Sept - What have you been buying

[Christo]

i get them to send me an email only ( no call) when wine arrives.

c

[rens]

i get them to send me an email only ( no call) when wine arrives.

c

Just gave them a ring and the email will be sent (to my work account).

[Christo]

i get them to send me an email only ( no call) when wine arrives.

c

Just gave them a ring and the email will be sent (to my work account).

good work, but it goes downwhill from here, as your spending will be somewhat hidden. soon you will need many more lockers and as you will have filled ur storage space... & later on you'll find yourself begging retailers to sell you 1st growrg BDX & rare Grand Cru Burgs.

c

[rooman]

I too will succumb to the Clonakilla mailer

- 2x SV
- 2x Hilltops
- 2x O'Riada
- 2x Riesling
- 2x Nouveau Viognier

And also,
- 2 more 2004 Grange
- In fact with the Grange, at the till, the total for the mixed dozen came to $570 odd. I looked at the scanner, and they had charged me for 2x 707s instead. So instead of $490, I could have walked away with the Grange at $140 each. However, I felt compelled to correct them... so $1270 odd instead...

Cheers,

Monghead.

Mong

I opened a bottle of the Clonakilla SV '01 last week at lunch. It really is an awesome wine, amazing depth of flavour and complexity. It would have to be neck and neck with a couple of bottles of Brokenwood Graveyard as the best shiraz I have had in the last 12 months or so. I must admit when the price of one Grange is equal to 6 bottles of the Clonakilla, I think my preference would normally be to pick up 6 Clonakilla. I really do wonder whether the Grange could actually get any better than the SV. The question of course that remains to be seen is how long Clonakilla will age.

Mark

[monghead]

If the wife finds out she'll want to buy shoes...
Now how to hide them from the wife??

(1) deliver to work, and take to storage facility discretely, or one by one to home cellar over a few weeks.

Or just deliver to ur wine storage facility where they'll hold until you pack away or pick up the wine, like they do for me at kennards.

On the buying front, eyeing lots, but limited funds. however i did manage to hide a purchase on a separate card (from my better half)of a btl of 06 DRC La tache. Happy i got some but ouchy ouch on the price!
c

ouchy ouch but hopefully yummy yum.

noicey noice mate.

[daver6]

Just picked up a bottle of the 2005 Wolf Blass "Black Label" Cab Shiraz for 3 cellar shares at VC with their current promotion

Anyone got any thoughts on a drinking window for this wine?

thanks

david

[daz]

[quote="daver6"]Just picked up a bottle of the 2005 Wolf Blass "Black Label" Cab Shiraz for 3 cellar shares at VC with their current promotion

Anyone got any thoughts on a drinking window for this wine?

thanks

david[/quote]

Halliday gives it to 2025, 94pts, tasted Oct 08. There's also a malbec component in the blend. Should be ready to rocknroll after 12-15 years if the oak has integrated nicely by then. JH's TN indicates that although obvious the oak was already intwerwound with the fruit at the time it was tasted.

Cheers

daz

[daver6]

Just picked up a bottle of the 2005 Wolf Blass "Black Label" Cab Shiraz for 3 cellar shares at VC with their current promotion

Anyone got any thoughts on a drinking window for this wine?

thanks

david

Halliday gives it to 2025, 94pts, tasted Oct 08. There's also a malbec component in the blend. Should be ready to rocknroll after 12-15 years if the oak has integrated nicely by then. JH's TN indicates that although obvious the oak was already intwerwound with the fruit at the time it was tasted.

Cheers

daz

Thanks daz.

