Earthworks Barossa Shiraz 2011

I just wanted a nice glass of red wine. Is it that hard? I don't know, but my, the tannins on this were tough.

Earthworks Barossa Shiraz 2011, 13.5%

Garnet in colour

Chocolatey/oak, plums and prunes on the nose.

Medium body
Savoury high tannin
Medium/high acid
Slight Plum
Cassis? Can you have cassis in a shiraz? Is that just a cab sauv thing? hmmmmm.

Boooring. For a vegetarian.

Recommended for big beefy types who enjoy black charred steak and need something tough to wash it down with before going clubbing and starting fights with weaker lentil-eating-constitution types. And then eating more steak for breakfast before a protein shake of raw eggs and the gym.

And not sleeping cos they're MACHINES and they never stop til Skynet takes over the world!!!

g x

Rosemount Estate Traminer Reisling

Yeah so I'm broke. Don't judge me.

I was making blue cheese, walnut, apple and rocket salad for a friend, and was thinking Spatlese or similar. The man in Liquorland told me to buy this. It was $10. Hopeful, I yielded. ..Yeah, I know. :S

Rosemount Estate
Traminer Reisling 2012

light lemon colour

nose: citrus, melon, rose petals. Promising!

palate: fruity, rose, lemon, apple, fermented fruit.

Not a great balance of sweet and acid- overwhelmingly sweet, and not in a good way. Good quality off-dry reisling can have a lovely playful sour/sweet balance, but it's something that has to be just right. It felt like drinking sherbet.

And as for the traminer part, gewitztraminer is actually my favourite style of wine. However the lovely lychee flavours were absent and rose more like fake essence.

A bit of a fail! But we drank it anyway!

My fiance is back next week and sure to be bringing back oodles of excellently selected wine to taste, yay! :)

Plus, we will be moving to the Barossa Valley, South Australia (home of many many excellent wineries) in two weeks! Many hearty shirazzzes this winter. Hopefully I get a job selling wine and it's all go from there. Blogs galore! ..My poor liver... :)

g x