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6 x 2018 Blue Poles Allouran
5 x Ravensworth Estate Sangiovese (gee this is VV Good)
1 x 2019 Te Mata Coleraine

Very generous host indeed, should be great! I'd be looking forward to the older St Henri bracket for sure. And the older 389 bracket. And the 707 bracket as I've not tried one! I served 1986, 1990, and 1996 St Henri at a birthday dinner a couple years back, and they were all above any '98 Bin 389 I'...

Hi all, while I’d love to come along, we’re planning on camping this weekend. If the weather turns tooo bad that we cancel, and there’s still a spot left I’ll call out. Sure it will be a great night.

Will

Cheers Jamie, and yes the relative expense usually gives me pause, and noted drinking young wasteful, though I’ll never know if I’m wowed by them until I try I guess!

Will

Couple of nice write-ups there the last couple of days Jamie.

Roagna always sounds terrific, I really need to try to grab a bottle or two next time I see an offer.

Will

Thanks Allan. I often find the estate Chardonnay needs a bit of time for my tastes, even more than the Pinot.

I’ve got a ‘15 I might open this week sometime.

Cheers
Will

Thanks Allan, full of useful info as usual. Think the only one I have is 2009 under Magnum (or is it 2008..? hm). I'll probably leave longer in any case, sounds like might be a bit of an in-between stage of development.

Cheers,
Will

Hi Jamie, I keep mine at Kennards at Newstead, and I'm happy with it there, though the price has been creeping up steadily, they often have better pricing for new business. It was the Milton location that flooded I'm fairly sure. A mate has used Wineaway - good for him to have managed storage as he'...

Hi mychurch, I really enjoy reading about your wines, most of which I’ve not heard of so certainly extending my knowledge. And many of the whites sound like where my tastes are heading at the moment, not that I’ll come across them in any case. I’ll follow any locally available wines you find with in...

Some of these probably from June as well, selection of tasters and a couple for the cellar. 1 x 2019 Holly’s Garden Pinot Gris 2 x 2018 Arfion Savagnin 1 x 2018 Schmolzer and Brown Indigo Sangiovese 1 x 2017 Montesecondo Chianti Classico 1 x 2019 Somos Cab Franc 1 x 2018 Garagiste Le Stagiaire Pinot...

Thanks for the note Dang, love stories behind a wine.

Mount Pleasant for me, I’d love to try an O’Shea more than any other Australian wine.

International. Not sure - probably Cappellano, that write up Jamie did back to the 20s looked incredible. Or Prum. Or Cheval Blanc.

2004 Taittinger Comtes Blanc de Blanc - seemed a bit indulgent to drink this with my wife to celebrate our 3rd grandchild on the way. Last time I had this it was an Auswine forum dinner at Sherwood with the troops, so I knew not to drink it too quickly or too cold. Not much development in 5 yrs and...

By Farr. Gembrook Hill for Yarra Valley. I like Curly Flat a lot, terrific wines, just seen higher heights with others. I probably need to try some aged based on this thread. I haven't tried any of the top old-guard Yarra - Mt Mary; Yeringberg etc, nor Bindi, and my ignorance here is not providing a...

Best’s do bottle one - but not Pinot Noir - their Old Vine Pinot Meunier is made from vines planted 1868, only top vintages apparently. I’ve never tried.

Coriole Sangiovese 18 - An older, well established vineyard loaded up with sangiovese now, also newer vines with different clones in the mix. Could be that or the style is changing a little. Medium-bodied and not as dry and grippy as it used to be. Mid red coloured and lovely perfumed aromas. Cherr...

2 x 2016 Giovanni Canonica Barolo Grinzane Cavour
4 x 2016 Giovanni Canonica Barolo Paiagallo
4 x 2017 Bondonio Roncagliette
2 x 2015 Cappellano Pie Rupestris

I get a lot of enjoyment from using Zalto glasses, use them all the time and so get more ongoing enjoyment from the glass, than from a couple of non-descript $25 wines. Having said that, they are kinda expensive, so I just ask for a glass each birthday or Christmas present.. For Nebbiolo I usually u...

