February 2024 Purchases

[phillisc]

Because it's the one day of the year that I can
Mixed dozen Eisenstone 2021 Releases,
Hoffman, Ebenezer Koonunga, Beckers, Matchoss

Cheers Craig

[Andrew Jordan]

x6 2021 St Hallet Blackwell
x6 2020 Cantine Paradiso Mast Puglia IGT
x6 2023 Tyrrell's Cabernet Sauvignon Special Release
x3 2012 Seppelt Shiraz Show Sparkling Shiraz

[Mike Hawkins]

Because it's the one day of the year that I can
Mixed dozen Eisenstone 2021 Releases,
Hoffman, Ebenezer Koonunga, Beckers, Matchoss

Cheers Craig

Nice pickup. I’m surprised they’re still available

[Ian S]

Some roero (nebbiolo), plus freisa, a barolo and sticky from Piemonte getting delivered next week

[phillisc]

A few 2016 Bellwether Cabernet
Cheers Craig

[Ian S]

Those wines in full:
5x (Fabrizio) Battaglino Roero 'Sergentin' 2011
2x (Fabrizio) Battaglino nebbiolo d'Alba Colla 2010
2x Broccardo Langhe Freisa 2012
1x Rizzi Barbaresco Nervo Fondetta 2011
2x Rizzi Frimaio Vendemmia tardiva passito 2009

[mjs]

6 x 2014 William Fèvre Petit Chablis

and some cheapies ...

12 x 2021 Wolf Blass House of the Dragon Cabernet Shiraz
6 x 2023 Rosemount Estate Chardonnay
12 x 2021 Reschke Vitulus Coonawarra Shiraz

[mychurch]

1 * 1993 JJ Christoffel Erdener Treppchen Auslese
2 * 23 Sorrenberg Sauvignon|Semillon
3 * 07 Elizabeth Semillon, Mount Pleasant
1 * 15 Petite Mensang, Symphony Hill Wines

Really interested in the Symphony Hill - never really tried much wine from Queensland.

[Sean]

Ages since I had a Hunter Valley wine, so I picked up half a dozen as a sampler.

Just had a look at the Mount Pleasant website. This is the current label estate Semillon while the Elizabeth is the Cellar Aged release.

Tulloch Verdelho 23
Margan Hunter Valley Semillon 14
Tyrrell’s Stevens Vineyard Semillon 17
Mount Pleasant Hunter Valley Semillon 22
Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir 22
Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz 22

[Ian S]

Will be interested in what you make of the Margan / where the style is these days. The 2000 vintage I tasted was rather forward / soft for a Hunter Semillon (and the other bottle corked - back from the days when cork was the death of these wines).

[mjs]

6 x 2019 Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz
(wildcard on cellardoor.co)

[FredericoWines]

A light month. Only two bottles of Moss Wood Estate Cabernet Sauvignon. The store was having inventory sale and offered 35% off for three consecutive vintages of '17, '18 & '19. I picked up the newest vintage. Did I choose right?

[felixp21]

vintage variation is minimal in margaret river, but I'd say the 2018 is the best of those three, with many proclaiming it the best-ever vintage in MR.

[Ian S]

vintage variation is minimal in margaret river, but I'd say the 2018 is the best of those three, with many proclaiming it the best-ever vintage in MR.

I recall 2-3 years where it was grim in some of the South Aussie regions, yet Marg River sailed through the vintage with no concerns. I've not followed vintage reports for a good few years now, but I wonder when the last *really* difficult vintage was in MR - whilst 2021 looks like it had issues, I wonder if 1983 was the last really difficult vintage?

[FredericoWines]

Thanks, nice to know

[Andrew Jordan]

vintage variation is minimal in margaret river, but I'd say the 2018 is the best of those three, with many proclaiming it the best-ever vintage in MR.

I recall 2-3 years where it was grim in some of the South Aussie regions, yet Marg River sailed through the vintage with no concerns. I've not followed vintage reports for a good few years now, but I wonder when the last *really* difficult vintage was in MR - whilst 2021 looks like it had issues, I wonder if 1983 was the last really difficult vintage?

2006 especially for cabernet ... cool season which made it hard to get the fruit to ripen ... plenty of green/stalky characteristics in cabernets from this vintage.

[Ian S]

vintage variation is minimal in margaret river, but I'd say the 2018 is the best of those three, with many proclaiming it the best-ever vintage in MR.

I recall 2-3 years where it was grim in some of the South Aussie regions, yet Marg River sailed through the vintage with no concerns. I've not followed vintage reports for a good few years now, but I wonder when the last *really* difficult vintage was in MR - whilst 2021 looks like it had issues, I wonder if 1983 was the last really difficult vintage?

2006 especially for cabernet ... cool season which made it hard to get the fruit to ripen ... plenty of green/stalky characteristics in cabernets from this vintage.

With my euro-leaning palate, green and stalky can be very appealing

... but yes a very valid candidate for a 'difficult' vintage

[DaveS]

4 x 2021 Domenica Nebb
6 x 2022 Vanguardist Grenache
2 x 2019 Cantina Delsignore Gattinara 'il Putto'
1 x 2018 Muraje Carema Riserva
1 x 2020 Muraje Sumié Carema
2 x 2021 Abbeville Nebbiolo
2 x 2021 S.C. Pannell Old McDonald Grenache
4 x 2022 In Praise Of Shadows Grenache

[DaveS]

vintage variation is minimal in margaret river, but I'd say the 2018 is the best of those three, with many proclaiming it the best-ever vintage in MR.

I recall 2-3 years where it was grim in some of the South Aussie regions, yet Marg River sailed through the vintage with no concerns. I've not followed vintage reports for a good few years now, but I wonder when the last *really* difficult vintage was in MR - whilst 2021 looks like it had issues, I wonder if 1983 was the last really difficult vintage?

I think 2006 might have been the last bad one. Wet and cold. Was tough for reds.

Edit: sorry, already mentioned above.

[mychurch]

I bought a few bottles of Elizabeth Semillon at MW, 1 of the 84 and 2 of the 86. I drank the 83 with Con a few weeks ago and it was hanging on, so hopefully these will be fine - cork of course, so who knows.

A couple of curios from Langtons: a NV Morris Sauternes, and a Mic Morris Sparkling Durif/Shiraz. Not sure how old that one is - the label is very different to the current releases, but I can’t find much info on it.

[Sean]

Will be interested in what you make of the Margan / where the style is these days. The 2000 vintage I tasted was rather forward / soft for a Hunter Semillon (and the other bottle corked - back from the days when cork was the death of these wines).

I opened the Margan Semillon last night.

Margan Hunter Valley Semillon 14 - Gold colour and fully mature. But not simply the typical toast and honey of aged semillon I was expecting. Some of that perhaps. Honeysuckle or kero? I couldn’t pin it down. Lemon rind, toast, herbs, hints of hay, wool, farm smells. Feels soft and slippery, with a long dry finish. Got some bite (the acidity), so those in the know will probably keep this longer.

[Ian S]

Nice one - thanks for that Sean. Yes sounds like still with a slightly earlier maturing profile than say Tyrrells, but probably thriving under screwcap.

[Sean]

Picked up a couple more bottles of Tulloch Verdelho.

Also some Margaret River SSB blends.

Fraser Gallop Estate Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 23
Stella Bella Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 22
Leeuwin Estate Classic Dry White 23
Vasse Felix Classic Dry White 23