June 2015 Purchases

[michel]

That is Rousseau EP.
At cellar door a few years ago we quizzed them about buying direct and they said they have a handful of private customers. From memory Chambertin cellar door was less than 200 euros

[Michael R]

Weekend in Melb including a quick trip to do something I'd been hoping to do for years, visit the main ridge cellar door.

Picked up a 3 pack of 11, 12 & 13 Chardonnay.

The experience was even better than I'd hoped. old school, served by the owner\winemaker etc who is a gent.
As for the wines, I rate his Chardonnay comfortably in my top 5, and its the one grape i d back myself to know my arse from my elbow.
I understand they're selling up after 40 years, so if your in the mornington soon, and you like world class Chardonnay... Don't miss this.

[mse]

Returned 6 x Clarendon Hills Astralis Syrah 2010 for 4 x Penfold's Grange 2010. 6 x Bass Phillip Premium Pinot Noir 2012 @ $165/bottle (Not cheap at all, but at this price Ievel, I can't get anything close in terms of quality from Vosne-Romanee).

[felixp]

2013 Rousseau - kaching on the credit card

But you will never regret it.

I assume you are buying direct if its 2013 vintage and you have some sort of introduction or long term relationship to them and you just can't walk in off the street like an Australian cellar door?

Btw, out of interest what price do they charge direct? I have drunk young Rousseau Chambertin or Clos de Beze a number of times off restaurant winelists in France and the current going rate at the right venue is about 500-550 euros a bottle, which sure beats buying it in Australia or HK. You just have to make the sacrifice of drinking a great wine young rather than waiting until its peak but my dining group wasn't complaining about vinous infanticide when we sampled a 2010 Clos de Beze in Beaune last year

there is a stupidly funny thread over on Berserkers ATM about drinking young Burgundy. Wine snob heaven thread.

For my birthday in 2011 I went with a then GF to Circa/Prince in St Kilda for dinner. Spied a 2005 Rousseau CdB for, incredibly, $500. After enquiring if the price was correct, I quickly ordered a bottle, which they decanted and which was one of the truly great Burgundy experiences for me. At 6 years old, it was just stunning, mind-blowing. Now, I hate spending that sort of money on a single bottle, but bugger me, I told the staff to put another bottle away, paid for it, and went back and drunk it the following weekend!!! Again, pretty much a epiphany, and I have been lucky enough to drink a hell of a lot of Burg,.
2005 Rousseau, I just cannot imagine wine being better than that. From his village upwards that year, just awesome. Too bad he (relatively) stuffed up 07 and 08!!

[michel]

Weekend in Melb including a quick trip to do something I'd been hoping to do for years, visit the main ridge cellar door.

Picked up a 3 pack of 11, 12 & 13 Chardonnay.

The experience was even better than I'd hoped. old school, served by the owner\winemaker etc who is a gent.
As for the wines, I rate his Chardonnay comfortably in my top 5, and its the one grape i d back myself to know my arse from my elbow.
I understand they're selling up after 40 years, so if your in the mornington soon, and you like world class Chardonnay... Don't miss this.

I agree MR rocks bigtime imo
The chardy can be a tad tropical at times

[michel]

2013 Rousseau - kaching on the credit card

But you will never regret it.

I assume you are buying direct if its 2013 vintage and you have some sort of introduction or long term relationship to them and you just can't walk in off the street like an Australian cellar door?

Btw, out of interest what price do they charge direct? I have drunk young Rousseau Chambertin or Clos de Beze a number of times off restaurant winelists in France and the current going rate at the right venue is about 500-550 euros a bottle, which sure beats buying it in Australia or HK. You just have to make the sacrifice of drinking a great wine young rather than waiting until its peak but my dining group wasn't complaining about vinous infanticide when we sampled a 2010 Clos de Beze in Beaune last year

there is a stupidly funny thread over on Berserkers ATM about drinking young Burgundy. Wine snob heaven thread.

For my birthday in 2011 I went with a then GF to Circa/Prince in St Kilda for dinner. Spied a 2005 Rousseau CdB for, incredibly, $500. After enquiring if the price was correct, I quickly ordered a bottle, which they decanted and which was one of the truly great Burgundy experiences for me. At 6 years old, it was just stunning, mind-blowing. Now, I hate spending that sort of money on a single bottle, but bugger me, I told the staff to put another bottle away, paid for it, and went back and drunk it the following weekend!!! Again, pretty much a epiphany, and I have been lucky enough to drink a hell of a lot of Burg,.
2005 Rousseau, I just cannot imagine wine being better than that. From his village upwards that year, just awesome. Too bad he (relatively) stuffed up 07 and 08!!

