Bush Telegraph
Billecart-Salmon
Brut Rosé Champagne Chardonnay Blend
Just like the African Bush, don’t come to the Egyptian Desert without it.
Celebrating the ending of a great trip on the eve of our last day at The Old Cataract on the Nile River with one of our very favorite N/V Rosé Champange’s.
Photos of; the pano view of the Nile River from our terrace, Sofia holding our other 375ml bottle BSR we brought from the US, the lobby of the Old Cataract and the grounds of the Old Cataract Hotel.
9.3 on the Billecart-Salmon Rosé and a 9.9 on our trip! — 7 years ago
Eberle
Wine Bush Vineyard Steinbeck Vineyard Zinfandel 2015
Delicious zin — 7 years ago
S.C. Pannell
McLaren Vale Grenache 2014
Lolly confectionery jubey Notes. Some twiggy bitterness indicating whole bunch. A little simple for the producer (one of the best in Australia) the region (McLaren Vale probably the best source for Grenache in Australia) the vintage (2014 excellent) and the price $54. Also 72 year old dry grown bush vines. Expected more. Next time will decant earlier as the label suggests. — 8 years ago
Voyager Estate
Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
Super impressive and still looking mighty youthful. Just ripe fruits, earthy, touch of the Aussie bush and subtle oak notes all the mix. Acid and tannin still providing the scaffolding that we will see the age grandly. Persistent finish. Good stuff. — 9 years ago
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
2016 Vintage Vieux Telegraph 375 ml - amazing Christmas spice plum fruit, sweet fruit , chocolate , Licorice , wish the abv was a bit lower but really nice — 6 years ago
Yalumba
Old Bush Vine Barossa Grenache 2017
Fruity, peppery, soft, elegant. — 7 years ago
Warwick Estate
Old Bush Vines Pinotage
Interesting and really delicious. Hints of spice and cherry — 8 years ago
De Martino
Las Cruces Old Bush Vines Red Blend 2013
Backwards for 2 hours was about to give up on it, then came around. Compact wine. Muted fruit. All texture. Not what I usually drink but not bad at all with a steak. (Commercial critics score this big fwiw.) Gift. — 8 years ago
Bird in Hand
Two in the Bush Chardonnay 2010
Not a big Chardonnay drinker, but this grabbed me completely. Sweet and smooth, with real soft fruit to the end. Such a fan. — 8 years ago
MAN Vintners
Tormentoso Bush Vine Coastal Pinotage 2013
Smooth, aromatic, fruity with notes of cherry, and stone fruit, dry oak finish, medium body, Ruby red color. Great wine. — 7 years ago
Feudo Montoni
Vrucara Sicilia Nero d'Avola 2012
Apparently Tasting Note Tuesday
is now a thing (thanks for the heads up @Greg Ballington). That said, I’m still an advocate of everyday of the week, but I’ll participate nonetheless.
A wine such as this requires serious research. Fortunately Ian D’Agata’s notes in Vinous are indispensable: “Feudo Montoni’s greatest wine is the Nero d’Avola Vrucara, a single vineyard wine made from roughly 80-100 year-old vines that grow at 500 meters above sea level. Most of the vines are of pre-phylloxera origin, and are therefore ungrafted. The vineyard’s name derives from the Sicilian word vruca, a local herb that grows in the vineyards and exudes aromas of menthol and incense. The Vrucara vineyard is especially beautiful, a field of gnarly, very thick trunked and low-lying bush vines hugging the dark mainly clay soils (with a little loam and sand). Vinification is... very traditional... At its best, Vrucara is a benchmark Nero d’Avola, eschewing the vanilla notes of more modern interpretations of Nero d’Avolas, while offering multilayered violet, blueberry, macerated red cherries in alcohol, tar and spicy aromas and flavors, with a characteristic hint of eucalyptus and incense.”
The 2012 doesn’t veer off course. Benefits from an hour open, but a few would be ideal. A mashup of spiced cherry and blackberry is hard to miss, but the floral, earthen, and leather entanglement is the attraction here and clearly terroir driven. There’s a noticeable clay pot and smoked meat component which beautifully emphasizes how old world this wine really is. The oak treatment is evident, but the wine is also able to withstand a fair amount and still proudly carry its old world card. — 7 years ago
Robertson Winery
The Gooseberry Bush Colombard 2015
Fruit. Crisp. Buy again. From cellar direct outlet — 8 years ago
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The 2019 FMC, which comes from pure Chenin Blanc bush vines planted in 1974, has a subtle, precise bouquet of white flowers, peach skin, kumquat and light apricot scents, very pretty and charming. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. This builds in the mouth, fanning out wonderfully on the finish without losing an ounce of precision. Superb. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2021)
— 5 years ago