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I got caught up with the siren song of the $35 deal on cellarone for Gladstones. I really didn’t need it as I already have six, but was too good a deal to miss.

Mike Hawkins wrote: ↑Sat Apr 12, 2025 4:11 am 6 x 2022 Eisenstone Dallwitz x11
3 x 2022 Eisenstone Richardson Goldfield x12
1 x 2022 Eisenstone d’Or x10

VinoEd wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 7:59 am 3 X 2022 Eisenstone Hoffman X11
Cheers Ed

Guys please tell me about Eisenstone. Are they like Standish or Sami Odi?

Hmmm..... I wrote a long diatribe on this but got logged out. But in summary though from Beechworth Savaterre, Fighting Gully Smiths Vineyard, Schmolzer and Brown Brunnen and Sentio.
Other regions Voyager, Pierro and anything else with the GinGin clone. And Vat 47.

12 x 2020 Woodlands Cab Franc Merlot. One of my favourite wines from all of Margaret River. Drinking superbly now and is too good to bother cellaring for long. Hunt some out for under $30.

phillisc wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2025 10:30 am Thanks Sean...the Messenger is a superstar, such a beautiful wine, if TWE start slashing, I'm in for another sixer.
Must dig out a 2014 Sig...a quintessential Aussie blend.
Cheers Craig

What would be a keen price for the Messenger? At present it is offered for $58pb on cellardoor.

as a rule, Aussies drink their whites too cold and their reds too warm. I so much agree. Most restaurants also serve red wines way too warm, and I sometimes ask for an ice bucket. I get some weird looks occasionally but it works. Meanwhile I will also ask for some ice or use a couple of cubes to co...

I bought some both for myself and a friend, but that friend isn't able to take his three. So, if anyone in Sydney wants 3 of the 2022 HD shiraz at cost please PM me.
Cheers, David.

As we seem to be talking cult wines many have been mentioned but the four that I can't let go of are (in order of preference) Agricola, Sami-Odi, closely followed by Standish and Tyrrell's with their Sacred sites and Vat 9 and 47. We really blessed for quality and choice in Australia. I would also m...

9 x 2023 Sami-Odi Hoffmann Dallwitz
3 x Little Wine 14

Five days into December and getting some wine purchases ready. From JD Cellars today: 12 x 2023 Bradley Hutton Wildberry Chardonnay. Wilyabrup Gin Gin clone, all the things I love. I have purchased the 2021 version of this and couldn't believe such a beautiful chardonnay needs to be constantly disco...

Lucky to have a small Selosse allocation. 3 Initial, 2 rose and 1 Substance. Prices have doubled in the last three years.

Cracked a bottle of 2012 Standish the Relic. Deep, almost black in the glass. Full and rich which needs to be paired with meat or fuller bodied fare. Good, but not quite hitting the heights.

6 more 2022 Savaterre Chardonnay after the continued success of the 2018 version. Soo good.

2018 Savaterre Chardonnay . Wow. Lovely, full bodied delicious head turning Chardy. I don't believe chardonnay can get much better than this. Different to Margaret River icons, but all the better for it, as you would hope for. 2015 Yarra Yering Dry red 1 . Nice, but not super nice. Not disappointin...

I never met Cameron, but I enjoyed his contribution to all things vinuous. Life is fleeting and we all need to remember our family, friends and our love of wine and community, which is how I see this forum.

2016 Sami-Odi HD -the one with the coloured circles on the label - Quite full bodied with yummy dark fruit and no indication of secondary maturation as yet. I'm hanging on to the rest of my stash for a few years at least. I was rummaging around my boxes of wine and found a pack of Baby Tui, so I ma...

I’ve always struggled to appreciate the wines of Selosse and his disciples. That said, many with better palates than mine love them. Glad you’re one of them! Hi Mike, please don't think I have a better palate than you, or anyone else for that matter. My wife has a better palate than me. I just thin...

Afew over the last couple of days. 2010 Faiveley Cazetiers : Secondary influences prevail as you would expect of a wine 14 years of age. Long, broad and rich. A powerful palate with the expected red fruits giving way to more earthy influences mixed with a mineral, almost salty finish. Good to great....

I have succumbed to the siren call and have ordered a six pack of BP. It will no doubt compliment the other Barossa Shiraz I have.

Hi everyone, the 2024 edition of the Rockford Rag just landed. The 2021 BP is priced at $90 which most probably fair considering it's strong reputation and secondary pricing. The 2021 RR is $65, also fair. However, I find myself questioning whether to partake this year or not. There is an awful lot ...

What do people think of 2020 and 2021? I believe 2022 and 2023 are getting some love but not really enough out there for convincing opinions.
As others say the region is an embarrassment of riches. It’s hard to find anything from most producers that isn’t top notch.

6 x 2022 Wynns Black Label Cab Sav via cellardoor @ $28pb. You just can’t go wrong with Wynns.

1. Chateau La Conseillante 2. Domaine Fourrier 3. Vieux Chateau Certan 4. Domaine Denis Mortet 5. Chateau Montrose I'd be confident there are lots of Cullens, Wynns and Wendouree there too, but I'm too lazy to dig them out. Will eventually send them off to auction when I can get off my bum and resc...

Every now and then someone poses this question, and here we are again. Over a 5 - 10 year period winery representations rise and fall, including mine. What are your top wineries? if you wish, please also give a guide as to why some wineries push their way to the top of your list. Maybe we should als...

6 Savaterre 2022 Chardonnay, after drinking a sublime 2018 version.

I am still lost about whether to decant or not, but my overwhelming observation from reading tasting notes is “tasted better on the second night”, or even the third night. From my own experiences this applies more so to Cabernets and blends than Shiraz and Pinots. But to me it is still a mystical ar...

Also some 2012 Jack Mann Apologies I meant 2021, although I wouldn’t mind the former year as well. Ian I was eyeing off the Tyrrells 2023 chardie as well, just haven’t pulled the trigger yet. I reckon it’s a level above ‘quaffer’ though. I am also eyeing off some of the Aldi quaffers highlighted on...

Also some 2012 Jack Mann, and
3 x Agricola K’ Sands
12 x 2022 Devil’s Lair Cab Sav. It seems to have racked up some recent bling.

If it gets a big score it will be in high demand. Maybe like Giaconda? Luckily I was alerted to Wendouree via a Huon Hook article in the SMH back in 1993. If I recall correctly Hook advised to write as opposed to phone - nothing has changed - which I duly did and have bought from the 1990 vintage a...

Excited to report my full request was offered. CC has a sizeable dent but all adult children should be happy! 6 each of the Shiraz offers, cab/malbec, straight Malbec, and three each of the Shiraz blends. I will look forward to the esteemed scribes on TWF comparing the virtues of the two Shiraz’s. W...