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I'll start the ball rolling.

2 Clonakilla syrah
4 Clonakilla shiraz voignier
12 Chateau Coutet Barsac 2005

After being away for almost four years I'm not supposed to be buying anything to cellar. Rather, I should be drinking what I have already cellared.

However, I couldn't resist buying the last two bottles of 2000 and 2003 Quinta do Portal VP that I happened to see in a bottle shop, mainly because the price seemed reasonable.

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

2x Clonakilla SV 05
3x Clonakilla SV 06
3x Cullen DM 05

cheers
Seddo

seddo wrote:2x Clonakilla SV 05
3x Clonakilla SV 06
3x Cullen DM 05

cheers
Seddo

Cullen DM 05 - #### it, I want a couple of bottles but have you seen the cellar door price, $100+ even for the 06? Not interested in DM 06.

Won't be long until St Henri rivals Cullen DM price-wise. Mahmoud, I hope you went long on the Cullens(04 &05). St Henri these days is every bit as overpriced and overhyped as Grange.

Not interested in SV.

I must admit that I went a little mad and brought 6 magnums of the cullen DM 05. Daughter birth year

graham wrote:I must admit that I went a little mad and brought 6 magnums of the cullen DM 05. Daughter birth year

Onya! Being magnums, they'll probably outlive me! but should be just about drinkable when your darling daughter turns 21yo, seriously!

4x 07 Neudorf Moutere Chardonnay
6x 07 Le Fou Riesling
1x Esk Valley Reserve Syrah

12 x Beaucastel CNP 2005

6 x Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin Grande Cuvée 2005

12 x 2004 & 2005 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Domaine de la Charbonniere

6 x Renae Rostaing Cote Rotie 2006

12 x 2004 Condado de Haza, Ribera del Duero Bodegas Alejandro Fernande

12 x Domaine Cousedon St Joseph 2005

( splitting the last few cases with friends as quaffing wine )

K'n ell, DM 05's looking at me for <$85/btl for a 6pk n the plastic's screamin, "No, no, NO!"

Arrrr, well, it whinges endlessly anyway, just like the ex.

3* Longhop shiraz 07
2* Yalumba Patchwork shiraz 06
1* Seppelt St Peters 05
3* Felton Rd Riesling 07

& a few single btls of 02 and 04 bordeaux: Ch. Langoa Barton, Ch. Lynch-Bages, Ch. Chasse-Spleen, Ch. Cambon La Pelouse. Trying to address the fact that there's very few french wines in my small cellar - it must be about 50% Aus, 45% NZ, 5% Other. In fact I need to get that Aussie-Kiwi ratuio reversed The problem is, decent Aussie red seems relatively cheap...

2x 2006 Gemtree Uncut
5x 2006 St Hallett Blackwell
4x 2006 Brokenwood Hunter Shiraz
2x 2005 Grant Burge Filsell Shiraz

Some others I can't remember

I was given a dozen the other day, which was a good start to the month:

3 x Kumeu River Pinot Gris 2007
3 x Vavasour Anna's Vineyard Chardonnay 2006
3 x Olssen's Jackson Barry PN 2006
3 x Craggy Range Merlot 2006.

And what I can remember of my purchases to date:

2 x Craggy Range Aroha PN 2006
3 x Craggy Range Sophia 2006
3 x Craggy Range The Quarry 2006
2 (more) x Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay 2006
1 (more) x Trinity Hill Homage Syrah 2006
3 x Millton Opou Riesling 2006
3 x Millton Chenin Blanc 2006

Cheers
Peter

I was rather chuffed to find that I submitted my order just in time to snag a couple of bottles of Clonakilla SV 2007, so this month:

Clonakilla Shiraz Viongier 2007 x2
Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz 2007 x4
Hope Estate Shiraz 2001 x6 (Auction)

4 x 2007 clonakilla sv
2 x 2007 clonakilla hilltop shiraz
4 x 2001 wirra wirra the angelus cabernet, a steal @ only 26 bucks a bottle

Jasper Hill
Greenock Creek
Langtons(?)

Pewsey Vale Prima Riesling 08 X 4
Ravensworth Sangiovese 07 X 1
Numerous Samuels Gorge Grenache and Shiraz.

