Over the last week we participated in two of Pikes Wines virtual tastings of their new vintages via Zoom.
The first was six whites; the second, three of their Reserve range, two reds and a white.
Without doubt two of the three bottles of the Reserve range were outstanding. I have a small collection of various vintages of the Merle Riesling and E.W.P. Shiraz which will probably now increase, just a little, despite still very high prices substantially discounted on the night. We only drink them on VERY special occasions. I’ll have to think long and hard about the Cabernet. It seemed a bit ‘green’ or herbaceous to us.
Of the whites we were impressed by the Semillon /Sauvignon Blanc blend and the Fiano which was our non Riesling fave of the evening.
As expected my ‘go to’ Riesling, the Traditionale was excellent as usual. This is such a consistent wine, year after year. The co driver is not fond of Riesling which is ok. More for me!
We thought, reading the tasting notes beforehand, that this is not our style and probably wouldn’t like it too much.
We were wrong!
It was light, aromatic and had enough acidity to cut through the initial sweetness. Great with spicy Asian food.
A big surprise!
This was a great innovation by Pikes to replace the annual face to face Roadshow tastings due to Covid.
It saved us a long drive to and an overnighter in Sydney too.
I tried to sow the seeds of it continuing after all this virus kerfuffle is over and was not met with much resistance from the marketing man, but we shall see.
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