but finishes rather pleasantly with notes of passion fruit. Simple, okay.
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Slightly oxidised with aromas of luncheon meat - morta della and cheesy notes. In the mouth there is alcohol heat, spice and the wine is quite flat. I can't believe this is how this is meant to taste - FLAW
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probably the best bracket of the day
Peach, cream, slight spice, slight cheese. In the mouth initial peach, tight, some tannin, then spice and the wine ends slightly bitter with touches of alcohol warmth
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Meaty , savoury over slight stone fruit, spice…on the palate medium plus body, all about structure here, spice, some fruit then mid palate phenolic grip. Very long with very, very slight bitterness - or, more likely, just balanced with the fruit and spice notes. Nice
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Red cherry, plum, primary fruit then cream and spice and herbaceousness. In the mouth medium plus acid, fresh, primary fruit then fine textured but firm tannic grip. Medium length. Well made quaffer.
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Medium plus intensity aromas of concentrated red cherry & spice over slight cream and vanilla. In the mouth the wine has medium plus body, thick red and black cherry, medium plus acid, fine textured but very chewy tannin. Long and very nice.
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Lovely tasting.
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2010 Antinori Tignanello
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two bottles - one opened for 6.5 hours, the other for 1.5 hours
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1.5 hours: Funky, red cherry, cream. In the mouth red cherry, medium plus chewy grippy tannin.
Interesting exercise - if we say no bottle variation (despite being under cork) then the difference over time was the tannin calmed down allowing more/different fruit to peek through, for me, at least.
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2007 Pian Delle Vigne (Antinori) Brunello di Montalcino
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