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Does anyone know where you can pick up R Wines Permutations 2008 Pinot in Melbourne, very interested in trying a bottle but not sure where to get from?

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Best Red: 2004 Balnaves The Tally cab sav Best White: 2005 Voyager Estate chard Best value: 2007 Tar & Roses Shiraz & The Story Grampians Shiraz 2006 Honourable mentions: 2005 Punch Close Planted Pinot (best Aus pinot ever tasted) Biggest disappointments: 2002 Cape Mentelle Shiraz Worst wine...

Very tight on the nose, opened up with bottle warmth, big creamy mouthful but tight citrus fruits coming through. Great acid backbone that will make the wine more enjoyable in 1 to 2 years to come. I find this more open and fruit forward than the Voyager estate. Still prefer the Voyager for its over...

Celler Door? is this at Port Phillip still or has Kooyong opened a cellar door?

I had a 1988 Peter Lemon Shiraz the other night and thought it would be past its peek as recommended 5 years cellaring on back of bottle. It was a cracker, a lot of the fruit had faded by great secondary flavors of cedar, bark and cinnamon spice just shows you how sometimes old wines can surprise yo...

Yeah Partagas it was 2 hours on and I had some friend over for dinner, it started to worry me that this wasn't a great bottle as I wasn't really getting anything on the nose or the palate around this time. Very happy I decanted it early as by the time we drank it, it had finally come around. Has any...

A bit closed and heavy on opening, but started to sing after 5 hours of air. On the nose, tar, stalky, brambly dark fruits. Structure was smooth, savory and elegant and the palate soared. Still needs another 4 years to really open up. But a cool climate bomb nonetheless. Has anyone else dared to ope...

I have also really enjoyed this wine. Got on to it with the 2004 found it very velvety with smooth subtle tannins, a lot of my friend that are not big in to wine have loved it so I never hesitate recommending this one. I haven't tried that 2006 but you have just inspired me to get a bottle.

2004 Saltram Mamre Brook Cabernet Sauvignon

Do you think it was a dodge bottle John? Have you had this experience with any other 2004 Saltram Mamre Brook Cabernet Sauvignon, doesn't sounds good for ageing?

Needed something to go with my braised ox tail gnocchi and though this would work with its big juicy fruits and firm tannins. Purple in colour with upfront sweet juicy plum. Tannins were a bit all over the place to start with but came together once aired for an hour. Went great with the ox tail but ...

Thanks for the response. I haven't thought too much about the Tas stuff as I have found in the past that they are a bit heavier with darker fruits, more masculine where as I normally go for more feminine (bit like my girls, as you would hope!) interesting about the flat spot with the cellaring, it m...

I am trying to stock up my cellar on some more pinot, so looking for your opinions on the best valued pinot currently in the market. I snapped up a couple of William Crossing 2006 as right to my style and will get better with a few years in bottle. Any others around that $20 to $30 mark

Complex nose of savory mulch, great texture, good sweetness balance, nice mix of stalk and bright savory red cherry’s. Spice to finish with good tannin structure which will see it become more savory & stalky in a few years. Not overly funky like the 2005 estate, more velvety, which is wha...

Just read the other day that Willow Creek have a new wine maker, ex stonier Geraldine McFaul, she has made some good pinot at Stonier so be interesting to see what she can do with the Willow creek grapes.

Has anyone tried the 2006 Kooyong single vineyard Pinots yet, the 2005 were a great bunch looking forward to the 2006.

I would seek out Willow Creek, good Chard & Pinot at different levels. I heard Kooyong is opening up a new cellar door/rest should be a great new place to visit on the Mornington strip, wonder if they will put the single vinyard wines up for tastings once opened.

31 so I should be on track to having about 600 by the time I'm 39.

Thanks Alex, I have been reading all the comments for some time but never had the guts to post until I saw Lordson coments and thought if he can post, why not. This site is great, always so active and so many comments going on. I enjoy reading all the comments to give me a giude of when to drink the...

My first post, I feel if Lordson can do it I must be way advanced.("thanx Lordson for making me feel like a wine pro") Light crushed rock on the nose. Nice clean palate of lemon and powdery minerals, some creaminess appeared as it warmed in the glass. No real malo evident just nice gravell...