Carboot Xmas drinks wines tasting
Kafe Kooks, Ultimo
Tasted Wednesday, November 30, 2022 by chatters with 107 views
Introduction
This tasting popped up on my radar - I knew nothing about the retailer - so I thought I'd give it a go.
Flight 1 (28 Notes)
Closing
This was run by the guys who used to run Bishop Sessa, a few interesting wines. Nice night.
2021 Tomich Wines Sauvignon Blanc Woodside Vineyard
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Gooseberry over passion fruit, a little sulphur, get sweeter smelling with time in the glass. Medium plus intensity acidity, a little textured burr and a touch sweet and sour on the palate. Meh.
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2021 Tumblong Hills Chenin Blanc
Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Gundagai
Medium minus intensity aromas of lemon with fresh herbs, touch of basil, a creamy lees and wax. Medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, citrus, very slightly leesy texture, minor yoghurty notes. S'okay.
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2021 Gippsland Wine Company Pinot Gris Glen Forbes Vineyard
Australia, Victoria, Gippsland
medium minus intensity aromas of pear and pear skin, a little alcohol prickle, sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, textured burr, green pear, slight texture and glycerol fatness, smidge of alcohol warmth on the finish. Meh
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2022 Emmalene Pinot Gris
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Candied with ripe pear, candy floss, a little sweet spice, floral top notes, pretty nose. Juicy, fleshy, crunchy pear fruit, touch of bitterness on the finish. Good.
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2021 Peter Drayton Chardonnay Wildstreak
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Butter, sweet spice, over slightly muted stone fruit, toast and lemon. Tangy, muted fruit, butter, controlled oak lends sweet spice & toast, but it's all a bit meh for me.
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2022 Cavedon Pinot Grigio
Australia, Victoria, North East, King Valley
A little melon, pear, touch of slight savoury spice, honey. The acidity proves a little sharp, a little green pear with a smidge of melon. Short. Meh.
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2022 Atlas Wines Riesling Watervale
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Watervale
medium minus intensity aromas of lime, a little rocky underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly sharp, muted lime, texture, fairly indifferent stuff.
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2020 Hey Diddle Riesling
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Lime, lime pith, fairly simple nose but bolder than the Atlas. Medium plus intensity acidity, dry but with a tiny touch of residual sugar which introduces a smidge of green apple to the lime. Simple but nice.
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2021 Hofer Family Wines Arneis
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu
Low intensity aromas…with warmth and agitation it starts to show a little funky wild ferment, muted peach, tiny touch of spice. Juicy, tangy, savoury, wild ferment, muted fruit, bit of textured burr lends structure. Interesting.
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2020 Port Phillip Estate Pinot Gris Quartier
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
A little pear but quite closed nose. Palate is a bit bitter and not very nice at all. Nah.
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2020 Creamery Chardonnay
USA, California
Oh it's a throwback USA Chardonnay. All butterscotch, sweet oak spice, toasted coconut, a touch of almost pineapple sits beneath this artifice. Juicy, buttery, pineapple, coconut, slightly woody bitterness on the finish. Fairly silly nonsense. Fun
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2020 XR Xavier Roger Nuit Folles
France, Languedoc Roussillon, Vin de Pays d'Oc
Very red fruit lozenge- cherry, berry, a little medicinal almost menthol underpin. Juicy, red fruit lozenge but dry, simple. Hmm.
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2020 Bricco Carlina Venerdì Vino da Tavola Flawed
Italy, Piedmont, Vino da Tavola
Bretty slurry notes married to rancid oyster on the nose means this is not going in my mouth. Must be a FLAW
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2021 Fetherston Pinot Noir Fungi
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Medium minus intensity aromas proves slightly reductive initially, muted jubey cherry, a little sweet spice, simple nose though interesting. Medium plus intensity acidity that jubey cherry is rather subsumed by some bitter and slightly drying tannic texture. Nah.
