A shop opened near the hospital, selling all sorts of groceries. There were some wines on the shelves, from this Chinese owned Margaret River group by the name of Palinda. The variety on display included the lesser wineries as well as some of their top offerings. Some of these get marked as some $2000+ in price.
Now Palinda has not been a name that I am familiar with, so I had to check to see if it has received strong approval by authorities well versed in Australian. Well, it is certainly not in the Langton Classification. Although I see some prizes awarded, I do wonder whether these all add up to the elevated sums demanded. I had tasted some of their older wines in a club wine fair last year and although they were quite nice ( as evidenced by my notes at the time), I am still wondering whether they can justify those $2000+ price for the most expensive wines there. There are certainly quite a few worthwhile clarets I can get for that type of money. However, this is not inconsistent with the sort of pricing I have seen with some mainland wine firms.
AS for me, I saw an interesting bottle (looking like a sweet offering) for a reasonable price and bought that for a try.
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