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Another good example of Wynns making very age-able commercial wines. 2010 Wynns The Siding Cabernet Great colour, still quite a bit of fruit, some cassis, but also some leather and mocha, mouth filling flavour, soft tannins, not much oak. Had a box tucked in the cellar for some years, pulled some ou...

Rossco wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 2:51 pm

mjs wrote: ↑Fri Jan 30, 2026 10:52 am
Thanks Con, will definitely keep that in mind
Cheers, Malcolm

You're going to be a busy man if you ever get back to Melbourne Malcolm

Yes, I've also got all of Chris' tasting group's schedule!

I agree with Grange and Hill of Grace for iconic status. Leeuwin Estate yes I’d say Australia’s best Chardonnay, haven’t had many lately but drank heaps from the mid 90s to around 2010 vintage. There’s a few Cabernets that could be up here but Moss Wood has been the most consistent in quality and e...

Couple of comments Wine #5 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon What the hell is a big company, big volume wine doing on the list? They make enough of this to fill a tank farm just on its own. Think I mentioned my agreement with Wynns BL being on this list, particularly in terms of long term provena...

What are the going rates at Kennards? Cheers Craig Craig, I had maybe 24 doz there before consolidating the Melbourne Kennards cellar with Thebarton's all at NS Hindmarsh. The NS rates were far more competitive, that's why I went there. Looking at what Thebarton have atm, I could be paying almost d...

saturn5519 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 25, 2026 2:15 pm Nice line up.Perfect for a hot day and evening over looking the gulf.Beautiful unspoilt area down that way.

Late Friday afternoon, early evening on the beach was superb, except had to go back to the house for more chardy!

Some very enjoyable wines with friends at their beach joint at Carrickalinga this weekend. Numerous bottles of riesling and chardonnay on the beach(its hot) plus some reds with two dinners 2000 Yalumba Menzies 2003 Geoff Merrill Henley 2019 Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2013 Wynns Black Label Cabernet 20...

I agree with Grange and Hill of Grace for iconic status. Leeuwin Estate yes I’d say Australia’s best Chardonnay, haven’t had many lately but drank heaps from the mid 90s to around 2010 vintage. There’s a few Cabernets that could be up here but Moss Wood has been the most consistent in quality and e...

felixp21 - great list Agree with the first four, not sure about Moss Wood, reckon Mt Ed would have to be up there. In terms of proven track record though, with 60+ vintages, always good, very ofter very good and occasionally great, hard to go past Wynns Black Label for me. Apologies to Mount Mary Qu...

few cheapies on the secondary market this week 3 x Nightfall Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc merlot 1 x 2012 Rockford Rod & Spur Barossa Shiraz Cabernet 1 x 2015 Wynns Messenger Single Vineyard Coonawarra Cabernet 1 x 2000 Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet How did that ring in...

Moved my relatively modest collection of 15-20 cases over to Klemzig on the Weekend. Managed to secure a spot when they informed everyone late last year. A friend has a much larger collection/unit there and has struggled to secure similar sized storage at an alternate location. Has currently locked...

Have you considered The Tunnels wine storage at Panorama? 2 disused railway tunnels - One is about 200m long and the other about 400m long. The 200m tunnel is yet to be filled. Cool and dark but not perfect cellaring temperature. I stored wine there after we moved to Sydney in 2020. Ridiculously ch...

National Storage is closing its Hindmarsh storage facility, including wine storage on 1 March.

Phillisc and I both have wine there and are having a few issues dealing with NS over this.

Anyone else in the same boat?

Alas I have drunk a dozen or more and have no more Ampelon, it was arguably my stand out Bowen wine, and the same, have discussed with Doug and Emma that the Ampelon was a one off. They really have done a power of work in the vineyard over the years. It shows in the yet to be released 24's. If you ...

6 x 2025 Wynns The Siding Chardy
6 x 2019 Wynns Black Label Shiraz

(both cheap)

I have had long discussions with Emma Bowen Re the Ampelon...purchased a dozen on release, have had 2-3 I think. It was just a case of the planets aligning after tasting a few barrels, the unicorn arrived. Funnily enough there has been rejuvenation of the Shiraz vineyards and all recent vines are f...

Craig, at 25 bucks, I'm almost treating it as a quaffer!

Where did 2025 go, but here we are, already half way through January!

12 x 2021 Wynns BL Cabernet for cheap from Bert.

Interestingly, the bottles are under cork! Might be from stock destined for offshore, but never made it

As an aside, what is the vineyard on the home page of the Sami-Odi website? Is it the Our hill vineyard? Mike on TWF confirmed it is. I read that there are 30,000 people waiting to get on the mailing list! wbmonline.com.au and search for Sami Odi. That's a world wide interest, surely. And simply am...

As an aside, what is the vineyard on the home page of the Sami-Odi website? Is it the Our hill vineyard? Mike on TWF confirmed it is. I read that there are 30,000 people waiting to get on the mailing list! wbmonline.com.au and search for Sami Odi. That's a world wide interest, surely. And simply am...

It's been another big year, perhaps for a lot of reasons other than wine, but what's the best value Australian and Old World reds you've tasted this year? Not as an outrageous wine year for me compared to other years, but still lots of nice wine consumed. Perhaps I'll go with a recent release in the...

14 x 2021 Hesketh G.A.R. (Great Australian Red) Coonawarra Cabernet McLaren Vale Shiraz

Didn't get to taste as much as Craig a couple of weekends ago, but a couple of standouts for me. En primeur 2024 Bowen Estate Shiraz and Cabernet wines - absolutely outstanding '96 Menzies - opened later on Saturday when the '98 had run out. Absolute gem of an older wine. Honourable mentions to Maje...

Annual Coonawarra Cabernet Celebration in October

6 x 2023 Bowen Estate Shiraz
6 x 2023 Bowen Estate Cabernet
6 x 2024 Bowen Estate Chardonnay
6 x 2022 Redman Shiraz
1 x 2023 Redman Cabernet (magnum)

6 x 2022 Lindemans Pyrus

Annual Balnaves purchase 12 x 2020 The Blend 6 x 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon 6 x 2022 The Tally Interesting that The Blend and Cabernet are both 2020 in this years member release. Maybe they still have significant stock. Tried a bottle of The Blend tonight. How good is this for a $16-ish dollar wine? Se...

Had a look at a couple of Pennies releases today 2023 Bin 51 EV Riesling... texture is like water, as is the flavour...where is the acidity...yeah nah 2023 Bin 28, ok, nice mouthfeel good depth, will cellar well 2023 Bin 389 can't see the value here at $100+ remember paying $10-12. A fraction green...

Matt, thanks for the notes. I'm trying not to buy too much cheaper wine, as cellar space is at a premium. Who am I kidding...picked up a mixed case of the Wynn's core range 3 each of the 22 Siding Cabernet, 23 Red stripe and 6 Shiraz , 3 23s and 3 24s. Already on special and an extra 15% off to be ...

6 x 2019 Wynns Black Label Shiraz
6 x 2021 Wynns Black Label Cabernet

Another dozen 2016 Reschke Bos Cabernet for cheap