April 2024 purchases

[VinoEd]

I’ll make a start on this one…. Ordered a mystery box from Cellardoor which included all Wynns wines:

1x 2020 JR
1x 2018 Michael
1x 2021 Glengyle
1x 2021 V&A Shiraz and Cabernet Shiraz
1x 2021 BL

Happy to add a few more 2021’s to the mix. Would’ve preferred a 2019 JR and Michael… but look, I hadn’t got the 2020 JR so it will complete a vertical in years to come.

Cheers Ed

[phillisc]

Ed, the 2020 JR may possibly come good with time, but should never have been made. There were no single vineyard releases, no V&A's and no Michael, so this 2020 oddity will stick out like dogs balls. I've tried it twice, and its an ordinary wine. The 19 is a vastly superior offering and the 2021 that I tried last October was outstanding.

6 2022 Bowen Cabernet
6 2022 Bowen Shiraz
6 2021 Penley Estate Helios

Cheers Craig

[Sean]

Drinking some and will keep some.

Yering Station Into the Valley Rose 22
Leeuwin Estate Classic Dry White 23
Tyrrell’s Hunter Valley Semillon 19
Tyrrell’s Hunter Valley Shiraz 21
De Iuliis Winemakers Selection Shiraz 20
Wirra Wirra Grenache Shiraz 22
Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise Sauvignon Blanc 23 x 2
Kumeu Village Chardonnay 22
Krondorf Eden Valley Riesling 23
Petaluma White Label Chardonnay 23
Pepperjack Certified Shiraz Cabernet 19
Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 21
Penfolds St Henri 18
Bird in Hand Pinot Rose 23
Hardys Tintara Shiraz 22 x 3
Hardys HRB Chardonnay 22
Deep Woods Estate Cabernet Merlot 19
Deep Woods Estate Cabernet Merlot 20
Woodlands Cabernet Merlot 14
Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot Malbec 16
Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot Malbec 17
Deep Woods Estate Chardonnay 23 x 2
Rob Dolan True Colours Chardonnay 23
Torbreck Woodcutter’s Rose 21
Xanadu Circa 77 Rose 21
Pepperjack Sangiovese 22

[FredericoWines]

2x Max Ferd Ritcher Wehlener Sonnenuhr Riesling Spatlese 2022

1x Drouhin Oregon Roserock Pinot Noir Zephirine 2021

1x La Spinetta (Revetti) Vermentino 2022

[phillisc]

6 Hewitson ungrafted 2021 BV Shiraz
Cheers Craig

[Waiters Friend]

Oakridge Estate "Willowlake" Pinot Noir and Chardonnay - I have a fondness for the vineyard, and a number of producers source it.
Dead Arm Shiraz
Howard Park Abercrombie Cabernet

[mjs]

Some cheap Bordeaux

6 x Ch Les Paruades AOC Bordeaux Supèrieur

[platinum]

12 Giaconda Chardonnay 2022

[VinoEd]

12 Giaconda Chardonnay 2022

Well done. Logged in 815 and missed.

Cheers Ed

[platinum]

Cheers

I can’t believe how quickly they sell out

I am cellarer drinker not selling and I got very lucky but I’d imagine so many just buy for the quick dollar. I really wish they’d just allow a mail list to those who have purchase history with them or a bottle of Chardonnay for every other bottle etc etc

Get rid of the anxiety of being lightning or missing out

[mychurch]

There is actually a reserved mailing list for some customers, which I only found out about on Sat.

I don’t know how the pricing went, but at the same discussion I was told that the quantity of wine available on the secondary market caused the price to crash last year. May still have been above the release price, but apparently there was no profit. Same has started to happen with Sami- Odi - current vintages barely make a profit at MW.

[phillisc]

1988 Bowen Cabernet Merlot, only made for a few vintages. Low neck, so hopefully OK.
Cheers Craig

[platinum]

Not sure about that re crashing

Though tbh ; I am not sure of auctions, last years were more than double the winery price, circa 320-350 now at least at retail seem to be well over 400 if available

[phillisc]

Sounds like a bit of a unicorn...the Shiraz in comparison is a bit of a bargain
Guess RK is happy with the business model...allocation sells out in a morning.

Never understood the hype
Cheers Craig

[mjs]

6 more 2012 Reschke RSR Cabernet

[phillisc]

6 more 2012 Reschke RSR Cabernet

Still thinking about this one...spent so much lately on vino though

Cheers Craig

[Chuck]

6 more 2012 Reschke RSR Cabernet

Still thinking about this one...spent so much lately on vino though

Cheers Craig

Just wondering how these guys will fair after the Chinese floodgates open up. I too have been hoovering up some great wines in anticipation as I know I'll be saying in a year or 2 - "Should have bought more". The Reschke RSR is ready to drink after someone did the aging for us.

