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ChangeMe 
Grape Destemmer
Posts: 76
 | | 11-17-2006 04:05 AM |
| Huge extracted glutinous type wine. Deserves 95 but 99? The Boxer and Two Left Feet were very similar. Blind tasting, I doubt you could pick out which is which. Becomes more disappointing as you decant over 4-6 hours. Flattens out, becomes dry with no distinguishable layers or interesting nuances.
2 Left feet after 2 days was improving. Did NOT give "Carnival" that much time. Maybe it shows and develops after a couple days? You tell me. | | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Labeler
Posts: 3553
| | 11-21-2006 02:47 AM |
| Your note does not make it sound like it is even a 95 point wine (which is a great score btw).  | | | |
| Dave
Wine Connoisseur
Posts: 5774
| | 11-21-2006 04:28 AM |
| I have one friend that really likes Australian wine. I bought 6 bottles of this with him in mind. He is coming over this Friday to watch football (along with my pastor). We are going to cook the WIML chili and drink Carnival of Love. I don't have high hopes for the wine, but I have great hopes that Texas will thrash the hated Aggies. | | | |
| David Walker
Barrel Sampler
Posts: 2284
| | 11-22-2006 08:49 PM |
| Quote:
I have one friend that really likes Australian wine. I bought 6 bottles of this with him in mind. He is coming over this Friday to watch football (along with my pastor). We are going to cook the WIML chili and drink Carnival of Love. I don't have high hopes for the wine, but I have great hopes that Texas will thrash the hated Aggies.
If your WIML chili experience mirrors mine, your pastor may not make to church on Sunday! | | | |
| Ron51
Grape Picker
Posts: 17
| | 11-27-2006 04:17 AM |
| I've had the Boxer and Two Left Feet and happy to say $19.00 each was more than enough for them. I found the Boxer slightly better than Two Left Feet.
Both wines laid in the glass like road kill. They where quite big in fruit and deep in color but FLABBY lacking balance and depth. I summed them up as a mouth full of stuff.
No way was I'm going to fork out $59 for the others.
They're not food friendly and to flabby to left on there own
I played with them for a few days: mid to high 80's at best from me
BUT to there credit The Violinest (spl) the Verdelho grape is to die for. Has the floral component of the Voignier ,with well intergated pasion fruit. I found it best around 58-60degs. For a white low 90's
If you can find it, it's well worth the $13.xx only 1600 cases made. Not sure how much made it to the states. | | | |
| Hurst
Grape Truck Driver
Posts: 25
| | 12-19-2006 06:48 PM |
| I went to my local wine-expert store (Addy Bassins) to buy this wine and they only offered it as a tie-in with Enchanted Path. 90 for the Carnival (pretty good price?), 70 for the path. I didn't want to spend $170...  | | | |
| phlin
Grape Sorter
Posts: 275
| | 02-15-2007 04:29 PM |
| - 2005 Mollydooker Shiraz Carnival of Love - Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale (2/14/2007)
Opened for Valentine's Day dinner (quite appropriately, I think) at Leatherby's Cafe Rouge. Upon opening, I was immediately struck by the richness of this wine; even our server commented on the aromas as she was decanting it. Tons of blueberry compote, cinnamon sugar, some dark chocolate, and spice pull your nose into the glass. In some ways, the nose is similar to The Boxer, but at the same time, unlike The Boxer, there is a sense of restraint and elegance in the nose. The Boxer jumps up and down like a little kid screaming for your attention, whereas the COL confidently positions herself at the end of the bar, just daring you NOT to notice her. In the mouth, this wine is pure velvet, not syrupy at all. It is concentrated, yes, but not a monster. Just pure essences of blue and black berries, chambord liqueur, molasses, and espresso, finishing with just a whisper of chai. Good acidity, enough to stand up to lamb two ways and Waygu beef. But most of all, it is extremely balanced. I know Mollydooker takes a lot of heat for its, well, heat, but I did not find this to be the case with this wine. Just a terrific wine experience, one that I hope to visit again soon. 95+ points. (95 pts.)
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| Ron51
Grape Picker
Posts: 17
| | 02-22-2007 02:41 AM |
| did it get you LAID or just laid-out??? | | | |
| GreenDrazi
Atlanta, GA
Barrel Racker
Posts: 1764
| | 04-19-2007 10:43 PM |
| 2005 Mollydooker Shiraz Carnival of Love - Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale (4/14/2007)
K-B Spring ’07 Allocation Pick-up in Raleigh (Sullivan’s, Raleigh, NC): Decanted 8.5 hours and probably could have gone another day or two. Big nose of cassis, blueberry, chocolate dough and touches of eucalyptus. Low acidity with huge and mouth coating flavors of candied chocolate, cassis, and some coffee, along with oak spices towards the monster finish. Exclusive of the nose, in a blind tasting, I don’t think anyone would pick this as a Shiraz - it’s more Cab like. Needs a very long decant time, but I don’t see this improving with age. (92 pts.) | | | |
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