Right, what are we/you drinking now .. tonight

[Redback]

2012 Oakvale Sangiovese -Hunter producer using McLaren Vale grapes. Opens up with figs on the nose; plums and firm tannins. Nothing serious but an enjoyable quaffer to have with pizza on a wet Thursday night.

[Mike Hawkins]

I've had quite a few bottles of the 96 Cos Jamie, and its a weird wine IMO. It promises the goods, but never quite delivers to the pricepoint.

[Cactus]

Greenock Creek 2015 Grenache. I have a cold. So senses a bit duller than normal. I have now tried the 2014 Cab Sav and the Seven Acre Shiraz. So to the Grenache. Very enjoyable wine. My pick of the 3. Smooth and light and balanced. No hotness or too much alcohol.

[Hunter]

Greenock Creek 2015 Grenache. I have a cold. So senses a bit duller than normal. I have now tried the 2014 Cab Sav and the Seven Acre Shiraz. So to the Grenache. Very enjoyable wine. My pick of the 3. Smooth and light and balanced. No hotness or too much alcohol.

Ditto's .. so am I
Really opens up over time.
And not too Jammy

[michel]

Just had that Sass last weekend
Mine was bright pretty perfumed & leafy
The most feminine Sass I have tried
Your bottle was not a good one Jamie
Still kinda young

[Hacker]

Just opened a magnum of Wendouree 1991 Malbec for celebrations of elder daughter finishing her last exam at College of Law. Letting it Audoze for 10 hours.

Will report in later how it goes.

[maybs]

Just opened a magnum of Wendouree 1991 Malbec for celebrations of elder daughter finishing her last exam at College of Law. Letting it Audoze for 10 hours.

Will report in later how it goes.

Pretty cool Hacker, big thing for the young woman and you must be very proud. Interested to hear how it (the wine) goes.

[phillisc]

Just out of interest, I am aware of the 90 Shiraz being in magnums and now this one...I know its 20 years ago, but cannot recall it at the time?

What other vintages and or wines did Wendouree bottle in magnum format?

Cheers
Craig.

[Hacker]

I am fairly certain it was firstly the 1990 (bush vine) Shiraz @ $100 each. What a bargain that was. Then a couple of years later the mailing list was informed of the 1991 Malbec which was to be released 'later'. So if I remember correctly the Brady's released this about five years ago after re corking them @ $250 each.

I am not aware of any other releases.

[Phil H]

Domain Gaston & Pierre Ravaut Ladoix 1er Cru Les Bois Roussot 2010. Still working my way through my Burgundy Discovery Dozen purchased almost a year ago, with the average price per bottle being $50, and after a lot of searching the current release being worth around $75.
Definitely grabbing my interest, a fuller bodied Pinot, earthy, with a touch of cherries and violets (another descriptor which I have not used before). Constantly developing in the glass. Definitely the best out of the dozen so far - couple more to go. Am I converted to Burgundy wines? - yes - but be prepared to pay at least double (being conservative - maybe 4x) for an Ausie equivalent without the Burgundy mistique.

[Hacker]

Just opened a magnum of Wendouree 1991 Malbec for celebrations of elder daughter finishing her last exam at College of Law. Letting it Audoze for 10 hours.

Will report in later how it goes.

Had this two nights ago. Audozed 10 hours ahead and decanted 1 hour before serving. Quite sweet fruited and a touch acidic at first taste, but settled down into a beautiful cherry, dark berry flavoured medium bodied delight. Tannins stood out but as the night progressed the acid balanced itself out and the wines lovely structure became evident. Long finish with more of a savoury ending. The last glass was the best. So good. I have one more for sometime in the future.

[Cactus]

2013 Stonier Reserve Pinot. Decanted 6 hours, while smoking some lamb. Very floral, red fruits, light and smooth. Bought a 6 pack, down to 3. Pinot doesnt seem to make it to the cellar. Usually dies on arrival at home.

[simon1980]

2013 Stonier Reserve Pinot. Decanted 6 hours, while smoking some lamb. Very floral, red fruits, light and smooth. Bought a 6 pack, down to 3. Pinot doesnt seem to make it to the cellar. Usually dies on arrival at home.

I had the same problem, and fixed it by purchasing Pinot at a ratio of 2:1 to other reds. This worked especially well with a purchase of 18 Wendouree earlier this year...as it justified a purchase of 36 bottles of 2015 Pinots!

[JamieBahrain]

I did a whirlwind tour of Australia. Arrived 6am in ADL after a red-eye international flight and dropped off 3 cases of Barolo at my cellar. Enjoyed a bottle of Burge Family Draycott 2000 Shiraz which is structurally on a thread but the wonderful fruit delivers a typical Lyndoch/Draycott flavor profile. Just what the Doctor ordered and a few hours sleep and off to SYD at 6am for the footy. I took a [ Coldstream Hills Reserve Shiraz 2006 which has great qualities but is retarded in its development by the screw cap- a big glass gave me an lunchtime sleep and calmed nerves for the big game. I'm noticing this in a number of screw capped Aussie wines from a decade or so ago where the development isn't just stunted, but often they seem strangled by the screw cap.

