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Doug Neal with Hesket, Altera Terra & Gaffy Neal new releases
Prince Wine Store - Bank Street
Tasted June 18, 2022 by AlexGarner with 206 views
Flight 1 - Chardonnay (3 notes)
White
2021 Gaffy & Neal Chardonnay
94 points
A citrus opening on the nose, mostly grapefruit with minerals and matchstick. The palate is delicate pear and ginger with a long acid backbone and a tight mineral finish.
White
2021 Gaffy & Neal Chardonnay Merricks North
92 points
A ripe stone fruit nose with nacho pear and a juicy, rich fruit palate with focussed acid and an unctuous mouthfeel and finish.
White
2021 Hesket Estate Chardonnay
93 points
A juicy lime and lemon nose with notes of wet slate and a floral and delicate palate with ripe pear and stone fruit leading into a mineral finish.
Flight 2 - Pinot and Shiraz (4 notes)
Red
2021 Hesket Estate Pinot Noir Jingella
96 points
A raspberry nose with floral and sweet heady notes and a palate of silky and savoury complexity through to the finish.
Red
2020 Hesket Estate Pinot Noir
97 points
A big nose of cherry and dried herbs and a palate that shows depth and complexity with savoury talkiness and bright fruit.
Red
2021 Altera Terra Shiraz
94 points
This one has McLaren Vale Shiraz as well as the usual Murrumbateman grapes, but this still has a nose of confectionary and plums. There is delicate oak and the palate is chock full of tiny focussed tannins, more plums and raspberry leaf.
Red
2021 Altera Terra Shiraz Fidelis
96 points
Lots of complexity with deep red and blue fruits on the nose and a cedar perfume running through it. The palate is long with ripe red fruits, and integrated silky tannins.
Flight 3 - Cellar releases of Paradise IV (2 notes)
Doug brought along a couple of Paradise IV museum releases from 2010
Red
2010 Paradise IV Chaumont Moorabool Estate
98 points
Wow - I wish I held on to some of these - so much sweet, dark, read fruit with savoury autumn leaves and a fresh ripeness. The palate is super-heady with bold, grippy tannins that a beautifully, structurally integrated.
Red
2010 Paradise IV Shiraz The Bates' Ford Moorabool Estate
96 points
Confectionary and red fruit on the nose with juicy florals as well. The palate is dense with beautiful fruit. drinking amazingly well.