June - What have you been buying?

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Jimmy
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Post by Jimmy »

We're in the final stages of building a house so wine purchases have been few and far between lately. However, I did "splash out" on some quaffers on the weekend:

4 x St Hallett Faith Shiraz 2006
4 x Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise Red 2006
4 x Seppelt Victorian Shiraz 2004

The only one of these I haven't tried before is the Faith shiraz.

Cheers,
Jimmy
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Mike Hawkins
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Post by Mike Hawkins »

Jay,

At USD 26 per bottle, I couldn't resist. I know some people find the 02 a tad porty, but I quite enjoyed it. At the price, they'll make nice quaffers for the next 2 years !

Mike
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Post by Mike Hawkins »

Jay,

At USD 26 per bottle, I couldn't resist. I know some people find the 02 a tad porty, but I quite enjoyed it. At the price, they'll make nice quaffers for the next 2 years !

Mike
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Jay60A
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Post by Jay60A »

Mike Hawkins wrote:Jay,

At USD 26 per bottle, I couldn't resist. I know some people find the 02 a tad porty, but I quite enjoyed it. At the price, they'll make nice quaffers for the next 2 years !

Mike


13 bleedin' quid? At that price I'd say it twice too. Nice buying ... :D
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Six magnums Cullens Diana Madaliene 05
Mixed Brooke Eden pack
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Second month in a row without buying anything :o
July the drought will break. 8)
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redwine
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Post by redwine »

Another expensive month...., luckily I was on holiday in July.

1 Penfolds Grange 1994
3 Mondavi CS Reserve 1995
1 Caymus CS Special Selection 1995
1 DRC Romanee Conti 2005
1 DRC La Tache 2005
1 DRC Richebourg 2005
1 DRC Romanee St. Vivant 2005
1 DRC Grand Echezeaux 2005
2 DRC Echezeaux 2005
1 Chateau Margaux 1984
1 Chateau Lafite 1980
1 Mouton Rothschild 1987
1 Chateau Laroze 1961
10 Quintarelli Amarone 1995
2 Quintarelli Recioto 1986

Happy drinking and cheers.
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Quiet One for me

1 x St Hallett Faith
2 x Grant Burge Filsell
1 x Marius Symposium
1 x Hentley Farm 'Beast'
3 x Hewitson Ned & Henry
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meluvwine
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Bests Shiraz

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Got a Bests Shiraz 04 for my bday. First time I have tried the Bests and it was excellent. Since then tried a couple others and no disappointments. Highly recommended.
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Post by monghead »

Another expensive month...., luckily I was on holiday in July.

1 Penfolds Grange 1994
3 Mondavi CS Reserve 1995
1 Caymus CS Special Selection 1995
1 DRC Romanee Conti 2005
1 DRC La Tache 2005
1 DRC Richebourg 2005
1 DRC Romanee St. Vivant 2005
1 DRC Grand Echezeaux 2005
2 DRC Echezeaux 2005
1 Chateau Margaux 1984
1 Chateau Lafite 1980
1 Mouton Rothschild 1987
1 Chateau Laroze 1961
10 Quintarelli Amarone 1995
2 Quintarelli Recioto 1986


Wow! I'd be lucky if I spent that much a year!

Admirable work...

For me, nothing in last couple of months.

Monghead
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Wayno
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Nada also, and plan to stay that way, until next Rockford releases in a couple of months.
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Wayno

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Minotaur
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DRC

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redwine wrote:Another expensive month...., luckily I was on holiday in July.

1 Penfolds Grange 1994
3 Mondavi CS Reserve 1995
1 Caymus CS Special Selection 1995
1 DRC Romanee Conti 2005
1 DRC La Tache 2005
1 DRC Richebourg 2005
1 DRC Romanee St. Vivant 2005
1 DRC Grand Echezeaux 2005
2 DRC Echezeaux 2005
1 Chateau Margaux 1984
1 Chateau Lafite 1980
1 Mouton Rothschild 1987
1 Chateau Laroze 1961
10 Quintarelli Amarone 1995
2 Quintarelli Recioto 1986

Happy drinking and cheers.