6am departure back to HKG and on Cloud 9. Do it all again next week ! Go the Dogs….

[ReclineWithWine]

Antinori Solaia 2009.

Wonderful now but decades left! Hence Coravin sealed for later.

[ticklenow1]

I did a whirlwind tour of Australia. Arrived 6am in ADL after a red-eye international flight and dropped off 3 cases of Barolo at my cellar. Enjoyed a bottle of Burge Family Draycott 2000 Shiraz which is structurally on a thread but the wonderful fruit delivers a typical Lyndoch/Draycott flavor profile. Just what the Doctor ordered and a few hours sleep and off to SYD at 6am for the footy. I took a [ Coldstream Hills Reserve Shiraz 2006 which has great qualities but is retarded in its development by the screw cap- a big glass gave me an lunchtime sleep and calmed nerves for the big game. I'm noticing this in a number of screw capped Aussie wines from a decade or so ago where the development isn't just stunted, but often they seem strangled by the screw cap.

6am departure back to HKG and on Cloud 9. Do it all again next week ! Go the Dogs….

Love those Draycotts so much and your Dad was eyeing some of mine off the other day! We had one on Grand Final day last year. Might go see him and keep up the tradition!

I really hope the Doggies can make your trip worthwhile. I think most neutrals will be cheering them on. I will be.

Cheers
Ian

[Rory]

2004 Mount Mary Triolet

Truly one of Australia's unsung great white wines. Just lovely, and a great change from Chardonnay.

[Scotty vino]

2008 pennies bin 28.
2 hr decant.
lovely balanced wine. lovely tannin structure. so velvety.great VFM from pennies.
Opened with a bud to celebrate arrival of bub no.2

[michel]

2008 pennies bin 28.
2 hr decant.
lovely balanced wine. lovely tannin structure. so velvety.great VFM from pennies.
Opened with a bud to celebrate arrival of bub no.2

Yay
Well done

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Not all in the one night, but over the last month or so. There were others not from my cellar that I also drank but are not included here:
2006 Best's Great Western Shiraz Bin No 0:-Nice shiraz. needs some more time.
2008 Kabminye Wines Shiraz Hubert Shiraz Ebenezer:-Not getting better drink up.
2007 Ballycroft Vineyard and Cellars Shiraz Small Berry Shiraz: Big Barossa shiraz I'm going off Barossa Shiraz at the moment.
2007 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon:-Still has years left. Won't try again for about 5 years.
2009 Ballycroft Vineyard and Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon:-Langhorne Cree fruit. Not bad. A bigger style.
2011 Tenser Avatar:-Why did they make this? Why did I buy this?! Eucalyptus is predominant and it just fell apart as the night went on. Must be really drunk to drink this again.
2015 Azienda Agricola Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebbiolo Langhe DOC :- My kind of wine. All the building blocks for a stint in the cellar. A bargain for $30. Next one in 5 years, perhaps 10.
2009 Teusner Shiraz Albert Barossa Valley:-Nothing wrong with it, just not my thing anymore. Pretty good fruit and nice use of oak.
2011 Marius Wines Shiraz Symphony McLaren Vale:- A testament to Roger's wine making ability. Needs more time ++
2007 Marques de Valdecanas Cariñena:-Corked
2010 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltops:-Still needs time a plush wine that I enjoyed.
2010 Tenser Avatar:-This is a better effort. Should go for a mother 5 years or so.
2008 Saltram Shiraz No.1:-Good but the price this commands is OTT.
2005 Yalumba The Signature:- Good wine and needs more time. Not as good as the earlier 2004, but in the same ball park.
2007 Fraser Gallop Cabernet Sauvignon:-Getting there now. In the window and will stay there for a while. I love MR cabs.
2008 Fraser Gallop Cabernet Sauvignon:- Better than the 2007 in it's structure. Still needs some more time to develop but drinking well now.
2006 Laughing Jack Shiraz: Rubbish, Next!
2010 Yalumba Cabernet Sauvignon The Cigar Coonawarra: Nice enough, probably needs a few more years yet to get to where it needs to go.
2005 Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot: Nice wine this one. Glad I've got a few more
2010 Penfolds Bin 2 Shiraz-Mourvèdre: Average.

[Redback]

2009 Ata Rangi Pinot Noir - Cherries, spice, berries - a lot going here. Very enjoyable.

[VINH NGUYEN]

Happy bday to me
Aged bdx is a thing of beauty and that Astralis, massive powerhouse but ohh so enjoyable. If only i could drink these everytime hahah

[Mahmoud Ali]

Oh Vinh, Vinh, Vinh, that is serious wine porn. I had to go change my shirt because of uncontrolled drooling.

