February 2019 Purchases

[phillisc]

On a related theme
6 2014 Seppelts Mount Ida Shiraz... at $30 not a bad buy
Cheers Craig

[Con J]

I think I stopped buy Seppelt St Peters when the winery got put up for sale.
I'm not sure if it did sell, does anybody know?

TWE still own Seppelt. They ship grapes from Great Western to the Barossa as the winemaking facilities have closed down. The cellar door, tunnels and some function/accommodation buildings are leased to Great Western Enterprises who are now running the show there.

Thanks Ozzie.

Our EH wine group had a couple of weekends away and stayed at the Westgate vineyard at Great Western back in 2012 and 2013.
We went to cellar door at Seppelt which was a pretty good experience, one of the guys was TWE member and organised a private sit down tasting. Didn't think of doing the tunnel tour, not sure why but will have to if I go up that way again.

Cheers Con.

[Scotty vino]

1 X Sami-Odi Little Wine #8...had a sample of this. really approachable light 'little' drop. Get into it folks.
1 X 2017 Sami-Odi ‘Hoffmann Dallwitz’ Syrah

[FredericoWines]

2x Freemark Abbey Bosché Cab 2014
1x Spottswoode Estate Cab 2014

Since then, got two Champange bottles:
Louis Roederer Blanc de Blancs 2010
Jacquesson Cuvee 740

[asajoseph]

Following on from this thread, I went in for a few things:

http://forum.auswine.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16185

* 2017 Domaine Dumien Serrette Cornas Patou (6x75)
* 2017 Domaine de Trevallon (3x150)

Also saw they had an offer for Weinert Carrascal Assemblage Especial, an interesting non-vintage Malbec / Cab / Merlot blend going back to 2004. At GBP40 for 4 magnums, it seemed worth a punt!

Fingers crossed I get my allocations...

[Michael McNally]

6 x 2015 Guigal St Joseph
6 x 2016 Dog Point Chardonnay (two gone already - wow!)
4 x 2012 Heggies Riesling

[Willard]

6 x 2015 Guigal St Joseph
6 x 2016 Dog Point Chardonnay (two gone already - wow!)
4 x 2012 Heggies Riesling

Hi Michael,

Had a 2015 Dog Point Chardonnay couple of months ago, some wild flavours but I loved it. What's the 16 like?

Will

[Wayno]

12 x Montalto 2017 Pinots to break a decent purchase fast (nothing in Jan)

[Michael McNally]

6 x 2015 Guigal St Joseph
6 x 2016 Dog Point Chardonnay (two gone already - wow!)
4 x 2012 Heggies Riesling

Hi Michael,

Had a 2015 Dog Point Chardonnay couple of months ago, some wild flavours but I loved it. What's the 16 like?

Will

Hi Will

Not too funky, other than a fair bit of struck match. Pretty full-bodied, with some very approachable acid. Can't decide whether I think this will age over the long term (5+) but definitely excellent in the short to medium term. Get some and try! In a six at VC is about $29 bucks (Gavin doesn't stock it - I checked).

Cheers

Michael

[Mahmoud Ali]

6 x 2015 Guigal St Joseph
6 x 2016 Dog Point Chardonnay (two gone already - wow!)
4 x 2012 Heggies Riesling

Had a 2015 Dog Point Chardonnay couple of months ago, some wild flavours but I loved it. What's the 16 like?

Not too funky, other than a fair bit of struck match. Pretty full-bodied, with some very approachable acid. Can't decide whether I think this will age over the long term (5+) but definitely excellent in the short to medium term. Get some and try! In a six at VC is about $29 bucks (Gavin doesn't stock it - I checked).

I should hope it ages, because I currently have a couple of bottles of the '09 Dog Point Chardonnay. I bought them at the same time I bought a half dozen of the '09 Greywacke Chardonnay and two of those bottles have been fantastic, the second bottle only last year. A friend of mine, to whom I served it blind, described it as "Meursault-like".

[winetastic]

Some funky stuff from Barbaresco:
x2 2016 Fabio Gea Onde Gravitazionale 33-66-1 Barbera/Neb/Wild
x2 2012 Fabio Gea ‘Veja Dota’ Barbera/Nebbiolo Blend
x1 2017 Fabio Gea 'Back Grin' Grinolino
x1 2016 Fabio Gea Green Palma Barbera DOC

German goodies:
x2 Weingut Jülg Riesling Trocken 2017
x2 Weingut Jülg Bundsandstein Riesling Trocken 2017
x2 Weingut Jülg Kalkmergel Spatburgunder 2016
x3 DONNHOFF 'OBERHAUSER LEISTENBERG' RIESLING KABINETT 2016

And some locals to keep it fair and balanced:
x3 MAYER ‘BLOODY HILLS’ PINOT NOIR 2018

[JamieBahrain]

OK it's started. 2015.

6 X Brovia Ca Mia Barolo 2015 plus single magnum

6 X Brovia Rocche di Castiglione Barolo 2015 plus single magnum

6 X Brovia Ca Mia Villero 2015 Barolo plus single magnum

6 X Brovia Garblet Sue 2015 Barolo plus single magnum

[winetastic]

OK it's started. 2015.

