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6 times blass platinum 2018 Shiraz

70 per bottle couldn’t pass at that price

Red bigot would be ripping the head off it seeing that

Guess , it’s that time again

Any early vintage reports in from different regions?

Any potential perfect vintages anywhere? Disasters etc

Conventional inflation is not a fair measure for the appreciation of luxury items. It’s as simple as that! We can all find better wines as wine lovers and often tell a great story to go with them. In the case of Grange and Hill of Grace, arguably the greatest wine of Italy, which until the 2004 vin...

As per my above post Just sacrificed one , no problems Yummo , beautiful wine smooth fine and silky However for my taste , (both for what they are now) balnaves the tally (like 2004 tally) blows it out of the water for concentration, body , but this makes up for in perfume , refinement Happy to cell...

Yeah I copped the exact same thing with my 3 John riddochs My others were fine through a premium delivery service temp control that the particular retailer offered and I was more than happy to pay for But watching those on the tracking nearly gave me a stroke reckon it did a whole lap of every Aus p...

1-Picardy tete cuvee Pinot 21 1-Felton Road block 5 Pinot 23 2-By Farr tout press 2022 2-By Farr rp Pinot 2022 1 curly flat Pinot 2021 Magnum 3- curly flat Pinot 2022 6- curly flat Pinot 2022 375 ml 2- curly flat Chardonnay 2021 375 ml 1-place of changing winds Pinot noir 2021 2- balnaves the tally ...

Had the 21 Cabernet last week

Way out of balance for my palate

An oaky edge , and even a watery un concentrated edge

Not sure about that re crashing

Though tbh ; I am not sure of auctions, last years were more than double the winery price, circa 320-350 now at least at retail seem to be well over 400 if available

Cheers I can’t believe how quickly they sell out I am cellarer drinker not selling and I got very lucky but I’d imagine so many just buy for the quick dollar. I really wish they’d just allow a mail list to those who have purchase history with them or a bottle of Chardonnay for every other bottle etc...

12 Giaconda Chardonnay 2022

12 Bleasdale iron duke Cabernet 2021
6 Rob Hall Cabernet 2022

https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/811 ... -wraps-up/

Crazy how quickly they sold out… I think Platinum is right re the resale market and what these could end up going for. Cheers Ed Is is a great Beechworth vintage in general ? Not much of a Chardonnay drinker any more, but if it’s the vintage then there are a lot of good winemakers out there. very g...

Obviously very early days , but has anyone heard any very positive or very negative reports (stellar/wipeouts etc) across the different regions

Tbh I know it’s expensive but for my personal palate nothing outside of top French gets near it in its best vintages, and many of this cost somewhere between 4-20 times the price Once again just my personal palate, but as you said a couple of 100 points and one from a western Australian biased revie...

12 giaconda Chardonnay 2021

3 Bests Thomson Family shiraz 2017

Bests Thomson family shiraz 2017 (1)
Wolf blass black label 2018 (2)
Moss wood Cabernet 2018 (1)

2 x Hobbs 1905 shiraz 2019 , (for 55 per bottle)

6 dappled chard 2021
3 dappled shiraz 21
2 dappled cab 20
1 dappled Pinot 21

6 sorrenberg gamay 2021

2 hickingbotham the peake 2018 2 Penfolds yattarna 2018 8 wynns black label Cabernet 2019 1 mount mary jdm 2015 6 gembrook hill Pinot noir 2020 Well done on the JDM, I ummed and arrhed about getting one, but simply couldn't justify a single bottle or 4 quintets. Surprisingly, there are still a coup...

Yattarna is the best for my taste , followed by tolpuddle, bindi , yabby lake , pierro and (giaconda which used to be clearly ahead but has dropped off in recent years)


Chardonnay and shiraz along with sticky’s are Australia’s strongest wines on a world scale after shiraz cab blends

2 hickingbotham the peake 2018

2 Penfolds yattarna 2018

8 wynns black label Cabernet 2019

1 mount mary jdm 2015

6 gembrook hill Pinot noir 2020

6 te mata Coleraine 2020

Michael Is correct. Too many other fantastic wineries

World class Shiraz Craig

Just buy Mount Mary instead and drink a better yarra wine

I think i will stick with my Oz reds in 2010, I believe some areas had a rare vintage

Sigh* Australain Men are not young kids or sore losers*Sigh

Craig(NZ) wrote:Go da all whites!

3 Points for NZ, Nothing much changes, always 1 behind Australia