[Rory]

2007 Penfolds Bin 07A Chardy. Screwcap,
These are always top wines, and this didn't dissapoint, at nearly 10 years of age, colour was remarkably youthfull, as was the palate fresh and powerful.
2002 Mitchelton Print Shiraz. Cork.
Beautifull. Balanced, smooth, long and gracefull withlatent power. Joy to drink.

[Matt@5453]

2016 Naked Run Wines ‘The First’, Sevenhill, Clare Valley

This wine has received some good accolades from the recent Royal Adelaide Wine Show, and deservingly so. A nicely balanced , perfumed wine showing trademark acidity with balance and length, displaying flavours of Tahitian limes, citrus, with talc and minerals. Its ‘steely’ clean. Don’t serve too cold, its shows better in the glass as it warms up. Very good wine, I think needs another 6 or so months to settle down. A classic example of Clare Riesling, great aging potential. Very good value at ~$22.

2016 Taylors Wines, Auburn, Clare Valley

From a warmer site in the South of the Clare Valley, a very interesting wine with its citrus notes, but shows a slight ‘tropical edge’ with a slight Gewürztraminer muskiness about it. Great mouthfeel and bone of acidity, finishing clean in the mouth with a good finish. Very good wine. Should age well too.

2016 Hill River Clare Estate, Polish Hill River, Clare Valley

Made by Steven Baraglia (Naked Run Wines, Pikes Wines etc) from a single vineyard site from Hill River. A nice perfumed nose displaying florals and a ‘sweetness’. On the palate it tasted fruit ‘sweet’ but dry on the finish. Limes, talc, a slight viscousness that finishes very well, not the lip puckering acidity of the Naked Run The First, it seems calm and settled, ready to drink. An intriguing wine but delicious example. Outstanding value at $15.

Overall, three Clare Rieslings, three sub-regions of Clare, three different styles of wines and all very good in their own right and all less than $25.

2013 Jim Barry Wines ‘The Veto’ Shiraz, Clare Valley

Had this over dinner, did not pay too much attention to it, but medium bodied savoury type of shiraz, well supported by American oak and good acidity. Displaying darker fruits; the finish is medium to long. Not overly expensive and has the hallmarks to age 5-10 years in the cellar. Not dissimilar to perhaps the Tim Adams house style. Really enjoyed it.

[VINH NGUYEN]

Oh Vinh, Vinh, Vinh, that is serious wine porn. I had to go change my shirt because of uncontrolled drooling.

It was an epic tasting. I look forward to next yr and trying to out do myself

[Hacker]

2015 Holyman Chardonnay. Young. Strong but balanced acid. The flavour profile is remarkably like a Giaconda Chardy. The rest of my stash will be buried for 5 years.

[Hacker]

2014 West Cape Howe Book Ends Cab Merlot. Everything in place, just needs time to blend itself together. Great value at $20pb.

[phillisc]

1986 Wynns John Riddoch. This is about the 6th bottle or so that I have had and perhaps I am expecting too much.
The first 1-2 were very good, the next 3-4 a bit meh
Quite brown on the rim, perhaps indicating some sort of bottle variation, as the last few still had reddish purple hues.
Low neck, 1 mm stained cork, nose dominated by cinnamon and mixed spice, palate was what I considered tertiary, varietal characters nearly all gone, No real evidence of berry, sweetness or the like, and a rather dry finish.
4 mates and The Missus looked at this and consensus was past its best, but definitely no taint...question whether some supposed marque vintages are going to last forever.

Have about 8 left and will try another.
Will be interested Ozzie how the one planned for your offline shows itself.

Cheers
Craig

[Ozzie W]

1986 Wynns John Riddoch. This is about the 6th bottle or so that I have had and perhaps I am expecting too much.
The first 1-2 were very good, the next 3-4 a bit meh
Quite brown on the rim, perhaps indicating some sort of bottle variation, as the last few still had reddish purple hues.
Low neck, 1 mm stained cork, nose dominated by cinnamon and mixed spice, palate was what I considered tertiary, varietal characters nearly all gone, No real evidence of berry, sweetness or the like, and a rather dry finish.
4 mates and The Missus looked at this and consensus was past its best, but definitely no taint...question whether some supposed marque vintages are going to last forever.

Have about 8 left and will try another.
Will be interested Ozzie how the one planned for your offline shows itself.

Cheers
Craig

I've experienced more bottle variation with Wynns JR than any other high-end Australian red, even with late 90's vintages. I reckon Wynns didn't use very good quality corks. I'm so glad they switched to screwcap. Hopefully the cork gods will be on our side at the next offline.