Eric White 
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9628
 | | 12-21-2003 11:47 PM |
| Deep opaque purple in color with a deep intense nose displaying blueberries, eucalyptus, cherries, dark berries and spice. Dense and packed tightly with tremendous rich fruit yet immaculately balanced and smooth, this wine offers layers of intense fruit seasoned with intriguing spices on a seamless frame. A wine of purity and finesse, the tannins are plush and polished, and the finish is long and fine. This extraordinary young wine should only improve over the next 4-6 years. I won’t argue with Wine Spectator’s 96 points. | | | 2008: the end of an error |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 12-22-2003 12:17 AM |
| yes yes yes! sorry, can't contain my enthusiasm here.. i have not even tried this yet, but i trust ALL that have. thanks for the notes eric!! | | | |
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TCK
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1279
| | 12-22-2003 07:49 PM |
| Yep,
I'm glad I got some of these too! | | | |
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Budman
Philly Suburbs
VinoCellar.com Extraordinaire
Posts: 23752
| | 12-22-2003 07:57 PM |
| Me two!  | | | |
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Landshark
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3727
| | 12-22-2003 09:43 PM |
| me too | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 01-03-2004 01:37 AM |
| Quote:
Deep opaque purple in color with a deep intense nose displaying blueberries, eucalyptus, cherries, dark berries and spice. Dense and packed tightly with tremendous rich fruit yet immaculately balanced and smooth, this wine offers layers of intense fruit seasoned with intriguing spices on a seamless frame. A wine of purity and finesse, the tannins are plush and polished, and the finish is long and fine. This extraordinary young wine should only improve over the next 4-6 years. I won’t argue with Wine Spectator’s 96 points.
just opened my first, and there is nothing more or less i could add to eric's post. i love it! | | | |
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mountainman
Mammoth Mountain
Wine Addict
Posts: 6217
| | 01-05-2004 09:48 PM |
| Tbird, you probably bought some of the Lily's Garden as well...tried it yet? That's the only one I have. | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 01-05-2004 10:22 PM |
| Reviews of all of the 2002 Two Hands current release wines will be in the next Oeno-File. I'd buy the Bad Impersonator rather than the Lily's myself (and I did). | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4970
| | 01-05-2004 10:22 PM |
| The Bella's is from the Barossa with the characteristic big fruit. Lily's is from McLaren Vale and is usually a more refined and a bit more subdued wine. In a recent tasting, I found that the 02 vintage was so big that I liked the Lily's a bit more. I thought it was more in balance. Others at the same tasting voted the other way. Two good wines. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 01-06-2004 05:57 AM |
| mm, lily's is good as well. i think it'll develop better in the long run than the bella's. i haven't tried the bad impersonator.. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 02-04-2004 04:26 AM |
| wrong thread, but jeez, that bad impersonator is incredible. thanks michael! i'm headed out to buy as much of this as i can find. wheh! | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9628
| | 02-04-2004 04:49 AM |
| Shutup Tbird!! I can't afford more wine!  Damnit! Now I've got to find the Bad Impersonator too. | | | 2008: the end of an error | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4970
| | 02-04-2004 05:06 AM |
| One nice thing is that they continue to search out good fruit and will be bringing out even more wonderful wines. Twelftree will be here in about 3 weeks - I can't wait to see what he brings to try out. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10205
| | 02-04-2004 05:10 AM |
| eric, do not miss it. seriously. | | | |
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Jeff Moore
Grape Truck Driver
Posts: 33
| | 02-05-2004 12:11 AM |
| Does anyone have any information on the Lost Highway wines? From what I understand, these are somehow affiliated with Two Hands. | | | |
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Eric White
San Ramon, CA
Advanced Sommelier
Posts: 9628
| | 02-05-2004 01:49 AM |
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Does anyone have any information on the Lost Highway wines? From what I understand, these are somehow affiliated with Two Hands.
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The following is a what Michael Twelftree, Proprietor, Two Hands Wines Pty Ltd has to say about the wine.
"lost Highway is Ronnie Sander’s of Vine Street Imports private label, each year one of Ronnie’s winery makes a small batch and the producer changes each year. Ronnie has input in the selection, maturation and blending of the wines. One of Ronnie other wineries is asked to do the artwork, hence the painting on the 2002 lost Highway was done by Eric Dunham of Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington.
Ronnie traveled down early last year and we tasted through a heap of barrels and Ronnie chose three that he really liked. The wine is 100% Barossa Shiraz from 3 separate old vine parcels, one was new a new French fine grain, one was new American oak fine grain and one was two-year-old French. Production was 100 cases.
2002 lost Highway Barossa Shiraz
Deep black with a red hue, a bouquet of tight cedar, dense plums, backed by an intense liquorices note, blueberries, tar and dusty currents. The palate is big and generous, sweet and concentrated, with an excellent underlying structure and a fine sweet tannin profile. Unmistakably Barossa but in an elegant and well-delineated framework, Moorish."
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4970
| | 02-05-2004 01:51 AM |
| Lost Highways is a brand from Ronnie Sanders, a distributor for PA/NJ/..
Each year he has one of his suppliers craft a special with for that label. This year's is a Barossa Shiraz made by Two Hands. It is quite nice. | | | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts: 4970
| | 02-05-2004 01:52 AM |
| replies crossing in the ether..... | | | |
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JonesWineNo1
Sommelier
Posts: 8568
| | 02-05-2004 04:37 PM |
| Thanks to Bressler, I was lucky enough to taste the Lost Highways Shiraz. After tasting it, I found it quite good. | | | |
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Jeff Moore
Grape Truck Driver
Posts: 33
| | 02-09-2004 11:17 PM |
| Thanks for your replies. If you had a bottle, would you guys drink it now or wait? | | | |
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