Mostly cheapish house wines this month to get me through... 6 x 2017 Seppelt Jaluka Chardonnay 6 x 2015 Mandala Chardonnay 6 x 2019 Longview Nebbiolo Rosato 6 x 2017 Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 6 x 2019 Giant Steps LDR Pinot/Shiraz 6 x 2015 Yering Station Village Pinot Noir And a case from Fran...

Mostly cheapish house wines this month to get me through... 6 x 2017 Seppelt Jaluka Chardonnay 6 x 2015 Mandala Chardonnay 6 x 2019 Longview Nebbiolo Rosato 6 x 2017 Tapanappa Foggy Hill Pinot Noir 6 x 2019 Giant Steps LDR Pinot/Shiraz 6 x 2015 Yering Station Village Pinot Noir And a case from Franc...

I don’t buy or drink that much Riesling these days, but I’ve never really been taken by Grosset rieslings so never going to try this one with my own coin. The only Aus Riesling I’ve bought in that ballpark is Crawford River Reserve, but they are released with 10+ years on them (2008 current), and I ...

Hi Adam, I have a few Zalto universal that I use at home, and I use them for everything excluding Pinot, Nebb, and Chard as you say. I find them ideal for everything else, Riesling/shiraz ideal, and if I were in your position I would just get a universal set. I haven’t used Gabriel Glas though they ...

Awesome Rossco, appreciate the notes so I can drink vicariously! Few on there I fear I will never try.

Cheers
Will

Though I'm not confirmed to attend yet... Keen to look at both the whites for sure. Reds, my thoughts would be: Marius Shiraz, be great to try some of the earliest vintages. Then Limestone Ridge and the Turkey Flat, due to preference, and that there are a couple of old vintages in those wines. If I ...

Well yes they could if they wanted to. Would just surprise me I guess, perhaps I’m naive, I would have thought they would keep the individual vineyard wines as just that.

Jamie, didnt mean to come across argumentative, no doubt you’re closer to the knowledge than I.

Will

Surely they wouldn't put HOG fruit in the Mt Ed as a single vineyard wine itself.

And thanks for the notes too Graeme. I've got a couple of older vintages of the Reserve Bin Chardonnay i need to get to.

:) 1 x 2015 Sordo Barolo Villero 2 x 2015 Sordo Barolo Rocche di Castiglione 2 x 2016 Bondonio Roncagliette (maybe a month or two back, but i just got it delivered!) 1 x 2015 Vajra BdV 3 x 2017 Vajra Rosso 3 x 2017 Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebb 1 x 2016 Latta 'Jurassique Blanc' Ullaged Chardonnay 1 x ...

1 x 2015 Sordo Barolo Villero 2 x 2015 Sordo Barolo Rocche di Castiglione 2 x 2016 Bondonio Roncagliette (maybe a month or two back, but i just got it delivered!) 1 x 2015 Vajra BdV 3 x 2017 Vajra Rosso 3 x 2017 Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebb 1 x 2016 Latta 'Jurassique Blanc' Ullaged Chardonnay 1 x 201...

3 x 2019 Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon 3 x 2019 Tyrrell's Johnno's Semillon 6 x 2016 Blue Poles Allouran 2 x 2018 Mount Pleasant 1965 Vines Rosehill 2 x 2018 Mount Pleasant Mountain C 2 x 2018 Mount Pleasant Mountain A 3 x 2018 Mount Pleasant OP&OH 3 x 2018 Monut Pleasant Rosehill I let the Marius ma...

Thanks for the note Jamie, good to read a considered note, as I got a couple of the 2014, though I likely won't buy many (any?) others from 2014.

Is the bowl on that Zalto the same as the burgundy stem?

Will