A Real Bad Accident.

This breaks my heart as this wine is on the list of wine to drink before I die.




Expensive drop as forklift shatters $1.1 mln wine

(AFP) – 10 hours ago 

ADELAIDE, Australia — An Australian winemaker said Friday he was "numb" after a malfunctioning forklift destroyed more than Aus$1 million ($1.1 million) of his prized shiraz.
Some 462 cases of the 2010 Mollydooker Velvet Glove Shiraz, which sells for Aus$185 a bottle, smashed to the ground as it was being loaded for export to the United States.
It cost winemaker Sparky Marquis one third of his annual production.
"So how do I feel? Gut-wrenched, shocked, numb," he told reporters.
"When they opened up the container they said it was like a murder scene," he added. "There was red everywhere.
"But it smelled phenomenal."
Brett McCarthur, of Kerry Logistics, said the company moves more than 20,000 containers a year and had never had such a malfunction before.
"It was very hard to make that call to Sparky," he said.
The saving grace was that the wine was fully insured, with assessors already on the scene.

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2009 Mollydooker Cabernet Sauvignon The Maitre D’ (Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, Langhorne Creek)

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Faust Cabernet 2007 - The Quick and Dirty Review.

From the Faust Website-

Faust, the wine, celebrates a legend which has inspired many great minds, among them the German poet Goethe, from whose masterpiece we draw our inspiration.

In Goethe’s most famous work, the aging scholar Dr. Faust barters his soul in the afterlife in exchange for another chance at youth. He gets his chance, yet ultimately his soul is saved by love.

The wine was a monster that required two hours of decanting prior to dinner, and it paired well with prime rib and garlic Brussels sprout.   

This wine was filled with fruit, great structure, and a very healthy nose.  Spice and pepper attacked the palate and lingered for about 30 seconds afterward.   Strong, but not angry.  Firm, but not too tight.

After being open a total of five hours this monster mellowed into a playful caramel and chocolate delight.  Release price of $50, I found it on sale for much less than that.  

It could use a few more years in the bottle in my opinion, but hey,  who am I to tell when you should drink something.  If you like traditional California Cabernet, you will like this.

Find out more about Faust wines here.