Bass Phillip 'Village', pinot noir 2005, Gippsland ($58 restaurant price)

Great expectations of this, what with Bass Phillip's reputation and all.  Then came the shocks.  The light red colur was less of a surprise than the fact that the wine was clearly unfiltered and thus cloudy in colour.  With hindsight it should have been decanted what with the amount of sediment in it.  Notwithstanding that, the second big surprise was that it tasted as though it was freshly bottled - totally raw - nouveau.  A thoroughly unenjoyable drink verging towards vile.