Was visiting some good friends today for a barbeque; one of them
decided to open a bottle of this. Absolutely wonderful wine (I'm a big
fan of South Australian Shiraz, this is one of the many reasons why) -
very robust body, lots of fruit and berry with hints of pepper on the
nose, and a magnificent rich finish.

Salil wrote:
> Was visiting some good friends today for a barbeque; one of them
> decided to open a bottle of this. Absolutely wonderful wine (I'm a big
> fan of South Australian Shiraz, this is one of the many reasons why) -
> very robust body, lots of fruit and berry with hints of pepper on the
> nose, and a magnificent rich finish.
>


Yeah this particular wine is normally pretty good value, here at least.

Its made in a commercial style, usually with lots of sweet fruit and
generally pretty easy drinking.

In about the $AU12-$14 price range I think.


The pinot is good too, though hardly representative of the variety. The
merlot is ok. The sangiovese is supposed to be pretty good. The shiraz
grenache not bad. The cab sav not too bad.

The rosemount cab sav was the first red wine I ever had that was
drinkable. So I will always remember it.


In fact, for the price you should be paying for it, pretty much anything
in the Rosemount Diamond Label range is good value.



The chardonnay is usually pretty good too. Very good in fact usually.


There is also an even lesser label, the jigsaw or split label, which is
also great value for money.



There are some notes he
https://www.nicks.com.au/SearchResul...mount%20Estate

Rosemount make a lot of wines in a lot of different price brackets.



So, Rosemount diamond label, great value, easy drinking, almost always a
crowd pleaser, but its hardly going to win too many competitions. I
think the diamond label is a great and cheap way to introduce ppl to
wine, because its normally pretty safe that it will be easily drinkable.

Indeed, the last Rosemount wine I tried was their Traminer/Riesling
blend; very fragrant and tart with a semi-sweet finish. it would make a
great "beginner" wine.

Dan-O

Dan wrote on 17 Apr 2006 09:31:46 -0700:

DTM> Indeed, the last Rosemount wine I tried was their
DTM> Traminer/Riesling blend; very fragrant and tart with a
DTM> semi-sweet finish. it would make a great "beginner" wine.

DTM> Dan-O

Sorry, to be so late in responding but what is Rosemount
"Diamond"? Is it ordinary Rosemount wine since the bottles of
Rosemount in my local store all seem to have a diamond-shaped
label?


James Silverton.

James Silverton wrote:
> Dan wrote on 17 Apr 2006 09:31:46 -0700:
>
> DTM> Indeed, the last Rosemount wine I tried was their
> DTM> Traminer/Riesling blend; very fragrant and tart with a
> DTM> semi-sweet finish. it would make a great "beginner" wine.
>
> DTM> Dan-O
>
> Sorry, to be so late in responding but what is Rosemount
> "Diamond"? Is it ordinary Rosemount wine since the bottles of
> Rosemount in my local store all seem to have a diamond-shaped
> label?
>
>
> James Silverton.

I assume that's the case; all of the Rosemount's in my state's stores
also have that diamond label. If the OP is discussing something else, I
hope he will say so.

Dan-O

"Dan The Man" > wrote in message
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>
> James Silverton wrote:
>> Dan wrote on 17 Apr 2006 09:31:46 -0700:
>>
>> Sorry, to be so late in responding but what is Rosemount
>> "Diamond"? Is it ordinary Rosemount wine since the bottles of
>> Rosemount in my local store all seem to have a diamond-shaped
>> label?

>
> I assume that's the case; all of the Rosemount's in my state's stores
> also have that diamond label. If the OP is discussing something else, I
> hope he will say so.
>
>
I'm not the OP, but my local store has Rosemount in Diamond Label and a few
other "labels". Check here (hope the link works)

http://www.wineaccess.com/store/tota...emount&x=0&y=0

JR wrote on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:25:06 -0400:


J> "Dan The Man" > wrote in message
J>
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??>>
??>> James Silverton wrote:
??>>> Dan wrote on 17 Apr 2006 09:31:46 -0700:
??>>>
??>>> Sorry, to be so late in responding but what is Rosemount
??>>> "Diamond"? Is it ordinary Rosemount wine since the
??>>> bottles of Rosemount in my local store all seem to have a
??>>> diamond-shaped label?

??>> I assume that's the case; all of the Rosemount's in my
??>> state's stores also have that diamond label. If the OP is
??>> discussing something else, I hope he will say so.
??>>
J> I'm not the OP, but my local store has Rosemount in Diamond
J> Label and a few other "labels". Check here (hope the link
J> works)

Thanks, interesting list but, as I said, I've never seen
Rosemount labels that were not diamond shaped and, going by my
memory, the word "Diamond" is not prominent. I guess I now know
what to look for and Rosemount's prices are quite attractive.

James Silverton.

"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.net> wrote in message
. ..
> JR wrote on Sun, 30 Apr 2006 13:25:06 -0400:
>
> Thanks, interesting list but, as I said, I've never seen Rosemount labels
> that were not diamond shaped and, going by my memory, the word "Diamond"
> is not prominent. I guess I now know what to look for and Rosemount's
> prices are quite attractive.
>

One thing I didn't mention...the images of the labels in that list are a
little different from the ones that I actually see on the shelves. The ones
on the shelves actually say "Diamond Label" on them. Not prominent, but on
the lower portion of the diamond, near home plate, if you will.