WINE TASTING GROUP. TUESDAY 30TH
APRIL’
WE MET AT RAY AND JUNE’S HOUSE WHERE WE HAD A VERY PLEASANT
AFTERNOON OF TASTING ALONG WITH AN EXCELLENT SELECTION OF CHEESE AND BISCUITS TO
ACCOMPANY THE WINE.
THE FIRST WINE SERVED WAS A 2010 CALIFORNIAN SHIRAZ FROM
WAITROSE COSTING £6.99. THIS WINE RECEIVED HIGH PRAISE, AND RECEIVED AN AVERAGE
MARK OF 8.5, POSSIBLY THE HIGHEST OF ANY WINES THAT WE HAVE TRIED OVER THE LAST
2 YEARS. IT HAD A HEALTHY, BRIGHT APPEARANCE WITH PLEASANT SMELL. A LIGHT TASTE
WAS SUPPLEMENTED WITH A LONG AFTERTASTE WITH THE FLAVOUR LASTING. THE WINE IS
PRODUCED BY ROBERT MONDAVI AT THE WOODBRIGE WINERY ACAMPO CALIFORNIA AND
PRODUCES A VELVETY SHIRAZ LACED WITH DARK BERRY AND PLUM CHARACTER, WITH GOOD
OAK AGING. WE ALL THOUGHT THIS TO BE AN EXCELLENT WINE.
OUR SECOND WINE WAS ALSO A SHIRAZ, BUT FROM AUSTRALIA. THIS
WAS A 2009 FROM THE BUCKINGHAM ESTATE IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WHICH WAS PURCHASED
FROM MORRISONS AT £8.99. THE VINYARD IS IN AN AREA OF AUSTRALIA WITH A SLIGHTLY
COOLER CLIMATE, WHICH HELPS TO PRODUCE THIS GOOD WINE WHICH HAS DEEP PLUM
COLOURING WITH COMPLEX AROMAS ENCOMPASSING BLACKBERRY, DARK CHOCOLATE, BLACK
OLIVE AND CINNAMON. THIS WINE WAS AGAIN APPRECIATED BY ALL OF US AND WHILST NOT
REACHING THE SAME APPROVAL AS THE FIRST WINE STILL RECEIVED A VERY RESPECTABLE
AVERAGE SCORE OF 8. VERY DRINKABLE.
SHIRAZ IS THE MOST POPULAR WINE GRAPE IN AUSTRALIA, AND IS
GROWN EXTENSIVELY IN FRANCE AND CALIFORNIA, AND IS BEST DRUNK FAIRLY
YOUNG.
THE NEXT MEETING OF OUR GROUP WILL BE HELD AT DAVE AND
MOLLY’S ON TUES 28TH MAY.
JOHN BENFIELD
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