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Langtons cellar club tasting october 2012
Roof Terrace Australian Museum
Tasted October 4, 2012 by chatters with 275 views
Introduction
standard bun fight...
Flight 1 - Parker Estate (2 notes)
Surprisingly poor showing from an otherwise good producer...
Red
2008 Parker Coonawarra Estate First Growth
Black concentrated jammy fruit, vanilla and coconut. Far too young.
Flight 2 - Farr Rising (4 notes)
The Pinot was good...
Rosé
2012 Farr Rising Saignée
Pale pink with some tears. Medium minus Aromas of generic red fruit, cream soda and slight sweet spice. In the mouth the wine is surprisingly dry and savoury with red fruit notes but that finishes warm, bitter and slightly astringent. Nah.
White
2011 Farr Rising Chardonnay
Pale lemon green. Aromas of toast, slight apple, touches of stone fruit, slight buttery notes. In the mouth there is some phenolic grip on the front of the mouth with stone fruit, oak, butter and sweet spice. The wine is a bit warm but lacks acidity. good none the less.
Red
2011 Farr Rising Pinot Noir Geelong
Pale ruby, clear with some tears. On the nose the wine has aromas of spice, sulphur, slight red fruit - strawberries, leather, leather and clove and some bacon notes. In the mouth the flavours are tinged with smoke over red fruit, spice and white pepper. the spice carries on the long finish and there is the introduction of a certain stalkiness. Nice but a little disjointed.
Red
2010 Farr Rising Shiraz Geelong
Surprisingly pale purple coloured. Aromas of green and black pepper over black berry and currants. There is also some slight oak spice. More of the same in the mouth - it's nice but the finish is rather short.
Flight 3 - Clonakilla (4 notes)
White
2012 Clonakilla Riesling
pale lemon green. Plenty of acid, fruity and a touch of residual sugar. Very nice.
White
2011 Clonakilla Viognier
Pale lemon. Ginger spice, phenolic grip on the front of mouth, sulphur and barnyard stink as well. Nice
Red
2011 Clonakilla Shiraz O'Riada
Purple with some legs. Medium plus aromas of blackberry over black and green peppercorns, leather, sweet tobacco and spice. In the mouth, though, the wine is bitter and astringent, bit rubber, bit nasty, but unpleasant. Nah
Red
2011 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier
Deep purple. Aromas of bacon, spice, green peppercorn, roses, slight black berry. In the mouth there is medium plus acid, spice, oak, pepper but it is a touch dull and muted at this stage.
Closing
clonakilla riesling was a surprise...very nice and a reasonable price...lovely in fact