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I know this is a question that you get all the time but I'll ask anyway
My little creature was born 2005 and I need wines to be live till 2023, 2026 and 2030.
Currently have magnums of 2005 Lakes Folly and intend getting
Clonakilla
Rockford
Cullen Diana Madeline (magnums)
Price up to $150. Iknow I have to wait another year or so for the penfolds.
A few wines on the recent Auswine newsletter sound good.

Red/white/stickies-I'll take all comers
Graham

easy

2005 bordeaux if price doesnt bother you too much

Craig(NZ) wrote:easy

2005 bordeaux if price doesnt bother you too much

graham wrote:I know this is a question that you get all the time but I'll ask anyway
My little creature was born 2005 and I need wines to be live till 2023, 2026 and 2030.
Currently have magnums of 2005 Lakes Folly and intend getting
Clonakilla
Rockford
Cullen Diana Madeline (magnums)
Price up to $150. Iknow I have to wait another year or so for the penfolds.
A few wines on the recent Auswine newsletter sound good.

Red/white/stickies-I'll take all comers
Graham

A small detail there you looked to have missed Craig - I think that will take quite a lot of Bordeaux out of the equation.

Add a magnum of the 2005 Kalleske Greenock Shiraz to your list Graham if Gavin or the boys still has it, and when it comes out I'd say a 750ml of their Johann Georg is a fairly safe bet too.

While I haven't tried it (yet) I've heard the 2005 Yarra Yering #1 Cabernets is a ripper too, and a magnum will just fit in your price limit. I don't like your chances of getting a Cullen Diana Madeline magnum for under $150 though, unless you have some connections that I don't.

Cheers,
Ian

I think the goss is that 05 Coonawarra is going to be quite a good vintage

I've heard good things about
Hillcrest 2005 Cab Sav premium
Woodlands 2005 Margaret reserve

opinions

I tried the Cullen DM 05 last week, bloody fantastic, it should fit the bill.

But at $90 a bottle if you can get Magnums at $150 I'll take a few cartons

I bought the 2002 Cullen DM Magnum for $159 early last year. Was a very good price. Cellar door was $190.

Not sure from your post if you only want magnums at $150 or less or bottles at $150 or less.

2005 Yarra Yerings are supposedly the best ever made and I can vouch for longevity of this label.

They go on sale this Saturday 5th May, magnums $160.

graham wrote:
My little creature was born 2005
Red/white/stickies-I'll take all comers
Graham

How about a carton of Little Creatures
It might not make the distance, so I recommend trying a bottle or two regularly - daily.

Cheers, Duncan

Duncan wrote

How about a carton of Little Creatures
It might not make the distance, so I recommend trying a bottle or two regularly - daily

Yep I was thinking the same thing and have to agree with you there Duncan, can't go wrong. Pale ale to be precise. In fact for my boy's head wetting, I had Mosswood cab, Petaluma cab, St Henri shiraz, very good Cognac etc but the beer by choice was Little Creatures PA.

Sorry back to wine now.....

If its $150/bottle you're looking at there is heaps of Bordeaux that will go the distance, Pontet Canet, Sociando Mallet, Kirwan should be inside your budget, and there will be heaps of others.

Good burgundy will go the distance but the really ageable ones might not come in under $150/btl.

Get ye to Germany for some seriously long lived reisling, these will leave the Australian version in their dust at the ages you're talking about. 05 was classical there too, there should be heaps of Spatlese, Auslese well under $150, and even some of the Goldkapsels might come in at that price. I have JJ Prum, Fritz Haag, Max Ferd Richter, will probably get some Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt and Robert Weil.

A small detail there you looked to have missed Craig - I think that will take quite a lot of Bordeaux out of the equation.

All mine cost less than $150, and that $150NZ which is about $14.95 Australian isnt it?

Leoville Barton, Pontet Canet, Haut Bailly, Grand Pontet, Kirwan, d'Issan.......need I go on???

jeez if you cant find anything under $150 you are shopping in the wrong place dude

Craig(NZ) wrote:

A small detail there you looked to have missed Craig - I think that will take quite a lot of Bordeaux out of the equation.

All mine cost less than $150, and that $150NZ which is about $14.95 Australian isnt it?

Leoville Barton, Pontet Canet, Haut Bailly, Grand Pontet, Kirwan, d'Issan.......need I go on???

jeez if you cant find anything under $150 you are shopping in the wrong place dude

I'm beginning to get the sh!ts with how much cheaper European wine is over the ditch. Bugger it, I'm coming over for a look (well to Christchurch anyway). See you in September.

And the Mrs thinks I'm speaking at a conference...

I thought Seppelt Drumborg Riesling 2005 was supposed to be a long-lived wine. I'd hazard a guess and say the 2005 Tyrrells Vat 1 Semillon could go a few years. It was supposed to be an excellent vintage for Hunter Sem.
I'd expect that some Grampians and other Western Victorian regions would have some long lived Shiraz coming from the 05 vintage. Halliday rated the vintage a 10/10 for the region.

Cuttlefish

How do I source the frenchies
Graham

Grab the 2005 Leeuwin Art series Chardonnay when it is released about this time next year... a great vintage in MR for whites and it is certainly built to go the distance.

I would doubt that the Woodlands Margaret Cab Merlot would last 18 years. Their straight cabernet certainly would.

How about the Stonyridge Larose? A steal at $85-90 a btl if you can get some.