{"id":16311,"date":"2008-03-17T02:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T02:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/a-special-wine-for-special-occasions-2\/"},"modified":"2008-03-17T02:16:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-17T02:16:00","slug":"a-special-wine-for-special-occasions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2008\/03\/a-special-wine-for-special-occasions-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A SPECIAL WINE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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YOUR WEEKLY WINE COLUMN for week beginning 17 March 2008<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

wine with david ellis<\/p>\n

A SPECIAL WINE FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

WE’ve all some very special occasion lurking out there in the future,
and if you’ve one in mind and are looking for a good, good drop of
red, give some thought to Katnook Estate’s just-released 2003 Odyssey
Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Ok, its $95 a bottle. But remember it’s very special occasions we’re
talking about here.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

This is a remarkable wine from a vintage that gave below average
yields, but fruit of exceptional quality: Senior Winemaker, Wayne
Stehbens spun his usual Odyssey magic to come up with a drop that’s
rich and complex with ripe dark berry, dusty mulberry and spicy plum
fruit flavours, coupled with subtle vanilla, mocha, and chocolate from
long oak maturation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Add its lingering tannins and it’s a great celebratory wine with red
meats, game-bird dishes, or lamb shanks \u2013 or simply with a block of
high-cocoa chocolate before a winter’s fire.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And if you can resist the temptation to draw the cork now, a few more
years in the cellar will make it all the better. Ohhh, yeahhhh….<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

ONE FOR LUNCH: WYNN’S Coonawarra Estate have been bottling a great
value-for-money Chardonnay since 1981, and their 2007 at $15.99 is
another that’s an ideal partner with the weekend brunch or barbecue.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

With quite luscious peach and nectarine flavours coupled with subtle
oak, a few bottles on the ice will go ideally with BBQ’d chicken or a
seafood salad.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

BUY OF THE WEEK: LOGAN have released a super-priced range of $11
everyday-drinking wines under their NSW Central Ranges Apple Tree Flat
label. There’s a 2007 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc and ’07 Chardonnay, and
a 2006 Merlot and ’06 Shiraz, all of them full-flavoured and very
more-ish.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

(Need a drink? We’re archived on http:\/\/vintnews.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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CELEBRATE with this \u2013 it’s been made with special occasion
dinner-partying in mind.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

OLD favourite since 1981 for the weekend brunch of BBQ.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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