<Ronin> wrote in message ...
>I have always found the vast majority of Aussie wines have the same
>"cooked" flavor that is common with wines which were produced from central
>California valley grapes. I have also noted the flavor in bottles that
>have been shown the oven in some way - maybe it is the shipping methods of
>the more "inexpensive" Aussie wineries.
>

That's a very typical flavour of the Hunter Valley and some other regions
(Riverland, Western New South Wales, etc) which simply get too hot at the
height of summer.