Saturday, October 5, 2013

Session 28 - Neil Prentice - Moondarra and Holly's Garden

When Neil Prentice approached Swirl, Sniff, Spit about the possibility of being involved with our October session - we simply jumped at the chance.

We first tasted some of Neil's wines in our April 2012 session, encountering lusciously textured Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir with depth that were savoury and serious.

Neil always seems to have something going on, he's a partner in - due to open shortly - restaurant Big Huey's Diner, a passionate St Kilda fan, raises Tajima - producing fantastically marbled beef - and in short is a bit of a character. He's also partial to a drop of Mataro (which Stu thinks the greatest of Neil's many qualities :)

Without stealing much more of Neil's thunder, here's the line-up for Tuesday 15th October. Usual caveats: still a work-in-progress, vintages may change etc

Seats open up via twitter at 8am Monday 7th October (yes, a Public Holiday)

Bracket 1 - Blanc de Noir
Holly's Garden Blanc de Noir NV #3
Henschke Lenswood Blanc de Noir NV

Bracket 2 - Pinot Gris 
2012 Holly's Garden Pinot Gris  
2012 Holly's Garden UberGris 

Bracket 3 Skin Contact White 
2013 Holly's Garden Pinot Ramato
TBC A.N.Other Skin contact White

Bracket 4 - Pinot Noir
2010 Moondarra Conception
2010 Moondarra Samba Side

Bracket 5 - Nebbiolo
2012 Moondarra Growers Nebbiolo
TBC A.N.Other Nebbiolo