Meeting 1: NHP Board Room

Host: Craig Farmer
Theme: Unrestricted

Date: 11th of October 2007
Notes: Duane Roy

• Epis Chardonnay 2005 - With great fruit this wine looks Burgundian at first. With probably a little to much fruit to be from Burgundy, this wine exhibited very good citrus structure and great length. This wine was voted the best wine of the night. (Brought by: Scott Perry)


• Mount Mary Triolet 2001 - Fresh with some development coming through. Aromatic on the nose with a slight honey toast on the palate. Very good length and texture for this type of blend. A very good wine. (Brought by: Peter Matthews)


• Oliver Leflavie Puligny-Montrachet ? - Corked. (Brought by:Duane Roy)


• Yalumba Octavius 2002 - Huge, big, fleshy, oaky monster. Very clean and well made. There was no question about quality of the fruit. This is a very good wine but just not my style. (Brought by: Steve Handley)


• Penfolds RWT 1997 - Disappointing, dried out and looking well passed it best, Shame, maybe a bad bottle! (Brought by: Craig Farmer)


• Guigal Cote Rotie 2000: This wine came very close in the wine of the night voting. It was very typical of the northern Rhone with white pepper, floral and a very stylish structure - great drink. This wine shows that shiraz does not need to be 14.5% to have flavor. A great wine. (Brought by: David Fatches)


• Dugat – PY Gevery Charmbertin 1998 - A lovely nose on this wine - rose petal, cherries and a slight bracken or forest floor character. This wine had great tannin structure which is typical of Gevery Charmbertain. A lovely wine. (Brought by: Phillipe Mady)


• Ravensworth Shiraz Viognier 2005 - A well made wine that is what it is. The nose is fresh apricot with cooler climate spice from the shiraz. A bit 'clunky' on the palate. It seemed that the viognier had been added as something of an afterthought. (Brought by: Peter McKelvey)


• Torbreck Run Rig 1999 - This was the second time I have seen this wine in about a month. It has one of the strangest smells, reminiscent of old cooking oil. With ample fruit and very classy oak handling, this wine is made in more of an elegant style which is surprising for this producer. Good palate weight and length. (Brought by: Phillip Blanco)


• Evans Family Reserve Shiraz 2004 - This wine looked very soft and silky and was universally mistaken for pinot noir. It is a well made wine, with good fruit if perhaps just a little simple. (Brought by: Phil Jacobs)


• Henschke Mt Elelstone 1996 - The second big name in Australian reds to fall short of the mark. This wine seemed past it best and according to others at the table, other bottles have looked the same. With a dried out finish this wine is starting to taste a little plastic. (Brought by: Scott Emerson)