WINE OF THE WEEK

WINE OF THE WEEK:
Thomas Sweetwater Shiraz 09 - One of the best producers in the Hunter Valley, in fact some of the best wines in NSW overall.

Andrew Thomas cut his teeth at Tyrrell's before setting up his own winery with the aim to specialise in great Semillon and Shiraz from single vineyards.

One of my favourite Shiraz of all time.

Dark fruits, olives, limestone & flint and pepper. Mid-weight, savoury and really well balanced. These wines have the stuffing and structure to age wonderfully (I have had several older bottles from Thomas) but the balance really makes them appealling in their youth too. Overall this is a wine of great character, like the NSW State of Origin team. Go Blues!

$33ea - cheaper by the dozen.

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Thomas Wines - Some of the best wines from NSW.

Wine Tastings

I've tasted some interesting wines of late and thought I would share.

First off there is the wines from my Yarra tour. Part two to follow.

Then there was:

Pierre Gaillard St Joseph Clos de Cuminaille 2009 - Brilliant wine! I tasted their standard (horrible term but it is said with love) St Joseph and thought it was a bit tight and mean at the time. But this wine is sensational. It was lush and compact, spicy and savoury with plenty of vibrant fruit. It was a pleasure to drink and I would only wish that they put it in a 1lt bottle. Plenty of dry spices, a certain meaty character with the stoney undertone and red and blue fruits that are the hallmark of great St-Joseph. Seriously good wine!

Krinklewood Chardonnay 2009  - I have a lot of respect for this winery and a quite fond memories too. A biodynamic outfit in the Hunter Valley's subregion of Broke-Fordwich. You might have seen this mentioned in our November drinking wines A beautiful set up really great wines. The 09 Chard is a particular stand out. Very lean and tight. Shows a lot of citrus, peach and nectarine with hints of white flowers. The palate is dry, with a spine of zesty acid. The fruit weight balance this out well and there is great harmony. The wine changes a lot with air too.

Domaine de la Mordoree Tavel Rose 2010  - Also written up in our wines to drink for November. There was a bottle in the fridge that paired nicely with the little heatwave we had. Even though it was nice and cold it still had the lovely rose petal and floral characters with some attractive red fruits. The cold knocked out a bit of the body, but I know from experience that when it is a bit warmer the texture is a highlight of this wine.