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Craig must be on holiday as I haven't seen this thread - so what's thinning your wallet this month?

For me(so far) -
6 x Clonakilla SV 2008
12 x Crawford River Riesling 2003
12 x Ch. Pontet Canet 2008 IB

Happy New Year to all.

Got again a few nice ones.....

1 x Redman Claret 1971
1 x Wolf Blass Black Label 1995
4 x Hahn Estates Merlot Prestige 1998
2 x Clarendon Hills Astralis 1999

1 x Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1972
1 x Durney Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

1 x Chateau Lafite 1966
1 x Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1967
1 x Chateau Angelus 1969
1 x Chateau Petrus 1972
1 x Chateau Haut Brion 1972
3 x Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse 1975
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1981
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1984
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1985
1 x Chateau Lynch Bages 1987
1 x Chateau Talbot 1990
2 x Chateau Cos d'Estournel 1994
1 x Jean Bernard Vosne Romanee 1959
1 x Faiveley Chambolle Musigny 1976
2 x Clos des Lambrays 1987
6 x Jean Raphet Morey St. Denis Clos des Ormes 1988
2 x Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Desiree 2003
2 x Domaine Albert Mann Riesling Rosenberg 2004 (Magnum)
1 x Taittinger Collection Imai 1988

1 x Vega Secilia Unico 1990
1 x Marqués de Riscal Baron de Chirel 1994
3 x Quinta do Zambujeiro Zambujeiro 2004
6 x Larios SA Malaga Moscatel 1950

2 x Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 1969

1 x Scholl & Hillebrand Ober-Jngelheimer-Burgunder Platt 1927
1 x E. Becker & Cie Wachenheimer Hüttenwingert 1923

Cheers and happy drinking also in 2010.

I'm saving my meagre post-Christmas pennies to pick up a case or two of 2005 Sandalford Estate Reserve Shiraz. 40% off from cellar door at the moment which brings it more or less into the everyday drinking price bracket - and it's a very, very impressive wine in general, let alone for that particular role.

4 x Voyager Estate Shiraz 07
1 x Yalumba Signature 05
1 x Deen DeBortoli Durif 08 - this is a brillant wine for the price(8.99) - very highly recommended


cheers
Seddo

3 x 2007 Voyager Estate Girt By Sea Cab Merlot blend
3 x 2007 Te Mata Awatea
3 x 2007 Blue Poles Allouran
3 x 2006 Henschke Kyneton Estate Euphonium
2 x 2007 Yabby Lake Chardonnay

and drinking 2008 Dead Man's Hill gewurztraminer from Delatite, and lots of 3 Ravens beer from Thornbury. Super summer yum for both....

A-bloody-nother case of Tahbilk cleanskin white blend 08

redwine wrote:Happy New Year to all.

Got again a few nice ones.....

1 x Redman Claret 1971
1 x Wolf Blass Black Label 1995
4 x Hahn Estates Merlot Prestige 1998
2 x Clarendon Hills Astralis 1999

1 x Beaulieu Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1972
1 x Durney Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1985

1 x Chateau Lafite 1966
1 x Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1967
1 x Chateau Angelus 1969
1 x Chateau Petrus 1972
1 x Chateau Haut Brion 1972
3 x Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse 1975
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1981
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1984
1 x Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1985
1 x Chateau Lynch Bages 1987
1 x Chateau Talbot 1990
2 x Chateau Cos d'Estournel 1994
1 x Jean Bernard Vosne Romanee 1959
1 x Faiveley Chambolle Musigny 1976
2 x Clos des Lambrays 1987
6 x Jean Raphet Morey St. Denis Clos des Ormes 1988
2 x Domaine des Comtes Lafon Meursault Desiree 2003
2 x Domaine Albert Mann Riesling Rosenberg 2004 (Magnum)
1 x Taittinger Collection Imai 1988

1 x Vega Secilia Unico 1990
1 x Marqués de Riscal Baron de Chirel 1994
3 x Quinta do Zambujeiro Zambujeiro 2004
6 x Larios SA Malaga Moscatel 1950

2 x Biondi Santi Brunello di Montalcino Riserva 1969

1 x Scholl & Hillebrand Ober-Jngelheimer-Burgunder Platt 1927
1 x E. Becker & Cie Wachenheimer Hüttenwingert 1923

Cheers and happy drinking also in 2010.

Wow, picking up where you left off heh?

Would love to hear how these old Bordeaux are drinking...

Cheers,

Monghead.

Yes, I too have started already...

