Some new arrivals bought fr Auswine.

[Chow Chow]

Buller"s "Rocket Fuel" Calliope 2002 - Gavin thought I'll love this wine but I found it too sweet for my liking. Considering all the hoopla, weighting in at 16% I expected a brute, minus the fangs. This is more Amarone than the Joseph Moda or Mitolo Serpico. No wonder Rutherglen is reknown for their "sweet wines"

Dead Arm 2002 - Less profound than their beastly 2001, has much better depth & concentration than their 2000. True to form and synonmynous with the Dead Arm's tradition. How can this wine be faulted is beyond me.

Veritas Hanisch 2002 - Balance, finese and classy. A bit too civilised for me. A Eillen Hardy(style) from the Barossa if you get my driff....

Magpie Election 2002 - Very similar in profile as the Hanisch abeit more muscular. For the $, this wine outperformed the flagship.

Noon's Cab 2002(bought fr Wickman) - my 2nd tasting. Smelt like a Shiraz, tasted likewise but who cares. As a wine, it raptures my senses and send me into orbit. 100 point for pleasure, 0 point for typicity.

[Gavin Trott]

Buller"s "Rocket Fuel" Calliope 2002 - Gavin thought I'll love this wine but I found it too sweet for my liking. Considering all the hoopla, weighting in at 16% I expected a brute. This is more Amarone than the Joseph Moda or Mitolo Serpico. No wonder Rutherglen is reknown for their "sweet wines"

Dead Arm 2002 - Less profound than their beastly 2001, has much better depth & concentration than their 2000. True to form and synonmynous with the Dead Arm's tradition. How can this wine be faulted is beyond me.

Veritas Hanisch 2002 - Balance, finese and classy. A bit too civilised for me. A Eillen Hardy(style) from the Barossa if get my driff....

Magpie Election 2002 - Very similar in profile as the Hanisch abeit more muscular. For the $, this wine outperformed the flagship.

Noon's Cab 2002(bought fr Wickman) - my 2nd tasting. Smelt like a Shiraz, tasted likewise but who cares. As a wine, it raptures my senses and send me into orbit. 100 point for pleasure, 0 point for typicity.

Hi Martin

Did you decant the Hanisch? Needs a number of hours I find?

Personal favourite that wine!

Calliope, I agree, not my favourite style.

Election, classy stuff.

[Chow Chow]

Gavin,
The Hanisch was decanted for 2-3 hrs in a magnum decanter, it didnt put on any weight, only showing better integration. A technically faultless wine, my only reservation it's a tad too elegant (as compared to their '98 )
p/s.Rolf Binder's wines are never about size, balance is his main agenda.

[TORB]

Rolf Binder's wines are never about size, balance is his main agenda.

I would have thought that was a positive attribute.

As far as the Hanisch being at all like the Eileen, I would disagree, the Hanisch is a far better wine and so is the Heysen.