Perth
WA 6056
Australia
Telephone: +61 8 9296 4831
Visited: 2 June 2008 This is one of those wineries where the wine maker lives right next to the cellar and makes wine primarily for himself. He has a nicely practised sales-pattern that goes down well with the ladies and I believed him when he told us that he makes the wines for himself.He has set up a nice bar area in front of the casks and will quite happily open up a bottle of what he still has in stock. It is a bit unpleasant when you walk into the tasting room and they hand you the menu and the host immediately says that half the wines are sold out. Why put them on the menu then? For the rest, it was nice and social and it looked like a nice sort of place to spend an afternoon. On to the wines...
Flood Gully Chardonnay 2006 $15
This wine has one hell of an after-burn and that is about the kindest thing I can say about it.
Cabernet-Sauvignon-Malbec 2004 $16
This has a light body and the ever present after-burn
Shiraz 2006 $16
This is an unusual Shiraz primarily because of the taste of humbugs. The aniseedy taste is very slight but noticeable and can make this wine a discussion piece around the table. It is very sweet and is also tasted like a it would have little life expectancy. Drink immediately.
Verdict: I wouldn't go back to this place if I had any say in it. The wines have a surfeit of alcohol (up to nearly 15% on the whites!) to make up for the lack of taste, depth, subtlety and fruitiness that one can legitimately expect from the Swan valley. Great to visit, chat to the host, be social - but buying their wines? I didn't buy anything.
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