@Charles224
Ah the Basket Press....a man who knows a nice drop!
Charles, when ever your up for it.....I am!
Charles in my working life, I once got an invite to a Rockfords 'Stone Table Dinner'
The Stone Table is a select membership, and I got an invite through a Queensland contact. He was the owner of Colorado clothing.
While waiting for the dinner to commence the participants are corralled in an adjacent part of the Rockfords winery and plied with a vintage Black Shiraz...I am talking about 25 + years vintage!
A stone Table dinner is a monthly dinner for members only, and one of their invited guests, 20 participants only in total per dinner. It is one of the most exclusive dinners one can get an invite to. The dining room holds the twenty around one large table......the stone table of course! There is the hostess who hosts the event and eloquently tells us what we are about to eat and drink. There are four wait staff for the twenty diners and the kitchen next door with as many chefs and everything you experience is grown on the Rockfords property on Krondorf Rd in Tanunda.
It was simply the most amazing dining experience I have ever had Charles and I had to come out there with a 2 pack of 97 Black Shiraz......all I could afford!
Apart from my '93 St Hallett Old Blocks which I have just described on another thread, here is a few of my more treasured current gems........
They have all been kept under refrigeration, and the pity of it is, (with the exception of the Brothers in Arms, they will probably never be drunk now, there is just too much value on them to enjoy the dollars sliding down the throat!
The Brothers in Arms however is interesting in that I can't say I have ever been able to put a defined taste to wine....the hint of mulberry, the fruits of the forest floor, the cheeky aroma of French Oak.....nah, to me, its great wine (in varying degrees.....it's average wine.......or it's cask wine. But, the first time I opened a Brothers in Arms and took a sip, the overwhelming sensation in my mouth was....Chocolate.
At slightly less than 50 bucks a bottle, it is a worthwhile drop Charles!
Cheers........Rob