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Edetària Via Edetana 2017, Do Terra Alta

(10)
2021+22+23+gift
July, 2020...gift to Levine's....opened and enjoyed by all incl. the Pratt's. Sprite succulent medium bodied wine, no food required. Nice summer wine.
Sept, 2020....Dave and Rona's for dinner. As good as #1
Oct/Nov 2020....have had 2 more since, most recently with chicken. Continue to be infatuated with this wine. Light, crisp, juicy, some minerality....just hits all notes, refreshing wine to go with a non-red meat meal.
(additional 2 bottles unaccounted for)
Jan 2021..me
..next one in 2022
Aug 2021...me, still enjoying
April 2022...me with cod
Dec 2022..still wonderful!

De Bortoli G. S Pinot Noir 2018, Yarra Valley, Victoria

(1)

2022

Jan 2022......had with We Cook salmon dinner. Quite enjoyed, easy drinking, succulent, nice flavour, no harsh edges. All in all a nice wine for the money. would buy again, Nice weekday wine, would go with most anything.

Cono Sur Valley Collection Reserva Especial Pinot Noir 2018, San Antonio Valley

(1)

Fall 2020.....was ok, good value I suppose, Cono Sur a decent house, but the flavour profile of Chilean pinot noir doesn't do a lot for me, has that taste (green?) Im not so often fond of. Glad only bought the one.

Paddy Borthwick Paper Road Pinot Noir Wairarapa 2018, Wairarapa

(1)
2022/3

Feb 2023..... No mistaking its a Kiwi wine. A decent quaff, more candied than savoury, not my favourite profile but very drinkable. Glad I only bought one however.

Indomita Old Vines Dry Farmed Gran Reserva Carignan 2018, Do Maule Valley

(2)
2022+2023

Dec 2022....awesome! Love dry farmed carignan! From the Maule Valley as well. Best deal on the market! Had with ground bison (WeCook), went very well. This wine will go with almost anything.....pizza, yum! Could consider this for my 'one and only' grape for the rest of my life. Drink second one in next 9 months.

Sutherland Pinot Noir 2018, W.O. Elgin

2022/3

Lua Cheia Old Vines Red 2019, Doc Douro

(1)
2022...MG recommends a pork dish

Jan 2023....had with pulled pork, went very well. Great value here. Doesn't have the refinement of Quadrus 2015 but a nicely flavoured, full bodied, decently complex wine for the price. A house wine I could drink often I would think.

San Pedro 1865 Tayú Pinot Noir 2019, Do Malleco Valley

(3)
fuller, wilder than 2018....needs time
2023/4+2025+gift

Evel Tinto 2017, Doc

(2)
2022+2023

Jan 2022.....when first opened and took an initial sip I did not like, had an unpleasant green taste to it. Twenty minutes later it had transformed itself into something much more respectable. Tasty, juicy, smooth. Absolutely enjoyed the rest of the bottle with a variety of meals, it went with everything.

Mazzei Ser Lapo Riserva Chianti Classico 2019, D.O.C.G.

(4)
2025+2027+ 2 gifts

Dec 24....pretty sure only have 2 left, think I tried one and wasn't impressed (needed more time?) plus one given as a gift?....wait until 2026 to try next one.