3 importers trade tasting
Monopole, Sydney
Tasted Tuesday, October 15, 2024 by chatters with 143 views
Introduction
A double quick dash into town to try some wines. Time was tight so it was sniff, slurp, spit, scribe…
Flight 1 (17 Notes)
Closing
The usual mixed bag of interesting, charming, odd and downright unpleasant wines.
2023 Domaine Séguinot-Bordet Chablis
France, Burgundy, Chablis
Citrus; a little lemon and lemon Sherbet, slightly candied notes. Juicy , fleshy, fresh, easy and charming. Nice.
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2022 Domaine Séguinot-Bordet Chablis 1er Cru Fourchaume
France, Burgundy, Chablis, Chablis 1er Cru
Rich, generous, spiced, the fruit is in the background but present. Juicy acid is, perhaps, a little too light otherwise nice.
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2022 Laurent Savoye Beaujolais-Villages Prestige
France, Burgundy, Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages
Savoury with jubey cherry fruit, savoury spices, juicy fleshy, slightly bitter lightweight cherry fruit, simple.
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2021 Villa Raiano Aglianico Campania IGT
Italy, Campania, Campania IGT
Quite light smelling, almost dilute, showing red plums, spice, but with some contrary alcohol warmth. Earthy and savoury, though dialled back, plummy fruit, softly textured burr. Hmm. Entry level/lighter style/young vines?
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2018 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo del Comune di Verduno
Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo
Dusty baked earth, alcohol prickle, slightly meaty background with red fruits and touches of dried peel, In the mouth it's juicy with coarse flour textured tannins, fruit plays third fiddle here. Hmm.
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2015 Château Dutruch Grand Poujeaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
caramel oak, sweet spice, muted fruits shows slight plums, cream. Juicy, savoury, slightly bitter, simple tannins are silky. Bottle feels a little flat <shrugs>
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2012 Château Dutruch Grand Poujeaux
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Moulis en Médoc
Earth, a little sweet spice, leather caramel, again fruit in the background and, again, showing plums. Juicy, fleshy with woody tannins tugging at the tongue affectionally, muted plummy fruit persists long. Nice.
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2016 Château Serilhan
France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Saint-Estèphe
Earthy, savoury, blackcurrant over plum fruit, slight alcohol prickle here as well. Juicy, blackcurrant more to the fore, plentiful grippy tannins, simple, long, non-intrusive alcohol warmth on the finish. Nice.
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2021 Fontodi Chianti Classico
Italy, Tuscany, Chianti, Chianti Classico DOCG
Savoury red cherry, a little herbaceous note pushes things to the fruit tea space. Simple though not unpleasant nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, super persistent tannins are powdery, fruit fresh not sour though. Long, balanced, lovely.
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2019 Castello Romitorio Brunello di Montalcino
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Alcohol prickle, oxidised notes show baked caramel, cherry fruit with a slightly jubey fruit lozenge underpin, polished oak. Medium plus intensity acidity, cherry, bitter drying chewy tannins here and a meaty underpin, all persists long It's a bit tight and a touch out of whack, I'd usually say time but that oxidative note is a problem. Not the kind of BdM I like.
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2022 Domaine Courbis Cornas La Sabarotte
France, Rhône, Northern Rhône, Cornas
Savoury black berry fruit with a tiny fruit sweet core and a touch of charcuterie meatiness, crushed rock and black olive. Juicy, savoury black fruits with a little liquorice, tight tannins in support showing a little caramel and sweet spice, .Young but balanced and pleasant. Will be nice when the oak has integrated a little better in a 2-3 years.
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2024 Turon Wines Pinot Gris
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Clean, rock melon over pear, slightly floral top notes. Juicy, pretty, tangy fresh textured grip, jubey fruit, simple, nice.
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2022 Varney Wines Chardonnay
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
medium minus intensity aromas of a little struck match, quite green herbaceous noes, touches of sweet spice, muted fruit is non delineated. Slightly tart though equally non-delineated fruit on the palate, a little texture. Meh.
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2022 Domaine Rewa Chardonnay
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Rich aromas of bacon fat, toasted notes, slight butter, spice, stone fruit. Juicy, fleshy, butter, oak, fruit in the background, textured. Hmm. More time to integrate?
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2023 Evenfall Chardonnay
Australia, Tasmania, Coal River
Lemon, lean, hard, slightly bitter. Nah
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2019 Domaine Rewa Pinot Noir
New Zealand, South Island, Otago, Central Otago
Medium plus intensity aromas of lightweight cherry, a little sweet spice and oak, juicy, fleshy, tangy, cherry fruit though this has a lot more power on the palate. Fairly simple though.
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2018 Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino
Italy, Tuscany, Montalcino, Brunello di Montalcino
Clay, cherry, slight alcohol prickle, a little fresh tobacco leaf, sweet spice. Juicy, fleshy, alcohol warmth, rich, concentrated but slightly oxidised cherry fruit makes this slide into the 'not for me' space.
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