Finally!

My first post since October 2008. Life is busy.
Work takes up an inordinate amount of time.
Preparation for the minutiae of daily stuff.
Shopping,
Meals for the family,
Clothes, gear and food for work and pre work fitness sessions,
The boys afternoon football training and Sunday matches.

Relax a moment, drink some wine, write a note.
Post it.

Not lately!

A new post.
A new blog layout.

BOCHARA PINOT NOIR 2004

I have posted tasting notes for this wine here previously. It is a wine worth revisiting.
This wine was a find and a bargain. First tasted at the cellar door. It is rich and flavoursome and very moreish.
My previous notes are on the money. Liqueur cherry, cinnamon and cloves, quite sweet in a fruit sense. If anything the wine seems to be almost unchanged, undeveloped and a little hedonistic. It possibly lacks a little in structure, but I am willing to forgive this for the pure pleasure of drinking it.

Tasted: July 2009
Source: Cellar door
Price: $20 (2006)
Drink: Now - 2012
Score: 92

I just tried to access the Bochara website and it is not to be found. Hopefully this is not an ill wind in these times.

PONDALOWIE Shiraz Viognier 2004

This is a big bold fruit driven wine, it is deep in colour and rich on nose and palate. It opened a little disjointed but within an hour or so the wine was showing blackberry, fennel, dark chocolate aroma's and flavours in an enjoyable combination, there was also a pleasant hint of apricot blossom (from viognier?) on nose. Enjoyable wine but not for the long term.

Tasted: August 08
Source: Mailing List
Price: $30
Drink: to 2012
Score: 92

Pondalowie Wines

TENUTA DI VALGIORNO PALISTORTI 2004

Very deep ruby, almost black, the nose showed rich cherry and spice. Deep dark cherry flavours regale the palate, undergrowth, spice and herbs fill the mouth. Chalky drying tannins finish an anjoyable wine, this is excellent with food and has many years of live to come.

Tasted: January 2008
Source: Prince Wine Store
Price: $50
Drink: 2010 - 2018
Score: 93

Tenuta di Valgiorno

PROVIDENCE Pinot Noir 2004

Another wine from our March trip to Tassie. Providence is an interesting vineyard to visit, it operates like an agent for a large number of other Tasmanian wine companies. You can taste a range of Providence wines and when it comes time to make a purchase you can choose from a range of about 50 others, many hard to get wineries included. The callar door is manned by the owners and they are very knowledgable about the wines on sale, and about the tasmanian Industry as a whole.

This wine was quite a light bright ruby colour, the nose speaks of pinot noir, strawberries and red cherries some leesy yeasty aromas, the palate is in the strawberry and sour cherry spectrum sappy with good length. Quite full in the mouth and will improve over 3-4 years.

Tasted: July 2008
Source: Providence Cellar Door
Price: $25
Drink: 2010 - 2012
Score: 89

http://www.providence-vineyards.com.au/

BALGOWNIE ESTATE Shiraz 2004

Bendigo grapes, deep colour purple/black. Plum pudding, spice, coffee on nose. The palate is lovely and soft in the mouth, very gentle and drinkable blackberry, spice, very gemtle tannins. The wine has a long life ahead of it if you can leave it alone.

Tasted: April 2008
Source: Cellar Door
Price: $25
Drink: 2012 - 2022
Score: 93

http://www.balgownieestate.com.au/

42° S Pinot Noir

We spent 3 weeks in Tasmania in March. A beautiful, rugged and yet refined part of the world. We spent our time between the pleasures of food, wine, sight seeing and bushwalking. A terrific holiday.

This is the first tasting note from the trip, I have a number to follow.

This wine was made by Andrew Hood. Deep ruby colour, black cherry and forest floor nose. Black fruit, cherries, plums and forest floor on the palate. Good length chalky tannins.

Tasted: March 2008
Source: Grape, Hobart
Price: $32
Drink: to 2010
Score: 92

BOCHARA Pinot Noir 2004

We picked this wine up at the winery when travelling home following a weekend in Coonawarra. It turned out to be a highlight.

The wine is a deep crimson. It aroma's are reminicient Haigh's liquor cherry chocolates, The palate is all blackcherries and kirsch with hints of exotic spices, full, rich and velvety in the bigger style of pinot noir.

Tasted: June 2008
Source: Cellar door
Price: $20 (2006)
Drink: Now - 2012
Score: 93
http://www.bocharawine.com.au/