Joval Trade Tasting
CBD hotel
Tasted Tuesday, August 13, 2024 by chatters with 186 views
Introduction
Early morning trade tasting of one of the groups new suppliers
Flight 1 (20 Notes)
Closing
rush rush rush meant a paucity in note length and quality annoyingly
2024 Henschke Riesling Peggy's Hill
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley
Citrus, sulphur, lime over lemon, floral notes. Medium plus intensity acidity lends sharpness, mid palate burr, slightly muted citrus. Meh.
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2023 Cullen Wines Grace Madeline Cullen Vineyard
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Pretty floral notes, apple, passion fruit. Juicy tends to medium plus intensity acidity, textured with a little oak spice, apple and apple skin bitterness lends a little complexity. Non intrusive alcohol warmth. Nice.
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2022 Yangarra Estate Blanc
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Waxy, a little stone fruit, creamy notes, slight apricot. Juicy, slightly bitter, touch of glycerol fatness. Muted stone fruit, Hmm
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2023 Neudorf Albariño Rosie's Block
New Zealand, South Island, Nelson, Moutere
Peachy, quite rich smelling, a little sweet spice and minerality. Plenty of body but surprisingly sour on the palate, non-delineated stone fruit and a little short. Meh.
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2021 Roux Père & Fils Rully Les Agnières
France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Rully
Butter and a little polished oak, sweet spice and a touch of stone fruit. Juicy, fleshy, tangy, stone fruit, butter, medium length, undemanding, balanced. simple, nice.
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2024 Aphelion Chenin Blanc PIR
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Initially it's quite 'light white wine' with time a little lemon curd and a creamy note that doesn't translate to the sharply acidic and super tangy palate which shows texture and bitterness on the finish. Nah.
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2022 Domaine Alzipratu Vin de Corse Calvi Cuvée Fiumeseccu Blanc
France, Corsica, Vin de Corse Calvi
Medium minus intensity aromas of bees wax, creamy lees, a little non-delineated citrus. Waxy, tangy, fleshy, juicy, non-delineated citrus here to, a little apple. Kind of interesting.
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2021 Domaine Oudin Chablis Les Serres
France, Burgundy, Chablis
Creamy and buttery (surprisingly), citrus over stone fruit, quite a rich nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, lemon, butter, tangy, finishes a little bitter though. Hmm.
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2023 Amelia Park Chardonnay
Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River
Struck match, grapefruit, slight lemon, tangy smelling with sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity is sharp, lending tartness to the citrus fruit, sweet spice, oaky, bitter on the finish. Meh.
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2022 Neudorf Chardonnay Rosie's Block
New Zealand, South Island, Nelson, Moutere
Bacon fat, a little butter, stone fruit, toasted notes, a little mealy quality. Medium plus intensity acidity, citric tang to the stone fruit. softest burr, butter, alcohol warmth is a little intrusive on the finish. Hmm.
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2021 Brewer-Clifton Chardonnay Sta. Rita Hills
USA, California, Central Coast, Sta. Rita Hills
Medium minus intensity aromas are meaty, savoury, a little stone fruit. In the mouth it's tightly textured, meaty, a bit flat - lacks freshness with the alcohol quite intrusive on the finish. Nah
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2022 Cambria Chardonnay Katherine's Vineyard
USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Maria Valley
Medium minus intensity aromas are, like the Brewer Clifton, meaty and savoury but joined by some orchard fruit and a little smoked bacon fat. In the mouth it's juicy, tangy with butter tending to butterscotch, an oaky textured burr hat lends caramel and sweet spice, fruit is noticeable only by it's absence behind this artifice.
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2022 Shadowfax Chardonnay Macedon Ranges
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges
Bacon fat, struck match, grapefruit, lemon, sweet oaky spice. Juicy, fleshy, citrus and bacon fat on the palate <shrugs>
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2023 Stonier Pinot Noir
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
Jubey cherry, sweet spice, a little ashy whole bunch and a touch of fruit tea. In the mouth it's juicy and tangy, fleshy, cherry fruit is slightly muted, a little sulphur, silky burr. Okay
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2023 Shaw and Smith Pinot Noir
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Slightly more red hued fruit than the Stonier; cherry, strawberry, slight raspberry, touch of wet earth; forest floor. Juicy acidity, fruit tea, red hued fruits, tannins are silky, non intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish. The components are present but it feels a little out of whack at the moment.
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2021 Craggy Range Pinot Noir Single Vineyard Te Muna Road Vineyard
New Zealand, North Island, Wairarapa, Martinborough
Meaty and savoury, wild ferment, slightly baked black cherry fruit, sweet spice and polished oak. On the palate it's concentrated and dense, that baked black cherry note, drying tannins are talc textured, alcohol warmth slightly intrusive on the finish. Woof.
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2021 Nanny Goat Pinot Noir Super Nanny
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Crikey! This is a bit Porty no the nose after the other three Pinot Noirs; extracted black fruits are non delineated, lashings of vanilla and caramel oak. In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity which stops this from being too soupy but it's quite 'bitter oak water with a couple of spoonful's of black fruit jam'. There is some alcohol warmth but it's integrated and helps carry the wine long on the finish.
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2022 Poliziano Rosso di Montepulciano
Italy, Tuscany, Montepulciano, Rosso di Montepulciano
baked earth, cherry, plenty of savoury spice, slight alcohol prickle, a little green note hovers in the background with a tiny touch of Brett. In the mouth it has medium plus intensity acidity, slightly baked cherry fruit. Tannins are tight and drying though surprisingly lightly textured - a raw silky rasp, a touch short; alcohol warmth is all that is left.
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2022 Aphelion Grenache Single Site Brini
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Quite cooked and concentrated red fruits are non-delineated, a little sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, fruit is jammy, dense, thick, woody tannins are drying but the fruit persists. A big and bolshy. Time will, presumably, help
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2022 Te Mata Estate Cabernets / Merlot Awatea
New Zealand, North Island, Hawke's Bay
Fresh black currant, plums, a little pyrazine, sweet oak spice, caramel, vanilla and cream. Juicy, tangy, creamy and rich, plenty of tannic grip, fruit less delineated on the palate, alcohol warmth makes it's presence felt n the finish. Nice nose.
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