tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547979981063230374.post417938039937587806..comments2024-03-13T05:25:22.520-07:00Comments on Australian Wine Journal: CASE IN POINT - TORBRECK CUVÉE JUVENILES 2009 (From 29-Sep-2010)Chris Plummerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01038102858732379506noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547979981063230374.post-39742341093730334022010-11-22T22:01:43.850-08:002010-11-22T22:01:43.850-08:00Tetsuya's and Tapanappa hey? You Sydney folk s...Tetsuya's and Tapanappa hey? You Sydney folk sure know how to celebrate a birthday....<br /><br />;)Chris Plummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038102858732379506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547979981063230374.post-11005736626716478752010-11-21T18:51:05.233-08:002010-11-21T18:51:05.233-08:00Hey Chris,
I have gone back to the label based on ...Hey Chris,<br />I have gone back to the label based on the experience - they now have all but their top wine under screwcap. In regards corks vs screwcaps - I agree with the view that the best wine closure is the perfect cork - only problem being there are not many of them!! :-( Will be interesting to see how diam and screwcaps go with the premium red wines in 10-15 years time. Australia has made the call for screwcaps, I assume it will not come back to bite us!<br /><br />As for the Tapanappa PN, I agree - first tried it at a birthday dinner at Tetsuyas and it was very nice. Quite approachable now, though I would say it could still develop. THe 07 and 09 I tried on other occaisions were more closed and built to age. A very promising wine (cork permitting!) :-)<br />Cheers,<br /><br />RBJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07349650780859100896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547979981063230374.post-33132107535932828732010-11-18T01:40:47.373-08:002010-11-18T01:40:47.373-08:00Thanks Brown - and no - love the waffle! ;)
Sound...Thanks Brown - and no - love the waffle! ;)<br /><br />Sounds like a 'right' family of Barossa shiraz; some common threads present but no two the same, quite amazing really! Out of interest, do you still buy the label based on this experience?<br /><br />Casey and I pulled the cork on an 08 Tapanappa Pinot Noir last night (brilliant wine methinks) and as much as we both agreed that cork taint sucks, both of us were under complete agreement that it would be sad to see corks disappear from wine altogether.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Chris PChris Plummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01038102858732379506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7547979981063230374.post-28817437997908796302010-11-16T18:32:23.630-08:002010-11-16T18:32:23.630-08:00Interesting, and as you expected. THe finish of th...Interesting, and as you expected. THe finish of the second bottle is more in line with the CJ's that I have had in the past. I did the same thing with 4 bottles of a Barossa Valley Shiraz I over-ordered back in the day, opening one bottle every 3 weeks or so. They were all under cork. One was corked and I didnt drink it, the other was partially corked, and puzzled me no-end, much like your experience here. I had tried bottles of the wine before and liked it, yet this one had a bit of the wet bandage and nowhere near the same amount of fruit. Anyways, the 3rd and 4th bottles revealed the 2nd bottle to indeed be partially corked, the 3rd bottle was probably a 90pt wine the 4th one a 94! the joys and pain of corks and also (as may have been the case here), compromised screwcap closures.<br />Sorry for the waffle!<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />BrownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com