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Conventional inflation is not a fair measure for the appreciation of luxury items. It’s as simple as that! We can all find better wines as wine lovers and often tell a great story to go with them. In the case of Grange and Hill of Grace, arguably the greatest wine of Italy, which until the 2004 vin...

I'll pop a red in the fridge prior to opening to bring it down to an optimal temperature to drink, if the bottle warms up.

A mate of mine, apart from beer, only drinks reds fridge temperature or on ice.

Pretty happy - just picked up a mixed doz. - 6 & 6 - of the '24 Drumborg and '24 Leo Buring EV for $15 each. Probably one of my best buys in recent times. Love both these wines. Stock up on the '24's you enjoy, because of the hottest year / driest year in history, '25's might show some stress. ...

Pikes Merle Clos Clare Barry Boys Florita Anything by KT (Kerri Thompson) Crabtree Kroener Kenny Pauletts And probably a heap more Cheers Craig 2024 was an excellent vintage and should be highly regarded. I've tasted a number on Craig's list and concur. You can safely add Naked Run to the list, Ste...

Hi All

I am heading to the Hunter in a few weeks time, only have a short stay there. There are some good suggestions here, I like the look of Audrey Wilkinson and Tyrells.

looking for recommendations for one more with good food, does not need to be fine dining.

TIA.

No real notes, but some good drinking wines: 2024 Riesling Freak No. 34, beautiful balance. Very good value 2020 St Hugo Cabernet Sauvignon, heavily discounted price. Great drinking at this price, good fruit, distinctly Coonawarra, perhaps a touch short on the finish. Better than Wynns BL in my view...

An amazing tasting held at Pikes Slate Restaurant on Tuesday 19/11 entitled “Cabernet & Friends”, $75 per head including morning tea and lunch. Designed as a Benchmark tasting for Clare Valley Cabernet. Wines were served blind in a bracket of 6 wines with only vintage(s) indicated prior to tasti...

A couple of note worthy wines in recent weeks: 2023 Setiono Lowke Shiraz, Ebenezer, Barossa Valley Decanted for 2 hours prior to service, immediately I could smell the waft of wonderful fruit and spice notes. A fruit forward wine with impeccable balance showing very good complexity - cloves, nutmeg,...

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i was alerted to this today

Wendouree Private Collection (102 BOTTLES) for sale, $21K!

www.skyecellars.com.au/privatecellar/weendouree-private-collection-102-bottles

(its not mine)

2022 and 2023 Setionos. Looking forward to tasting them shortly.

JamieAdelaide wrote: ↑Fri Oct 18, 2024 5:20 pm Anyone try the 2021 BP? 89pts over at the Wine Front!

My palate isn’t good enough to work out if the BP a good wine or bad, with a thimble serve at cellar door.

Who tasted it and gave it the score from TWF?

Depends on your individual circumstance. If dropping $500 on a bottle is a drop in the ocean, go for it. If not, $500 worth of wine over numerous producers opens up heaps of opportunities. Buy from 2021 or 2022 vintages over 2018. 2017 was wet, cold and a flood year - avoid.

6 x 2022 Taylors Jaraman Shiraz (Clare Valley/McLaren Vale). Tried before I buyed, plush fruit with very good length and lovely ripe tannins.

12 x 2021 Claymore Bitter Sweet Symphony Cabernet Claymore are producing some excellent wines. I am a fan of the London Calling Cab/Malbec with its medium bodied/mid-weight palate. The Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz is a regular mid-weeker at our house. The 2021 and the new 2022 release are very good...

On the subject of ports - and I love Morris VP's also - finished last night, 1969 Taylors Late Bottled Vintage Port (bottled 1974) .... in a word glorious! Thoroughly mature but not tired, aromatic, racy and showing classic aged Touriga characters with integrated spirit. We love our fortified's and...

The crazy new paradigm of white under stelvin. I’ve been super impressed. We are now seeing 20 year examples of all the varietals. One factor I’m starting to notice is loads of primary fruit versus a loss of strututal energy. It seems a little lopsided. Look, the result is ways better than cork, it...

The crazy new paradigm of white under stelvin. I’ve been super impressed. We are now seeing 20 year examples of all the varietals. One factor I’m starting to notice is loads of primary fruit versus a loss of strututal energy. It seems a little lopsided. Look, the result is ways better than cork, it...

Being a beginner in the Wendouree world, my 81 year old father-in-law who is responsible for my later in life interest in red wine says he isn't waiting 20 years to try this wine I have been "rattling on about for the last 4 years!!" So I will have to open a 2022 when my small purchase ar...

Wendouree
Grosset
Wynns (recent V2022 purchases moved this one up a few rungs)
Sevenhill Cellars
Then a tie between Kaesler Wines, Marius Wines & Wild Duck Creek

We opened a 2022 Malbec last night as a treat watching the footy with a porterhouse steak and chips. Beautifully perfumed, elegant, refined and 'fine boned'. Medium bodied at best, fruit forward, well judged oak. Lots to like, nice balanced wine, a bit of acidity and nice lingering/softish tannins. ...

JamieAdelaide wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 11:00 am I don’t believe the local allocations has always been the case?

Clearly there are, and yes, its been happening for a long time. Great to see visitors to region getting access to the wines.

Chatting to a Clare restaurateur whose cellar near mine in Kennards, definitely an allocation now for Clare businesses as well as local pickers, with high take up ans forwarding their allocations. When he saw my Great Wall of Wendouree, he offered to buy. Not a seller. 24b has formed a new section ...

A couple of easy drinking wines over course of Fathers day: 2023 Henschke Peggy’s Hill Riesling, Eden Valley. A beautifully crafted wine, fruit driven with lovely limes, some slate/mineral tones, nice acidity with very good length. A real crowd pleaser. 2022 John Duval Concilio Grenache/Shiraz (86%/...

6 X Wynns Old Vine Shiraz - had to after some of the reviews on here. Cheers Ed Yeah I actually preferred the 22 Shiraz over the 22 BL cab, which I thought was strange, as I thought they were more well known for their cab. Got it from Dan Murphys for approx $20 a bottle, can’t go wrong In terms of ...

Popped and poured a 2022 Wynns Coonawarra Black Label Shiraz on saturday night, and had a glass last night. Very impressive wine with a nice spice note that I find very attractive in it. Dare say one of the better wines I have tried recently. Going back to buy the remainder at its discounted price....

Popped and poured a 2022 Wynns Coonawarra Black Label Shiraz on saturday night, and had a glass last night. Very impressive wine with a nice spice note that I find very attractive in it. Dare say one of the better wines I have tried recently. Going back to buy the remainder at its discounted price...

A few notes / impressions from the last few weeks. A trio of McLaren Vale Shiraz’s: 2021 Beresford Wines ‘Classic’ Shiraz, McLaren Vale 2021 Olivers Taranga Shiraz, McLaren Vale 2021 Taylors Wines Masterstroke Shiraz, McLaren Vale All of these wines demonstrate the quality of the 2021 vintage, even ...

Just collected my order. There were 8 or so Australia Post cages full of Wine ready for dispatch.

24B Shiraz now all gone, missed out on it myself.

Happy drinking, looking forward to trying the Shiraz Malbec

Three years later,I decided to check whether the wine would evolve with time (as per discussions below) and the answer is .... I'm not sure. It's very faintly lighter in colour than in 2021. There's still plums, raspberries and red fruits on the nose, with a touch of charcuterie and licorice. Oak i...