The Auswine Forum

I finally gave in and got 2x Lamella and 1x The Standish

WineRick wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 3:33 pm
It's already on the map! Why get the Bogong moths to push a $25-30 bottle to $75 just so they can brag about it. Get on the mailing lists of a number of LC winemakers and just keep mum about it.

I love the specificity of not just moths to a flame but Bogong moths !

VinoEd wrote: ↑Fri Mar 29, 2024 12:46 pm 6x 2023 Erin Eyes Emerald Isle Riesling

Purchased unknown, and never had a wine from this label before. Anyone across it?

Cheers Ed

Never heard of it.. for a second I genuinely thought it was an Irish riesling based on the name and I nearly fell off my chair

6x Rockford BP 2020... just remembered I hadn't bought it yet this vintage

ticklenow1 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:31 pm

12 x 2008 Seppelts Show Reserve Sparkling Shiraz - Hard to say no to at $20 a bottle. Brownie points from the wife for this purchase

Cheers
Ian

Where on earth did you find that at $20??? What a bargain

Share away Craig

A good value producer I really like from the Rhone on offer from BBR 6x 2022 Crozes-Hermitage, Les Trois Chênes, Emmanuel Darnaud, Rhône 6x 2022 Crozes-Hermitage, Mise en Bouche, Emmanuel Darnaud, Rhône and a few randoms Duckhorn 'Decoy' Merlot 2019/21, North Coast Cambria ‘Katherine's Vineyard’ Cha...

6x Sidewood Estate Mappinga Fume Blanc 2019
6x Cape Mentelle "MR range" Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
6x Tim Adams Clare Valley Riesling

Spotted some interesting buys on a UK website

Shiraz Viognier. Oh my yes, I recall a few years, maybe circa 2010-12 when every man and his dog was chucking Viognier into their Shiraz as if that alone made it a premium product! There were some absolute shockers out there. Funnily enough I opened a Pierre Gaillard Côte-Rôtie 2020 last night with...

They are contravening labelling laws I don't think so... the labelling laws allow you to call a wine a single variety if that variety is more than 85% of the blend (850ml per litre), and also requires that if you do refer to the components of the blend you list the components in descending order of...

They do quite well in the secondary market...

www.langtons.com.au/priceguide?searchPrice=sami%20odi

I concur with Ian and tarija

Comprehensive! Thanks for the notes Sean

Hi there, It doesn't look like Francois de Nicolay make any wine just labelled Cote de Beaune... if you have the one called "La Grand Chatelaine" then it is worth about $40 US it would seem. I would note that selling wine directly in Australia is not legal unless you possess a liquor licen...

I hope everyone had a great Xmas and will have a great New Year to come! In the end my xmas wines over Xmas Eve - Boxing day: Louis Latour Pouilly Vinzelle En Paradis 2020- pretty fresh and clean style, decent for £20 2015 Château Langoa Barton- from BBR so excellent provenance, still super youthful...

thanks for the notes Mychurch ... looks like a fun gathering!

I just had a totally anodyne Pennies Max's Shiraz/Cabernet 2019 that could have been from anywhere with ripe sweet fruit. Unobjectionably but a bit sad as a "global ambassador" for Oz which is widely available. While checking its technical details, I came across Penfolds own tasting note f...

Couple of randoms for xmas period:
1x Langoa Barton 2015
1x Penfolds Bin 311 2022 (which interestingly is about $1 cheaper from BBR than it would be in Oz from Uncle Dan's)

Mike Hawkins wrote: ↑Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:16 pm Eisenstone

Now that is a new one for me... what is the story with Eisenstone?

For me, the one I would like never to drop is probably Rockford, just for the historical connection.

Xmas this year will be with some friends at an Airbnb house in Devon. At this stage I am eyeing off a 2011 La Chapelle de la Mission Haut-Brion and possibly a magnum of Muga Prado Enea Gran Reserva 2010. Both have been bouncing around cupboards for a couple of years without ever being drunk, so I do...

Readjusting to the British supermarkets was one of the biggest challenges of moving back here from Paris

I was at Gatwick for three months on course and I didn’t even have to go beyond Tesco Extra. In Adelaide I have to drive to the hills to get a decent apple versus local supermarkets. I don't know the area around Gatwick that well but if you found "excellent" produce in a Tesco Extra that ...

phillisc wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:04 pm Might be some Rockford BP, but at $90 now and a shit vintage (2020)...will be a very small purchase me thinks

That is quite the increase over the last three years...

I trimmed a lot back on Aussie wine buying having been out of the country for so long. I used to buy every year: Tyrrells (whites and reds) Wendouree Rockford BP Head Wines (assorted) Grosset (rieslings + Gaia) and was on the Sami Odi list as well. These days I just buy Rockford BP and a small pack ...

Craig(NZ) wrote: ↑Tue Sep 23, 2003 7:25 pm
What has happenned to Penfolds anyway, the value isnt there anymore

20 years ago and it was the same view about Penfolds

mychurch wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 7:51 am

sjw_11 wrote: ↑Wed May 24, 2023 3:11 am 6x Ch Batailley 2022

For the label Sam, or for the contents ?

For the contents but I am a sucker for a one-off special label to commemorate something!

6x Ch Batailley 2022

Guess it is the time for the new Standish release... just picked up three bottles myself, anyone else got on board?

I think I also still have a few of this same wine in the cellar. One of the all time bargain buys.