3x 2007 Te Mata Coleraine
3x 2008 Wantirna Lily Pinot Noir
2x 2005 Wantirna Amelia Cabernet Merlot
3x 2008 Bindi Composition Pinot Noir

Cheers,

Monghead.

Yip, on holiday doing plenty of climbing.

I open my account this decade with:

2007 Villa Maria Cellar Selection Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon. $11.98 at Pak n Save New Plymouth. Has anyone ever bought a higher quality red wine for less dosh than this?? If so you would have to be pretty pleased!

C

This is bad...

1x 2004 Comte Georges de Vogue Bonne Mares
2x 2004 Mugnier Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees
2x 2004 Mugnier Nuits St George Clos Marechale
2x 2004 Mugnier Clos Des Fourches

Cheers,

Monghead.

monghead wrote:Wow, picking up where you left off heh?

Would love to hear how these old Bordeaux are drinking...

Cheers,

Monghead.

Monghead

I have not had an old Bordeaux over the festive saison, but we drunk a few old Burgundies. We tasted them blind:

Louis Trapet Chambertin 1973: Superb wine, soft and silky but still with a lot of flavours and a long, sweet finish.

Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1979: I opened the bottle about two hours before drinking, was a bit closed at the beginning but then got better and better. Also very silky and still tasting very fresh.

But the highlight was again a Californian Pinot: Acacia Reserve Pinot Noir St. Clair Vineyard 1986
I had this one the second time (the first bottle was the wine of the year for me). Again, also this bottle was mind blowing. Despite the age, the wine is still going very strong but nicely balanced now, pure silk, fresh and wonderful flavours. My brother rated the wine 20/20 although I did not tell him anything about the experience I had with the first bottle. Unfortunately, I have only one left.

We are probably going to have a Bordeaux tasting later this month, so I will let you know how they are going.

Cheers and happy drinking.

Quiet month so far...

2001 Trimbach Frederic Emile 375 Anniversaire
1996 Dom Perignon

Don't want to play the smartass here but the new decade has not started yet, it starts in 2011.

cheers

Mike Hawkins wrote:Quiet month so far...

2001 Trimbach Frederic Emile 375 Anniversaire
1996 Dom Perignon

More '96 Dom heh? En magnum?

Cheers,

Monghead.

Most of these purchased during a couple of days in Hawkes Bay. Didn't get to many wineries, but esp. enjoyed visits to Church Road -- full range of '07 Cuve reds is excellent -- and Vidal, which had pretty well all their Reserve wines open for tasting. '07 Reserve Chard in particular was singing, with the prominent stonefruit character that they (& Stonecroft) do so well, & the '06 Reserve Syrah was also very impressive.

2007 Church Road Reserve Cabernet Merlot
2008 Church Road Reserve Syrah (at the winery -- apparently just released -- just bought the one bottle to try)
2005 Church Road Tom
2007 Vidal Reserve Chardonnay
2006 Vidal Reserve Syrah
2009 Felton Road Riesling
2007 Trinity Hill Homage Syrah

Cheers
Peter

Jay60A wrote:Craig must be on holiday as I haven't seen this thread - so what's thinning your wallet this month?

12 x Ch. Pontet Canet 2008 IB

Noice as they say over in the Land of the Long White Wine. This has been getting the big thumbs up from all most all of the critics I have seen who reviewed 2008. (The Clonakilla SV 2008 will also be awesome in another 6 or 7 years.)

monghead wrote:This is bad...

1x 2004 Comte Georges de Vogue Bonne Mares
2x 2004 Mugnier Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees
2x 2004 Mugnier Nuits St George Clos Marechale
2x 2004 Mugnier Clos Des Fourches

Cheers,

Monghead.

Bonus time?

Went to the Hunter:

3x 2005 Mount Pleasant Maurice O'Shea Shiraz
3x 2005 Mount Pleasant OP&OH Shiraz
3x 2005 Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz
3x 2006 Audrey Wilkinson Museum Reserve Shiraz
6x 2007 Tulloch JYT Selection Shiraz

Was really keen to get some good & archetypal Hunter shiraz.

Was gutted a little to find that a number of the 2007 shiraz's that I wanted to taste & buy (e.g. Tyrrells Old Patch & 4 Acres, Tulloch Private Bin) were no longer available. But I guess you all knew this. Was also dissappointed to find that Lakes Folly was closed due to them being all sold out.

Got a bit carried away at Mount Pleasant but I really liked their 2005 shiraz range.

