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Tuesday, 12 July 2016

Pertaringa Over the Top Shiraz 2014

  18:31    


Oft well received on these pages over the years (reviews).

Blue/black fruit, toffee-ish fudge notes; savoury notes appear with suggestion of anise.

Sure punch of flavour, with intense, concentrated fruit. It's full, silky with fine powdery tannin. There's a freshening acidity here - provides the vehicle for the tannin to flow across the palate. 


No shortage of length here, black fruit flows endlessly. 92 

 Tasted on: Sunday 12th June, a Root day
Source: Sample
Price: $40
Alcohol: 14.7%
Closure: DIAM
Website: http://www.winesbygeoffhardy.com.au/

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Sunday, 25 May 2014

Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz 2012

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Bearing similarities in profile to its bigger brother, the 'Over the Top' Shiraz, by virtue of choc-plum. The path becomes a little divergent with the presence of some red fruit that pops up its head.

 This is on the face of it, a sweeter wine with red and black fruit present, lighter in feel, drying fine-grained tannin and even a touched of grilled meat. 

Finishes with black fruit, flashes of violet, smooth and easy going in nature. One for now, now harm will be done with up to 6-7 years in the cellar. 90-91 

 Tasted on: Wednesday 21st May, a Root transitioning to Flower day 
Source: Sample
Price: $22
Alcohol: 14.5%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: http://www.pertaringa.com.au/

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Saturday, 24 May 2014

Pertaringa Over The Top Shiraz 2012

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The biggest surprise with this wine was the choice of closure, it's not so often these days that you find an Aussie wine under cork.

 That aside: choc-plum-hazelnut oak; a big, bold and rich wine - but not brutish. Red and black fruits abound on entry, we catch glimpse of a little acid balanced against spice by way of pepper and anis. Tannin is gorgeously fine-grained, backed up by a little toasty oak bitterness and a suggestion of citrus oil.

 Depth and intensity of flavour, carries its weight well - I wish I could say the same. 93

 Tasted on: 20th May 
Source: Sample
Price: $40
Alcohol: 15%
Closure: DIAM
Website: http://www.pertaringa.com.au/

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Thursday, 18 July 2013

Pertaringa Over The Top Shiraz 2010

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Rich, dense and heavy. Would suggest there's some very good quality fruit in this beast, able to soak up the oak and show little sign of its muscular 15% alcohol.

That only tells half the story, there's plum and softer red berry notes on offer here too - good perfume on show, secondary to the dense layered oak and black fruits.

Palate shows fine, drying tannin. Black pepper, hints of mint and black licorice. Viscous and textural, a depth that had me on more than one occasion thinking of Mataro. Licorice forms a core component to the wine's conclusion, providing the predominant line and length, the finish tailing away subtly. 93 - Very Good

Tasted on: Saturday 29th June, a Flower Day
Source: Sample
Price: $40
Alcohol: 15%
Closure: Cork
Website: http://www.pertaringa.com.au

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Monday, 7 March 2011

The Wine List

  09:18    

A holiday in 2009 was a major turning point for me.  I finally managed to visit some of Australia's great wine regions and taste some of its great wines. 

On that holiday, with my travelling companions, we took to photographing each day the wines that we consumed.  What follows is, hopefully, the full chronological list of the wines (full bottles only, not covering tastings at Cellar Doors) consumed on that holiday in 2009.  All bottles (with the exception of those consumed in Katoomba; the Bannockburns and Yering Station) were purchased at the Cellar Door of the winery listed.

