July 2012 Buying

[Sean]

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[jafa]

Any other kiwis post here anymore?

Opps. Guilty of occassional lurking, but not posting for all of this year.

Recently picked up my bordeaux ep 2009s. Don't know if I should be pleased
or worried; RP march re-evaluation of scores has me owning two, hundred-pointer wines.
Leoville Poyferre and Pontet Canet. The balance "only" rate between 93 to 96.

More recent buys include CR '10 Sophia and Le Sol.
Te Mata '09 Awatea and Coleraine, and a couple of '10 Coleraine. Tasted the '10 TM releases at a
well known Takapuna retailer "showcase", and frankly struggled to be impressed by the whole range.
A bunch of '09 1er and GC red burgs from Anne Gros, Henri Boillot, de Courcel and several others
that don't spring to mind.
Te Whau vineyard on the market and selling off wine stocks; got some '08, '09 and '10 "The Point".

cheers jafa

[Peter NZ]

2010 Church Rd Reseve Syrah. $28 at supermarket. Worth a punt. Anyone tried this? Any other kiwis post here anymore?

Yes - have tried a couple of times and been very impressed - certainly on par with the prior 3 vintages. 2010 seems to have been a very good vintage for HB syrah, based on a sample comprising Craggy le sol and gimblett, Church Road Reserve, Stonecroft and Trinity Hill.

Cheers
Peter

[Hacker]

Bit of burgundy buying this month
Pattes Loup Chablis, Alain Burguet 2010 mixed bag, Jadot 2010 mixed bag, Bouchard 2010 mixed bag, Boillot Mouchere, Bonneau du Martray Corton Charlies, Claude Dugat. Enough. Broke.

[Ddavew]

some New release from hunter.

2010 Tulloch cellar door cab sav. x 3
2010 Tulloch JYT Shiraz x 3
2010 Tulloch Private Bin Pokolbin Dry Red Shiraz x 3
2011 Tulloch Verdelho x 1
2011 Tulloch Late Picked Verdelho x 1

[Craig(NZ)]

Recently picked up my bordeaux ep 2009s. Don't know if I should be pleased
or worried; RP march re-evaluation of scores has me owning two, hundred-pointer wines.
Leoville Poyferre and Pontet Canet. The balance "only" rate between 93 to 96.

More recent buys include CR '10 Sophia and Le Sol.
Te Mata '09 Awatea and Coleraine, and a couple of '10 Coleraine. Tasted the '10 TM releases at a
well known Takapuna retailer "showcase", and frankly struggled to be impressed by the whole range.
A bunch of '09 1er and GC red burgs from Anne Gros, Henri Boillot, de Courcel and several others
that don't spring to mind.
Te Whau vineyard on the market and selling off wine stocks; got some '08, '09 and '10 "The Point".

You must be dying to try one of those 09 PC's Jafa. And you must be dying to have someone give you a second opinion May I offer my services free of charge!?! But seriously this is one wine id happily pay in to try anytime you feel the need...

I drank with much delight from 2 bottles of 10 Coleraine last week while on a work dinner. It was sensational. I think it has really come on in the last 6 months, just gorgeous. SO fine, elegant and refined. So agile, understated and classy. It made the 10 Craggy Syrah we downgraded to after that look very clumsy and obvious .

Did you get the te whau point ex vineyard?

Yes - have tried a couple of times and been very impressed - certainly on par with the prior 3 vintages. 2010 seems to have been a very good vintage for HB syrah, based on a sample comprising Craggy le sol and gimblett, Church Road Reserve, Stonecroft and Trinity Hill.

Agree 10 Le Sol would be close to my wine of the year so far. It is magnificent

[via collins]

2 x 09 Pegasus bay pinot noir - I enjoyed the heck of of the 07 edition last year, and i have high hopes for this vintage in a few years time.

2 x 10 Mill's Reef merlot malbec - cheap, cheerful.

salut!

[tonym]

got my mixed case from Mike Press yesterday and had one of the 2011 Cab Sav tonight with dinner,very nice. cant wait to try the 07 MP1 Cab Sav. Also bought 3 bottles of the 2010 Tulloch Private bin Pokolbin dry red and 3 bottles of the Mcleish estate 07 semillon.