Did not plan to get anything at Audrey Wilkinson but got a bit sucked in by the cellar door experience.

The 2007 Tulloch JYT Selection Shiraz is a new release from Tulloch. It is 95% Hunter and 5% McLaren Vale which is weird I guess however it tasted great and I decided it was the closest I'd get to the 2007 Private Bin. Person there told me that the Hunter grapes come from the same vineyard as the Private Bin so that sealed it for me.

ufo wrote:Don't want to play the smartass here but the new decade has not started yet, it starts in 2011.

cheers

Yep, 2010 is the end of the decade. 1 Jan 2001 was the first day of it. Some people get confused. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. Count 'em up! If 2010 was the starting year of a new decade, that decade would end 31 December 2019. Decades end in years ending with zero and start with years ending in one.

Pretty simple really.

daz wrote:

ufo wrote:Don't want to play the smartass here but the new decade has not started yet, it starts in 2011.

cheers

Yep, 2010 is the end of the decade. 1 Jan 2001 was the first day of it. Some people get confused. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. Count 'em up! If 2010 was the starting year of a new decade, that decade would end 31 December 2019. Decades end in years ending with zero and start with years ending in one.

Pretty simple really.

Yes, how annoying that we all celebrated the new millennium on Jan 1 2000, we should have been tucked up in bed waiting for the following year.... hmm... Jan 1 2001, much more exciting

Of course you're right, but 2000 was still worth celebrating, and a 0.1% error rate is close enough. And besides it's a brain fact that we humans prefer round numbers.

Cheers
TiggerK

Ain't nuttin rong wit party end o' decade 'fore party start'n nex un

monghead wrote:

Mike Hawkins wrote:Quiet month so far...

2001 Trimbach Frederic Emile 375 Anniversaire
1996 Dom Perignon

More '96 Dom heh? En magnum?

Cheers,

Monghead.

Just 750s but at a pretty good price. I was led to believe they didn't make magnums of the 96 (to my chagrin).

rooman wrote:

monghead wrote:This is bad...

1x 2004 Comte Georges de Vogue Bonne Mares
2x 2004 Mugnier Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees
2x 2004 Mugnier Nuits St George Clos Marechale
2x 2004 Mugnier Clos Des Fourches

Cheers,

Monghead.

Bonus time?

No, 35% off.

So far - nothing. And likely to stay that way.

Until the next Eurocentric container with all those tasty rieslings comes in. And until the 08 Donnhoffs and Fritz Haags arrive in NZ.

monghead wrote:

rooman wrote:

monghead wrote:This is bad...

1x 2004 Comte Georges de Vogue Bonne Mares
2x 2004 Mugnier Chambolle Musigny Les Fuees
2x 2004 Mugnier Nuits St George Clos Marechale
2x 2004 Mugnier Clos Des Fourches

Cheers,

Monghead.

Bonus time?

No, 35% off.

Sound like the UWC sale. I am saving my $$ this year for the 2009 bdx campaigns. I know the vintage has been hyped but the prices are still coming off a low base and there should be some decent wine to buy given the US and Europe are still not really out of the recession.

rooman wrote:[quote="monghead]
No, 35% off.[/quote]
Sound like the UWC sale. I am saving my $$ this year for the 2009 bdx campaigns. I know the vintage has been hyped but the prices are still coming off a low base and there should be some decent wine to buy given the US and Europe are still not really out of the recession.[/quote]

You are right, but I just couldn't resist.

Cheers,

Monghead.

Just picked up a case of 2003 Clonakilla SV for $60 a bottle

Nayan wrote:Just picked up a case of 2003 Clonakilla SV for $60 a bottle

That's a great price for now. Back then, I think the 03 would have been released for around that much (or less), but in the last 5 years especially, this wine has increased dramatically in price. Still worth it though...

Cheers,

Monghead.

Picked up a few Rusden grenache,cabenets,shiraz inc Sandscrub (1 Bottle)
went to tasting and said i wont buy a thing I lied

Some rockford whilst driving thru Adelaide , Barossa etc

Regards Dazza

Wizz wrote:So far - nothing. And likely to stay that way.

Until the next Eurocentric container with all those tasty rieslings comes in. And until the 08 Donnhoffs and Fritz Haags arrive in NZ.

Andrew if you want to feel vaguely green, check out Rieslingfan's collection on cellartracker. You know him from another site.I am not often jealous (apart from Moug and Redwine's purchases) but this worked. An awesome collection of Donnhoffs.

Mark