Wednesday, August 16th- Too Many To List

Started with pasties and coffee at Two Way Range and Clancy & Fuller. There is a common partner in each wine so they were tasted together.

Tasted were...
2004 Two Way Range Shiraz
2002 Clancy Fuller Scribblers
2002 Clancy Fuller Silesian
2002 Clancy Fuller Three Hogshead Shiraz

Next visit was at Loan Wines with Rick and Jessie Loan. One of the only Certified Organic vineyards in the area, the Loans have been making Shiraz and Semillon since 2001. This is one of the rising stars in the Barossa. They have two paddocks on their property, the Front Block and the Creek Block. Depending on the vintage they make either a blended wine of both vineyards or just a Front Block Shiraz. This will continue to change.

Tasted were…
2006 Loan Raven’s Rose
2002-2005 Loan Semillon
2001 Loan Front Block Shiraz
2002 Loan Shiraz
2003 Loan Front Block Shiraz
Multiple barrel samples of Shiraz from 2004 and 2005.













(Jessie & Rick Loan)

On to a winery tour, tasting and lunch at Glaymond and Tscharke. Damien Tscharke is another young winemaker making big waves in Barossa. We tasted through barrel samples and blending components of the 2005/6 wines, including a single barrel reserve Shiraz that will be new for 2006, and through the 2004/5 releases.

Tasted were…
2006 Tscharke Tempranillo Only Son (barrel sample)
2006 Tscharke Graciano Only Son (barrel sample)
2006 Tscharke Montepulciano The Master (barrel sample)
2006 Tscharke Zinfandel The Curse (barrel sample)
2005 Glaymond Grenache (barrel sample)
2005 Glaymond Shiraz The Distance (barrel sample)
2005 Glaymond Shiraz Landrace (barrel sample)
2005 Glaymond Mataro Landrace (barrel sample)
2005 Glaymond Cabernet (barrel sample)
2005 Glaymond Shiraz The Distinction (barrel sample)
2005 Touiga National Vintage Port
2004 Glaymond Grenache Gerhard
2004 Glaymond Shiraz The Distance
2004 Glaymond Shiraz Mataro Landrace
2004 Glaymond Cabernet As If
2004 Glaymond Shiraz The Distinction



















Mclean’s Farm was the next stop for a tasting at Bob Mclean’s house for a tasting of his new releases and some older vintages and barrel samples.
Mclean’s Farm Cabernet Shiraz
Mclean’s Farm Shiraz






On to Hobbs for a vineyard tour and tasting of new releases. Greg Hobbs has a home, winery and vineyard located on about 25 acres in the Barossa Ranges right next door to Chris Ringland’s house and eponymous vineyard. Greg makes the wine with help from Chris. As some already know, the Amarone-styled Hobbs Shiraz The Gregor is one of the stars of the GP portfolio.
Tasted were…
2004 Hobbs Shiraz
2004 Hobbs Shiraz The Gregor
Frontinac
Viognier
Grenache

We then met Chris Ringland in his vineyard for a tour followed by a diner and throw-down in his new house overlooking the vineyard. I ate more morel mushrooms in cream sauce that night than I have eaten in my whole life. The music was pumping and the wine was flowing. We finished the evening at the Eden Valley Hotel for Cooper’s.

Drank were…
Rockford Black Shiraz Sparkling
2005 Chris Ringland Shiraz (barrel sample)
2000 Rockford Basket Press Shiraz
1998 RBJ Theologicum
2004 3 Rings Shiraz
2005 3 Rings Shiraz
1987 Sevenhills Vintage Port
1997 Rockford Grenache
2002 Acquillon Grenacha
2001 Rockford Semillon
2003 Alto Moncayo Veraton