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Haven't posted for ages, so this is what I've bought so far this year (not just March):

Curly Flat Pinot Noir 2005
Delamere Vineyards Pinot Noir 2007
Williams Crossing Pinot Noir 2007

Elderton Shiraz 2005
Radford Shiraz 2006
Smiths Vineyard "310" Shiraz 2006

Barwang Hilltops Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Isole e Olena Chianti Classico 2006
Villa Trasqua Chianti Classico 2005

Spinifex "Esprit" Mataro Grenache Shiraz Cinsault 2006
Spinifex "Taureau" Carignan Tempranillo Cab. Sauvignon 2006

Troll Creek Shiraz 2005 x 6

A big Barossa shiraz from all accounts right up my alley...can't wait to try one

ross

I was able to buy some interesting stuff.

6 x Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2005
6 x Rockford Hoffmann Shiraz 2002
6 x Noon Shiraz Reserve 2007
1 x Clarendon Hills Astralis 1999
2 x Kaesler Vintage Port 2002
6 x Buller Fine Old Tawny
4 x Buller Fine Old Muscat

1 x Sine Qua Non Autrement Dit Rose 2006
1 x Turley California Zinfandel Juvenile 1999

1 x Chateau Margaux 1934
1 x Chateau Domaine de Chevalier 1965
1 x Chateau Latour 1968
1 x Chateau Montrose 1969
2 x Chateau Coutet 1975
1 x Chateau Ducru Beaucaillou 1980
2 x Chateau Pape Clement 1987
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1987
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1988
1 x Chateau Le Bon Pasteur 1988
1 x Chateau Laroque 1990
1 x Chateau Angelus 1994
1 x Chateau Pichon Longueville Baron 1997

3 x Mommessin Gevrey Chambertin 1969

1 x Vintage Port Quinta de la Rosa 1994
1 x D. Oliveiras Madeira Vino

1 x Magnum Produttori di Barbaresco Riserva Cru Rabaja 1995

1 x Wormser Liebfrauenmorgen Beerenauslese 1975

3 x G.B. von Tscharner Jeninser Gewürztraminer 1996
6 x G.B. von Tscharner Jeninser Blauburgunder 2000
6 x G.B. von Tscharner Jeninser Blauburgunder 2002

Cheers and happy drinking.

holy crap Redwine, did you win the lotto? that is some buying list! Can i ask if a retailer had the wines or are they through auction?

Jamie

Ollie wrote:12 x 2004 Rockford BP

A good deal at about £23 (49 AUD) a bottle

Cheers

Ollie

Bugger, it is so hard to get here: eg be a member for 10 years plus.

Ollie...$49 AUS for BP 2004...is the reward for living in the most expensive country in the world!!...sour grapes directed to me...i know...this vintage is going for at least $110 per bottle on secondary (auction) markets. I lived in UK for 12 months...bugger me the only things that were cheaper that i recalled (1997-1998) was chocolate bars...and by the way...your chocolate recipe is better than ours due to the cooler climate....ooh...the other thing that was cheaper was scamming on the Tube and British Rail...gee i miss "hanging out in the UK...enjoy the BP 2004...its fabulous.

JamieH wrote:holy crap Redwine, did you win the lotto? that is some buying list! Can i ask if a retailer had the wines or are they through auction?

Jamie

Hi Jamie

Most of them I bought through an auction platform (similar to Ebay), the Rockford and Noon through a retailer.

Cheers.

redwine

I tasted the 1934 Margaux a few months ago. Well beyond its best but still hanging in there. Drink it up.

08 Leo Buring Reislings (Eden & Clare Valleys)
02 Tyrrells Vat 1
04 Saltram No 1
04 Torbreck Factor
Sundry lighter Italian reds (many Chiantis) to find good 'sippers' for light/no food occasions

Also sundry lighter Italian reds (many Chiantis)
04 Elderton Command
00 Pyrus
05 Pyrus
NV Campbell Classic Tokay
NV Grant Burge Sparkling

04 La Motte Millenium [CS/M/CF]
04 Rust en Vrede [CS]
04 Kanonkop Paul Sauer [CS/CF/M]
04 Meerlust Rubicon [CS/M/CF]

Julio G wrote:redwine

I tasted the 1934 Margaux a few months ago. Well beyond its best but still hanging in there. Drink it up.