Redwine, I have been trying to get hold of a bottle or two of 05 DRC, but to no avail. Seems you have to be a regular buyer of DRC. :( Would you mind if I enquired where you sourced yours from? (Maybe best if you PM me).

Thanks.
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Post by Craig(NZ) »

Wow! I'd be lucky if I spent that much a year!


how much is a DRC RC these days?? im sure ists abot $5k+ here. hehe that would be more than my annual spend in one bottle :lol:


Another expensive month...., luckily I was on holiday in July.

1 Penfolds Grange 1994
3 Mondavi CS Reserve 1995
1 Caymus CS Special Selection 1995
1 DRC Romanee Conti 2005
1 DRC La Tache 2005
1 DRC Richebourg 2005
1 DRC Romanee St. Vivant 2005
1 DRC Grand Echezeaux 2005
2 DRC Echezeaux 2005
1 Chateau Margaux 1984
1 Chateau Lafite 1980
1 Mouton Rothschild 1987
1 Chateau Laroze 1961
10 Quintarelli Amarone 1995
2 Quintarelli Recioto 1986
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tim1210
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DRC? help anyone?

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Post by griff »

tim1210 wrote:DRC? help anyone?

cheers


Domaine Romanee Conti

cheers

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Post by Christo »

redwine wrote:Another expensive month...., luckily I was on holiday in July.

1 Penfolds Grange 1994
3 Mondavi CS Reserve 1995
1 Caymus CS Special Selection 1995
1 DRC Romanee Conti 2005
1 DRC La Tache 2005
1 DRC Richebourg 2005
1 DRC Romanee St. Vivant 2005
1 DRC Grand Echezeaux 2005
2 DRC Echezeaux 2005
1 Chateau Margaux 1984
1 Chateau Lafite 1980
1 Mouton Rothschild 1987
1 Chateau Laroze 1961
10 Quintarelli Amarone 1995
2 Quintarelli Recioto 1986

Happy drinking and cheers.

nice redwine, all the DRC's... id be happy with a couple Rousseau Chambertin 05'..... no bastard is willing to share. :cry: :cry:
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Post by wiggum »

For me

Wynns Messenger 05 x 4 - pretty good
Petaluma Coonawarra 05 x 2 - not tried
Blackwell 06 x 3 - bloody fantastic
Pewsey Vale Prima x 2 - tried previously very good
Various Chardy and reisling C/Skins - good thanks Ant

Trying to save up for Wendouree, Rockford and Noon.
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redwine
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Post by redwine »

Craig(NZ) wrote:
Wow! I'd be lucky if I spent that much a year!


how much is a DRC RC these days?? im sure ists abot $5k+ here. hehe that would be more than my annual spend in one bottle :lol:





I was lucky to get it here in Switzerland for around AUD 3k. It is selling now for about 18k.
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Bick
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Post by Bick »

Red Bigot wrote:I bought 6 of these [ed: Church Rd Res 06], plus 3 Villa Maria Res Syrah 06 and 3 Passage Rock Res Syrah 06 as a trial of purchasing direct from NZ while the AUD is high. They arrived last week, but I'm waiting for the NZ-born member of my Monday tasting group to come back from holidays before we try them.

Did you get to try any of these NZ syrahs yet Brian? Be interested to hear your thoughts.
Cheers,
Mike
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Bick wrote:
Red Bigot wrote:I bought 6 of these [ed: Church Rd Res 06], plus 3 Villa Maria Res Syrah 06 and 3 Passage Rock Res Syrah 06 as a trial of purchasing direct from NZ while the AUD is high. They arrived last week, but I'm waiting for the NZ-born member of my Monday tasting group to come back from holidays before we try them.

Did you get to try any of these NZ syrahs yet Brian? Be interested to hear your thoughts.


I have. I thought I posted something somewhere, but can't find it, I'll dig out the tasting sheet a bit later and post some impressions.
Cheers
Brian
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