January 2013 Purchases

[Jay60A]

3 x Penfolds Special Bin 90A 1990 ... will be hard to keep these unopened but all wisdom still seems to point at giving these 5-10 years more.

[calm]

2 x Dutschke St Jakobi 2009
3 x Mount Pleasant OP & OH 2010
3 x Teusner Joshua 2012 (one drank on the week was superb and the best Joshua to date I reckon)
2 x Marques de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2007
1 x Carpineto Chianti Classico Grand Reserva 2007
2 x Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2010

[PaulV]

Bit of an eclectic mix:
4 x 2008 Voyager cabernet merlot
4 x 2012 Castle Rock riesling
2 x 2009 Escarpment Kiwa pinot noir
2 X 2012 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc
3 x 2004 Fontanafredda Barolo Lazzarito Vigna la delizia
3 x 2008 Doamine du Chateau de Chorey beaune 1er les teurons
6 x 2011 jean-Marc Burgaud Beajolais Villages Les Vignes de thulon
4 x 2011 Julien Sunier Morgon
1 x 2008 Marchand and Birch Vosne Romanee

[via collins]

12 x 2000 Tahbilk "1933 Vines" shiraz
3 x 2010 Blue Poles Reserve Merlot
3 x 2011 Blue Poles Teroldego

I don't know quite where summer disappeared to this year. Not the riesling festival I had expected, and my mind is finding it hard to pay as much attention to the whites as I had hoped.

Cheers!

[sjw_11]

Mixed case of Pooley wines; mostly pinot & riesling, with a couple of cab-m blends too.
Pooley is a name to watch; they're wines will be getting better & better.

Eventually they're intending to make a shiraz again; their grapes made up a third of the Watson-winning Glaetzer wine the other year. They'll be no chardonnay though; given what TWE pay for their Yattarna-destined grapes now, they'd be losing money by bottling it themselves and trying to sell it.
GG

I visited Pooley back in November-ish of last year... I was very impressed with the wines having never encountered them before. Their pinots are top shelf and (for the quality) not unreasonably priced...

[Michael R]

GraemeG wrote:
Mixed case of Pooley wines; mostly pinot & riesling, with a couple of cab-m blends too.
Pooley is a name to watch; they're wines will be getting better & better.

Eventually they're intending to make a shiraz again; their grapes made up a third of the Watson-winning Glaetzer wine the other year. They'll be no chardonnay though; given what TWE pay for their Yattarna-destined grapes now, they'd be losing money by bottling it themselves and trying to sell it.
GG

I visited Pooley back in November-ish of last year... I was very impressed with the wines having never encountered them before. Their pinots are top shelf and (for the quality) not unreasonably priced...

Nice call-out Graeme/Sam….im also a fan of this winery, really good cellar door too, which has back vintages available, something I always appreciate. Perhaps they’ll consider doing their own Chardonnay if/when their daughter returns from Heemskerk.

Fyi Graeme..last year bought a Pinot (09 I think?) which was covered in medals…a lovely wine which I drank too young, but certainly the medals made it taste even better
So perhaps even judges can get it right….sometimes..Lol!!

Sam, i've only being drinking the wines for a few years, but they seemed to have increased quite a bit in price since then. Still very good wines though. To be honest i cant remember exactly, but recall paying around mid $40s for the Estate/Reserve Pinot when i started. Now the Butchers Block is up to $60, with Reserve around $80.

[Craig(NZ)]

3 x Penfolds Special Bin 90A 1990 ... will be hard to keep these unopened but all wisdom still seems to point at giving these 5-10 years more.

or when I next visit UK

[limkeith]

GraemeG wrote:
Mixed case of Pooley wines; mostly pinot & riesling, with a couple of cab-m blends too.
Pooley is a name to watch; they're wines will be getting better & better.

Eventually they're intending to make a shiraz again; their grapes made up a third of the Watson-winning Glaetzer wine the other year. They'll be no chardonnay though; given what TWE pay for their Yattarna-destined grapes now, they'd be losing money by bottling it themselves and trying to sell it.
GG

I visited Pooley back in November-ish of last year... I was very impressed with the wines having never encountered them before. Their pinots are top shelf and (for the quality) not unreasonably priced...

Nice call-out Graeme/Sam….im also a fan of this winery, really good cellar door too, which has back vintages available, something I always appreciate. Perhaps they’ll consider doing their own Chardonnay if/when their daughter returns from Heemskerk.

Fyi Graeme..last year bought a Pinot (09 I think?) which was covered in medals…a lovely wine which I drank too young, but certainly the medals made it taste even better
So perhaps even judges can get it right….sometimes..Lol!!

Sam, i've only being drinking the wines for a few years, but they seemed to have increased quite a bit in price since then. Still very good wines though. To be honest i cant remember exactly, but recall paying around mid $40s for the Estate/Reserve Pinot when i started. Now the Butchers Block is up to $60, with Reserve around $80.

Been on a long weekend trip to Hobart, Pooleys was definitely the standout. Butcher's block 09 was priced at 60 because yields was down to 1/3 as explained by the cellar door person. the 2010 vintage was selling at cellar door at $45, although further down the road at Wicked Cheeses, same Butcher's block 2010 pinot was selling for $38!

[sjw_11]

Some more purchases right at the end of the month

6x D'arenberg Wild Pixie Shiraz Roussanne 2009... from a special deal

Plus a mixed bag of auction buys including:
6x Leabrook Estate "George" Adelaide Hills blend 2008... thanks to info imparted by the tasting note on this board - cheers n4sir!
1x Wynns 1991 Hermitage
1x Wolf Blass Grey Label 1985
2x Orlando Steingarten Riesling 2002
4x Orlando Steingarten Riesling 2005
1x Petaluma Coonawarra 1986

[monghead]

6x 2010 Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon
3x 2010 Donnoff Dellchen Riesling