Tuesday night dinner of lamb koftas with pita bread, hommus and spicy spuds. Michael brought over a 2008 Michael Hall Adelaide Hills Chardonnay to start, he paid $36 from Purple Palate. Nose was quite restrained and gave little away, minimal oak influence. Well balanced, acid in check, quite a citrus palate, finished slightly astringent on the back palate. Overall nice drink but wouldn't buy it again for the money. The Koftas were eaten with a 2006 Maurice O'Shea Shiraz, purchased from the First Choice Bargain Bin for $32 bucks - a bargain indeed!! I can't remember the last time I drank a Hunter Valley shiraz but after this, I should do it more often. Decantered for an hour and even into 1 hours drinking (i.e. 2 hours out of the bottle), still an understated nose with just hints of black and red fruit. Particularly spicy at first, the palate is beautifully balanced, tannins in check with (again) black and red fruit, perhaps some leather. Beginning to develop those lovely aged (chocolate) characters. The finish is long and damn near perfect. While excellent (++) now, this will be another rung up the ladder in time. Our score, 90/100. When is peak drinking, not clever enough to know. Maybe 5 years? Buy again - definitely.
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