Katoomba, NSW - Monday 16th February
1. Two Churches, Barossa Valley Rose, 2007
2. Banrock Station, Sparkling White Shiraz, NV
3. Penfolds, Thomas Hyland Shiraz, 2006
4. Mount Pleasant Philip Shiraz. 2006
5. Dalfarras, Shiraz Viognier, 2004
6. d'Arenberg, "d'Arry's Original" Shiraz Grenache, 2006
7. d'Arenberg, "Laughing Magpie" Shiraz Viognier, 2006

Apollo Bay, VIC - Thursday 19th February
1. Shadowfax, Riesling, 2008
2. Shadowfax, Werribee Shiraz, 2005
3. Shadowfax, Heathcote "One Eye" Shiraz, 2005
4. Yering Station, Shiraz Viognier, 2006

Robe, SA - Saturday 21st February
1. Balnaves, Sparkling Cabernet, NV
2. Shadowfax, Sauvignon Blanc, 2008
3. Balnaves, "Cheeky Red", 2008
4. di Giorgio, "Sterita" Shiraz, 2005

McLaren Vale, SA - Sunday 22nd February
1. Katnook Estate, Sauvignon Blanc, 2008
2. Wynns Coonawarra Estate, Coonawarra Riesling, 2008
3. Bannockburn Geelong, Shiraz, 2004
4. Wynns Coonawarra Estate, "Black Label" Shiraz, 2006

McLaren Vale, SA - Monday 23rd February
1. Gemtree, "Cadenzia" Grenache Tempranillo Shiraz, 2007
2. Red Heads. The Back Shed Shiraz Grenache, 2006
3. Tapestry. "Cadenzia" Old Vine Grenache, 2007
4. d'Arenberg, "Sticks & Stones" Tempranillo Grenache Shiraz. 2005
5. d'Arenberg, "The Last Ditch" Viognier, 2008

Barossa Valley, SA - Tuesday 24th February
1. "Lazy Ballerina" Shiraz Viognier, 2006
2. Red Heads, "The Back Shed" Shiraz Grenache, 2006
3. Wirra Wirra, "Sparrow's Lodge" Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006

Appelation Restaurant, Barossa Valley, SA Wednesday 25th February
1. Pelorus, Sparkling, NV
2. Radford Dale, Eden Valley Riesling, 2007
3. Cooper Burns, Barossa Valley Grenache, 2006
4. Deisen, Barossa Shiraz, 2005

Bay of Shoals, KI - Thursday 26th February
1. Wirra Wirra "Scrubby Rise" Unwooded Chardonnay, 2008
2. d'Arenberg, "The Stump Jump" Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Marsanne, Viognier, Chardonnay, 2007
3. Hardy's, Oomoo Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre, 2006
4. Pertaringa, "Over The Top" Shiraz, 2006

Bay of Shoals, KI - Friday 27th February
1. Majella, "Melody" Rose, 2008
2. Bannockburn Geelong, Pinot Noir, 2005
3. Gemtree, "Obsidian" Shiraz, 2005
4. Peter Lehmann, "Clancy's" Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot (Magnum), 2004
5. d'arenberg, "The Noble Mud Pie", Viognier Pinot Gris Marsanne, 2008

Bay of Shoals, KI - Saturday 28th February
1. Two Hands, Gnarly Dudes Shiraz, 2007
2. Turkey Flat, Rose, 2008
3. Pertaringa, "Scarecrow" Sauvignon Blanc, 2008
4. Woop Woop, Verdelho, 2008
5. Katnook Estate, Chardonnay Brut Blanc de Blancs, 2007
6. Chateau Tanunda, Terroirs Ebenezer Shiraz, 200?
7. Kaesler, "Reid's Rasp" Shiraz, 2008
8. Wynn's, Samuel Port, NV

Brisbane, QLD - Sunday 1st March
1. Langmeil, "Fifth Wave" Grenache, 2006
2. Langmeil, "Orphan Bank" Shiraz, 2006

Brisbane, QLD - Monday 2nd March
1. Isabel, Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, 2008
2. Turkey Flat, Rose, 2008
3. The Black Chook, Sparkling Shiraz, NV
4. Two Hands, Bella's Garden Shiraz, 2006
5. Red Heads, "Yard Dog" Petit Verdot merlot Cabernet Sauvignon, 2006
6. Wirra Wirra, "Catapult" Shiraz Viognier, 2006
7. Langmeil, Fortified Shiraz
8. Wynns, Samuel Port

  

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