TBird 
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
 | | 10-24-2006 04:37 PM |
| i drank 1/2 bottle of each of these over a three hour period. so, for now, just the facts and a few initial impressions:
2005 Mollydooker Shiraz The Boxer
massive unctuous dark fruits, plums currants, caramel & buttered popcorn. chocolate molasses and raspberry ganache. monster!
95RP $19-$22
2004 Schild Estate Shiraz Barossa Valley
blueberry molasses and brown sugar. cocoa mint & blueberry with pepper and tar. sweet!
96WS $22-$25 | | |
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TORB
Berrima NSW Australia
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 547
| | 10-25-2006 11:53 AM |
| The last word in both notes, i.e "monster" and "sweet" makes it sound like you are comparing train smashes.  | | Cheers Ric
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5452
| | 10-25-2006 04:35 PM |
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The last word in both notes, i.e "monster" and "sweet" makes it sound like you are comparing train smashes.
He probably was if you tried to pair either of these wines with food. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| | 10-25-2006 05:08 PM |
| what is a train smash? | | | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
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| 10-25-2006 05:24 PM |
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what is a train smash?
Train wreck (in American English) | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| | 10-25-2006 05:51 PM |
| i'm lost. how is "monster" & "sweet" like a train wreck?
the wines are two completely different animals. | | | |
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TORB
Berrima NSW Australia
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 547
| | 10-25-2006 08:04 PM |
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i'm lost. how is "monster" & "sweet" like a train wreck?
the wines are two completely different animals.
I will lend you my GPS.
(I am not have a shot at you, so please don't take this the wrong way, just trying to explain the way I saw it. ) Your notes were brief which is fine. The last word in each case is preceded and the followed by a full stop. That makes that last word look like a "summary" of your impressions of the wine. So one is "sweet" and the other a "monster" and in that perspective, from where I sit, neither wine looks particularly attractive, hence the comparison to a train smash/wreck.
Does that explain it? | | Cheers Ric
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| | 10-25-2006 08:09 PM |
| yes, and you were correct. one is a monster and the other one was sweet.  | | | |
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GreenDrazi
Atlanta, GA
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1764
| | 10-26-2006 03:57 AM |
| So how did these fair for the final half? | | | |
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TORB
Berrima NSW Australia
Grape Fermenter
Posts: 547
| | 10-26-2006 09:08 AM |
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yes, and you were correct. one is a monster and the other one was sweet.
Two nations separated by a common language.
Fanny = Backside VS Unmentionable
Trunk = Boot
Hood = Bonnet
Wreck = Smash
Bastard = Not nice VS term of endearment
Blue = Colour vs fight (or red headed person)
Bugger = Not nice VS completely acceptable, even in Toyota TV advert
Boy = Racial slur VS usual term of endearment (as in I like the boy) (At the Oz Logies TV Awards many years ago, the Oz host said to Mohamed Ali, "I like the boy" - you should have seen the look on Ali's face when he heard it. Ali then responded, "What do you say?" .... and then you should have seen the look on the presenters face when he realised the "American interpretation" of his comments. It was a classic!
... and so the list goes on. | | Cheers Ric
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Master of Wine
Posts: 10199
| | 10-26-2006 02:45 PM |
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So how did these fair for the final half?
i blew it. came home after an offline and finsihed them off. no impressions. barely a recollection.
oh well, i have 17 of each of them left. another day.  | | | |
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