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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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Mornington Peninsula
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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges
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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges
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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Macedon Ranges
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 Australia, South Eastern
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 Australia, New South Wales, Southern New South Wales, Canberra District
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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
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 Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong
96 points
Confectionary and red fruit on the nose with juicy florals as well. The palate is dense with beautiful fruit. drinking amazingly well.
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