Trade Tasting

Monopole, Sydney
Tasted Tuesday, February 27, 2024 by chatters with 144 views

Introduction

James secured me an invitation to see his and Apostrophe's portfolio's

Flight 1 - Apostrophe (12 Notes)

Flight 2 - World Wine Estates (15 Notes)

  • 2022 Immich-Batterieberg Riesling C.A.I. Kabinett Trocken

    Germany, Mosel Saar Ruwer

    Lime, kaffir lime leaf, unripe granny smith. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly green on the palate, flavours as per nose, a little short, simple, okay

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  • 2021 Cave de Turckheim Riesling Hengst

    France, Alsace, Alsace Grand Cru

    Medium minus intensity aromas show candied lime peel, lemon, a little honeyed note. Medium plus intensity acidity, broad without being textured, citrussy profile a little richness, okay.

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  • 2020 Dawson & James Chardonnay Tasmania

    Australia, Tasmania

    Lots of struck match solids up front, over muted stone fruit and lemon, sour citrus and bacon fat on the palate, medium plus intensity acidity, tangy textured, suppressed malolactic fermentation? If yes that's a mistake for me here.

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  • 2021 Domaine / Maison Vincent Girardin Chassagne-Montrachet Vieilles Vignes

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Chassagne-Montrachet

    buttery, okay, rich smelling, stone fruit artefact is present here. Medium plus intensity acidity, juicy stone fruit, plenty of wood texture dries out the palate a little. Hmm

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  • 2022 Domaine des Aubuisières Vouvray Silex Sec

    France, Loire Valley, Touraine, Vouvray

    Lemon is to the fore, a little creamy leesy notes, slightly waxy. Residual sugar? Offsets acid, lemon, slightly bitter and hard on the finish. Hmm. Time?

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  • 2021 Millton Chenin Blanc Libiamo

    New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne

    Waxy, slightly citric, waxy lemons, savoury minerals and saline notes plenty of skin contact textured, fruit far more muted on the palate. Hmm

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  • 2022 Domaine Dubost Beaujolais Lantignié

    France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Beaujolais Lantignié

    Very clean, cherry, carbonic maceration nose, pretty, slightly ashy underpin. In the mouth it's juicy, slightly sour with cherry, fleshy with textured burr that rasps the palate, simple. Hmm

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  • 2021 Domaine Pavelot (Jean-Marc et Hugues) Savigny-lès-Beaune

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Beaune, Savigny-lès-Beaune

    Medium minus intensity aromas prove meaty, gamey over black cherry, earth, spice. Juicy, less 'grubby' on the palate, woody textured is drying, finishes very slightly bitter. Hmm. Okay. One of the better ones of these I've had.

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  • 2021 Domaine Gérard Julien et Fils Nuits-Saint-Georges

    France, Burgundy, Côte de Nuits, Nuits-Saint-Georges

    Savoury wild ferment lends a meaty note that goes hand in hand with dark berry fruit, juicy, savoury, dark hued fruit, talc textured tannins persist in support, long, good.

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  • 2019 Blank Canvas Winery Pinot Noir Settlement Vineyard

    New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough

    rich, dark hued fruit show blackberry and cherry, polished oak, savoury underpin lends interesting. Juicy, a little jubey carbo crush, fruit as per nose, drying powdery textured tannins appear and shut up shop for the finish otherwise rather clever.

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  • 2021 Le Macchiole Bolgheri Rosso

    Italy, Tuscany, Bolgheri

    Meaty, savoury blackcurrant, plums, cherry, plenty of woody notes here as well. Medium plus intensity acidity and tannins, chewy, planky oak, fruit plays second…no, third fiddle to this. Crikey

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  • 2020 Fontodi Chianti Classico Gran Selezione Vigna del Sorbo

    Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG

    Strangely muted nose shows a little blackcurrant and sweet spice, caramel. In the mouth it's juicy, fleshy a little hard bitterness to the okay tannins are super persistent <shrugs>

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  • 2020 Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

    Italy, Tuscany, Colli della Toscana Centrale IGT

    Polished oak, baked earthy, leather, black and red cherry, berry over muted blackcurrant fruit, sweet spice & alcohol prickle. Medium plus intensity acidity and tannins, slightly sour black hued fruits behind this, caramel, sweet spice on the finish. Beast mode.

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  • 2020 Wine & Soul Porto Vintage Pintas

    Portugal, Douro, Porto

    dense black hued fruits, savoury and sweet spice, alcohol prickle, quite a monolithic nose unsurprisingly. On the palate a cornucopia of black fruits, concentrated, liquorice, touch of minty freshness derived from the alcohol, dense, chewy tannins. Woof.

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  • 1995 Stanton & Killeen Vintage Port

    Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

    Slightly oxidised, baked earthy, black hued fruits are slightly dried out, a little wood and dusty spice. In the mouth mocha, blackberries, a little almond here as well as a herbaceous menthol note. Yum.

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Closing

Very nice lunchtime tasting was a lot of fun (as it always is)

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