October 2024 Purchases

[phillisc]

6 2021 Maxwell Ellen Street Shiraz

Cheers Craig

[mjs]

6 x 2021 Lindemans St George Coonawarra Cabernet (TWE mystery pack)

[vovo]

6 x 2021 Lindemans St George Coonawarra Cabernet (TWE mystery pack)

From CD.co? Can't seem to find that and would be happy to grab some more for the daughters birth year

[mjs]

Think it was only available last week

[phillisc]

Yes MJS is correct. But expect the Lindies trio to be on regular rotation, since 2021 will be the last vintage.
Cheers Craig

[Chuck]

12 x Sidewood Estate 2021 Adelaide Hills Shiraz. Can't get enough 2021 fruit from SA. Good midweek quaffer.

[Waiters Friend]

A mixed dozen of riesling, chardonnay and pinot noir from Moores Hill, in the Tamar Valley.

[Beachy]

12 x 2021 Claymore Bitter Sweet Symphony Cabernet

[VinoEd]

12 x Sidewood Estate 2021 Adelaide Hills Shiraz. Can't get enough 2021 fruit from SA. Good midweek quaffer.

Yep. I grabbed some at a great price. Only regret was not buying more!

Cheers Ed

[Matt@5453]

12 x 2021 Claymore Bitter Sweet Symphony Cabernet

Claymore are producing some excellent wines.
I am a fan of the London Calling Cab/Malbec with its medium bodied/mid-weight palate.
The Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz is a regular mid-weeker at our house. The 2021 and the new 2022 release are very good wines.
Their 2024 rieslings were well received at the recent Clare Valley wine show lunch too.

[JamieAdelaide]

12 x 2024 Grosset Polish Hill

12 x Rockford Basket Press 2021

6 x Black Shiraz 2024

6 x Rockford Eden Valley Riesling 2024

3 x Setiono Flaxman 2023

3 x Setiono Lowke 2023

6 x Cappellano Pie Rupestris Barolo 2019

3 x Cappellano Pie Rupestris Barolo en magnum 2019

1 x Cappellano Pie Franco 2019 en magnum

I’ll get a mixed Noons six pack.

[Jimmya]

Thought BP had a 6 bottle limit for the first cut?

[phillisc]

6 2021 Leconfield Front Twenty Cabernet...if this is as good as the Manor House, then a bargain at $16!!
6 2014 The Story Wines Grampians Shiraz
6 2022 Redman Shiraz
6 2022 Redman Cabernet

Cheers Craig

[kenzo]

Thought BP had a 6 bottle limit for the first cut?

Yes, but maybe leveraging a fellow Stonewaller family member or similar?

[Matt@5453]

6 x 2022 Taylors Jaraman Shiraz (Clare Valley/McLaren Vale). Tried before I buyed, plush fruit with very good length and lovely ripe tannins.

[DaveS]

6 x 2019 Oakridge Original Vineyard Cabernet
6 x mixed 2024 Riesling Freak Rieslings
6 x 2023 Windows Estate Petit Lot Chardonnay

[mjs]

12 x 2016 Magarey Lane Coonawarra Cabernet, or Glenroy more specifically

[mjs]

6 x 2020 Pitray Les Prairies

[kenzo]

Another run to the wine shop that time forgot:

1 x 1997 Rotllan Torra Tirant Priorat
1 x 2007 Goulée Cos d'Estournel
1 x 1999 Descendientes de J. Palacios Corullon
2 x 2005 Bodegas y Vinedos Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5
1 x 2007 Bodegas y Vinedos Pintia
3 x 2002 Stark-Conde Shiraz
3 x 2004 Conde Cabernet Sauvignon
1 x 2007 Montevertine IGT

[Michael McNally]

12 x 2021 Claymore Bitter Sweet Symphony Cabernet

Claymore are producing some excellent wines.
I am a fan of the London Calling Cab/Malbec with its medium bodied/mid-weight palate.
The Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz is a regular mid-weeker at our house. The 2021 and the new 2022 release are very good wines.
Their 2024 rieslings were well received at the recent Clare Valley wine show lunch too.

The 2021 reds were sensational across the range when tasted at the Cellar Door in April. Insane QPR. Have also bought a fair bit of the London Calling.

Cheers

Michael

[ticklenow1]

12 x 2021 Claymore Bitter Sweet Symphony Cabernet

Claymore are producing some excellent wines.
I am a fan of the London Calling Cab/Malbec with its medium bodied/mid-weight palate.
The Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz is a regular mid-weeker at our house. The 2021 and the new 2022 release are very good wines.
Their 2024 rieslings were well received at the recent Clare Valley wine show lunch too.

