Unfortunately the night coincided with a rather large group, so it was expected that service might be a little dodgy at times and it turned out that this was the case. Our waiter for the evening was none other than Paul Hogan - the manservant/butler from the reality tv-series Joe Millionaire. I knew I recognised that guy from somewhere!!!!
First up was the 2000 Peter Lehman Black Queen - Black current nose. The immediate taste detected was a delicious carob chocolate flavour that soon emerged into amazing dark fruits. Unfortunately due to timing this was served with the ocean trout. Next up was the Leeuwin Estate Art Series 2005 which had an abundance of oak on the nose and tastes of buttered toast. Long finish. Good stuff.
The Penfolds 1996 bin 407 was amazingly youthful with crazy tannins, well balanced, a nice drink.
The Wagyu beef , although unforgivingly overcooked still retained exceptional flavour and the high fat content rendered the wagyu reasonably tender and dissipated some of the "overcookedness".
The Kay bros 1992 Block 6 stirred up a bit of sh$t with discussions of ozone, smells of the beach and iodine. I enjoyed this wine, but it was an interesting beast thats for sure -something I've never experienced.
Wendouree Shiraz Malbec 2003: Now here's a wine that needs some more time. And amazingly complex wine that changed constantly in the glass. Initial red-robe liquorice upon more dark liquorice which changed into an oak driven stegosaurus, however, this was all in perfect harmony with the fruit, acidity and ethanol.Overall a really great experience. I would have thought, given the hiccups at times we could have had a reduction in corkage.
