Monday, August 14, Lengs & Cooter, Geoff Weaver, Hazyblur

Started the day with an hour long walk around the city and a hazelnut Capuchino from Cibo. Visited the Edinborugh Hotel (Adelaide’s best wine shop) briefly before our lunch with Lengs & Cooter. We joined Colin Cooter, Karl Lengs and Colin’s son James at their favorite neighborhood restaurant called Stamps. The food was exceptional, especially the Cofin Bay oysters on the half shell with a lime and cucumber salsa. The lightly fried calamari was the absolute best I’ve ever had- everyone agreed. The wines were exceptional.
Tasted were…
2006 Lengs & Cooter Watervale Riesling
2005 Lengs & Cooter Chardonnay/Viognier
2004 Lengs & Cooter Victor Shiraz
2003 Lengs & Cooter Old Vine Shiraz
NV Sparkling Red (with crown seal)
2003 Reserve Shiraz
multiple museum wines from 1998, 2001, etc.















We then walked around the corner to taste with Geoff Weaver, king of Aussie Sauvignon Blanc.
Tasted were…
2005 Riesling
2004 Sauvignon Blanc
2005 Sauvignon Blanc
2004 Ferus Sauvignon Blanc
2001 Chardonnay
2005 Chardonnay
2004 Pinot Noir
1999 Cabernet-Merlot





On to Hazyblur which is located in the Adelaide Plains. Ross Tromboli is the winemaker and sources fruit from all over South Australia. They has a whole pig on the spit for us and plenty of duck, pasties, etc., etc., etc. We started the event with a barrel tasting of the 2005 vintage (the best vintage since 1998) and then moved into the current release wines from 2004. Ross has added a Cab and a Shiraz from Kangaroo Island to his portfolio. We were also treated to a redneck fireworks show in the parking lot a la Ross and a couple of the group members.
Tasted were…
2004 Adelaide Plains Shiraz
2004 Mclaren Vale Plains Shiraz
2004 Baroota Shiraz
2004 Barossa Shiraz
2004 Barossa Invictus Shiraz
2004 Kangaroo Island Shiraz
2004 Kangaroo Island Cabernet
2004 Kangaroo Island Pinot Noir
2003 Shiraz Late Picked
2004 Fortified Rose (experimental barrel)
2005 Adelaide Plains Shiraz(barrel sample)
2005 Mclaren Vale Plains Shiraz (barrel sample)
2005 Baroota Shiraz (barrel sample)
2005 Barossa Shiraz (barrel sample)
2005 Barossa Invictus Shiraz (barrel sample)
2005 Kangaroo Island Shiraz (barrel sample)
2005 Kangaroo Island Cabernet (barrel sample)
2005 Kangaroo Island Pinot Noir (barrel sample)