The 2021 reds were sensational across the range when tasted at the Cellar Door in April. Insane QPR. Have also bought a fair bit of the London Calling.

Cheers

Michael

Thought you might have bought a bit of the YNWA stuff….

[Mike Hawkins]

Claymore are producing some excellent wines.
I am a fan of the London Calling Cab/Malbec with its medium bodied/mid-weight palate.
The Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz is a regular mid-weeker at our house. The 2021 and the new 2022 release are very good wines.
Their 2024 rieslings were well received at the recent Clare Valley wine show lunch too.

The 2021 reds were sensational across the range when tasted at the Cellar Door in April. Insane QPR. Have also bought a fair bit of the London Calling.

Cheers

Michael

Thought you might have bought a bit of the YNWA stuff….

Speaking of, I’m at Anfield on Boxing Day….

[ticklenow1]

The 2021 reds were sensational across the range when tasted at the Cellar Door in April. Insane QPR. Have also bought a fair bit of the London Calling.

Cheers

Michael

Thought you might have bought a bit of the YNWA stuff….

Speaking of, I’m at Anfield on Boxing Day….

Lucky you, I'm very jealous. Shame it's not 10 days later for the Utd game.
Enjoy!!

Trip to the Hunter last week for our 20th Wedding Anniversary.

6 x 2023 Tyrrells Estate Grown Chardonnay
2 x 2022 Brokenwood Clarendon Shiraz
2 x 2021 Pepper Tree Block 21A Cabernet
2 x 2021 Lakes Folly Cabernets
2 x 2022 Scarborough Obsessive Chardonnay
3 x 2022 Mount Pleasant Rosehill 1965 Vines Shiraz
2 x 2021 Mount Pleasant Old Hill 1880 Vines Shiraz
1 x 2019 Mount Pleasant Old Paddock 1921 Vines Shiraz

12 x 2021 Claymore The Boot Room YNWA Shiraz
3 x 2023 Setiono Flaxman Valley Syrah
3 x 2023 Setiono Lowke Shiraz

Also a few late editions…
3 x 23 Noon Cabernet
3 x 23 Noon Eclipse
3 x 24 Vanguardist Rose
3 x 22 Vanguardist Mouvedre
3 x 21 Blue Poles Allouran
3 x 23 Blue Poles Chardonnay

Cheers
Ian

[Rossco]

6 x 2024 BULMAN Rose

Cannot wait to crack one of these

[Sean]

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We stayed in Mildura a couple of days.
Originally we were going to have lunch at Trentham Estate. But decided instead to go the other way and take a look at Merbein and Wentworth.
Glad we did that.
Driving through Merbein I was surprised just how much of the area is vineyards. All you can see is vines to the horizon from Mildura to Merbein. Not just table grapes, a lot of wine grapes.
Also lining the Calder Highway were long lines of giant palm trees.
The big open sky and flat irrigated farmlands are striking.
Got to Wentworth and had a look at the Murray-Darling Junction where the two rivers meet. Nice little park and viewing platform there.
A bit further along is the next river lock No.10 which is bigger than the Mildura lock.
We had passed the Chalmers winery at Merbein on the way and I had checked Google, but there was no mention of any cellar door.
Going back past it however we noticed it had an open sign, so we went in.
Told they were just opening the cellar door and we were their first visitors.
They have two winery operations at Heathcote and Merbein, so the wine range represents both. But all the wine is now made here.
The Merbein vineyards are their Italian varietals and a wholesale nursery vineyard supplying new vines for many others around Australia.
They have 50 different varietals. Also doing some project wines with the newer southern Italian grapes they have now.
Looked after us really well. We were there for two hours talking and going through a long list of red and whites.
Some of them are varietals and others a field blend of Italian grapes you wouldn’t know - mostly from southern Italy.
Ordered a dozen mixed wines to be sent home and he threw in a free wine to take with us. - 21/10/24

Chalmers Mother Block White 22 x 2
Chalmers Vermentino 23
Chalmers Fiano 22
Chalmers Falanghino 22
Chalmers Mother Block Rose 22
Chalmers Rosato 22
Chalmers Mother Block Red 23
Chalmers Nero d’Avola 22 x 2
Chalmers Aglianico 19
Chalmers Appassimento 17

[Sean]

