2001 Geysler =91Bundle of Scheu=92 Sekt =96 a German bubbly, obviously made
from Scheurebe, light in colour with a lime nose nicely perfumed, good
mousse, no yeast, clean
2002 Balthasar Ress Hettenheimer Nussbrunnen Auslese =96 petrol nose,
fairly sweet and somewhat too low in acidity for my taste, to carry
off the level of RS, but decent
2004 Niepoort Redoma Branco =96 dry with a slight almond flavour, soft,
smooth, balanced, but wouldn=92t be on my buy list at $60.
2000 Montus Pacherenc de Vi-bilh Sec =96 rare white from Madiran, made
from arrufiac and gros and petit manseng in varying amounts this
showed a green gold colour, a very interesting nose, quite full
flavoured with a lingering finish.
2005 Dom. de Comtes de Lafon Volnay =96 the village wine made from young
vines, this had a medium colour very nice nose with sweet cherry and a
whiff of pepper, and on palate, lots of acidity. With time the nose
segued into more raspberry than cherry.
2006 Dom. de Cristia Cotes du Rhone =96 this was produced by mistake
thinking it was the next wine, so it caused some confusion. Might as
well note it though, as it was quite decent, with youthful colour
sweet ripe nose, slightly hot, good fruit and still lots of tannin.
1988 Dom. de Comtes de Lafon Volnay-Santenots du Milieu =96 old mature
pale colour, mature pinot nose, very smooth on palate with a nice
sweetness at the end. delightful mature Burgundy.
1996 Hillebrand Estates Cabernet Merlot (Niagara) =96 the colour of this
seemed about 10 years older than the wine turned out to be. Some mint
in the nose, and green pepper, not much left on palate.
1992 Peter Lehmann Stonewell ****raz =96 this producer=92s top ****raz, and
much more restrained than most Barossa ****raz. Dark with lightening
edges, very mellow vanilla mint nose, sweet fruit in the mouth with
nice balance and good acidity. ready to roll now.
1997 Ch. Lafon Rochet =96 dark clear wine with a funky nose to start
with coca and a green component. Not enough fruit in midpalate, but
pleasant drinking now.
1988 Ch. Guiraud =96 lemon colour, nice Sauternes nose although no real
botrytis evident, some stuffing in the middle, fair balance with god
acidity and time left.
1988 Ch. Suduiraut =96 quite a bit darker with a hotter nose with
botrytis, mellows on palate, but lower acid than the Guiraud and not
as fresh.
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