My Other Stuff...
…being made up of a combination of parts of my Flickr stream; recent wines reviewed on Corkscore; my Blippr reviews; and blip.fm blips, this reads a little like a list of recent obsessions.
Which is it, in a way…
Matawhero Gewürztraminer 2009
6 days ago
87 points - Nice pale yellow in the glass, and all the usual scents you'd expect. A sort of medium-dry in the mouth, but yet with a really mouth-filling, thick texture. Acidic end provides balance. Nice.
Tasted on Sun, Aug 29, 2010.
Judge Rock St Laurent 2009
6 days ago
88 points - Lovely dark red in colour, some nice plum on the nose. It's fruity but restrained, if that makes sense, and is nicely balanced with a dash of acid and tannin. Coming across like a less overbearing Pinot Noir, I'm thinking this is much more of a wine to match with food than many of its Central Otago cousins.
Tasted on Sat, Aug 28, 2010.
Rosemount Estate Diamond Label Shiraz 2008
14 days ago
84 points - The usual dark Aussie shiraz in the glass, peppery nose. (I am in need of more adjectives... or could it be this wine does not inspire them?) Though reasonably balanced, it is a little bland but still better than the '07.
Tasted on Fri, Aug 20, 2010.
Hudson Vineyard Mokopuna Martinborough Sauvignon Blanc 2008
24 days ago
86 points - Pale yellow. Intense nose of pineapples, and even something my imagination named as “bubblegum”. Acidic, but I suppose not unusually so for a Sauvignon Blanc. Sweetish. Not bad—I should try more non-Marlborough examples.
Tasted on Tue, Aug 10, 2010.
Penfolds Thomas Hyland Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
28 days ago
86 points - Red, thick, tannic. Quite fruity initially, but fades under a rush of tannins. I think I need to clean my teeth now.
Tasted on Fri, Aug 6, 2010.
Montana Reserve South Island Pinot Noir 2009
28 days ago
86 points - Red with a little brown, fruity with a little pepper. Pretty much consistent with the '08. In other words: good, but don't overpay.
Tasted on Fri, Aug 6, 2010.
Blackboard Wines Cellar 9 East Coast Pinot Gris 2008
34 days ago
84 points - Yellow. Pineappley, very fruity. But also very sweet. Drinkable.
Tasted on Fri, Jul 30, 2010.
Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Merlot 2005
41 days ago
91 points - Plum coloured. Peppery and strong, thick and almost toffee-ish, a very appropriate follow-on from the Pisa Range Pinot we had earlier. I had always thought Craggy Range was over-hyped, but this wine has put paid to that idea! Like the Pisa Range Pinot though, this is not a casual drinking wine.
Tasted on Sat, Jul 24, 2010.
Matahiwi Estate Wairarapa Pinot Noir 2008
62 days ago
89 points - Lovely dark colour. Cherry fruit on the nose. Thick & concentrated, no lightweight. A touch of bitterness and quite a lot of oak at the end, perhaps a smidge too much. But still, a very nice Wairarapa Pinot Noir, and outstanding at this price.
Tasted on Sat, Aug 7, 2010.
Marvin Gaye vs. The Pixies – Get It On My Mind (DJ Zebra Mash)
121 days ago
DJ Zebra does it again. I love this stuff.
DJ Zebra – This Tainted Love (Bob Marley vs. Soft Cell)
121 days ago
Another DJ Zebra masterpiece - love the way the lyrics play off each other...
Marvin Gaye vs. The Pixies – Get It On My Mind (DJ Zebra Mash)
184 days ago
Genius squared, through some gallic formula applied by DJ Zebra.
dubh loved "The Magicians" on blippr
190 days ago
Beautifully written, short but fulfilling, this is a great story about what it might mean to be a magician. Fantasy, yes, but grounded in character & humanity. =D
Victor Menegaux – Going Back To Dani (Notorious B.I.G. vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers)
231 days ago
Finally, a track that makes sense of both the Chili Peppers & Notorious AT THE SAME TIME.
DJ Fac – freeland vs ram jam - black betty in ensenada
231 days ago
Have we found @noirbetty?