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2021 Port Phillip Estate Pinot Noir Quartier
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Sour red plums a little dusty earth, tiny ashy notes (perhaps a little whole bunch), sweet spice. Juicy, slightly jubey plummy fruit, cedary, textured burr is coarse sandpaper textured, fruit persist. Simple. Hmm.
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2021 Cloudbreak Wines Pinot Noir
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Sweet red cherry and berry, very pretty, jubey, Juicy, equally pretty on the palate, softy silky burr, a little glycerol fatness, finishes a touch bitter, medium plus length. Simple but interesting.
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2019 Baronia de Turis Valencia Barón de Turís
Spain, Valencia
Slightly sour and bitter red fruits, smidge of bruised apple oxidation, touch meaty and gamey. Medium plus intensity acidity, persistent talc textured tannins compliment that slightly bitter red fruit, quite dilute, a little meaty on the finish. Hmm.
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2020 Atlas Wines The Spaniard
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
bold, slightly baked red berry fruit - not jammy though, more in the slightly overcooked compote space, shows as strawberries and raspberries, there is a pinch of sweet spice and non intrusive alcohol prickle complete the nose. Clean. And it's more of the same in the mouth, more fleshy than juicy, the fruit saturates the palate, tannins are lightweight and silky, simple, clean, pleasant, fruit forward quaffer - a fault picker would point to the lack of acidity but this is perfectly acceptable.
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2021 Sequent Grenache
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Pretty, slightly jammy strawberry, touch of sweet spice, simple. Medium plus intensity acidity, strawberry jam, textured mid palate burr dries things out but the fruit persists, Simple, clean, handles its alcohol well. Okay.
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2019 Dreamstone Shiraz
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu
Lots of vanilla, sweet spice, muted black fruit. Quite sour and unpleasant in the palate, muted black fruits, vanilla. Meh.
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2018 Mythic Malbec Estate
Argentina, Mendoza, Lujan de Cuyo
meaty, savoury, muted red over black hued fruit, touch of sweet spice in support. Juicy, fruit more prominent in other palate but equally non delineated, tannins are drying and floury textured <shrugs>
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NV Laurent-Perrier Champagne La Cuvée Brut
France, Champagne
Lemon, slightly yeasty underpin, a little sherbet. Medium plus intensity acidity more green apple than lemon on the palate, mousse is frothy and generous, perhaps a little residual sugar (?), generous, medium length, simple. Okay.
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2022 Emmalene Pinot Noir Sparkling
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
candy floss, sherbet, a little cherry, slight gamey notes, crisp mousse. Medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, candy floss, residual sugar, simple, okay.
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NV Idilicum Cava Brut Rosé
Spain, Cava
Medium minus intensity aromas of a little sour green apple and cherry, meaty underpin. Juicy, foamy mousse, textured burr on the palate, simple, a little wild sour cherry and apple on the palate. Hmm.
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2021 Cavedon Prosecco Pét Nat
Australia, Victoria, North East, King Valley
Apple, bruised apple, candy floss, a little sherbet. Juicy, slight petillance, apple and apple skin bitterness and drying texture, a little candy floss, simple but one of the less offensive Pet Nat wines I've tried.
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2018 Quarry Hill Wines Five Rows Natural Sparkling
Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District
wild ferment funkiness meaty, a little pear and apple, a little sickly note, scary nose. Massive foamy frothy mousse dominates proceedings, tiny of touch of pear, quite belchy stuff - possibly a little too much sugar left on bottling?
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2015 Quarry Hill Wines Sparkling Shiraz
Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District
Muted, slightly spirituous blackberry with a little volatile wood glue underpin as well as a touch of jubiness. That volatile translates to the palate supported by black berry, talc textured tannins are drying smidge of residual sugar. Not for me.
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NV Coates Wines Shiraz Fortified
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Oxidised, savoury note over black fruits, cream, a little fig, raisins, caramel and walnuts with a fair alcohol prickle on the nose. Thick, lusciously sweet, black fruits, liquorice, toffee made with Muscovado sugar, raisins, slight prunes, plenty of alcohol warmth on the finish. It's all quite shouty, alcohol a little too high for what's going on.
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