77 Memorial Avenue
BASKERVILLE
Western Australia 6056
Telephone: +61 8 9296 0078
Visited: 2 June 2008
This is a winery for a lot of people and they have a restaurant to boot! Lovely views over the vineyards and clearly geared to hold functions as well. The wine tasting area was open and relaxed and had two ladies behind the counter to ensure that there was an easy flow with all the tasters. One of the most unusual things was that they charged $1 to taste the most popular wines (and that is $1/taste!) and most of them weren't even worth it.
The restaurant looked good, the food smelled divine and they had an interesting menu. It looked a bit expensive but maybe we'll go and try out sometime.
We tried five wines:
Verdelho 2008 $18
This was slightly disappointing but very fruity. It didn't blow me away and had a bit if an after-burn. It had a lovely nose and would have gone down well with a light pasta or something.
Black Bream (White) 2007 $15
Wow. Really wow. Fruity, balanced, sweet and light but still a dry wine and well priced to boot! It won't let you down when you are entertaining even the snobbiest of wine buffs.
Temperanillo 2007 $22
This is a real quaffing wine and with 14% alcohol you shouldn't be quaffing too much of this! It is what my mom calls a swimming pool wine, perfect for those parties where the quality of the wine is not so important as the quantity and the alcohol content. A bit pricey for what you get but I can see why it sells well.
Shiraz 2006 $28 ($1 tasting fee)
A local winemaker recently told me that 2006 really stood for Two Thousand and Shit, as the growing conditions, especially for reds, had been far from ideal. With the tasting fee I was prepared for something spectacular, something velvety and rich that would make it worth the nearly $30 price tag. Unfortunately not. The colour was light, it had a closed nose and to my uncultured tastes it was like sandpaper on my tongue.
Cabernet Sauvingnon 2007 $25
Utterly forgettable.
Verdict:
I'd only go back to give the restaurant a go but for me it was a bit bland and easily forgettable.
That $1 tasting fee still smarts! I did buy the Black Bream though and I look forward to drinking it!
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