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Does anyone have any up to date views on 2011 hunter vintage?

cheers

Barwang is consistently good. And Tahbilk.
Both cellarable too.

Tried a bottle of this on release, really liked it, and had planned on buying a six pack for the cellar when it came on special like it had in previous years... but I got caught out as I don't think it ever did. Now everyone seems to be sold out, i can't find it anywhere. I checked and Gavin doesn't...

My wife and I spent a night in Sonoma on a Cali roadtrip. A very nice town with some good eateries. Even prettier was the russian river valley, we had lunch in a cafe in Healdsburg (sp?), which was an even nicer town. Wineries were hit and miss, found lots of porty OTT stuff, but also found a couple...

Wynns Black Label 2007 - Spotted one for less that $20 at one the mega retailers, and popped it open last night, gave couple hours in the decanter. Smelled inviting from the get go, and was a lovely smooth balanced wine with good length without any warmth or jerkyness issues, even as a young wine. C...

Thanks for that. Appreciate storage is an issue with oxidation.
Just wanted confirmation that corked = corked regardless of storage.

IF someone has proof of original purchase and a bottle is clearly TCA affected, which is confirmed by the panel, does perfection of storage come into it? Hello Good question. However, in this case it was not corked, not TCA. It was a very poor cork, causing premature oxidisation. As such, storage is...

I suggest the Ash Street cellars in the laneway at rear of the Ivy. Cool french provincial style place, and interesting wine list.

many aussies are some of the most blinkered wine drinkers in the world. many have cellars with 95%+ aussie reds I would be one of those. We're not all on the big bucks. I wish i could afford more cellar worthy imported wines. Imports on the whole have ludicrously poor QPRs. $100 for entry level bor...

English friend emailed last night saying Bin 389 is on special at Tesco for £13.53. The ad didn't list the vintage, he was to go in and check.

Mike - care to speculate on how much longer the 2004 Voyager Chardonnay will last? I had my last one couple of weeks ago and it too was beautiful. best chardy i've had in recent memory. more enjoyable to me than the current 2006 vintage which seems oakier (but still great). seemed the oak had reall...

monghead, sounds like an awesome trip. Are you actually going to stay in Monaco? very pricey We spent a week in nearby village of Menton a few years back. we rented a small flat with a view at very reasonable price. great part of the world. on the broader topic, yes i could never justify (nor afford...

Hi all Am planning a family roadtrip down to Melbourne from Sydney in a couple of months time with wife and young child. Was planning on stopping overnight in Rutherglen on the way down, so that is one way covered. Does anyone have any suggestions on where to stop over on way back. I am tossing up: ...

Salmon Billecart Rose NV Great bottle of this, at least as good as last one which was 2 years ago purchased HK duty free. This one purchased from DMs - they supposedly kept it air conditioned out the back away from the neon lights. Even though circumstances meant it had to be drank from a foam cup....

Part of it would be that glass is heavier than plastic. So greater carbon footprint in tranporting. This is why I try to avoid imported Italian sparkling mineral water, as its always bottled in glass. Mad to transport water bottled in glass across the globe. Wine is another matter though. Taste woul...

Majella Cab Sauv 2003 Deep purple. Lots of crust. Unmistakeably majella, but green in middle of the palate. Just enjoyable, not great. Very dry & tannic, needed to drink a load of during and afterward. Prob should have cellared another 5 years, but knew it was a weaker vintage and I had run out...

Had couple nice wines with easter dinner. First one out my cellar, second kindly provided by in laws. Voyager Chardonnay 2004 Approaching golden in colour. Reasonably oaky but good quality & nicely rounded and enjoyable. Palate was nice and bright. A very good but not excellent wine. Peter Lehma...

I missed out on specials too. DMs was expensive last weekend, $48 odd for 389. I gave the higher prices the steer, as figured they will come on special sooner or later, especially with the recession, massive production and I doubt they are selling much offshore. I asked the pimply faced kid at DMs i...

Hopefully economic conditions will keep a lid on price, might slurge on one as should be a v good year.

Wonder how high production volumes will be compared to prior years?

Maybe they will dump overseas and keep local price high.

Rosemount Show Reserve Chardonnay 2005 Found one of these in the cellar. Wasn't expecting much. Full golden colour. Well rounded oak, good length, a surprise packet. Better than i remembered them on release. Very enjoyable with bbq'd whole snapper. Will prob be the last rosemount that i will ever dr...

My wedding venue also had these fosters only wines. Did a tasting at the venue, and after way too much thought, I went for the 2nd cheapest bracket- the 2nd level of rothburys. Wine I would never drink at home as a quaffer. In the end, no concerns and no issues from anyone. I paid much closer attent...

worst experience American Airlines domestic 'first class' (what they call their business class) once, the white wine they were offering was Lindemans Bin65 Chard. Opted for a G&T. Have avoided their wine ever since. best experience Syd - LA on qantas Syd to LA. Were some delays departing, busine...

cellar purchases of last couple months: Hungtingdon special reserve cab sauv 04 x 2 Hungtingdon special reserve shiraz 03 x2 Hungtingdon cab sauv 04 x 2 (visited cellar door about a month back, easily most impressed have ever been by mudgee wines, should cellar a treat) Tulloch Private Bin Shiraz 07...

penfolds bin 28 2004 my first from a 6 pack, coming along nicely, better than i had expected. had feared might be a bit stewed on nose, but extremely enjoyable, brighter fruit that i remembered,layers of texture and flavour. nice finish. kooyong clonale chard 2007 have had a few of these over the la...

Thanks, will try an 03 anyway for xmas, and yes will give a good decant. have 2 left for later years. in past week have tried - guigal cdr 2005. not as cohesive as the 2004, still great value for money, this must retail for 6 euro odd in france, good to mix things up. - mount pleasant philip 2005, t...

Voyager Estate CM 03 - even after a 2 hour decant it was still closed but very cabernet and for my palate - medium bodied Has anyone else had one of these recently? I have a few under the house, and had been planning on trying my first on christmas day. Now wondering if too soon. cheers JG