On tour with Tim and Phil day one

Canberra Districts and Beechworth
Tasted Thursday, May 18, 2023 by chatters with 47 views

Introduction

Little long weekend tour with Tim and Phil to head down to Beechworth. Commenced at 7ish on Thursday morning and hit the road. Down to Beechworth with a stop off in Canberra district with two wineries

Flight 1 - Clonakilla (9 Notes)

First stop at Canberra. Nice cellar door, few nice wines.

  • 2022 Clonakilla Riesling

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Lemon, green apple over lime, slight almost ashy herbaceous underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, crunchy, green apple, slightly bitter on the finish. Simple. Hmm

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  • 2022 Clonakilla Chardonnay Tumbarumba

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Tumbarumba

    Lemon, little stone fruit, touch of sweet spice and sherbet. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly sour stone fruit, a little lemon underpin, very soft burr on the mid palate, short. <shrugs>

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  • 2022 Clonakilla Viognier

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Fresh apricot, a little cream, touch of fresh ginger in support. Surprisingly juicy initially, the fruit proves a little sour and dilute for me. Nah

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  • 2022 Clonakilla Pinot Noir

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Pretty, red berry; raspberry, strawberries, a little cherry. Medium tends to medium plus intensity acidity, floury tannic burr, touch bitter on the finish, red hued fruits with the cherry more to the fore, slight non-alcohol warmth, simple, okay

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  • 2022 Clonakilla Ceoltoiri

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Red berry; strawberries, a little green and black peppercorns, touch of earthy underpin. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, talc textured tannic burr, lightweight, muted red fruits, peppercorn, Hmm

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  • 2021 Clonakilla Ballinderry

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Slight pencil shavings, brambles, blackcurrant, a little plum and sweet spice, tangy touch of white pepper. Nice nose. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, savoury, brambly, drying tight coarse flour textured tannins persist long carrying the fruit, a touch of cream on the finish. Nice

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  • 2021 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltops

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Hilltops

    Red and blackberry fruit, sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, quite hard, the fruit is a little sour on the palate, a touch four square. Nah.

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  • 2022 Clonakilla Shiraz O'Riada

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    A little whole bunch, touch of peppercorn - pink and green, jubey brambly fruit, a little almost sweet apricot note. Lovely nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, pink and green peppercorn, brambly, talc textured silky tannins. Nose better than the palate but defo yum.

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  • 2013 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Popped and poured. Slight rubbery reductiveness initially. With a good vigorous shake it shows blackberries, sweet spice, touch of savoury meatiness and black pepper. Medium plus intensity acidity, chalky/woody tannins prove slightly drying, aa little red fruit joins the blackberry, finishes quite savoury and a little hard - air will help - slight non-intrusive alcohol warmth.

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Flight 2 - Eden Road (8 Notes)

I'm a big fan of Eden Road so it was nice to quickly zip to the cellar door.

  • 2021 Eden Road Riesling

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

    Lime, slightly green underpin, clean, simple. In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity; sharp lime, a little spritz and plenty of textured grip proves slightly drying. Meh.

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  • 2022 Eden Road Chardonnay Tumbarumba

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Tumbarumba

    Fresh stone fruit, a little butter, touch of almost toasted nuts, tiny citrus underpin. Medium plus intensity acidity, a little tough, touch of lees work, stone fruit plays second fiddle, textured burr from that lees work and oak. Medium plus length. Needs time to settle in the bottle. Okay

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  • 2022 Eden Road Pinot Gris Long Road

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Pear, rock melon, slight musk, clean. Juicy, fleshy, textured burr, fruit a little muted on the palate showing a little melon. Touch of non intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish. Hmm.

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  • 2022 Eden Road Pinot Noir Tumbarumba

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Tumbarumba

    slightly green whole bunch, meaty notes, savoury, red berry, touch of rhubarb, sweet spice, with time a little blackberry. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, slightly belchy red berry fruit, plenty of drying tannins are quire chewy which closes down the fruit. Meh

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  • 2021 Eden Road Sangiovese Gundagai

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Gundagai

    Savoury, meaty, slightly reductive, surprisingly dark hued fruit, a little sour, slight whole bunch, herbaceous notes in support and a little sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, a little splash of black hued fruit, cherry, then tight but relatively silky textured tannins start to close down the palate, a little fruit persists beneath this finish with a touch of jubey prettiness. Opens with time to show more jubey red fruit on the nose. Okay

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  • 2021 Eden Road Shiraz Canberra

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Popped and poured. Black over green peppercorns, brambly black fruits, quite funky, savoury notes, touch of tomato leaf. Medium plus intensity acidity, fleshy, flavour profile as per the nose, floury, long, persistent tannins. Lovely.

