TWATS VIII
Simmy's Pink Palace
Tasted March 19, 2010 by tplskylrk with 756 views
Introduction
Nestled deep in the bowels of Stanley Market lies Simmy's Pink Palace. A phallic structure that erects 4-10 stories high, depending on your measuring device. Great view overlooking Stanley Bay and and well hosted by Sim himself.
Theme for the event is anything with the letter C. And so for TWATS who are phonetically and literally challenged this was sure to cause trouble. Etiquette is blind wines with Round One poured by the owner, then Round II with a final chance for pontification befoire the skirts are lifted.
Food on was potato salad, green salad, lamb somethings and bacon wrapped chicken with sun dried tomatoes buried in the middle. Darn good grub for the boys and well needed after 15 opening rounds of taste.
In attendance were host Sim, Tim, Kells, Chris, Clive, JTV, yours truly and guest Andrew, further referred to as New Guy.
After the requisit white brought by Tim we were off and running on Round I followed by a break for grub, then into Round II where as usual things get messy.
Flight 1 - There is only one Flight in a TWAT tasting and it comes at you like a 300lb Gorillaz, best to stand your ground and take it like a man. (9 notes)
Two more wines to add from the night. Most notable an entry from JTV. A Welsh red blend that was apparently used to make Welsh Women more atttractive than the Sheep. It tasted like Sheep Urine but smelled better than the Women.
The Other an Italian that was worse than the Welsh. TWATS don't do Chianti.
II. Very MILFY. Charred, earth, great mouth feel. Spanish?
II. Still good in the mouth, but a acid/oaky finish now. Dry. Strawberries again, fruit lingers in the background. A crowd pleaser, but possibly forgettable.
II. "Ripes the enamel off your teeth", Kells. Big alch., very good, but will this balance out? Lingers nice. "Keep this in your hip flask, Clive. But I don't think that was a compliment.
II. CB likey likey. Punchy. Young, blue fruit, great mouthfeel, smooth. Andrew says he would cross the road for this one!
II. Sweet, alch., hotish. Gaining weight, smoky oaky and a pronounced milk chocolate nose. Niccce. Balanced, will be excellent. Young & gangly like a 16 year old, but approachable in a perverted sort of way.
II. Acid fizz. French for sure. Kells says it is ungraceful . . .
II. Andrew WOTN. Hasn’t fallen apart. Still sweet and nice, like your best friends Mom when you were 16 . . . hmmm. Tastes and smells like Grandma left a Jolly Rancher in her undies . . but still has some Alch & finishing a bit hot now. Niccce.
Wine maker Leigh Eldredge, Clare Valley Sth Aus. This was, I think , the first or maybe second year of bottling following that limited 2000 (?) bottle run of the unlabled cab sav I brought to TW@ts sometime ago. From memory (need to re-read the notes) that had a lot of praise heaped upon it but did also die in the bottle a little bit on round 2. Mind you, I'm never sure we are fully capable of being entirely coherent in our thinking by then....
II. Sim” oh no! Dry old fruit, like a Mammason put back into the house”. Fallen dead.
II. Charcoal nose & bbq chop. Young with heaps of fruit. Extracted Aussie?
Closing
A 6 hour tasting with cleansing Ales and finished with lost wallets, lost keys, lost phones and big heads in the morning.
WOTN was the Galante, a strange entry from Tim that had the crowd in awe. The Shafer a close second, and the Eldrigde bringing it on but fell apart in Round II causing it to drop a notch. Sim nailed the linkage with the Galante & Shafer, niccce.
All in all another TWATish adventure.