December 2013 Purchases

[via collins]

a half-case of 2009 Hoddles Creek chardonnay fell into my life.

Santa came early!

[Rossco]

I got to stop buying wine.......... i have no more storage space...... but....

Just got an email from Tahbilk with $ 25 off my next purchase....... straight off to their website,

12 Tahbilk Premium Red's (Mystery Dozen) for $ 274

AT an average price of $ 22.83 per bottle delivered to my door, im pretty happy.

[conformistpete]

a half-case of 2009 Hoddles Creek chardonnay fell into my life.

Santa came early!

Where'd you find that?

[Krusty]

6 x Primo Joseph Sparkling Red just in time for Xmas

[TravisW]

6 x Primo Joseph Sparkling Red just in time for Xmas

Calling Mr Carrington. (I love the stuff Kirsty!)

[monghead]

Been bad again...

3x 2010 Domaine Leflaive Puligny Montrachet
3x 2004 Paulo Scavino Roche Dell'Annunnziata Riserva
6x 2010 Chateau Beaucastel
2x 2010 Chateau Beaucastel Hommage a Jacques Perrin
1x 1996 DRC Richebourg
1x 1996 DRC La Tache

[sjw_11]

Woops thought I was done for the year:

3x Domaine A Cabernets 2003
3x Domaine A Cabernets 2004
(at AU$43/bottle equivalent it took me all of 35 seconds to head to the website after I got the email offer)

And some wine ordered in the UK for Xmas (all single bottles):
Clos de la Chapelle Instinct NV
RDJ Inflorescence 2009
Laherte Brut Prestige 2004
Taylors VP 1985
Lopez de Heredia Tond Blanco 1998
Meulenhof Auslese 2011

[Panda 9D]

1986 Moulin Touchais - Anyone got any experience with this wine? Looking forward to trying it as I've never had a wine of this style before.

[Mike Hawkins]

RDJ Inflorescence 2009

Nice champagne. This may be zero dosage IIRC, but given the riper vintage, doesn't need much anyway. I'm a big fan of Bouchards... and they drink well young

[TravisW]

Lopez de Heredia Tond Blanco 1998

Mention Lopez de Heredia on this forum once more and you're banned.

Enjoy your wines. You have some stonkers in there.

Cheers, Travis.

[sjw_11]

Mike, I keep hearing good things on the Bouchards and this was quite reasonable around 40 quid so I thougth I would add it to the mix

Travis, I will have to mention it again when I post a tasting note I have never tried one before but have heard great things so looking forward to it... why will I be banned???

[griff]

1986 Moulin Touchais - Anyone got any experience with this wine? Looking forward to trying it as I've never had a wine of this style before.

I had a few of this vintage in the UK. Off dry and complex. Lovely food wine with richer dishes e.g. salmon with a burnt butter sauce.

[Michael R]

Sam, i'm afraid i would also support such a ban.....out of pure jealousy,
And frustration that LDR at Retail basically doesnt exist in this country, yet you can easily find the 92 Gran Reserva Blanco in UK for under 50 quid.
Actually my one glass of that actual wine a couple of years ago still haunts me. From a single bottle had been brought to Syd by someone from Tokyo.

See if you can find some Gran Reserva while you're over there, (think 93 is the latest release) its definitely worth the few quid extra... but please, no tasting notes!

[Mike Hawkins]

Sam.

Infloresence is his entry level wine, but I find that they're all good, but very different. He uses some of the rarer (allowed) grape varieties in Champagne.


Mike

[via collins]

via collins wrote:
a half-case of 2009 Hoddles Creek chardonnay fell into my life.

Santa came early!
Where'd you find that?

A little family supermarket in Balwyn.

[Panda 9D]

1986 Moulin Touchais - Anyone got any experience with this wine? Looking forward to trying it as I've never had a wine of this style before.

I had a few of this vintage in the UK. Off dry and complex. Lovely food wine with richer dishes e.g. salmon with a burnt butter sauce.

Cheers Griff.

[Krusty]

3 x Lake's Folly 2012 Chardonnay
3 Lake's Folly 2011 Cabernets

Had to help a colleague make up a case (the things we do eh ?).

[phillisc]

1990 Wynns Black label from auction...they look perfect with levels at mid neck.
Lets hope they drink as well.

Cheers
Craig.