I reckon 08 burgs will emerge with time- they have some high tone florals and acid- and are in a terribly awkward stage atm
07 I have never had one I liked - the Rousseau beze was probably the better one that was made

[deejay81]

12x 2013 Mike Press Shiraz
Anyone had this vintage?
Will be my next quaffer/cooking wine when a dish requires it.
Had to use a Turkey Flat Butchers Block Red last time cause I had no other cheapies....

[phillisc]

Another case of 2012 Metala, can't help myself

Cheers
Craig

Shhhh!! Stop telling everyone or it'll run out!

Another 2 dozen

(For those living offshore about 5 Pounds, 7 Euros, 7 US)
At less than a tenner...silly silly prices but make hay....

Cheers
Craig

[felixp]

agree Michel, his 2007's pretty ordinary, especially if compared to 2005!!! CdB 07 is a very good wine, but not for $800!!!!
just when I said I wouldn't get any 13 Burgs, I relented and got Fourrier up here, en primeur. Incredibly cheap.
Echezeaux (in magnum), Cherbaudes, Aux Echanges, Goulots, Village vv, and Combe aux Moines. Supposed to have made sneaky good wines in 13, I might well double-up when the Aussie importer sends me his 2013 Burg catalogue soon

[Sigmamupi]

agree Michel, his 2007's pretty ordinary, especially if compared to 2005!!! CdB 07 is a very good wine, but not for $800!!!!
just when I said I wouldn't get any 13 Burgs, I relented and got Fourrier up here, en primeur. Incredibly cheap.
Echezeaux (in magnum), Cherbaudes, Aux Echanges, Goulots, Village vv, and Combe aux Moines. Supposed to have made sneaky good wines in 13, I might well double-up when the Aussie importer sends me his 2013 Burg catalogue soon

Felix - well done re the Fourrier. If you are happy to reveal, who was the importer please? All the Fourrier I have seen in HK has been overpriced. I bought this grower for the first time last year from the Australian importer and have been drinking the 2012 village wines to try them out and have been impressed.

[Duncan Disorderly]

1 x 2004 Clos Triguedina Vin de Pays du Comté Tolosan Le Moelleux du Clos Vin de Lune
1 x 2012 Nick O'Leary Pyrenees Shiraz
6 x 2012 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon
3 x 2008 De Bortoli Reserve Syrah

[Hunter]

2 Penfolds 2010 bin 169's

[Rocky]

Another 12 x Woodlands Cab Merlot. An embarrassing $9/ bottle.

[felixp]

agree Michel, his 2007's pretty ordinary, especially if compared to 2005!!! CdB 07 is a very good wine, but not for $800!!!!
just when I said I wouldn't get any 13 Burgs, I relented and got Fourrier up here, en primeur. Incredibly cheap.
Echezeaux (in magnum), Cherbaudes, Aux Echanges, Goulots, Village vv, and Combe aux Moines. Supposed to have made sneaky good wines in 13, I might well double-up when the Aussie importer sends me his 2013 Burg catalogue soon

Felix - well done re the Fourrier. If you are happy to reveal, who was the importer please? All the Fourrier I have seen in HK has been overpriced. I bought this grower for the first time last year from the Australian importer and have been drinking the 2012 village wines to try them out and have been impressed.

sure.... it is L'Imperatrice. They have Fourrier on strict allocation, but as of yesterday I know they had some bits and pieces floating around from 2013. No harm in asking, and if you become a client, I would imagine they will include you in the 2014 offer (supposed to be the best vintage since 2010, which admittedly is not saying a lot!!!)
I have seen the 2013 offers on wine searcher... yea, HK is expensive, but not if you go thru these guys en primeur. (I got it at 25-30% less than the competing importers up here) As I mentioned on another thread ages ago, Fourrier is all the rage here, fuelled no doubt by his multiple trips to present and flog his wines.
The Aussie importer is also extremely cheap, but each year the allocations seem to shrink. But inappropriate to mention him on this forum, with respect to Gavin.

[felixp]

but the one thing that absolutely annoys the hell out of me about Fourrier is their bloody bottles!!!!!!!!
you cannot stack into a diamond cellar rack, too unstable, and they don't fit properly into my individual spaces
so, have to leave them in their boxes, super annoying!!!!
anyone else have this problem???

