Wine-Ark boys on tour - Hunter Valley 2014 - Day 3
Hunter Valley
Tasted Sunday, September 14, 2014 by chatters with 553 views
Introduction
Day 3 in the Hunter with the wine ark boys - Wayne, Dave, Ben, Frank and myself. Tyrrell's, Piggs Peake and Krinklewood
Flight 1 - Tyrrell's (12 Notes)
No-ones choice but all of us are lovers of the wines and as it was pretty much opposite where we were staying it seemed to make sense to pop across the road. The problem with the cellar door is that the prices are prohibitive so we had a great tasting but no-one brought anything because it's at least 20% cheaper to wait until we're back home to purchase.
Flight 2 - Piggs Peake (9 Notes)
My choice. The wines are overpriced for what they are but I rather like them so I picked up some more of their Grenache and a bottle of their Bordeaux blend. They always feel a little big boned American to me which sometimes brings me great joy.
Flight 3 - Krinklewood (4 Notes)
Wayne's choice: though he denied it at the time and, judging by the wines, I can see why…actually, that's not fair - it didn't really work for me but it may have been the bashing my nose and mouth got at Piggs Peake
Closing
And a relatively gentle Sunday…rushed through the Tyrrell's, Piggs Peake was okay the Krinklewoods indifferent. Talk of the next trip turned to a long weekend in Victoria with a day in Mornington and a day in Yarra.
2013 Tyrrell's Sémillon Brookdale
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Muted aromas of lemon, with slight peach and apple. Hints of sweet spice. On the palate the wine is crisp, fresh with citrus tones that carry long joined by slight spice on the back of the palate.
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2009 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard HVD
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Slight honeyed and toast notes, perfumed floral top notes and wet stone on the nose. In the mouth the wine is juicy, quite light weight with medium minus intensity flavours of apple, perhaps a bit simple but long and well balanced. Nice.
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2009 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard Stevens
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
On the nose cream, apple, slight honey and toast, white blossom notes. In the mouth there are flavours of muted green apples, the wine is tangy with mid palate furring which leads to broadness through the mouth. Long. Again a bit simple but good.
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2009 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard Belford
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Belford
On the nose green apple, spice, cream, honeysuckle. In the mouth there medium plus intensity flavours of green apple backed with slight lime peel notes and almost silky textured phenolic grip. Rather lovely.
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2009 Tyrrell's Sémillon Vat 1
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Perfumed, floral with green apples and a slight cut grass/herbaceous note. Rich, textured but muted flavours. Tangible front of mouth grip. Long. Still a bit young.
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2013 Tyrrell's Chardonnay Moon Mountain
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Ripe and rather obvious peach fruit, very clean with a slight candied note. In the mouth the wine is bone dry, peachy, nice enough but short and rather simple.
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2013 Tyrrell's Chardonnay Vat 47
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Toast, butter, cream over stone fruit and lemon notes, with cedar and spice as well. In the mouth the wine comes across as very young with flavours of toast, slight lemon zest, and stone fruit, silky mid palate phenolic grip. It's a bit out of whack at the moment. Needs time.
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2010 Tyrrell's Chardonnay Vat 47
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Aromas of lemon, cream, muted stone fruit, slight funkiness, floral top notes, slight cheesy notes. In the mouth there are flavours of peach and lemon, silky phenolic grip across the palate, fruit persists. Tangy. Long. Nice
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2011 Tyrrell's Shiraz Brokenback
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Black and green peppercorn, perfumed black plum. Very pure aromas. In the mouth the wine is peppery with slight plummy black fruit. Tannin dominates front of plate. Simple but very well made. Nice.
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2011 Tyrrell's Shiraz Single Vineyard Stevens
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
slight cedar, vanilla, spice with black pepper, plum tending to black berry on the nose. In the mouth there are flavours of tangy black plums, spice tending to pepper, lots of front of mouth tannic grip. It all drops off a bit quickly though. Hmm.
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2011 Tyrrell's Shiraz Vat 9
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Aromas of cream, vanilla, spice, black berry and plum with black olive hints. In the mouth there are flavours of blackberry and plum fruit with spice. Plentiful front of mouth grip with lends a chewy texture to the mouth feel. The fruit carries long. Kind of nice. Very well made.
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2011 Tyrrell's Vat 8
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
round nose, black berry and currants, slight peppery spice, perfumed top notes, slight cedar here as well. In the mouth the wine is tangy with tight black berry over currant fruit with pepper spice. The medium plus intensity tannins is firm, drying and chalk textured. Fruit persists beneath this. Nice
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