[dan_smee]

Just went back down the road to pick up some more Rockford wines for xmas

1 x 2005 Rifle Range Cabernet Sauvignon
1 x 2010 Hand Picked Eden Valley Riesling

[TravisW]

Travis, I will have to mention it again when I post a tasting note I have never tried one before but have heard great things so looking forward to it... why will I be banned???

For spreading the good news of this label. Shhhhhhh. Mum's the word.

Cheers, Travis.

[Teisto]

12 x 2012 Kurtz Seven Sleepers Shiraz
12 x 2011 Kaesler Stonehorse GSM
6 x 2010 Henschke Keyneton Euphonium
2 x 2003 Torbreck Steading
2 x 2013 Torbreck Saignee - haven't tried it before.

[Diddy]

I've been a bit of a Best's fanboi this month:-

1 x 2010 Best's Thomson Family Shiraz
1 x 2011 Best's Old Vine Pinot Meunier
1 x 2011 Best's Chardonnay
1 x 2011 Best's Sparkling Shiraz
1 x 2012 Best's Concongella Blanc
1 x 2012 Best's Nursery Block Dry Red

[tpang]

Tried these on a drive around the Mornington Peninsula last month, and went back to pick up a couple for summer drinking. Straight or in mixers.

3x Crittenden Estate Los Hermanos Txakoli Petit Manseng 2012. $25 from winery.
3x Crittenden Estate Los Hermanos Homenaje Grenache Mataro Tempranillo 2012. $34 from winery.

[via collins]

The Txakoli is a beaut Terence.

I spent some time in San Sebastian back in September, and became quite addicted to this wine style. As far as I know, the Crittendens are the only locals making it.

Enjoy!

[Eurocentric]

RDJ Inflorescence 2009

Nice champagne. This may be zero dosage IIRC, but given the riper vintage, doesn't need much anyway. I'm a big fan of Bouchards... and they drink well young

Always zero dosage, single varietal, single vintage, single vineyard, no oak.

[Eurocentric]

Sam.

Infloresence is his entry level wine, but I find that they're all good, but very different. He uses some of the rarer (allowed) grape varieties in Champagne.


Mike

Actually Inflorescence are the vineyards owned by his father, and as of 2014 they will pass to Cedric's ownership and change to Roses de Jeanne. He says there's now little difference between vineyards in terms of quality of fruit. The varieties he works with are pinot noir, chardonnay and a parcel of pinot blanc (for La Boloree).

[Eurocentric]

Trying to restrict myself to birth-year and wedding wines these days:

5 x 1964 Bouchard Beaune 1er cru Baby Jesus
1 x 1964 Bouchard Le Corton GC
3 x 2010 Raveneau Les Clos Chablis GC
3 x 2010 Raveneau Chablis 1er cru Montee de Tonnerre

Also a few quaffers while on holidays outside Vancouver ... not sure there is much decent available. Best champagne I could find was Le Mesnil BdB and the best Burgundy a 2010 Faiveley Bourgogne!

Got offered the 2010 La-Las pre-arrival for 395 euros each. Not sure whether that's in the ballpark ... in Australia, Negociants basically sells one bottle to a retailer for every 12 cases of of Guigal product they take.

[maveric74]

6 x 2004 Dom Pèrignon Champagne
6 x 2013 Clonakilla Riesling
2 x 2012 Nick O'Leary "White Rocks" Riesling
2 x 2012 Nick O'Leary Shiraz
2 x 2012 Christophe et Fils Chablis 1er Cru ‘Montée de Tonnerre’
1 x 2011 Bass Philip Reserve Chardonnay
1 x 2011 Bass Philip Premium Pinot Noir
1 x 2011 Cullen "Kevin John" Chardonnay
1 x 2011 Cullen "Diana Madeline" Cabernet Saugvignon

A very merry Xmas to you all indeed

[Rossco]

6 * 2004 Yarra Yarra cabernet
3 * 2006 Turkey Flat shiraz
2 * 2006 Jasper Hill Georgia's paddock shiraz

[simon1980]

Although I have been desperately trying to restrict purchases (I reached the stage where I had to conclude I just had too much), I could not resist the following:

6x2012 Chatto Pinot Noir

I think this is probably the best Tassie Pinot I have tasted, and in my Top3 Pinots for the year.

simon1980