Tasting Notes Big Shed Wines Glenlyon Australia

big shed wines tasting notes 2008

2006 Semillon (tasted March 08)

Honey, wax and citrus aromas are evident in this gold- coloured wine. The palate displays attractive clean white peach and melon flavours with hints of honeysuckle. It is a dry style, medium bodied with the waxy/lanolin mouthfeel characteristic of semillon, and some refreshing acidity. Long palate. Drinking well now.

Bendigo Wine Region – 13.7% alcohol

Gold medal and first sash – Kyneton Wine Show 2007

Best wine in Show – Kyneton Wine Show 2007

2004 Chardonnay
A perfect balance of oak, fruit and buttery flavours: ripe peaches and mandarins followed by walnuts and butter. A rich but clean voluptuous finish.
Macedon Ranges Wine Region – 13.5% alcohol
Bronze medals – Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition 2005
Daylesford Wine Show 2005
Kyneton Wine Show 2006

2005 Chardonnay More oaky and phenolic than the '04 Chardonnay. Macedon Ranges Wine Region - 14.3% alcohol Silver medal - Daylesford Wine Show 2007

2005 Pinot Noir
Estate grown fruit from vines planted in 1999, this wine has a mid-red colour, with perfumed, forest floor and beetroot aromas. A spicy, savoury palate and soft tannins make it a great match with food.
Macedon Ranges Wine Region – 14% alcohol
Bronze medal –Daylesford Wine Show 2006

2003 Cabernet Merlot
Dark purple/red in colour; ripe blackcurrants and blueberries with allspice and licorice. A big rich wine which with careful cellaring will soften and open up over the next 5 – 8 years.
Bendigo Wine Region – 14.5% alcohol
Silver medal – Daylesford Wine Show 2005
Bronze medal – Daylesford Wine Show 2006

2004 Cabernets
A typical Bordeaux blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Cabernet Franc and 5% Merlot, this is a deep inky black wine with strong purple edges. Mouth-filling ripe mulberries and blackberries on the palate, layered with liquorice and vanilla. Good length and ripe rich tannins.
Bendigo and Macedon Ranges Wine Regions – 14.7% alcohol
Silver medal – Victorian Wines Show 2006
Bronze medals – Daylesford Wine Show 2006
- Le Concours des Vins du Victoria 2006
- Kyneton Wine Show 2006
***** Winestate Magazine August 2008

2005 Cabernets (tasted March 08) This deep ruby-coloured wine takes a little time to open up. Initially it displays some blackberry aromas with a hint of bubblegum but it soon also develops some savoury, cherry and caramel notes. This is a ripe style that has a considerable depth of flavour: black cherry and sweet blood plums along with the pronounced mintiness of cool climate cabernet sauvignon. The palate is fleshy, full bodied, with generous alcohol and balanced with a just a hint of bitterness and soft, powdery tannins. It needs a little air to fully display the depth and range of its flavours and so would benefit from careful decanting. Preservative free. 80% Cabernet Sauvignon 20% Cabernet Franc Bendigo Wine Region – 14.9% alcohol

2004 Reserve Shiraz
A very dark purple wine with a typical cool climate nose of mint, eucalyptus and green peppercorn. The palate shows chocolate and berries, followed by a spice box of star anise, cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Preservative free.
Macedon Ranges Region – 14.7% alcohol
Bronze medals - Macedon Ranges Wine Exhibition 2006
Daylesford Wine Show 2006

2005 Shiraz Cabernet Spicy, ripe raspberry and plum aromas meld with the attractive vanillin oak notes in this wine. There is considerable depth of flavour in the glass: black fruits, plum and violets and mint. The well handled oak provides a chocolate note and fine, powdery tannins. This is a harmonious wine, with both sweet and savoury notes, that has a long palate and aftertaste. It is drinking well now but also develops in the glass – showing that it has some cellaring potential.
Alpine Valleys Wine Region – 14.9% alcohol

2005 Sweeet Semillon
This is a cut-cane Semillon, ie the canes are cut in late summer so that no more water can reach the berries which consequently shrivel and concentrate the flavour and sugar. Pleasantly sweet with a touch of French oak and a clean finish.
Bendigo Wine Region - 15% alcohol

2005 Intrigue
A simple, light semi-sweet white wine with a fresh floral bouquet and fruit salad flavours on the palate. Perfect summer lunchtime drinking.
Rutherglen region, 11% alcohol

FORTIFIEDS

Sticky Stuff – Port
A young, Merlot based single vintage, still dark red, warm and chocolatey in the glass. A sweeter style that will develop in the bottle for 20 years or more, although we wager none will last that long.
Riverland region, 18% alcohol

Sticky Stuff – Muscat
What can we say about this one? Our most infamously delicious potion, one so fiendishly seductive… her siren song draws customers from as far away as Queensland, and Mars. Felix, our much lauded cellar door host, has been known to drink up to 14 bottles a day, so best to come early while there’s still some left for you.
Rutherglen region, 18% alcohol