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rumours - wendouree, mollydooker
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 12:56 pm
by crusty2
2007 Wendouree, all declassified
Mollydooker buys Classic McLaren Estates
rumors? thoughts? feedback?
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:12 pm
by Nick
I can confirm the 2007 Wendouree all declassified, my understanding is that there won't be any 2007 releases from Wendouree. We'll just have to skip the annual 'when are my Wendouree's arriving?' thread!
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:22 pm
by Wizz
Any knowledge of what it has been declassified to? A new label, or fruit/juice/wine sold off?
AB
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 1:25 pm
by Jordan
A bigger 2007 vintage of Galah wines by Steven George possibly?
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:08 pm
by JamieBahrain
Cleanskins that will do twenty years.
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:16 pm
by Maximus
Just buy a pack of menthol cigarettes....
awaiting gigantic backlash...
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:57 pm
by Jordan
Maximus wrote:Just buy a pack of menthol cigarettes....
awaiting gigantic backlash...
GIANT BACKLASH!!!
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:35 pm
by silkwood
Mollydooker...
Yup
Cheers,
Mark
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 2:48 pm
by DaveB
silkwood wrote:Mollydooker...
Yup
Cheers,
Mark
Yup...we now have a new Australian record for the highest per acre price for viti land I believe...by a long shot
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:47 pm
by TORB
DaveB wrote:silkwood wrote:Mollydooker...
Yup
Cheers,
Mark
Yup...we now have a new Australian record for the highest per acre price for viti land I believe...by a long shot
Dave,
Did they throw in the winery and its contents for free?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:00 pm
by DaveB
Hi Ric,
You'd have to hope so
Cheers
Dave
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:48 pm
by gastrorob
What has actually gone wrong with 07 Wendouree?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:55 pm
by Nayan
gastrorob wrote:What has actually gone wrong with 07 Wendouree?
When I tried it at the Clare Vintage Tasting I did not actually see anything wrong with it. It was just a victim of the vintage.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:40 pm
by Pamela Dyson-Harvey
Can somebody please elucidate on the 'Wendouree 2007 being de-classified' ? Does it mean Wendouree are not bottling any of their 2007 vintage, or that the winery has been sold to others?
If it's not been sold, why would they not be producing any wine from the 2007 vintage?
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:30 am
by Red Bigot
Pamela,
The 2007 SA vintage was very small and pretty patchy, some areas / vineyards produced good fruit, many others didn't. I can only assume that Wendouree decided the wine they made from the fruit they were able to produce wasn't up to the standards they set themselves. I have no idea where it will end up, sold-off to other wineries or bottled and sold by Wendouree under a "one-off" label, such as Giaconda McLay Rd was intended to be for the 2003 vintage.
Callous I know (as far as grape growers and wineries are concerned), but I'm actually looking forward to buying very little from 2007 (and probably 2008), my budget will certainly need the rest after buying too many of the beautiful 2004, 2005 and 2006 reds that have been produced in many areas. Buy as much as you can of the good reds from these great vintages now, prices are already starting to creep up after the best period of price stability I can remember.
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:59 pm
by Pamela Dyson-Harvey
Brian
Thankyou for your explanation of the Birks situation. I hadn't realised that 2007 was such a bad vintage in Australia. I wonder, if they do bottle the wine under the alternative name, how they will market it, since they appear to almost exclusively sell by mail order .
Thankyou also for your advice about getting hold of 04,05 and 06 - this will be high on our agenda when we arrive backin Australia in November. It is rather daunting starting a cellar from scratch, yet again, but at least, living in McLaren Vale, wehave plenty of scope, and a trip to Rutherglen is on the agenda, as well as Clare and Barossa.
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:12 am
by bigkid
Hi all. Spoke to Tony at Wendouree, he confirmed that there will not be a 2007 Wendouree Vintage due to the effects of what has been 10 years of drought and its consequential impact on flavour accummulation. He noted, however, that 2006 was a great year and that they are intending releasing that vintage in two 'tranches', one in July next year and another a year later. So, I expect the traditional thread about the Wendouree flyer will return.
There will be some impact on allocations but Tony mentioned one or two surprises - which I shan't divulge under pain of death by white wine.
Regards,
Allan
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:34 pm
by Christo
bigkid wrote:Hi all. Spoke to Tony at Wendouree, he confirmed that there will not be a 2007 Wendouree Vintage due to the effects of what has been 10 years of drought and its consequential impact on flavour accummulation. He noted, however, that 2006 was a great year and that they are intending releasing that vintage in two 'tranches', one in July next year and another a year later. So, I expect the traditional thread about the Wendouree flyer will return.
There will be some impact on allocations but Tony mentioned one or two surprises - which I shan't divulge under pain of death by white wine.
Regards,
Allan
a certain magnum he has been waiting to release?
c
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:48 pm
by bigkid
Christo wrote:a certain magnum he has been waiting to release?
c
whoops...cat's out of the bag!
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:09 am
by tos
Did Tony Brady mention what's happening to the 07 grapes that were harvested - at a recent tasting I believe Tim White said that they were going to distil the wine rather than sell the grapes/juice?!
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:44 pm
by bigkid
Sorry tos, I'm afraid I neglected to ask that question. Regards, Allan
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:32 pm
by Chuck
Talking to Classic McLaren yesterday. Yep, gone to Mollydooker. Great timing for the buyer.
Chuck
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:50 pm
by silkwood
Great price for the seller!
Cheers,
Mark