Everyone is into food and wine pairing so I thought I would do movie and wine pairing instead. The movie that pairs best with this little number is "The Tree of Life". Terrence Mallick's film is shot naturally with no lighting and only a hand held camera as he is trying to show everything in a raw state. The film is brilliantly cast and the leading lady is breathtaking in her outfits. The film is visually impressive with little dialogue which tries to show the brutal nature of life. Good idea but after 30 minutes into the film you get a large proposition filled with shots of volcanoes, oceans and the sun. The cinema was packed and about 2 hours in people started yelling out comments like "I can't get back those minutes in my life or what sh** is this" and we even had one gentleman snore his head off. Mallick spent 4 years editing this film which lends itself to perfectionistic tendencies, but in the end the message is lost due to his execution. From the reviews I have looked at he either got no stars or 5 stars, with no stars taking up the greater proportion.
Jauma Wood Vineyard 2010
The wine slowing creeps out of the bottle with cinnamon, red licorice and red lollies. After a while a little dark chocolate comes into play. These are beautiful flavours but they sit on an ultra bitter finish and a hint of Clag glue. There are lovely light tannin elements coming into play which suggests that you could age this in the short to medium term. Get rid of the flavours from the mid-palate to the finish and you have a brilliant wine! Now I've had this wine four or five times and they have ranged from undrinkable to very good (72 - 89pts) and this one is in the middle.
Alcohol: 15.5%
Price: $80
Rated: 85
Drink: 2011 - 2017
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