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Just a day in the Coonawarra on our way down to Mount Gambier.
Started at Wynns. Read from others they don’t have all the wines on, well they had all the wines on tasting.
Wendy had a Reframed white blend, Riesling and the Gables Cab (cellar door only) while I hit the Icons - the two Black Labels, V&A Lane Cab Shiraz, Messenger Cab, Michael Shiraz and new release John Riddoch Cab. A mix of 21 and 22 vintages, which are both very good - a bit like 90 and 91.
All of them are beautiful wines and I picked up a mixed 6 pack of them at a cellar door price - $399 v $565.
He also opened the Glengyle Cab, so I tasted that and got a bottle with some of the wines that Wendy tried in another mixed 6 pack.
Told me they are releasing a Black Label Chardonnay next year, so will keep an eye out for that. Got a second tasting of the JR while I was deciding what to buy.
After that DiGiorgio Family Wines, which is down the road from Wynns. It is the old Lindemans Rouge Homme winery, which they bought from Southcorp in 2002.
They have wines from their own Lucindale vineyard as well as the home block at the Coonawarra.
I was going to taste just a few, but hit the tasting list pretty hard.
Highlights were the Riesling, Cab Franc, Montepulciano, the Emporio Cab (both 2021 and a back vintage 2012) and the Sparkling Merlot. Got 3 bottles to take home.
We took a break and had lunch at a cafe in Penola. Freshly made sandwiches and I had a homemade custard tart with a cup of tea.
Then we went to Katnook Estate. I have been drinking their Cab and looking forward to this. Loved the cellar door and the wines. All the wines on tasting including the $105 Prodigy Shiraz and Odyssey Cab. Also back vintages of the Caledonian Cab Shiraz. I got the Merlot, 2018 Caledonian and back vintage 2012 Cab. I could very easily have bought many others.
We got special prices as a Distinction Wine Club member, and if we ring them at the cellar door we can get back vintages of other wines. I already have the 14 and 21 Cab, so this is a great way to pick up older vintages for the same price as the current wines.
Then we visited Balnaves. Another really enjoyable cellar door experience and many wines on tasting. So many very good wines, especially the Blend and the Shiraz. Two vintages of the Cab Merlot, one of them the back vintage 2014. This was an easy mixed 6 pack, incl. the Sparkling Cab for Christmas Day.
Same deal with back vintages, if we ring them they can give us whatever we want.
Raining pretty hard, so decided to do one more and dropped into Bowen Estate. Got two bottles of the Shiraz and one Cab.
Joined a couple of mailing lists and will probably order some wines from home.
So this is what went into the boot of the car. - 23/10/24

Wynns Reframed Fiano PG Arneis 23 x 2
Wynns Riesling 23
Wynns The Gables Cab Sav 22 x 2
Wynns Glengyle Cab Sav 21
Wynns BL Old Vine Shiraz 22
Wynns BL Cab Sav 22
Wynns V&A Lane Cab Shiraz 21
Wynns Messenger Cab Sav 21
Wynns Michael Shiraz 21
Wynns John Riddoch Cab Sav 21
DiGiorgio Riesling 23
DiGiorgio Montepulciano 22
DiGiorgio Coonawarra Emporio 21
Katnook Estate Merlot 21
Katnook Estate Cab Sav 12
Katnook Estate The Caledonian Cab Shiraz 18
Balnaves Chardonnay 23
Balnaves The Blend 19
Balnaves Shiraz 20
Balnaves Cabernet Merlot 14
Balnaves Cabernet Merlot 21
Balnaves Sparkling Cab NV
Bowen Estate Shiraz 22 x 2
Bowen Estate Cab Sav 22

[phillisc]

Good work Sean...will get started on this year's musings. It's been a bit of a frantic time of late.
Cheers Craig

[darellk]

A few late additions:

2 x 2019 Wendouree Muscat of Alexandria
3 x 2023 Noon Eclipse
2 x 2023 Noon M2M Shiraz
2 x 2023 Noon Reserve Cabernet
2 x 2023 Noon Twelve Bells

[Matt@5453]

2022 and 2023 Setionos. Looking forward to tasting them shortly.

[Chuck]

All from an e-tailer:

Arila Gardens Gardens of Moppa Shiraz 2021 x 6
Yelland and Papps Greenock 2021 Shiraz x 12
Yelland and Papps Greenock 2022 Shiraz x 12
Hewitson Ungrafted BV shiraz 2022 x 6

Can't get enough of Barossa shiraz from 21 and 22. Wonderful fruit that winemakers did not need to tweek much if at all.