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I've tried the 2017 Rifle Road Cab Sauv.... I found it quite cuddle and rounded, with a touch of greenness on the second night. At $54 pb it does seem to be pushing the VFM envelope

If you could visit (and taste from) the museum cellar of one Australian producer and one International producer, which would you select?

I'd probably go for Yalumba and Dujac, but there are no doubt some obvious choices I'm missing....

Congrats to LFC - they've been a great side to watch the past few seasons....

phillisc wrote: Rockford haven't made a dry country grenache for some time now, and the current 2017 Moppa Springs is actually a GMS

Cheers Craig

There is a 2016 Dry Country Grenache..... not sure how available it is...

Mike Hawkins wrote:I had one at Rockford and one at Hentley earlier in the year and they were both smart wines

Was that the Dry Country Grenache, or the Moppa Springs?

I'm on a bit of a Grenache bender at the moment, and would be interested in your thoughts...

Do you think I could reasonably store my wine here, without experiencing too much accelerated deterioration in wine quality? Has anyone used mobile temperature moderation equipment or some other way to improve cellar conditions without spending a fortune? I'm in Brisbane too, and have seen first-ha...

2009 Bouchard le Chambertin. #fuckyoucovid Ooh errrr, tell us more! This is a level I don't drink at other than on special occasions, but if we're heading for lockdown, then fuck it. I have a cellar and I'm prepared to use it. AFAIK Bouchard have firm access to vines in le Chambertin, Ive had the 0...

Wizz wrote:2009 Bouchard le Chambertin.

#fuckyoucovid

Ooh errrr, tell us more!

Was only joking. How about then, you take some of my allocation of a very famous Barolo producer? As I get it mates-rates I take on the excess as an investment but in the end, will probably never sell them and having so much of it a little dreary. I'll PM at some stage. A Burgundy lovers Barolo in ...

mjs wrote:Sounds like a Greenock Creek Roenfeldt Road Shiraz

Nah... was the Cab Sauv....

Wizz wrote: Hear hear.

This kind of shit is exactly the reason I don't post here much any more, I have better things to do.

Second this.... I have enough of this kind of stuff at work.... why would I visit here every day for another serving or three?

Ozzie W wrote:The number of wine show medals (stickers) on bottles is usually inversely proportional to the quality of the wine.

Surely this isn't unpopular; more like commonsense

What do you own greater than 14.9% :?: Nothing that's good that I can think of. I wish I had had the opportunity to try the Lindemans 1965 Hunter Shirazes, Bin 3100 and 3110, coz I believe they are supposed to be 15%+. Perhaps that is a load of hooey. Anyway, if it's too strong/out of balance, it g...

I won't buy Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot or Riesling (sorry Wizz) or Sauvignon Blanc I won't buy "natural" wines I won't buy Barolo because I'm continually told that I should I won't buy wines with an abv above 14.99%, unless they are really really good :D And I won't ever buy another Burg...

A line up of a fair bit of wine tasted at a recent dinner. Wines were not served blind 2015 Dalwhinnie Moonambel Cabernet This was the surprise disappointment of the tasting. Palate fell off a cliff right after swallowing. Was a weird sensation, MASSIVE tannin, and while this will live for a very l...

Mike Hawkins wrote:

brodie wrote:OK here goes...

Wendouree make the most interesting,long lived and complex red wines in Australia.

Disagree

+1

I predicted that Kahuna Wines "Late Picked" Shiraz from the Rutherglen would be the next 'Three Rivers'..... alas I had been duped by an internet troll....

George Krashos wrote:

JamieBahrain wrote:I'm off to a higher end BBQ today with my tasting friends and I'm taking a G Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia 2000 whilst my dear parochial wife insisting on a Basket Press 2001.

Your wife is switched on and clearly has good taste.

I'd happily have a glass of each.....

yeah, it's all good

I just got my password reset after many years in the wilderness, and I wanted to warm up by Woola-ing a post of two

An imposing name, as I am not a fan of big-tannin beasties. From a vineyard in Amery Road. A blend of Malbec, Shiraz, Touriga and Tinto Cao. Dusty black cherries and mulberries, black olives and a square of nougat; quite a daunting nose. The palate is more twiggy, a scoop of earthiness with light re...

Wizz wrote:This is a label that IMO deserves support.

cheers

Andrew

I agree!

. :) Actually also had the '87 Peter Lehmann King Port on the weekend too - that is a very very very smart wine. Agreed snappy wine. the current release ?96 is also very snappy. michel Do you still have any? Will you open one for us tomorrow night? :mrgreen: Up to your old tricks eh, Dumpling Boy!

I don't buy it any more.... plenty of other (arguably) more interesting wines out there....

ah Wendouree.... the 'La Tache' of Australian Shiraz.... I wish I had more of it, but I've only got a single bottle....

craig loves shiraz wrote:Morris Bros Shiraz/Durif is exceptional value and one of teh original sparkling reds. Nothing overly sophisticated about it. Just good drinking sparkling red.

Yes, I like this one too.

Lincoln wrote:

Wizz wrote:

Lincoln wrote:Vilmart Grande Reserve Brut n/v
07 Meerea Park Hell Hole Semillon

Tell us how the Vilmart is. Thats a short list for NYE - staying at home?

I will write a note on the Vilmart, promise.
Yes, a quiet one tonight.... first time for several years

Vilmart was most excellent

Wizz wrote:

Lincoln wrote:Vilmart Grande Reserve Brut n/v
07 Meerea Park Hell Hole Semillon

Tell us how the Vilmart is. Thats a short list for NYE - staying at home?

I will write a note on the Vilmart, promise.
Yes, a quiet one tonight.... first time for several years

Vilmart Grande Reserve Brut n/v
07 Meerea Park Hell Hole Semillon

Just had a '90 and it is still remarkably youthful. Drank very well over 4 or 5 hours.