Julio

Thanks for the tip. I am already looking for a good occasion to open it.

Cheers.

4x 2006 Leconfield Cabernet Sauvignon
4x 2003 Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot
6x 2004 Penfolds St. Henri
6x 2002 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon (*)
3x 2005 Fraser Gallop Cabernet Sauvignon
3x 2007 Ring Bolt Cabernet Sauvignon

This was from DM. Pretty cheap for a relative oldie, approx $30 a bottle. A bit of a punt since I couldn't find much info on the 2002. Any thoughts on this one; whether to drink now / soon or keep?

All sorts of odds and ends this March but the main find was the 2004 Rocca della Macie 'Roccato' a Super Tuscan of 50% Cabernet and 50% Sangiovese. I saw the wine selling for C$22.50 and recalling that I had seen the wine in an expensive chain store for $55 per bottle I bought all 6 bottles on the shelf. At the next wine tasting dinner I offered a couple of my friends a pair of bottles each.

A week later the store replenishes it's stock and I buy another 6 bottles thinking that my friends would like to get some more. This time I serve them a bottle but they aren't too pleased with the wine. I think the wine doesn't do so well because we had a couple of bottles of high alcohol California Zinfandels that were quite sweet prior to tasting the Roccato.

My partner and I open another bottle a few days later to assure ourselves that the wine is good and discover that we now like the Roccato even more. Next thing I know one of my friend says he saw the Roccato on sale for C$19/bottle and asks if I want any more bottles. Yes please I say.

So now I have 9 bottles of '04 Rocca della Macie 'Roccato' and we plan to cellar it for at least 10 years.

Cheers................Mahmoud.

6 x Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot 07



cheers
Seddo

Very little, the post xmas moratorium continues.

Something from the Cote Du Marmandais that Jancis, lovely, sweet Jancis, recommended and that's about it

Damn I wish I was wealthy. If my ass was worth anything, I'd think about selling it

3x06 Barwang Cab Sav
2x07 Barwang Cab Sav
4x08 Pewsey Vale Riesling
3x08 Petaluma Riesling
1x04 Brands Liara Patron Cab
1x04 Devils Lair Cabernet
1x05 Devils Lair Cabernet
2x07 Moss Wood Amy's Cab
2x05 Vasse Felix Cabernet
4x04 St Henri
2x06 Grant Burge Filsell

Hmm looks rather long Cabernet and short everything else!

Some old rosemounts - 2001 traditional, and 1995 reserve shiraz's from Langtons - the 1995 still has a few years in it yet.

Also got some 1997 Sally's Paddock - what a waste of bucketloads of cash - dreadful wine - Robb can't be pleased with this effort

A 1991 Briar Ridge Stockhausen shiraz - beautiful example of an old Hunter that typifies elegance and class

Some Capstone shiraz 03 thru Sterling auctions - lovely drop for about $20 a pop

Some more old Yalumba racehorse ports - go great with a cuban (and a good bit cheaper than Lochanora).

cheers

Luke

seddo wrote:6 x Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot 07



cheers
Seddo

Drinking well young, is it Seddo? (I'm across to MR from Sydney Friday for 5 days.)

John

6 x Beaucastel Hommage 2004

12 x 2001 Corton, Clos des Cortons Domaine Faiveley

12 x 2004 Brunello di Montalcino, Az. Agr. San Giuseppe, Tuscany

12 x 2006 Rosso di Montalcino, Az. Agr. San Giuseppe, Castelnuovo dell'Abate

12 x 2005 Pesquera Reserva, Bodegas Alejandro Fernández

12 x 2006 Kumeu River Matés Vineyard Chardonnay, Kumeu, Auckland

6 x 2007 Dönnhoff Riesling QbA Nahe

6 x 2007 Forster Stift, Rieslaner Beerenauslese, Reichsrat von Buhl

12 x Leeuwin Estate 05 chardonnay

12 x Goldwater sauvignon blanc 2008


Too much but I can only buy in 12's from bonded stock. Offload some to friends or anyone passing through Hong Kong needing a few bottles happy to dump ( except Beau and Germans ) at the price I bought.