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  • 2018 Eden Road Syrah Cullarin Block 71

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Popped and poured. Savoury dark fruit prove rich and ripe, quite concentrated and dense, a little sweet spice, quite rich nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, tight, chewy tannins. Muted fruit. Meh.

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  • 2019 Eden Road Syrah Cullarin Block 71

    Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District

    Popped and poured. Quite closed and needs time to open. Black hued fruit; berry; a little plum, a touch of meaty/gamey underpin and peppercorn here as well. Medium intensity acidity is juicy, fleshy, talc textured tannins persist long, the fruit proves more red hued on the palate and there is a slight hint of sourness on the finish. Hmm

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Flight 3 - Supper (8 Notes)

Incredible chaos at the Airbnb was finally alleviated and we had a lovely supper of about 3kg of beef on bone with accompanying vino

  • 2018 Lake's Folly Chardonnay

    Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

    Peachy, a little citrus and butter, sweet spice from good quality oak, a little toasted note. Juicy ,fleshy, tends to medium plus intensity acidity, still quite youthful and there is a touch of hardness to the stone fruit sweet spice, a little tangy note, butter, textured toasty burr on the finish. Very good but will benefit from more time in the bottle

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  • 2022 Torzi Matthews Grenache Francesca Grillo OV Grenache

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

    Very red berries; strawberry; a little raspberry, a touch of clay, sweet spice, savoury underpin with very slight wood glue. Juicy, red berry compote, slight concentrated, very slightly ashy whole bunch is more evident on the palate, soft tannic burr. Lovely, less interventionist stuff. Yum.

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  • 2021 Swinney Mencía

    Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Frankland River

    Quite reductive initially; a rubbery note that struggles to dissipate despite agitation and time, a little tomato leaf, touch of alcohol prickle and, behind these two aromas, hints of dark cherry. In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity, talc textured tannins, again dark cherry but more to the fore here, a little bitter on the finish, quite simple. Hmm.

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  • 2010 Saltram Shiraz No.1

    Australia, South Australia, Barossa

    Open 24 hours. Blackberry, still very slight reductive, cream, caramel, sweet spice and slight peppery hints. Juicy, dark hued fruits, that very slightly reductive notes, cream, woody drying tannins. Hmm.

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  • 2014 Château Lafon-Rochet

    France, Bordeaux, Médoc, St. Estèphe

    Double decanted. Medium minus intensity aromas of blackcurrant, plum, sweet spice, a little red fruit underpin. Savoury, tight, chewy, slightly woody tannins, a touch of wet diluteness, muted black fruit. Medium length finish but all quite dialled back. Hmm

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  • 2007 Leeuwin Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Art Series

    Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

    Double splash decanted. Blackcurrant fruit pops from the bottle, a little mint and eucalyptus, touch of salinity, oak here but well controlled and contained. Great Margaret River Cabernet nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, drying coarse flour textured tannins that prove more grape than wood derived and quite fruit saturated. Super fresh and still showing primary and young under screwcap despite the fairly aggressive double decant.

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  • 2018 Bodega Garzón Tannat Single Vineyard

    Uruguay, Maldonado

    Double decanted. Medium minus intensity aromas of black hued fruits; blackcurrant; black berry; plum, very slightly reductive, a little sweet spice. Juicy, savoury dark fruit then plenty of firm grippy and grapey drying tannins, dark fruits translate to the palate but it's all oddly lightweight surprisingly. Hmm.

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  • 1996 Morris Vintage Port

    Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

    Muted Christmas cake, clove, cream, fig and walnut on the nose. Juicy, plenty of slightly chalky and woody tannins, liquorice. It feels a touch tired and flat on the palate to me. Damn.

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Closing

A lovely first day driving down, gossiping in the car and pleasant tastings

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