[mjs]

4 x 2008 Balnaves The Blend
8 x 2006 Balnaves The Blend

sourced from museum stock at Balnaves

[phillisc]

6 more 2012 Reschke RSR Cabernet

Still thinking about this one...spent so much lately on vino though

Cheers Craig

Just wondering how these guys will fair after the Chinese floodgates open up. I too have been hoovering up some great wines in anticipation as I know I'll be saying in a year or 2 - "Should have bought more". The Reschke RSR is ready to drink after someone did the aging for us.

You two chaps have worn me down
A sixer on the way.
Cheers Craig

[phillisc]

4 x 2008 Balnaves The Blend
8 x 2006 Balnaves The Blend

sourced from museum stock at Balnaves

Malcolm, had a look at these, might see what else Kirsty has when I visit later in the year.
Cheers Craig

[asajoseph]

I bought my first two bottles of Coleraine this month. I've not tried it before, but heard so many good things and got such a good price ($115) that I decided to jump in.

[ticklenow1]

After missing out on the Giaconda Chardonnay, I instead went for
3 x 2022 Savaterre Chardonnay
Other purchases this month:
3 x 2022 Mount Pleasant Mountain D Dry Red
3 x 2017 Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz
2 x 2020 Masseria Li Veli Susumaniello

Need to save the pennies for Standish next month….

Cheers
Ian

[JamieAdelaide]

12 Giaconda Chardonnay 2022

Surely you’ll flip sone of them? 12 x of any wine is a little crazy. Yeah crazy me I know, my record is 24 x of Mt Edelstone and Capellano Barolo. It’s a bit tiresome drinking them knowing they’ll all be roughly the same at a certain period in their maturation.

[Alan Foo]

2 x 2004 Mt Edelstone
1 x 2014 Mt Edelstone
1 x 2002 Rockford BP
1 x 2004 Rockford BP
2 x 2010 Rockford BP
1 x 2016 Ch Climens

Cheers Alan

[mychurch]

I flipped some wine I was never going to drink and ended up with

1 * 2001 Sparkling, Granite Hills
1 * 2020 Les Quarts, Belargus
1 * 2018 La Charoenteie, Domaine De Collier
1 * 2021 Les Coqueries, Stéphane Bernaudeau
1 * 2019 Munta Le Ruma Timorasso, Giacommo

[A_Steady]

3 x ‘21 Moss Wood Cab Sauv
3 x ‘20 Vilafonte series c (Bordeaux blend)
3 x ‘21 Vilafonte series c

Purchased and consumed immediately while in SA
1 x ‘20 Vilafonte series m (Bordeaux blend)
1 x ‘20 Vilafonte Seriously old dirt (Bordeaux blend)
1 x ‘19 Meerlust Pinot Noir
1 x ‘22 Boekenhoutskloof The Chocolate Block (red blend - Syrah, Grenache, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cinsault and Viognier)
1 x ‘16 Ernie Els Signature (Bordeaux blend)
1 x ‘18 Meerlust Merlot
1 x ‘23 Ken Forrester Chenin Blanc
1 x ‘22 Ken Forrester old vine Reserve Chenin Blanc
1 x ‘15 Hartenberg The Stork (Shiraz)
1 x ‘17 Warwick The White Lady (Chardonnay)

SA make some nice wines that I don’t get to see (try) in Tassie.

[VinoEd]

After missing out on the Giaconda Chardonnay, I instead went for
3 x 2022 Savaterre Chardonnay
Other purchases this month:
3 x 2022 Mount Pleasant Mountain D Dry Red
3 x 2017 Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz
2 x 2020 Masseria Li Veli Susumaniello

Need to save the pennies for Standish next month….

Cheers
Ian

Standish time again already… where does the time go.

I ended up getting 6 bottles of the Bress Shiraz vertical as referenced from the other Melbourne tasting thread.

I had an eye on a few things at the MW auction - ended up in a bidding war on what I really wanted and managed some self control to walk away at a point. Did land one bottle of the 2021 Coleraine though.

Cheers Ed

[phillisc]

6 2019 John Riddoch
Cheers Craig

[mychurch]

After missing out on the Giaconda Chardonnay, I instead went for
3 x 2022 Savaterre Chardonnay
Other purchases this month:
3 x 2022 Mount Pleasant Mountain D Dry Red
3 x 2017 Mount Pleasant Maurice O’Shea Shiraz
2 x 2020 Masseria Li Veli Susumaniello

Need to save the pennies for Standish next month….

Cheers
Ian

Standish time again already… where does the time go.

I bought some Standish last year for the first time, but the bottle is oversized and does not fit well with other wines in the fridges. Won’t be adding to my problems by buying more - it’s not as if there is a shortage of exciting Shiraz out there.

[mjs]

4 x 2008 Balnaves The Blend
8 x 2006 Balnaves The Blend

sourced from museum stock at Balnaves

Malcolm, had a look at these, might see what else Kirsty has when I visit later in the year.
Cheers Craig

Just opened an '06. Bloody sensational for a 20 dollar wine