Brisbane
Tasted Saturday, June 10, 2023 by colinscellar with 115 views
Muted nose, maybe needed more time to open up. Sweet fresh lime. looking surprisingly developed for a relatively young Riesling under screwcap, probably at or near its peak now.
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Soggy cork may have contributed to an underwhelming bottle. Kerosene, preserved lime but surprisingly dry rather than mature sweetness. Not unpleasant but definitely past its best.
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Stonefruit nose with sweet vanilla, butter and ripe lemon. Very pretty, quite generous Chardonnay. Should age well but very enjoyable now too.
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Seemed a bit muted next to the 2022. Primary fruit a bit lacking. Ginger spice oak character.
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Leaner style Chardonnay with lemon and grapefruit, ginger, and pointy acidity. Cool year maybe? Seems a touch under-ripe.
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Initially there's ripe stonefruit, hints of lychee and banana; with a bit time in glass the tropical notes faded a little into orange and mandarin citrus. Still so much primary fruit! Acidity holding together nicely, some oak spice. In great condition.
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Note rather muted. Tart cherry and raspberry fruit. Still in good shape for a 10yr old entry level Pinot.
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Drunk next to the 2012 and the fruit and floral prettiness of the nose was the big difference that made this seem the clear better vintage. Sour cherries, some fresh heraceousness.
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Corked :(
Not heavily tainted but the trademark TCA nose was there and the flavours were just non-existent. Sad.
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So much more fruit power and concentration than the Bests from the previous flight. Quite a red fruit profile with tart raspberry and sour cherry. Some herbaceousness. Alcohol seems a touch hot? Enjoyable now but surely wants time.
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Tart blackberry, white pepper, licorice. A good wine but looked like a sharper leaner year next to the more plush and generous 2018, which everyone preferred.
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Sweet blackberries and black cherry but with fresh acidity. Plush mouthfeel, decadent. Young but still very enjoyable drinking.
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Ripe raspberry - slightly cordialled, blackberry, licorice. Classic Wendouree looking immortal, drunk next to 2012 and there was barely any difference in colour/maturation.
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Still almost purple. Ripe raspberry and blackberry, cool cedar/menthol notes. Lovely but needs time.
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Classic blackcurrant, hints of greenness. Has barely budged, should last decades.
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Drunk alongside the 2012 an 2019 seems the riper, more generous of the two vintages. Better drinking to open today but probably doesn't have the same cellaring potential.
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A distinctive nose of cloves that I don't remember from The Signature. Not unpleasant but something about this bottle just didn't seem quite right. Alcohol seemed a bit hot.
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Dark fruit profile with Blackberry and some black plum. Looking in great shape.
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Ripe Chardonnay style with lots of peach and vanilla and a air bit of malo. Pleasingly generous.
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Drunk next to the 2016 and the 04 is clearly past its best. A fair bit of oxidised sherry character and washed rind/gruyere rind nose.
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2019 Grosset Riesling Springvale Clare Valley 89 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley
Some florals with fresh lime juice. In no way unpleasant, but currently so fresh as to be lacking character. Drunk next to the 2009 and I see the 2019 drunk today as a missed future opportunity.
Not sure how to score that.
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2009 Grosset Riesling Springvale Watervale 92 Points
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Watervale
Kerosene nose, Bickford's lime cordial palate, acidity softening but very present.
Textbook Clare Valley Riesling for me and in it's prime drinking window. Likely to stay on the plateau for at least several years, but there's currently a great tension between maturing richness and youthful freshness so I think the wine can only go downhill from here and there's no benefit in waiting longer.
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