Im wondering if we are talking about the same wine though...or vintage at least? The bottle suggests is 51% cab sav and 49% shiraz. no mention of any other grapes. I think the 2004 vintage might have had malbec in the blend as well?

david

[daz]

[quote="daver6"][quote="daz"][quote="daver6"]Just picked up a bottle of the 2005 Wolf Blass "Black Label" Cab Shiraz for 3 cellar shares at VC with their current promotion

Anyone got any thoughts on a drinking window for this wine?

thanks

david[/quote]

Halliday gives it to 2025, 94pts, tasted Oct 08. There's also a malbec component in the blend. Should be ready to rocknroll after 12-15 years if the oak has integrated nicely by then. JH's TN indicates that although obvious the oak was already intwerwound with the fruit at the time it was tasted.

Cheers

daz[/quote]

Thanks daz.

Im wondering if we are talking about the same wine though...or vintage at least? The bottle suggests is 51% cab sav and 49% shiraz. no mention of any other grapes. I think the 2004 vintage might have had malbec in the blend as well?

david[/quote]

Hi David

I'd go with the back label components as the Halliday site lists vintages from 1993 to 2005 as all being cab/shiraz/malbec blends, perhaps publishing corner-cutting. I've noticed that his drinking windows for some wines appear somewhat generic but there are fluctuations, the 2004 of this label given a drinking window to 2029 with an allusion to the quality of the vintage. If, as it seems, you have just the one bottle, it would depend on how mature you like your wine as to when it would be best to drink. As it's screwcap-sealed and it's still a bit conjectural about the longevity of wines under screwcap it may well develop and hold for 30 years. Ultimately, the choice is yours, mine would be to drink by 15 years. I'm planning to drink a 1997 Tahbilk 1860s Vines Shiraz within the next couple of weeks but it is sealed under cork.

Cheers

daz

[crusty2]

Wynns Alex 88 @ $34.99ea. after the recent reviews thought i would give this a go.

[Craig(NZ)]

Church Rd Reserve Syrah 07... Smelled absolutely disgusting. Really foul brett.

tasted this again last night with your comment in mind and went searching long and hard for brett. My conclusion is I have to totally disagree with you. what drugs are you on?? Could be that without American oak this is what Syrah can smell like???

loved it

[TiggerK]

Primo Estate Joseph Cab Sav Merlot Moda 2006 - yum must get more
Torzi Frost Dodger Shiraz 2005 - ripe rich interesting drinking
Villa Maria Cellar Reserve Pinot Noir 2007 - nice NZ Pinot
Felton Road Cornish Point Pinot Noir 2008 - yum esp prob in a few years.
Brokenwood Hunter Valley Shiraz 2007 - not tried yet.
Lanson Gold Label Champagne 1998 - not tried yet.

brakes on now... car bill and new TV....

[Craig(NZ)]

Have resisted a lot of cheap "stuff" and discounted "this and that" . Instead invested in some class at a reasonable price

07 Awatea for $27, another 6 pack. A great label, a great vintage, proven cellaring power and a good price

[Mike Hawkins]

95 Dom Perignon Oenotheque
02 Trimbach Cuvee Frederic Emile
04 Jack Mann
02 Michel Turgy Blanc de Blanc
Andre Clouet 1911

[seddo]

going through a Barossa phase at the moment

4x 04 Kalleske Greenock shiraz
4x 05 Kalleske Greenock shiraz

cheers
Seddo

[TiggerK]

So much for the brakes.. but a little more restrained anyway.

Annie's Lane Coppertrail Shiraz 2005 (yes I read the mag - anyone tried it?)
Henschke Henry's Seven 2007
Teusner Avatar 2006
Grosset Polish Hill 2009

P.S $27 for Awatea 07.. man we get it tough over here... must get Mum/bro/sis to buy some for me!

[Wayno]

A dozen of those Chateau Reynella 05 cleanskins that have been banging around. Not really my style these days but was tempted by the relative QPR and figured they'll go a long way for BBQs and the like at the very least!

