Cellartracker in the flesh with Vintomas, CBRWineGuy, Rote Kappelle

As Tomas and I were down in Canberra overnight we took the opportunity to catch up with my tasting/study buddy CBRWineGuy (Jordan) and wonderfully articulate taster Rote Kappelle (Sinclair)

Before supper we took the opportunity to look at some of the Spanish wines that Jordan and I had tasted the previous year as part of our Spanish study.

• 2018 Zarate Rías Baixas Caiño Tinto

  Spain, Galicia, Rías Baixas

  From Coravin. Slightly bretty, red berry , a little cherry, slight floral notes and a touch of stony minerality. Medium plus intensity acidity is slightly sharp, red hued fruits are crunchy and joined by a little red apple, chalky mineral tannins, tart. Meh

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• 2019 4 Kilos Vi de La Tierra Mallorca 12 Volts

  Spain, Balearic Islands, Vi de La Tierra Mallorca

  From Coravin. Slightly dusty garrigue, lavender, tiny tarry notes, tapenade, a little savoury black fruited underpin. In the mouth it's shows liquorice, saline notes, rocky tannins. The fruit is more red hued on the palate, touch of cranberry.

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• 2019 Bodega Frontio Arribes Follaco

  Spain, Castilla y León, Arribes

  From Coravin. Meaty, savoury, wild ferment, bretty notes, fresh red berry shows strawberry ,a little crushed rock note. Juicy, red berry fruit up front, rocky minerality translates to the chalky tannins are persistent and integrated. Pleasant. Yum.

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• 2019 Celler del Roure Vermell

  Spain, Valencia

  From Coravin. Red hued fruits shows strawberries over raspberries, a little tobacco leaf, sweet spice, touch of vanilla. Pretty nose. Juicy, fleshy, fresh, similar flavour profile, talc textured tannins persist long, accompany the fruit, a little tobacco leaf herbaceousness on the finish. Nice.

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• 2020 Celler del Roure Valencia Safrà

  Spain, Valencia

  From Coravin. Red hued fruit, earth, clay, floral notes, juicy, fleshy, red fruits, fresh, raspy, slightly coarse tannins, charming. Yum.

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Sinclair joined us for supper at Courgette and, with insider knowledge, had brought along some stemware…the rest of us drank from thick glassed fish bowls. Food was lovely though, as was the company and the wines. Pity about the Ampuis.

• 2012 Mount Majura Riesling

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

  Lime, kerosene, a little green apple, floral notes. Juicy, textured lime, grapefruit, orange, kerosene, quite linear.

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• 2015 Weingut Keller Hipping Riesling Großes Gewächs

  Germany, Rheinhessen

  Apple, peach, honey, apricot, a little mineral. In the mouth it's off dry, slightly dried stone fruit; nectarine, touch of grapefruit, textured burr, slight non intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish but this is rather lovely.

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• 2020 Cecchetto Manzoni Bianco Marca Trevigiana IGT

  Italy, Veneto, Marca Trevigiana IGT

  A little citrus & stone fruit, floral top notes, a touch of buttery richness. Juicy, fleshy, touch of fruit sweetness, talc textured grip. Nice, the Riesling component lends a little green citrus to the finish.

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• 2017 Jermann Vintage Tunina Venezia Giulia IGT

  Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Venezia Giulia IGT

  Sweet spice, leesy, butter, a little stone fruit, quite a rich nose. And equally rich on the palate, broad, fleshy, rich, generous, balanced, chewy, utterly quaffable. Yum.

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• 1982 Domaine de Chevalier

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  Pencil shavings, graphite, black and red fruit, leather, mushrooms especially porcini. Juicy, fleshy, fruit tea, black tea tannins a chalky rasp on the mid palate, leather, long. Old but nice.

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• 1996 E. Guigal Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis Flawed

  France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Côte-Rôtie

  Cellar stink, corky notes grows with time. Slightly sour acidity married to fresh black berry fruits, grippy tannins offer a textured burr but also those cork notes which grow and grow and this is flawed. How sad.

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• 1982 Château Malartic-Lagravière

  France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

  Red and black fruit, the former cranberry, the latter blackcurrant, slightly dried out though the overarching impression is of freshness, a little leather, cigar box, slightly herbaceous, ripe without being overwrought. Fleshy, fresh, juicy, same fruit profile, tannins are silky, persistent, all travels long. Glorious.

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What a lovely end to a lovely day. It was a pleasure to meet Rote Kappelle for the first time.