Cant say I'm sad to see the back end of 2014 Barolo, that being said, the cellar is full

[Ozzie W]

OK it's started. 2015.

Cant say I'm sad to see the back end of 2014 Barolo, that being said, the cellar is full

Not planning to buy much 2015 Barolo. Waiting for the 2016's.

[Michael McNally]

Had a 2015 Dog Point Chardonnay couple of months ago, some wild flavours but I loved it. What's the 16 like?

Not too funky, other than a fair bit of struck match. Pretty full-bodied, with some very approachable acid. Can't decide whether I think this will age over the long term (5+) but definitely excellent in the short to medium term. Get some and try! In a six at VC is about $29 bucks (Gavin doesn't stock it - I checked).

I should hope it ages, because I currently have a couple of bottles of the '09 Dog Point Chardonnay. I bought them at the same time I bought a half dozen of the '09 Greywacke Chardonnay and two of those bottles have been fantastic, the second bottle only last year. A friend of mine, to whom I served it blind, described it as "Meursault-like".

Thanks Mahmoud

I will try to keep my hands off them!

Cheers

Michael

[phillisc]

A rather expensive month
A case of Wynns Alex 88 2013 Cabernet.
The story goes there were two single vineyard releases in 2013, The Harold and as of last week the Alex popped up.
Wynns have sent some single vineyards releases exclusively to China. They did so with the 2012 Alex...none seen here.
They tried with the 13, however, the message was failed export order and the marketing department said "we found a small stash and are doing a museum release"
Dumb move, would have thought the demand for Wynns in Asia is non-existent (the brand is never mentioned by the TWE CEO, like Penfolds or Wolf Blass) and two, why not take the opportunity to alienate your domestic customers at the same time?

I will try a bottle and if its cooked because its spent three years sitting in a warehouse at Lindemans at Karadoc of all places, it will be sent back.

Cheers
craig

[brodie]

After nothing in Jan, some top notch Kiwis in Feb. Really nice to be able to buy older vintages that are ex winery cellar.


3 x 2009 Puriri Hills Reserve
4 x 2017 Framingham F series Old Vine Riesling
4 x 2003 Framingham Limited Release Dry Riesling
4 x 2004 Framingham Limited Release Dry Riesling
2 x 2015 Bell Hill Pinot Noir
1 x 2015 Bell Hill Chardonnay
3 x 2016 Bell Hill Old Weka Passs Pinot Noir

Brodie

[Con J]

A few too many at auction.

1 X 2006 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2007 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2008 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2009 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2010 Giacomo Conterno – Francia Barolo.
1 X 2012 Giacomo Conterno – Francia Barolo.
1 X 2011 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X 2012 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X 2013 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X 2014 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X NV Baileys of Glenrowan – HJT Tokay.
1 X NV Morris – 120th Anniversary Tokay.
1 X 1945 Orlando – Tawny Port.
1 X NV Stanton & Killeen – Liqueur Muscat, 1970’s bottling.

Cheers Con.

[Ian S]

Squeezed some in at the end of the month. A mixed 2 doz including: Donnas, 2x Grignolino, Ghemme, Sizzano, Barolo, Fiano, Nasco, 2x Ruché, 2x San Pat. Sangiovese, 2x Nosiola, 2x Teroldego, Langhe nebbiolo, Freisa, 3 halves of Tondonia res., Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Timorasso, Bierzo

If Brexit actually happens, such orders may be a lot harder.

[Matt@5453]

One bottle for the month, a 2018 Luke Lambert Syrah

[sjw_11]

If Brexit actually happens, such orders may be a lot harder.

One reason I was happy to re-locate from London to Paris! Although my right to stay here as a British citizen post March 29th is more complicated

[winetastic]

A few too many at auction.

1 X 2006 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2007 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2008 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2009 Giacomo Conterno – Cascina Francia Barolo.
1 X 2010 Giacomo Conterno – Francia Barolo.
1 X 2012 Giacomo Conterno – Francia Barolo.
1 X 2011 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X 2012 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X 2013 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X 2014 Giacomo Conterno – Ceretta Barolo.
1 X NV Baileys of Glenrowan – HJT Tokay.
1 X NV Morris – 120th Anniversary Tokay.
1 X 1945 Orlando – Tawny Port.
1 X NV Stanton & Killeen – Liqueur Muscat, 1970’s bottling.

Cheers Con.

A man of refined tastes.

[tuxy85]

Duty free allocation on return from Japan:
2015 Leeuwin Esate Art Series Chardonnay
2015 Wynns John Riddoch
2013 Henschke Mount Edelstone

A 6 pack from Henschke (wine club) which included:
2017 Julius Reisling
2015 Louis Semillon
2016 Archers Chardonnay
2017 Henry's Seven Shiraz blend
2016 Stone Jar Tempranillo
2015 Johann's Garden Grenache

A mixed case of Mike Press for general consumption.