[seddo]

Oh no - the following wine I drank last year with my father and which we both thoroughly enjoyed. Then after reading Ric's post I could not control the urge to BUY

4x 02 Kaesler Old vine Shiraz



cheers
Seddo

[WW Country Boy]

Spending breaks on for wife and I post wedding and pre first born which we are currently somewhere near half way between.
Based on Red Biggots tasting comments bought a case of GIMBLETT ROAD CABERNET MERLOT MALBEC 2006 at $5.50 a bottle on graysonline (cheapest dozen I have bought). Slightly too savoury for my style but more than worth the price

[Peter NZ]

After a relatively quiet couple of months:

'06 Bordeaux en primeurs:

LAFAURIE- PEYRAGUEY
DUHART MILON ROTHSCHILD
LAGRANGE
GLORIA
HAUT BAGES LIBERAL
LA TOUR BLANCHE

'07 Rhone:

Vieux Donjon
Vieille Julienne

Rockford Basket Press '04

Craggy Range The Quarry '07

Esk Valley The Terraces '06

& unlike Craig I've not had the willpower to pass on all the special offers, so a few others as well ... (most notably the Wild Rock '07 Syrah & the Craggy Range Glasnevin Riesling '08).

Cheers
Peter

[Craig(NZ)]

& unlike Craig I've not had the willpower to pass on all the special offers, so a few others as well ... (most notably the Wild Rock '07 Syrah & the Craggy Range Glasnevin Riesling '08).

The wife came home with some 08 cr glasnevin last night from "that sale". I really loved the 06 and never had a chance to try the 07. We cracked a bottle last night. Its good wine without being spectacular. Not quite the precision of thye best but still good

[ufo]

6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina shiraz
6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina SV
6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina Viognier

[Peter NZ]

The wife came home with some 08 cr glasnevin last night from "that sale". I really loved the 06 and never had a chance to try the 07. We cracked a bottle last night. Its good wine without being spectacular. Not quite the precision of thye best but still good

Agree, but still eminently drinkable. Interesting to see how much Craggy's out there on special at the moment -- pretty well everything it seems other than the premium labels. ('That sale' isn't the only place you've been able to pick up the Glasnevin at that price over the past couple of weeks.)

[bacchaebabe]

6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina shiraz
6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina SV
6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina Viognier

I've tried that viognier - it's very good.

[ufo]

6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina shiraz
6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina SV
6 x 2008 Lazy Balerina Viognier

I've tried that viognier - it's very good.

I assumed so. Loved his 2007 shiraz and SV (only problem they need long time to reach their best) but never tried his Viognier before. Looking forward to taste it.

[rooman]

Clonakilla SV 08 x 6

[redwine]

Some of my August and September buys:

1 Chateau Margaux 1966
2 Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1975
1 Chateau Beausejour Becot 1982
3 Chateau Vieux Chateau Certan 1977
3 Chateau Matras 1978
1 Chateau Talbot 1961
1 Chateau Talbot 1978
1 Chateau Talbot 1982
1 Chateau Talbot 2001
1 Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1961
1 Chateau Pavie 1976
12 Chateau Trotte Vieille 1996
12 Chateau Batailley 1996
1 Chateau Angelus 1976
1 Chateau Palmer 1979
1 Chateau Haut Brion 1988
1 Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1966

2 Max Quenot Fils et Meuneveaux Corton Perrieres 1984
2 Max Quenot Fils et Meuneveaux Aloxe Corton 1985
2 Michel Rossignol Volnay 1988
1 Joseph Drouhin Beaune Clos des Mouches 1997 (Magnum)
1 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1979
1 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1982
1 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1983
3 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny 1982
1 Mommessin Chevrey-Chambertin 1985
2 Louis Trapet Chambertin 1982
2 Armand Rousseau Chambertin 1984
6 Bouchard Aine & Fils Vosne Romanee Frankreich Burgund 1976
1 Lupe-Cholet Corton 1953
2 Poulet Pere & Fils Romanee St. Vivant 1973

