Picardy’s new Burgundian duo
Tasting notes for Picardy’s newly released 2008 Chardonnay and 2007 Tete de Cuvee pinot noir.
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Howard Park Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($25)
WTF I hear you say – a wine review? The day job workload makes writing reviews tricky, especially as we’re on deadline for the summer edition now, but sometimes you just have to do what makes you happen. And while it’s taken me some time to get around to a long-overdue review, doing so does [...]
A swag of chardonnay
Christmas is a time of being busy, hence a lack of updates. What’s been sitting on my “to-blog” list for a while is a recap of the highlights from a chardonnay line up a few weeks back: kind of appropriate because as the calendar makes its way into the business end of the festive season, [...]
Second Generation Winemakers Tasting
After last year’s awesome Second Generation Winemakers (SGW) tasting, I was anxiously anticipating last Thursday’s tasting – and after shutting down my computer after a particularly shithouse day, the prospect of a glass of Picardy chardonnay or Kosovich liqueur muscat was more attractive than a five-day long weekend. The Story So Far (in keeping with [...]
Picardy Chardonnay 2006 ($35)
Last night was spent at Burswood’s swanky new restaurant-bar (A)Lure for Scoop magazine’s spring wine tasting. I’m not the kind of person to eat or drink at top-end eateries and bars on the regular, but (A)Lure certainly looked like it had all the style of Melbourne’s finest watering holes-cum-eateries: impressive wine lists including plenty of [...]
Picardy Pinot Noir 2005 ($35)
Alluring varietally correct nose of sour cherries, fennel, hints of snapped twig, earth and rhubarb – a great combination of fruit and forest floor. Stunningly juicy palate full of all the flavours on the nose with and undercurrent of sour cherry helping the wine along. Fine, chalky tannins line the side of the mouth while [...]