Five Way Cellars

Wine of the month

FRITZ'S RIESLING 2010
Bottle: $19.50 Dozen bottle price: $17.50
Fritz’s Riesling is a dynamic, racy new riesling made by Gunderloch in the Rheinhessen. It’s light, fresh, bone dry with crisp lemon, apricot and minerals jumping out of the glass. Absolutely perfect for the ‘Summer of Riesling’ quaffing.

November 2011, two Christmas Specials! ....

LES PETITES VIGNETTES PINOT CHARDONNAY BRUT NV
Burgundy - France
Was: $28.00
Now: $24.00
Dozen Bottle Price: $19.50
“A very successful (in terms of the quality of the wine) collaboration of Fosters, Kevin McCarthy & Frederic Blanc (as Alsace winemaker) – it seems a crazy mix yet the finished product is terrific. The grapes come from a vineyard only 15km south of the Aube region of Champagne, and cost 25% of the price of grapes from the Aube. The base wine is 85% from 2007, 15% from 06 & 05; once triaged, it spends 15 months on lees. A 50/50 blend of pinot/chardonnay, it is entirely first press, and doesn’t undergo malolactic fermentation. The result is a brilliantly fresh wine, with just a hint of brioche on the bouquet, the palate with excellent balance and length. Extraordinary value. Rating 92 points.”
James Halliday – Weekend Magazine – The Australian

Super quality at $28.00. Amazing at the dozen price of $19.50 per bottle.
F.W.C

LES PETITES VIGNETTES PINOT BLANC 2009
Alsace - France
Was: $24.00
Now: $22.00
Dozen Bottle Price: $19.00
An important influence in the history of Alsace wine has been the repeated changes of nationality of the Alsace region, which has passed from France to Germany and vice-versa several times throughout history. This has influenced wine styles as well as labelling & bottle shapes: Alsace is known for being the only French wine region that has traditionally included varietals on the label which is a German tradition & now adopted by most new world wines.

This wine comes from a narrow strip of land nestled between the Vosges and Rhine rivers in the extreme north-east of France, the alpine region of Alsace is France’s smallest ‘major’ winegrowing district. Alsace is famous for thrillingly pure and crisp white wines made from pinot blanc, riesling and pinot gris.

The wine is pale straw in colour. It has a subtle nose with minerals, rose petal / rose water aromatics and spice. A good palate weight is balanced by green apple and pear like acidity. Texture and length are key to pinot blanc and Les Petite Vignette delivers, making it great with traditional Alsation meals, yet paradoxically the wine also works particularly well with spicy Asian dishes.

May 2011
MOSSWOOD CABERNET SAUVIGNON 2008
Margaret River
Single Bottle Price: $115.00. Dozen Bottle Price: $99.00

“The Iconic Mosswood Cabernet 2008 vintage release”

The aromas display a classic snapshot of what the 2008 vintage is all about. The bouquet contains the typical Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon characters of mulberry and red currant but these are given a significant lift by pretty notes that can be traced back to the early Autumn. Cabernet’s rose-like and pomegranate scents are not often retained but in this wine they help the nose fill the glass. In the background the wine still retains the typical dark chocolate, earth and leather like complexities, as well as spicy, toasted oak.
Mosswood Tasting note.

A classic Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon, with fully ripened fruit flavours of mulberry and raspberry that are long and generous. These sit over good acidity and well-balanced,fine-grained tannin, giving a seamless feel. The finish is a combination of oak flavours and tannin that extend the length.

Another great vintage from the Mosswood team. If velvet was a smell then this is what it would smell like .As one of the mature Five Way tasters describes; The luscious smooth texture can be sensed in the savoury, leathery aromas that carry through to the palate & just glide across the tongue ever so gently but at the same time leaving the  mouth with delightfully rich berry fruit & spice.
FWC

Perfumed violets, dark florals, pencil shavings, eucalypt, mulberry, bluefruits & a hint of earthy iron filings (the petit verdot?) The palate is long & seamless with layers of complexity; from earthy blueberry to bitter chocolate, spice, mulberry & forest notes. It’s quite expansive on the back palate, long & rippling with fine dusty tannins & fruit all the way to the finish.
FWC

December 2010
JOSEPH SPARKLING RED NV
McLaren Vale/Multi-regional
Single Bottle Price: $75.00 Dozen Bottle Price: $65.00

“With its base of decanted museum red wines dating back forty years, a hogshead of Primo Estate shiraz added every year since 1989, and a hogshead of Joseph Moda cabernet merlot every year since 1991, meaning an annual bottling of only two hogsheads or 800 bottles, this wine is unique. As ever, very complex, well balanced and long with cedar, spice and the different flavour from the cabernet merlot barrel added each year. 96 points.”

James Halliday’s Top 100, The Weekend Australian Magazine, November 13-14, 2010.

Tasted 11th December at the Five Way Cellars Sparkling Red Tasting.
“An absolute knockout – blew away all opposition. Lots of aged mellow quality red characters – leather, plum, licorice & spice, melded with vibrant, more youthful notes. Not as wine to buy dozens of, but I would feel cheated if I didn’t have at least one bottle over Xmas”
Ian Cook FWC

November 2010
AGRAPART TERRIORS BLANC DE BLANCS GRAND CRU NV
Avise – Champagne - Biodynamic
Single Bottle Price: $79.00 Dozen Bottle Price: $69.00

A very exciting grower producer Champagne. Visited in June 2010, Pascal & Fabrice Agrapart are producing beautifully crafted wines from their vineyards. This striking biodynamic Champagne is a blend of four grand cru sites in the Cote des Blancs; Oger, Cramant, Oiry and Avise. Chardonnay from the villages of Avise is classically quite powerful and one finds fruit from Avise in famous prestige Champagnes produced by the larger houses.

Very fresh and crisp on the nose with tight lemon, chalky mineral, light nutty biscuit notes. The wines spend 4 years on lees with a low dosage of six grams per litre. This wine is a great embarrassment to the non vintage wines of several of the large houses. Highly recommended. "
F.W.C

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