1 Chapoutier Hermitage 1945

2 Moet et Chandon Dom Perignon 1961

1 Bodegas Roda Cirsion 2004
1 Costers del Siurana Clos de L'Obac 2005
2 Vega Secilia Unico 1987
1 Niepoort Vintage Port 1987
1 Larios SA Colmenares Solera 1868

1 Pio Cesare Barolo 1964

2 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2008
1 Joh. Jos. Prüm Auslese Graacher Himmelreich 2007
1 Egon Müller-Scharzhof Riesling Spätlese Scharzhofberger 2007

2 Araujo Syrah Eisele Vineyard 2004
5 Sine Qua Non Backward & Forward White Blend 1998

There are some nice old vintages, should be a nice experience to try them.

Cheers and happy drinking.

[Craig(NZ)]

Agree, but still eminently drinkable. Interesting to see how much Craggy's out there on special at the moment -- pretty well everything it seems other than the premium labels. ('That sale' isn't the only place you've been able to pick up the Glasnevin at that price over the past couple of weeks.)

Yip and we have lately been mourning the increasing prices on the best rieslings of this style. No longer the bargains they used to be. Picked up another Church Rd Reserve Syrah for $30 from LL yesterday. Its becoming increasingly clear to me that the 08 Hawkes Bays are likely to be pretty dire perhaps even competing for worst vintage of the decade (premature prediction perhaps but hey), so now is the time to flick a few more 07's into the cellar while waiting for the 09's which looks like it could be the "1998 of this decade"

[monghead]

Just got another cellar share redemption from VC:

2005 Wolf Blass Black Label

Was very tempted by the Escarpment and Escarpment Kupe. However, I resisted...

[rooman]

Some of my August and September buys:

1 Chateau Margaux 1966
2 Chateau Mouton Rothschild 1975
1 Chateau Beausejour Becot 1982
3 Chateau Vieux Chateau Certan 1977
3 Chateau Matras 1978
1 Chateau Talbot 1961
1 Chateau Talbot 1978
1 Chateau Talbot 1982
1 Chateau Talbot 2001
1 Chateau Gruaud-Larose 1961
1 Chateau Pavie 1976
12 Chateau Trotte Vieille 1996
12 Chateau Batailley 1996
1 Chateau Angelus 1976
1 Chateau Palmer 1979
1 Chateau Haut Brion 1988
1 Chateau Cos D'Estournel 1966

2 Max Quenot Fils et Meuneveaux Corton Perrieres 1984
2 Max Quenot Fils et Meuneveaux Aloxe Corton 1985
2 Michel Rossignol Volnay 1988
1 Joseph Drouhin Beaune Clos des Mouches 1997 (Magnum)
1 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1979
1 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1982
1 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny Amoureuses 1983
3 Domaine Bertheau et Fils Chambolle Musigny 1982
1 Mommessin Chevrey-Chambertin 1985
2 Louis Trapet Chambertin 1982
2 Armand Rousseau Chambertin 1984
6 Bouchard Aine & Fils Vosne Romanee Frankreich Burgund 1976
1 Lupe-Cholet Corton 1953
2 Poulet Pere & Fils Romanee St. Vivant 1973

1 Chapoutier Hermitage 1945

2 Moet et Chandon Dom Perignon 1961

1 Bodegas Roda Cirsion 2004
1 Costers del Siurana Clos de L'Obac 2005
2 Vega Secilia Unico 1987
1 Niepoort Vintage Port 1987
1 Larios SA Colmenares Solera 1868

1 Pio Cesare Barolo 1964

2 Fritz Haag Brauneberger Juffer Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese 2008
1 Joh. Jos. Prüm Auslese Graacher Himmelreich 2007
1 Egon Müller-Scharzhof Riesling Spätlese Scharzhofberger 2007

2 Araujo Syrah Eisele Vineyard 2004
5 Sine Qua Non Backward & Forward White Blend 1998

There are some nice old vintages, should be a nice experience to try them.

Cheers and happy drinking.

lawdy, did you get all of that in Aus or offshore.