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Family roast this week and we opened: 1999 Majella Cab Sav This bottle was very nice but just 'nice' and not fantastic. The full bodied plum and cherry flavours i have experienced in younger vintages was not quite there even after decanting and warming in the hand. My experience is consistent with w...

I have just got into RB,s wine system and it seems to work well once info is put in there and i suppose thats the time but what happens if there is a fire or stormwater damage and the cellar needs to be claimed on insurance Where to from there Regards Dazza Hi there, I share my cellar space with 3 ...

Thanks Ian for taking time to write and post the above - i enjoyed the read. It may very well inspire me to head to Coonawarra for their 'cellar dwellers' month in July...

Cheers

tc

Brands Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 NOT the Laira. This is drinking very nicely now. Medium-bodied, savoury bacon notes under the mulberry fruit with a bit of blackberry, oak is well-integrated and in the background, seems to be a combination of french and american. Glad I opened this as I do...

My buys: 3 X Leconfield Cab Sav 2003 3 X St Huberts Cab Sav 2001 3 X St Huberts Cab Sav 2002 6 X Yarra Burn Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2006 6 X Grant Burge Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay NV Also I produced my receipt and returned 9 wines to DM that I had bought a month ago, asked for store cre...

Wynns Black Label 2006 Picked up a case of this recently and on reccomendations elsewhere on the web i thought i would i would open one to see how it was drinking young. As i exepcted it was initially very closed for me. It did however open up after several hours of swirling and warming in the glas...

Hi all, Continuing on with this theme, I am hoping some more experienced members might impart some knowledge. I am in the market to purchase a decanter and am contemplating which design I go for. The orbital style decanter looks attractive as one is able to roll the decanter to agitate the surface a...

Hi all – am new to the forum and this is my very first post. This month i have realised that due to my continued chipping away, my cellar has dwindled to below one hundred - as such i have purchased the following with the view to stock up over the next few months for future years: 12 x 2004 Z...