I was thinking about the topic on how you arrange your wine and I noticed how many people enthused about chaos (something I can relate to given my level of disorganisation) on the basis of the surprise when you uncovered a forgotten gem ...
So I was wondering, what is the best surprise you have ever got out of your own cellar? A forgotten gem, a purchase you didnt remember, a brown snake crawled in for a sleep?
For me, it was the seemingly endless supply of half bottles of Heggies 1983 Botrytis which I bought foolishly at auction in 2004 and never seem to run out of (though the happy ending was about the 6th bottle last year which was remarkably good after 5 bottles down the drain!).
What was the best surprise you ever found in your cellar?
What was the best surprise you ever found in your cellar?
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Sam
Sam
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Some space to cram more stuff 
Haven't had it long enough to find anything else interesting in there
Haven't had it long enough to find anything else interesting in there
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Undercover police on a covert sting operation! Scared the $hit out of me! 
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Scotty vino
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There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.
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Wendouree. I never knew I had any until I found some Shiraz/Malbec or Cab/Malbec, still not sure what it is. All I know is I buried it deep and expect I will find it again in 10 years when it might be drinkable.
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Not mine but my dads - a bottle of 1962 Penfolds Bin 60A. Unfortunately the wine was past its best, taken to the last recorking clinic and it was confirmed dead. Level was well below shoulder with some seepage.
Also found a six pack of 2002 Basket Press in a family friends cellar which he didn't know existed!
Also found a six pack of 2002 Basket Press in a family friends cellar which he didn't know existed!
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wooden six pack vogue musigny on the floor under boxes
i dont recall buying it
i dont recall buying it
International Chambertin Day 16th May
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michel wrote:wooden six pack vogue musigny on the floor under boxes
i dont recall buying it
Wow!!!
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Michael R wrote:michel wrote:wooden six pack vogue musigny on the floor under boxes
i dont recall buying it
Wow!!!
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International Chambertin Day 16th May
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Mine is a single bottle of 1990 Bin 90A.
Pretty happy find
Pretty happy find
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michel wrote:Michael R wrote:michel wrote:wooden six pack vogue musigny on the floor under boxes
i dont recall buying it
Wow!!!
2008
Nice Michel
To find one bottle would be wonderful, but 6 is just crazy!
They did a masterclass (Moose & BM) in Sydney at La Paulee a few months back. Tiny crowd, tickets didnt even go on sale but Red Smurf (poster here) managed to nab one...said it was truly epic.
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You can get into your cellar????
If you can remember what a wine is like the next day you didn't drink enough of it
Peynaud
Peynaud
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Nothing super exciting, but a couple of weeks ago I found a bottle of 2009 De Iuliis Steven Vineyard Shiraz that I had bought 4 and thought I'd had them all.
Just little things like that happen every now and then.
Just little things like that happen every now and then.
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The best surprise is it remains untouched!
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I am lucky to have a large cellar, mostly racked, but with plenty of wooden boxes also stacked in the available spaces. Left front Burgundy, left rear Bordeaux, right rear White Burgundy, Rhone and other European, right front more Burgundy and Australian. Middle about 50 crates. No more ordered than that, so there isn't a visit that goes by where I am not extremely pleasantly surprised about a bottle or case I didn't know I had.
Of course, there is the added bonus of early dementia, so I can get a big surprise looking at the same bottle four weeks in a row!!!!!!!!!
Of course, there is the added bonus of early dementia, so I can get a big surprise looking at the same bottle four weeks in a row!!!!!!!!!
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Not exciting but half a dozen Peppertree Members Reserve Cab Shiraz which I didn't have in my spreadsheet
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Hey felixp, you've already told us that a few times. 