Welcome to oak city, and what a lovely place it is. Rich deep tannins render these vintages very deep, dark red in colour. The ’98 is perhaps begining to get a little old (or perhaps not cellared correctly) but both are quite drinkable now. Like the St Henri’s an unrushed and patient period of time allowing it to open up is essential for this wine.
nmsld
Normally I am not a fan of the younger wines, prefering some age in them, but for some reason this drop resonates well with me. Plenty of fruit, hints of wood, but a depth that is surprising not at all watery. A definate keeper more reqired :D.
nwld
St Henri is my benchmark for wines, many thanks to Andrew who first gave me a bottle of the 1997 vintage. The 1999 while not as good as the ’97 is a damn fine wine, it is essential that this drop be given sufficient time to open up, else it does not taste as good, you cannot hurry it.
Highly recommened.
nwld
This drop, while in and of itself is not all that horrible, it has confirmed to me that I do not like wines made from Pinot. They seem too superficial with the fruitiness being nice and strong, but it is not offset well with its acid content. To me its just bam, in your face and gone, nothing to savour nothing to enjoy. At least I know to concentrate on my Cab’s and Shiraz’s now.
What is with Microsoft’s current beta software – it seems to enable it for everything.
Internet Explorer 7? beta – UnclearType enabled everywhere.
Office 2007 beta – UnclearType enabled everywhere.
I have a nice sharp LCD, this “Cleartype” or as I refer to it UnclearType is a step backwards, and renders it unusable for me 🙁 (and it wont disable when I tell it too).
MacZOT.com Fans want Pzizz because ‘According to the National Sleep Foundation, sleep deprivation and its effect on work performance may be costing U.S. employers some $18 billion each year in lost productivity. Another study pushes this cost to over $100 billion.’ – link to full article
We have another blogZot on our hands people! This time you need to wake up and smell the roses 😉
A very useful guide on converting DVD’s to AVI’s/XviD’s.
M
McLaren Vale, Padthaway and Beechworth the grapes from this passable Shiraz hail from. Together in the bottle and oak a decently spicy with fruity hints seem to remain. While its not something to rave over, it is enjoyable and goes well with good food.
M
This is one nice Cabernet, its earthy, deep even somewhat mushroomy with hints of bite. It would go well with almost any mediterranean food, or even standard european continental food. At 30-40 a bottle its not cheap, but well worth it.
M
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