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Just about all wine lovers >60 (me 65) re-evaluate their cellar. For example with my Wendourees I worked out what others have stated which is the cab Merlot is the pick of the bunch so most of the rest has gone. Quite cathartic actually. Rockford BP gone. Many Standish back to 2012 gone, mainly beca...

totally agree with Sami Odi, but it is still in its relative infancy. I would expect it will be competing for a spot in another 10 years. I admire Grange, but no longer drink it and certainly do not buy it. However, with its history and performance over decades, it remains the Don Bradman of Aussie...

For me Grange has been overtaken by others. I find its model of so called consistency, and its sources from multiple areas, old and irrelevant today. The other choices I agree with. I’m tempted to suggest Sami Odi HD as well, but I’ll see what others think.

I notice that there is still wine available on the website for the mailing list except for the vintage of our hill, after 6 days open. I also noticed that there is some for auction at Langtons seemingly not bid for. With mailing list size this seems strange.

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?

Hi all, fraser has emailed his order form a day early for some of the mailing list members. Description below: It is a pleasure to offer four bottlings for release this year. Our online ordering system is now open and if this years wines appeal I’d recommend that you place your order and transfer fu...

6 of the 2024 The Wanderer Upper Yarra Pinot, thanks to a lovely review by CM.

Likewise Ian. Australia is sadly changing. Merry Christmas to all.

Hi all, I’m hoping to use the brains trust of this forum to help me with potential experience of wine tours in mid August next year. We will be staying in the town of Bordeaux. I am resigned to the fact that we won’t be able to visit the big guns. But I guess other wineries will welcome small bus or...

6 x 2024 Bosward shiraz. I tried one last night. Whilst enjoyable it didn't have the structure I was hoping for.

Houghtons 2010 Gladstones Yum! Oh joy, oh bliss! Positively beautiful wine, and plenty left in the tank. Those who were wise and loaded up on the 2020 version at $35 will be very happy in another 10 years time. If my liver doesn’t pack up by then I will be happy too. This and the Sami-Odi Baby Tui ...

I had a 2006 Malbec last night. This is what I put on Winefront; I opened the bottle early afternoon and let it sit but took a small sample. Ouch, at first. It was throwing a tannin tantrum up front and a distinct acid spine, but tonight all harshness had gone and what was left demonstrated how good...

Besides the Margaret, my go to Woodlands, and a cellar purchase every year, is the Cab Franc merlot which is usually around <$30. Absolute drinking bargain.

Margaret has been a long time favourite of mine, from the 2005. I would go as far as to say Margaret is a superior experience than the named family marquee reds with the added bonus of being a third of the price. I remember the 2014 was around $38 pb but after that the price started increasing. As G...

Strange, you don't mention Australia. If you are also meaning Australia, there are many people who would fit your bill. They are readily and easily known in our broad wine community and if you can't be bothered to hunt them out yourself, well, this is spam. You need to chase them, not the other way ...

I bought some Helen, figuring that Callum would do his darndest to honour his grandmother, so this will be potentially a brilliant wine.
I also bought some Flaxman and K Sands.

Very interesting I hadn’t heard of baby tui before from Sami odi . Ovronnaz looks superb also ! Sorry, I could have been clearer. Baby Tui is the 2012 iteration of the Hoffmann Dallwitz releases, with most vines established well over a century ago. It is great to see such brilliant evolution of the...

The front label says, like raised braille, “We adore you baby Tui and thank you for entering our lives in 2012. This is for you, your mum, your nana and your great nana moten (I can’t quite decipher that word, sorry Fraser) four amazing women. xxxx”. I have opened a bottle and it has been sitting in...

Here is food for thought...
the 2021 version of this has repeatedly sold for $471 this year at langtons. The 2022....$326. The market has spoken.

I had a Fourrier 2009 Les Goulots last night. I bought this via Ross Duke, a lovely passionate man who bought Fourrier to Oz with VERY favoured terms partly because his daughter Vicky married Jean-Marie. If only we knew the absolute BARGAINS these were then, but luckily I bought a few, including thi...

I tried the ‘24’s from tank recently and they were excellent. Lovely fragrant nose and excellent tannin. Nice bright colour and I would expect them to be even better once bottled. I haven’t tried any of the ‘23’s yet but as Mike said, after ‘21 & ‘22, ‘23 is not quite as good a vintage. A lot c...

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