Christmas Day Wines Round-Up
Being a 1 grand Pom (10 pounds adjusted for inflation and about the cost of a flight these days), I find it hard to discard the need to have a full on roast dinner for Christmas.
That said, eating in our household is all about over-catering and focussing on Boxing Day where we eat Boxing Day Pie - a pie made from left over Christmas dinner ingredients. Not to be missed.
Here's a round-up of the wine consumed round our way.
Parker Estate Terra Rossa First Growth Cabernet Sauvignon 2000
In my limited experience of tasting, I love Coonawarra Cabernet - I really feel I can taste the lovely Terra Rossa soil. This is no exception. A lovely heady aroma of beautiful brambly red fruits and quality oak - that wonderful cedary cigar box aroma. On the palate the oak gives a fine spice on the fore palate that expresses itself as a drying finish with fine tannins. More black fruits on the follow through. A winemakers' wine, could easily live for another 5-10 years.
Peter Lehmann The Black Queen Sparkling Shiraz 2001 (Disgorged 2008)
Plummy richness on the nose, the quality of the fruit shining through already. On the palate, chocolate - with a generous mix of fruit coming through again. The finish is yeasty, not quite the 'biscuity' finish of a good champagne. Again, more plummy notes, earthen on the extreme length.
Witches Falls 2006 Granite Belt Syrah
Immediate aroma is highly reductive, sulphur and a tad of cordite (I love the smell of cordite in the morning!). It settled down after about 20-30 minutes to present a coffee-ish note. On the palate, plummy spice on a medium body. The finish shows more of that spice to the end.
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