2x Ad Hoc Wallflower Riesling 2008
2x Teruzzi & Puthod Vernaccia di San Gimignano 2006
2x Ad Hoc Strawman SBS 2008
2x Chateau Belrose Moncaillou 2005
2x Chateau L'Estart 2005
1x Castro Martin Albarino
1x Tahbilk Shiraz 2002
1x Tahbilk Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

All from Dan Murphy's. I have bought a lot of wine in the last two months and have been astounded by the value of the Bordeaux I have bought there, even wines not from the 2005 vintage. Budget only stretches to two or three 'Cru Bourgeios' let alone classification cru's.

Also bought
2x Clonale Chadonnay 2007
4x Clavel Cotes du Rhone 2005
4x Paul Jaboulet 'Les Traverses' Cote du Ventoux 2005
1x Leon Beyer Pinot Gris 2001 (looking forward to this)

From a nearby independent. Now looking for some Meerea Park Shiraz, which may be hard to find in WA.

Passed on the DM 05, went for quantity instead. Mike Press Cab 06 x 12 and Charles Sturt Uni Chard 07 x 12. That's gotta be it for me for a while, (I'm heavily overspent) even though the bargains/highly desirables keep on appearing

daz

6 x 2000 Dom Perignon

1 (more) x Trinity Hill Homage Syrah 2006

I'm very strict on myself with $100+ wines these days. I allow myself 1 a year. I was going to grab a 96 Krug, but the first sighting of this in NZ was accompanied by a $590 price tag. So I grabbed a Homage instead. Not the greatest qpr syrah from the bay but it is damn good.

6x2006 Clonakilla S/V
12X2006 De Lisio Qtr Deck
6x 2007 Gemtree U/cut shz
2X2006 Murray St,grnnock shz
2x2006 Dutschke Gods Hill Rd shz
4x2005 Kilikanoon Prodigal Grenache
2x2007 " " Reserve Riesling
3xNV Bundaleer Spk shz
3x2006 Vincognila shz
3x2006 Lunar shz
2x2005 Lawson Morton's clare shz
2x2007 Mollydooker Boxer
2x2007 " " Blue eyed boy
2x2006 Kay Bros Blk 6
6x2006 Kay Bros Grenache
3x2006 Kay Bros Cuthbert C/Sauv
1x2004 Kay Bros Cabernet

Perhaps some Kay Bros 2006 Basket Press Shz
This is for the time being of Sep.

Cheers
Boyeah

Overspent or not, couldn't resist 12 x cleanskin (Nashwauk) shiraz 06 for a smidge under $10.50/btl delivered. Hopefully it'll be as good a quaffer as the cases of Mike Press cab 06 and CSU chard 07 also (as above) ordered this month.

daz

I've been bad.

1978 Domaine Leroy Volnay Santenots.

4*Clonakilla SV
2*Clonakilla Syrah
Mixed Dozen Donnhoff's - Kabinetts, Spatlese and some Goldkapsels
Mixed Dozen 06 Burgundies from Ross Duke's offer (Fourrier sold out REALLY quickly )
A few 02 Raveneau Chablis

I have the Greenock Creek mailer too. I'm seriously contemplating buying this as fortifieds. Seriously. 18.5% Alcohol on some of them.

monghead wrote:I've been bad.

1978 Domaine Leroy Volnay Santenots.

nice when can we drink this?... we'll be having a musigny offline soon.

c

- Printhie 2006 Cab Sav

Had to tighten the purse strings this month, a trip o/seas is impending.

Bought one each of:

97 Zema Shiraz
94 Zema Cab Sauv (purely to contrast my TN's on the 98 and we're doing a horizontal 94 vintage tasting this week but man was that expensive)
90 Jean Faurois, Clos de Vougeot

Christo wrote:

monghead wrote:I've been bad.

1978 Domaine Leroy Volnay Santenots.

nice when can we drink this?... we'll be having a musigny offline soon.

c

Who, What, When, How, Why!!!

Hadn't bought much in September and then started to all of a sudden:

12 * 06 Mike Press Cabernet
6 * 08 Petaluma Hanlin Hill riesling
3 * 06 Kumeu River Mates Chardonnay
3 * 06 Kumeu River village chardonnay
6 * NV Morris Grand Muscat

And what I'm most excited about:
20 Litres of Morris Classic Muscat to accompany seasoned barrel which arrived this morning from Stanton and Killeen. Muscat will go in the barrel tonight (somehow) and I'll be starting my first muscat barrel. Can't wait.

6x Wynns John Riddoch 1986
6x Wynns John Riddoch 2005
6x d'Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2002