Andrea Pritzker, Third Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Bouquet of ripe blackberry and cedar. Very big and powerful, very rich and intensely concentrated with lashings of blackberry and cedar. When paired with the beef ribs the wine?s plentiful cedary oak was brought to the fore.”
Warren Gibson, First Term Chairman of Judges, Eleventh Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Minty and fresh fruited. Lifted nose. Very firm palate. Somewhat enhanced with the dish. Savoury flavours linger”
Corey Ryan, Second Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Brooding savoury simple red fruit aromas. The palate is well structured, rounded but lacks balance. The pairing works ok. The mole lifted the oak in the wine.”
Stuart James Halliday, Fourth Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Big, structured wine, meaty tannins, ripe dark black pepper fruit, long and rich on the palate”
Susan Bastian, Fifth Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Magenta. Plum, menthol and spice. Ripe berries, plums skin, minty, warming, palate. Quite a silky outcome.”
Mark Robertson, Eighth Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Big looking wine. Dense. Terrific aroma. Tar, coffee, winertgreen, vanilla, cedar, cigar box, Xmas pudding. Palate is powerful, direct and compelling. Terrific concentration and layers. Excellent wine. With food ? complete package. Leaves impression of purity and balance. Super impressive fruit concentration.”
The Fuller Bodied Dry Red Wines were judged with
Presented by chef Marcell Kustos
Ingredients
Beef Ribs
Method
Ribs
Stephen Wong, Second Term Panellist 2019 Competition
“Very drying, grubby sweet. Unpleasant. With food, it gets very drying and tannic and the grubbiness persists. No good.”