Hong Kong still not delivering tax free pricing! The above from London stocklists.

AndrewCowley wrote:
6x 2002 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon (*)


This was from DM. Pretty cheap for a relative oldie, approx $30 a bottle. A bit of a punt since I couldn't find much info on the 2002. Any thoughts on this one; whether to drink now / soon or keep?

A pretty fair vintage, should be drinking very well now, but better in another 5 years, if you can wait. Most of the Wynns BLs will live for 20 years.

02 Wynns BL is a sleeper vintage for me. Classy.

As for me,
3 X Rockford BP 06's,
1 X Rockford Tawny and
2 X Rockford Rifle Range Cab 06

Stonyridge Larose 2008 x 6.

2002 Fattoria Galardi Terra di Lavoro Roccamonfina IGT
2007 Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes
2007 Domaine du Pégaü Châteauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Réservée
2007 Uva Mira Chardonnay Single Vineyard
N.V. G. H. Mumm & Cie Champagne Crémant de Cramant
2006 Vie di Romans Friuli Chardonnay Ciampagnis Vieris
2006 Vie di Romans Friuli Isonzo Flors di Uis
N.V. Osborne Pedro Ximénez Jerez-Xérès-Sherry Rare Sherry Pedro
Ximénez Viejo
2000 Falesco Montiano Lazio IGT
2002 Burge Family G3
2005 Fattoria Cabanon Corvitis Riserva
2007 St. Lukes Sauvignon Blanc Lineage Reserve (Graeme's Garden)
2005 Domaine Robert-Denogent Pouilly-Fuissé Les Reisses
1999 Malvira' Roero Superiore Mombeltramo
2007 Mahi Sauvignon Blanc Francis Vineyard
2007 August Briggs Cabernet Sauvignon Monte Rosso Vineyard
2007 August Briggs Cabernet Sauvignon Two Moon Vineyard
2007 Barnett Cabernet Sauvignon Spring Mountain
2007 EMH Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Black Cat
2007 Le Cellier du Palais Vin de Savoie Apremont Vieilles Vignes
2006 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc Section 94

Various quantities of:

2006 Te Mata Cape Crest Sauvignon blanc
2007 St. Hallett Blackwell Shiraz
2006 Farr Rising Mornington Pinot Noir
2005 Curly Flat Pinot Noir
2007 Pennys Hill Grenache
2008 Allan Scott Sauvignon blanc
2006 Radford Dale Shiraz
2005 Laughing Jack Shiraz
2006 Teusner Avatar
2005 Teusner Lost Barrel Shiraz
2008 Joseph La Magia Botrytis Riesling
2007 Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot

Tristram Shandy

Softie wrote:

seddo wrote:6 x Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot 07



cheers
Seddo

Drinking well young, is it Seddo? (I'm across to MR from Sydney Friday for 5 days.)

John

Ah this is slightly embarrasing - the vino has been paid for but has not turned up yet - maybe next week

cheers
Seddo

A few things...

1x 2004 E.Guigal La Landonne
1x 2004 E.Guigal La Turque
1x 2004 Cheval Blanc
1x 2004 Haut Brion

More Mesh Riesling...

Cheers,

Monghead.

My aim of diversification went out the window, succumbed again to the "bargains" once again; last six weeks:

Balgownie Estate The Goldfields Sc/M 2006 (8 Doz) House red for 2010-12 ($9) Needs a good day's decant right now, or more.
Yalumba FDWC(7) 4Doz - "better" house white 2009/11 <$19
Yalumba Signature 04 3 Mags $62
St Henri 04 (7) one for Easter, rest into store
06 389's (7) as above
06 407's (7) as above
All Pennies ex DM while on special, restraining myself. Will give the other current release Pennies a miss.
LEAS 05 & 06 3 each ex CM, good price after 30% discount. Got to keep the vertical going.

And a few singles/twos. Missus doesn't mind as the points are fast accumulating for another return trip to London. She goes with friends, I stay and work; small consolation - methinks

Old Salt wrote:Yalumba FDWC(7) 4Doz - "better" house white 2009/11 <$19

Nice price on a nice wine!

cheers

Carl