The Gentleman's Match

Deep Woods Estate

Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2013

A very good modern Chardonnay from the Margaret River. Smoky Leesy Flinty Mealy , struck match aromas. Lean to medium weight palate with mainly citrus and ripe grapefruit flavours. Barb thought nectarine notes as well. Still quite delicate but with great length and persistence. This Chardonnay won the James Halliday Chardonnay Challenge in 2014 from 680 entries and 98 points from James. — 5 years ago

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Severn G

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Sounds excellent!
Bob McDonald

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@Severn Goodwin So many producers in Margaret River, Severn, making cracking Chardonnay these days.

Lindeman's

Gentleman's Collection Batch No 1 Cabernet Sauvignon

Oh behave, we liked it, it was yummy! — 7 years ago

Dilécta

Match Red Rhone Blend 2013

2013 Vintage. 15.3% Alcohol. A GSM of 53%/31%/16% this Vintage. Glenrose/Caliza/Jada Vineyards. Just lovely mouthfeel with complexity and good finish. — 7 years ago

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Domaine Coche-Dury (J.F. Coche Dury)

Les Enseignères Puligny-Montrachet Chardonnay

Charles Antin
9.6

Precise, chiseled, match stick — 8 years ago

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Marchesi Antinori

Tignanello Toscana Super Tuscan Blend 2001

2001 SuperTuscan heavyweight match with Tignanello vs Flaccianello. This one got off to a slow start in the early rounds with a muted nose and flat palate, but after a couple hours was sparring vigorously with its dark well-extracted fruit, tobacco, and suede. Was it enough to take the title? Perhaps not, as I think the aromatics were never quite up to the task - but bravo ragazzo! — 9 years ago

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Pierro

Chardonnay 2019

J Mc
9.3

Incredible power and intensity. A more difficult food match than I remember from last tasting. Complex and rich. — 5 years ago

Domaine Roulot

Bourgogne Blanc Chardonnay 2012

The idea that the drinking window of this wine ended in 2018 is laughable (from CT). This is my first btl of a few. Pop and pour, struck match, reduction, but that dissipates with a bit of air. On the nose: lemon, golden apple, loads of wet stone minerality. On the palate: fantastic acidity, lemon oil, herbs, golden apple (the black cherry pie baking in the background is extremely distracting), then amazing wet stone minerality. Stunning for a white, especially in this vintage. — 5 years ago

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Match Book

Estate Bottled Petit Verdot

Delicious. Smells of blueberry and minerals. Strong tannins. Fragrant. Yum yum yum. Plenty of alcohol to get the boys buzzin. — 7 years ago

Leeuwin Estate

Art Series Margaret River Chardonnay 2013

At the Downs Club Magnum Christmas Dinner. A tinge of green to the Lemon yellow colour - very youthful. Restrained for an Art Series where temporarily they joined the Aussie trend at the time for leaner sulphidic burnt match aromas. This is a good balance between their normal peaches and cream and the leaner crisper style. This was an excellent wine and remains one of Australia’s best Chardonnays. — 7 years ago

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Bob McDonald

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Sorry Bindi Block 5 is their fabulous Pinot Noir. I meant to say Bindi Quartz Block Chardonnay.
David L

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I just copied your note and will look into possibly getting a few bottles. Thanks again for take a bit of your day to educate me! Cheers, happy holidays!
Bob McDonald

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@David L My pleasure.

R. López de Heredia

Viña Tondonia Reserva Rioja Tempranillo Blend 2005

A great Rioja! Hey beautiful balance of body acidity tannins. Bright cherry notes with leather undertones. Match very well with a grilled steak. — 8 years ago

Renee Zeitzer
with Renee

Domaine A. et P. de Villaine

Les Saint-Jacques Rully Chardonnay 2014

Love it when a plan comes together - cooking chicken fajitas and pesto macaroni for twelve and the loverliest Chard to hop along for the festivities on a hot summer eve. The balance in acidity and fruit is immaculate! Best match of the summer so far. — 9 years ago

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Shaw and Smith

M3 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2018

Delicious! Big match stick on the nose, followed by tangerine and peaches. — 5 years ago

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Filipa Pato

Nossa Calcario Bairrada Baga 2018

wine match for delicious duck at La Pic Dame lunch. rich but zesty — 6 years ago

Aziende Agricole Emanuele Scammacca del Murgo

Etna Rosso Nerello Mascalese 2017

2017 is lean, laser-focused and crunchy as a basket of fresh cranberries. Monster acidity and very taught mineral backbone. Brighter and fresher than the 2016 with comparatively subtle florality. This is an excellent match with a broad range of Pacific Rim foods. — 7 years ago

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Lindeman's

Forgo Frills Gentleman's Collection No 2 Red Blend

Juicy and bold at the front. Delicious and easy to drink! Starts out sweet, with a medium finish. — 8 years ago

Thyla Nel
with Thyla

Rodney Strong Vineyards

A True Gentleman's Port Sonoma County Port Blend 2009

V09. Very nice port. Candied black cherry nose. Rich, thick blackberry fruit. Hint of dryness, within the cloying sweet finish. Very good. — 8 years ago

Greywacke

Marlborough Chardonnay

Had this at Glen & Josh's wedding. Absolutely stunning. Struck match on the nose, not overly oaky and woody, light and delicious. (I only know the struck match note because I was told about it, but it sounds good :P) — 9 years ago