December 2015 Purchases

[Ozzie W]

First day of the month and I'm buying wine already.

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
3 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

[dave vino]

Winefront fan?

[Ozzie W]

Winefront fan?

Yep. Also a big Maurice O'Shea fan.

[swirler]

I assume a large number of users here buy wine based on WF reviews. They seem to have replaced JO as the main alternative to Halliday. Their scores are now on wine searcher. Oliver probably sells more annuals in China these days.....

[Michael McNally]

6 x 2008 Majella Sparkling Shiraz
12 x 2013 St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz (half bottles)

[swirler]

St Hallett? Grape wine?

[Andrew Jordan]

6 x 2008 Majella Sparkling Shiraz

Purchased a 6 pack of this myself ... thought it was drinking very well at the recent Coonawarra Roadshow!

[PortWineWorld]

I definitely wouldnt be complaining with that lineup!

[felixp]

First day of the month and I'm buying wine already.

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
3 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

Mount Pleasant O'Shea has become my absolute favourite Aus wine (thanks to the tips from this Board) but I just had a look at the 2014 release. Holy Moly!!! Now that is some price jump. Might look for earlier vintages to back-fill, the 2007 is my favourite. Anyone think the 2014 O'Shea is worth the entry ticket? I am curious, as i am still thinking of purchasing some to keep the line going.

[Ozzie W]

Mount Pleasant O'Shea has become my absolute favourite Aus wine (thanks to the tips from this Board) but I just had a look at the 2014 release. Holy Moly!!! Now that is some price jump. Might look for earlier vintages to back-fill, the 2007 is my favourite. Anyone think the 2014 O'Shea is worth the entry ticket? I am curious, as i am still thinking of purchasing some to keep the line going.

Obviously I do as I purchased some. But saying that, 2014 is undoubtedly the best vintage in the last 50 years for the Hunter. Furthermore, this is the first time that vines from the Rosehill vineyard have been fermented and bottled separately. Yes, the price has gone up big time, but so has the quality.

[Michael McNally]

St Hallett? Grape wine?

Thanks - edited. T'was the Blackwell Shiraz

Cheers

Michael

[deejay81]

First day of the month and I'm buying wine already.

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
3 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

Are these from Cellar door only? I can see them on the website but not to buy even though I'm a member who buys a crapload from them...

so far this month's purcahses:
6 x NV Taittinger
24 x 2007 Mount Pleasant Elizabeth
6 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Mothervine

[Ozzie W]

First day of the month and I'm buying wine already.

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
3 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

Are these from Cellar door only? I can see them on the website but not to buy even though I'm a member who buys a crapload from them...

so far this month's purcahses:
6 x NV Taittinger
24 x 2007 Mount Pleasant Elizabeth
6 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Mothervine

Yes. It's CD only. But you can purchase over the phone like I did. Word on the street is that they'll sell out by COB today of the 1965, so you need to be quick if you want any.

[deejay81]

I gave in...

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

Way too much coin for my liking and having not tasted them yet... Oh well

Oh and in case people are wondering, they made 150 cases of each.

[winetastic]

Couldn't resist:
2 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill

[alexc92]

Starting December with a bit of a bang.

4x 2011 Blue Poles 'Allouran'
6x 2014 Mt Pleasant Eliz Sem
6x 2015 Tahbilk Marsanne
6x 2013 Wynns Black C/S
2x 2014 Best's Ries
2x 2010 Produttori Del Barbaresco
1x 2012 St Henri

[winetastic]

Starting December with a bit of a bang.

4x 2011 Blue Poles 'Allouran'
6x 2014 Mt Pleasant Eliz Sem
6x 2015 Tahbilk Marsanne
6x 2013 Wynns Black C/S
2x 2014 Best's Ries
2x 2010 Produttori Del Barbaresco
1x 2012 St Henri

A man of refined taste.

[DJ1980]

2 x 2005 Chateau Montrose
6 x Mount Pleasant 1965 Vines
3 x 2014 Silkman Reserve Chardonnay
1 x Krug NV

[dbyrne4]

12x 2013 Blue Pyrenees Cab Sav
4 x 2013 Barwang Shiraz
6 x 2010 Penley Phoenix
6 x 2010 Barwang Shiraz

[dave vino]

First day of the month and I'm buying wine already.

