Sorry - how can you plug a Cleanskin ?

I was lucky enough to get some of these in a semi-mystery case from Tony L.

I'd phoned up the good folks at Tony's after being offered a nice deal. To check the mix, they seem to know what you like from your past ordering profile.
I'd racked these away for a while, and my fireside claret is low again, so time to try. Is this Yarra Yerring, Goulburn Valley, or Kelly country ? Like ole Tahbilk in flavour. - well speculation is always fun - but stupid !

15 months in oak, 14% Export licence approved date, Bin No, lardy dardy dah. Wow, this is real nice Cab. No crazy brand innoculation techniques, just well made cab, beginning to settle out.
Fab - mature christmas pudding (2-3yrs) and mahogany drawer nose. Lovely fruit, just like a full and decent H.Medoc on the '03, and with some good St. Julien notes as well. Not sweet and silly, no sweet purple paint here, not dry, a wee wee bit of furry boots, but Hey ! I had not left it in the rack long enough.
This is nice, knocks a load of big brands for trad Cab right off their purch - nicely inside a tenner last year, and before cellaring.
Rich and GK may like this.

Question for Mel, have the big brands started innoculating their ketchup yeast concoctions yet. What I read in the science journal on the web for this laboratory business is quite scary. Or is it scare mungering ?

Yeah edited later today. - Shezza would like this cleanskin, I reckon. Stick a different label on it at the Decanter tasting and see how many fall for the gag

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Duncan

I haven't seen cleanskins for a while. I thought the 5 years of draught had balanced up the production/demand balance and so they haven't been on my radar for a while.

It sounds interesting.

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On the other hand the lack of volume at smaller properties, may mean the lack of money for marketing. I dont know who paid for the barrels. Only one cheaper '04 cleanskin at TL's at the mo

Very satisfying for me, but then, I prefer my cab more skullery than B&Q worktop makeover.

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