[Panda 9D]

Mixed 6pack of the Twelftree wines range. A mixed 6pack of Michael Hall's range and a mixed 6pack of Tscharke's new Barossa Grounds Collection along with a couple of his Tscharke wines (Garnacha and Syrah). Also, finally got a bottle of 04 St. Henris that looks good.

[jafa]

You must be dying to try one of those 09 PC's Jafa. And you must be dying to have someone give you a second opinion May I offer my services free of charge!?! But seriously this is one wine id happily pay in to try anytime you feel the need...

Errr..... No. Not exactly. Just need to drink them before I die.
I'll give them a year or five before the corks come out. I've a good memory. I'll keep your generous offer in mind.
I haven't opened a 2005 PC yet. That will happen before the 2009's.

Did you get the te whau point ex vineyard?

Yeah. I went to the Waiheke Wine show last year (?), tasted a couple of vintages of the Point and picked up a Te Whau
newsletter. The newsletter had a ep offer at the back for 2010 vintage, so, (rather cheekily I thought) flicked off an
order and cheque, which arrived just pre last christmas. Then back in June an email arrived with the offer of the
three back vintages, so I jumped in. Sadly for you the offer ended 30 June, but, you never know .....if you contact them.

cheers jafa

[calm]

Discovered some unused space in the fridge and thought it should go to some good use:
2010 Grant Burge Filsel
2008 Cape Mentelle Shiraz
2009 Cape Mentelle Shiraz
2008 Laughing Jacks Greenock Shiraz
2010 Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz
2010 Teusner Avatar

[Gavin Trott]

2010 Wendouree Malbec
2010 Wendouree Cabernet Malbec
2010 Wendouree Shiraz Mataro

2010 By Farr Chardonnay

2009 Fraser Gallop Cabernet Sauvignon
2010 Fraser Gallop Parterre Cabewrnet Sauvignon

so far.

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[dave vino]

Have you got your Wendouree order already?

[Hacker]

Have you got your Wendouree order already?

Not received mine, but card debited for what I ordered. Freight is a killer with the 6 packs.

[daz]

6 Willunga 100 McLaren Vale Cabernet Shiraz 2010

[VINH NGUYEN]

expensive month and i would say expensive year with many 2010's getting released !

6x Yering Station Chardonnay 2005
3x Yarra Yering Dry Red No.1 2004
3x Wirra Wirra RSW Shiraz 2009
3x Torbreck The Gask Shiraz 2010
3x St. Hallett Old Block Shiraz 2009
3x St. Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2010
6x Mount Langi Cliff Edge Shiraz 2007
2x Hentley Farm The Beast Shiraz 2010
5x Hentley Farm Shiraz 2010
5x Hentley Farm The Stray Mongrel 2011
4x Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz 2010

2010 wendouree and marius to come

[dalilacene]

2 CV D.Laurent 2001
3 SVS Hoffmann Rockford 2004
2 Vin Jaune D. Gahier 2002
2 Schäfer-Fröhlich Bockenauer Felseneck Riesling GG 2010
3 MB Ridge 2009

[sjw_11]

Another round of auction hopefuls...

3x Rockford 1997 Cabernet (halves)
3x Orlando St Helga Riesling 1999
2x Rosemount Roxburgh Chardonnay 2002
2x Wendouree Cabernet Malbec 2001
1x Grosset Polish Hill River Riesling 1996
6x Assorted semillon (great value)

[winenovice]

4 x 2010 Wendouree Shiraz
4x 2010 Wendouree Shiraz Mataro
4x 2010 Wendouree Shiraz Malbec
6 x 2010 Teusner Albert
6 x 2004 Teusner Albert
6 x 2010 Turkey Flat Shiraz
12 x 2006 Parkers Favourite Son Cab Merlot
12 X 2008 Mike Press Cab (ordered this in light that I won't be able to get the Parkers in time for a party this Sat)
12 x 2010 Patritti JPB S.V. Shiraz
12 x 2010 Patritti Lot 3 Shiraz
3 x 2010 Teusner Avatar
6 x 2005 Parker Terra Rossa Cab
6 x 2004 Parker Terra Rossa Cab
2 x 2010 Noon Reserve Shiraz

[Ddavew]

Wynns Glengyle Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 X 3
Wynns Michael Shiraz 2009 X 3
Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2010 X 3
Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 X 3

[phillisc]

Wynns 2009 JR x 6
Wynns 2009 M x 6

Cheers
Craig