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
3 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

Mount Pleasant O'Shea has become my absolute favourite Aus wine (thanks to the tips from this Board) but I just had a look at the 2014 release. Holy Moly!!! Now that is some price jump. Might look for earlier vintages to back-fill, the 2007 is my favourite. Anyone think the 2014 O'Shea is worth the entry ticket? I am curious, as i am still thinking of purchasing some to keep the line going.

Nope, maybe half the amount. You can pick it up usually on the secondary market for around $60-$70 for older vintages. It's gone from about $80, to $120 to $180 in the last 5 years. Becoming like Bordeaux where you can backfill cheaper with ready to drink wines.

[swirler]

2014 is undoubtedly the best vintage in the last 50 years for the Hunter.

Ha! A Felixism, if I'm not mistaken.

[swirler]

St Hallett? Grape wine?

Thanks - edited. T'was the Blackwell Shiraz

Cheers

Michael

Guessed it would be!

[felixp]

2014 is undoubtedly the best vintage in the last 50 years for the Hunter.

Ha! A Felixism, if I'm not mistaken.

haha!!! yes indeed!!!!

rang the winery about the Maurice O'Shea 2014, not due out until next October. So I purchased 3 of each of the four block wines on offer, lady assured me they were well worth it!!!!! Gotta stop reading this forum

[felixp]

First day of the month and I'm buying wine already.

1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1946 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1880 Vines Old Hill Vineyard
3 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1965 Vines Rosehill
1 x 2014 Mount Pleasant Wines Shiraz 1921 Old Paddock

Mount Pleasant O'Shea has become my absolute favourite Aus wine (thanks to the tips from this Board) but I just had a look at the 2014 release. Holy Moly!!! Now that is some price jump. Might look for earlier vintages to back-fill, the 2007 is my favourite. Anyone think the 2014 O'Shea is worth the entry ticket? I am curious, as i am still thinking of purchasing some to keep the line going.

Nope, maybe half the amount. You can pick it up usually on the secondary market for around $60-$70 for older vintages. It's gone from about $80, to $120 to $180 in the last 5 years. Becoming like Bordeaux where you can backfill cheaper with ready to drink wines.

I am certain you are right Dave, but I have my fourth son born in 2014, so I figure the purchase is in a good cause.

[alexc92]

Starting December with a bit of a bang.

4x 2011 Blue Poles 'Allouran'
6x 2014 Mt Pleasant Eliz Sem
6x 2015 Tahbilk Marsanne
6x 2013 Wynns Black C/S
2x 2014 Best's Ries
2x 2010 Produttori Del Barbaresco
1x 2012 St Henri

A man of refined taste.

Why thankyou!

[Luke W]

2 x Houghton Jack Mann 2012
3 x Grant Burge Shadrach 2008
2 x Eileen Hardy Shiraz 2012
5 x Brookland Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2013
6 x Houghton Gladstones 2013

Last for awhile

[dave vino]

Last for awhile

Yeah getting too hard to dodge all the hot days when getting wines delivered. (this may or may not be the reason you said that... )

[Luke W]

Last for awhile

Yeah getting too hard to dodge all the hot days when getting wines delivered. (this may or may not be the reason you said that... )

Exactly - if I wasn't getting staff prices on these I wouldn't have bought them. November to March they're better left at the winery!

[Mahmoud Ali]

Furthermore, this is the first time that vines from the Rosehill vineyard have been fermented and bottled separately. Yes, the price has gone up big time, but so has the quality.

Surely the Rosehill bottles from the past contained wine from the vines of the vineyard, fermented and bottled separately? Judging from the other posts I guess what you mean is that sections of the vineyard have been fermented and bottled separately, hence what appears to be "1946" and "1965" Rosehills.

Has the regular Rosehill disappeared or is it a "degraded" wine now that the superior stuff is bottled separately. Great marketing if you ask me. Break up the vineyards into small, scarce lots, drive up collector and point craving demand, and jack up the prices. Genius. Of course it has been done before in that Bailey's had the 1920s and 1904 Blocks, but it strikes me as more of a gimmick than anything else.

Mahmoud.

[tonym]

I was at Mt Pleasant last week and was shocked buy the prices of the "flagship" reds. I tried the OP and Rosehill and found them to be nice wines but couldn't bring myself to part with the asking price at the Cellar door. For that price point there are a lot of good wines around.