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Jamsheed also made a Beechworth Syrah and a Roussanne from the Warner vineyard. Not sure if it's still in the portfolio.

12x Blue Poles Allouran 2016

A few auction wins tonight. 2009 Bruno Clair Bonnes-Mares Grand Cru 2009 Bruno Clair Chambertin Grand Cru 'Clos de Beze' 2010 Comte Armand Pommard 1er Cru 'Clos des Epeneaux' 2010 Bouchard Pere & Fils Beaune 1er Cru 'Greves Vigne de l'Enfant Jesus' 2011 Bartolo Mascarello Barolo Baby Jesus inde...

2002 Pierre Peters Chetillons. First of a six pack. This for me takes champagne to a new level. Honey, peach, chalky mineral spine without a distracting acid hit, in other words perfectly in balance. Both broad and long, if that makes sense. I can’t imagine it getting better than now. Based on the ...

Elio Grasso Rüncot Riserva 2008 - holding up well on day 2 with leather and dried white mulberry starting to show. The length and perfume aren't as wonderful as I recall from yesterday.

Bit of a Katnook theme with grb2001 and other halves yesterday (a quiet lunch :lol: :lol: ). '10 Katnook Amara and Caledonian '09 Katnook Cabernet and Caledonian All developing nicely, particularly the '10 Amara I had the 10 Amara in the last 6 months and I thought it still too primary and oaky.

I cannot recommend these wines enough, the top single vineyard bottlings coming in around $70. If there are any Australian importers reading, I would strongly and selfishly recommend picking these up in your portfolio. Is that $70 USD? Because that works out to $150 give or take landed cost without...

Unless it's Amarone, almost anything over 15% is something I have avoided for quite some time now. Not Amarone Mahmoud. The wine tastes OK, just not like a cool climate Shiraz. If it was in a blind tasting you would probably say it is a warm climate South Australian Shiraz. This implies that Yarra ...

catchnrelease wrote:2009 Amelia Park Cabernet Merlot - Held on to this too long, fruit gone leaving only acid and a bit of tannin behind. Surprisingly purple. Tried to persist with it but no good, down the sink.

Seems awfully young for a Cabernet to have aged so much.

6x Pierre Peters cuvee de reserve NV
2x Vilmart Grand Cellier

2007 chateau st jean Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon
Lots of tertiary characters such as leather, old books, mushroom, earth and still holding its mostly black fruit

Tannins not quite silky but not resolved. Reasonable length for what is a pretty inexpensive wine in the scheme of things.

I have the 2010 and the newly released 2017 to try side by side this weekend. Will give the 2017 a decant to give it a chance to open up.

I subscribed as a life time membership 10 years ago, after this new update my subscription will end in 2038..I’m only in my mid 30’s ,they predicted I will die after that?! 2038 is when Unix time ends. There is a chance it will end up being like the Y2k bug. Still plenty of time for everyone to ign...

3/3 for the Italians!

Lots of Primus today. Getting me to the weekend. Might have to go a little more weird next and out on Ween.

Haha apologies to all those that thought there was a deal on BL. I was talking about the similar but not really the same product Redav was offered.

I was surprised that as a Coles label punters corner was available (albeit back vintages) from Dan's.

You can get back vintages 2008 from their competition. Current vintage is showing at $12 at the Coles warehouse shop, $22 at the premium shop and $30 at the cheap and cheerful attached to supermarket shop.
Go figure.

Ozzie W wrote:Shop at an independent retailer.

Completely agree, just like our dear host.

REDRUM wrote: What is your newest discovery?
Haruomi Hosono. Japanese guy who has been some kind of wacky genius over decades and I can't believe I've only now found out about him.
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Awesome that led me to Cornelius. A bit less electronic than Haruomi Hosono from what I've listened to this afternoon. Thanks!

Also bear in mind with Vintage Cellars who are owned by Coles - I've noticed some of their back label Importer Stickers have 'Imported by James Busby Wines' on them, even though it will be a Red Burgundy. So no, Frederic Magnien Vosne Romanee is not a Coles private label :D I hope we can tell the d...

Also bear in mind with Vintage Cellars who are owned by Coles - I've noticed some of their back label Importer Stickers have 'Imported by James Busby Wines' on them, even though it will be a Red Burgundy. So no, Frederic Magnien Vosne Romanee is not a Coles private label :D I hope we can tell the d...

This almost tempted me to open some of my 11s but I think it can wait.

I did have a 10 Cabernet Merlot from Cape Naturalist that was starting to age quicker then I expected but the straight Cabernet from the same producer was fine.

Looking at the two long lists Woolies has blocks of similar names with gates, cockatoos, golden things and twos repeated a number of times.

Good to see Coles has some French labels.

Fine, will make it easier for you. Coles is 800 Toorak Rd Hawthorn East Vic. Alternatively look for James Busby wines which is the Coles brand for private label wines. Can't recall Woolies but likely to be somewhere in Bella Vista. Private label goes under Pinnacle Drinks. Address will be the same f...

If the winery address is suburban Melbourne or Sydney then is from Coles or Woolies. Easy to check and avoid. Same goes for beer.

Awesome thanks for the thoughtful responses gents.

I have had some of the 2009s and they seemed quite approachable. Will let the 08s sleep.

Not having the wines I can only point to the first post where it mentions the wines were 15-16% alcohol.

Later Dave calls it huge ... Languidly coating the glass


I'd say it's big.

2008 Franck Bonville Champagne Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Brut Millésimé magnum


Cheers,
Ian

How is this drinking Ian? Is it a drink now prospect or can it sleep for awhile yet?

3* Howard Park Scotsdale Caberbet Sauvignon 2015
3* Howard Park Scotsdale Caberbet Sauvignon 2011

Let's hope he loves BDX.

I'm sure there are worse problems to have than a good stash of aged Bordeaux from a good vintage.