[Michael McNally]

CVNE IMPERIAL RIOJA GRAN RESERVA 2005
CVNE IMPERIAL RIOJA GRAN RESERVA 2007
CVNE CUNE RESERVA 2008

Mate, this Rioja obsession has to end!!!

or we could get together and drink some.......... I still have that Ygay Riserva you convinced me to buy...........

Cheers

Michael

[rens]

CVNE IMPERIAL RIOJA GRAN RESERVA 2005
CVNE IMPERIAL RIOJA GRAN RESERVA 2007
CVNE CUNE RESERVA 2008

Mate, this Rioja obsession has to end!!!

or we could get together and drink some.......... I still have that Ygay Riserva you convinced me to buy...........

Cheers

Michael

I have the bug Michael. It could be worse. I could have landed in Burgundy...
My name is Rens and I'm a Riojaholic.

That Ygay reserva is a nice wine. Great now, but will hold for 5 years.
The Ygay Gran reserva is real nice and will be fantastic in 5-10

[deejay81]

Another 2 dozen

(For those living offshore about 5 Pounds, 7 Euros, 7 US)
At less than a tenner...silly silly prices but make hay....

Cheers
Craig

At 10 bucks I couldn't resist getting some more too... bought another 6 pack

[winetastic]

A few auction purchases...

x6 PAOLO SCAVINO, Barolo 2010
x6 PODERI LUIGI EINAUDI Costa Grimaldi, Barolo 2010
x3 CHATEAU BARDE-HAUT Bordeaux 2006

[Mike Hawkins]

2 Penfolds 2010 bin 169's

Nice purchase. I haven't tried the 2010, but critics seemed to love it...

[Rocky]

1 x 2012 Mount Edelstone.

My first ever Henschke!

[Hunter]

A very nice wine.. tried at cellar door. One of my vintecs loaded with mount edelstone

[Bobthebuilder]

A few auction purchases...

x6 PAOLO SCAVINO, Barolo 2010

I grabbed 6 of them too a month or two ago
quite nice but open 24hrs before you want to drink it if sampling one now
its like a completely different wine the next day, even better day 3!

[winetastic]

A few auction purchases...

x6 PAOLO SCAVINO, Barolo 2010

I grabbed 6 of them too a month or two ago
quite nice but open 24hrs before you want to drink it if sampling one now
its like a completely different wine the next day, even better day 3!

Thanks for the heads up, will probably have a look at one bottle (for science) and leave the rest for 10 years.

[rooman]

12 X Fontedi Chianti Classico 2010
6x Frankland Isolation Ridge Riesling 2014
12x Leo Buring Leonay Riesling 2013
6x Seppelts Drumbourg Riesling 2009

[JamieBahrain]

Why is so much Scavino turning up at auction? Seems a little odd. Wouldn't be a private cellar must be the importer unable to sell?

Drinking young Nebbiolo you do become a mad scientist with aeration trials- one young Barbaresco I drink young you have a glass with food and the rest of the bottle takes two days to spring to life.

Half sized decanters are my new weapon. I found these beauties in Prague a few days ago. A glass of a young 2010 Gagliardo Barolo night one then the rest in the half decanter day two worked well.

[Redav]

I have picked up an assortment of tasters and keepers over the last few weeks;

1 x 2012 Chris Ringland CR Shiraz
1 x 2012 Frogmore Creek Iced Riesling
1 x 2009 E. Guigal Gigondas
1 x 2013 Kalleske Moppa Shiraz
1 x 2014 Kalleske Clarry's GSM
1 x NV Peter Lehmann Rare Tawny
1 x 2000 Peter Lehmann The King Vintage Port
2 x 2014 Tyrrell's Johnno's Shiraz
2 x 2014 Tyrrell's Old Patch Shiraz
1 x 2014 Tyrrell's Vat 9 Hunter Shiraz
1 x 2014 Tyrrell's Vat 8 Shiraz Cabernet
1 x 2012 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Black Label
1 x 2010 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz Black Label

[catchnrelease]

Picked up some Bordeaux for very tidy prices, all things considered.

2x 2010 Chateau de Malle
2x 2009 Chateau Guiraud
1x 2009 Chateau Suduiraut
1x 2009 Chateau Talbot

[dbyrne4]

12 X 2012 Metala Shiraz Cab

[Mike Hawkins]

6 x 2012 Henschke Mt Edelstone