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24 x O'Leary Walker Polish Hill Riesling 2008 -- 25% at Waitrose over here and a top quaff by the sound of it.

Ended up doing a local wine tour, I suppose it's about time I put some Queensland wines into the cellar;

2 x 05 Albert River Wines Poinciana Shiraz Vioginier
2 x NV Albert River Wines Sparkling Red
1 x 10 Cedar Creek Moscato
2 x 05 Cedar Creek Syrah
2 x 09 Heritage Estate Reserve Cab Sav
3 x 09 Heritage Estate Chardonnay Verdelho
3 x 09 Heritage Estate Frontignac Sauvignon Blanc
2 x NV Heritage Estate Moonshine Madness
2 x 09 Heritage Estate Club Red

The two standouts for me were the Shiraz and the bulk of the rest should provide something different over summer.

2x 2004 DRC Grands Echezeaux
1x 1996 Haut Brion
1x 1980 Raymond Lafon

A single bottle of 1983 Stanton & Killeen VP with a damaged label.

3 x 2006 Castello Monsanto Chianti Classico
2 x 2007 Castello Monsanto Chianti Classico
2 x 2009 Hoddles Creek 1er chardonnay
3 x 2007 Voyager Estate chardonnay
2 x 2006 Cirillo Old Vines grenache

12 x cleanskin yarra valley blanc de blanc. These are Debortoli Rococo from the first production run. I've tasted them back to back with the labelled wine and I couldn't pick the difference, and at $12 a bottle, pretty tasty drinking with loads of toasty hazelnuts on the nose and white peach in the mouth. I guess the winery just ran out of those fancy bottles
6 x 2010 Pewsey Riesling

Hmm. Rare openings of the wallet.
Annual mixed case of rose for summer. Felines Jourdan and Lascaux, both languedoc, and a new label
for me, Le Jarras, Domaine Listel, Vin de Pays de Sables du Golfe du Lion. Whew. What a mouthful
for an appellation. Looked it up; the coastal region fronting the Med of the Herault. Known as the Camargue.
Dom. Listel a large, industrial style, producer, easy un-demanding quaffer according to someone living nearby.

And, 6 x 2008 Obsidian. Waiheke Is. bordeaux style red.

cheers jafa.

6 x 2008 Obsidian. Waiheke Is. bordeaux style red.

tried it yet??

none for me yet but visiting my favourite wine shop this weekend so no doubt a few. looking for a few good rieslings. felton rd block 1 on the shopping list

3 x 2006 Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
6 x 2008 Katnook Founders Block Shiraz
3 x 2007 Katnook Founders Block Merlot

6x 2008 Dutschke GHR Shiraz
1x 1996 Henschke Mount Edelstone

Cheers
M

I got my six pack of 02 Warhol Dom Perignon at a reasonable price (for Australia) so happy with that.

Also got a 63 Fonseca port at auction at a pretty good price. This will be going in the pile of wines for my 50th in three years. How did I get so old so quickly? At least one can find wines that will stil be drinking well at 50 years of age. (Just like me)

Happy days.

bacchaebabe wrote:I got my six pack of 02 Warhol Dom Perignon at a reasonable price (for Australia) so happy with that.

Was there much difference in price between the Warhols and the regular DP at around $200? Cool labels.

2009 Stonyridge Larose x 6 arrived from Waiheke.

ORLANDO JACOB'S CREEK Steingarten Riesling, Barossa 1997 x 2
PETALUMA Riesling, Clare Valley 1999 x 2
PETALUMA Hanlin Hill Riesling, Clare Valley 2002 x 6
PETALUMA Hanlin Hill Riesling, Clare Valley 2005. x 6

Hacker wrote:

bacchaebabe wrote:I got my six pack of 02 Warhol Dom Perignon at a reasonable price (for Australia) so happy with that.

Was there much difference in price between the Warhols and the regular DP at around $200? Cool labels.

It ended up being around $220 but I got it via a back door method. The only place I saw it retail was $250. I was pretty happy with $220ish. It was as low as 100 pounds in the UK and US$140 so it's still quite a premium here in comparison.

3x 2009 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

So many good reviews. Couldn't resist.

What's the drinking window on this? With only 3, I won't be drinking one now. How long to wait?

You can't complain when a 1995 Chateau Lafite is given to you...

I did however purchase:

3x 2004 Grant Burge Meshach

Cheers,

Monghead.

AndrewCowley wrote:3x 2009 Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier

So many good reviews. Couldn't resist.

What's the drinking window on this? With only 3, I won't be drinking one now. How long to wait?

I don't know for sure because I don't know how you like your wines, but I will try and wait 10 years or so if I can. It really needs that much at least in my opinion. Not because it's so huge that it needs 10 years to soften or tone down. This wine needs 10 years so it can flesh out and become a great wine to enjoy with good food. That's what you would hope for at least. If the wine is as good as they say it is, it should sail through 10 years with ease, and then go another 10 providing you store it relatively well.
I tried the 2004 instore last week and it was a very, very interesting wine, that in my opinion can only be improving in bottle. No need to rush.

2010 Felton Rd Block 1 Riesling
2004 Cloudy Bay Pelorus (decided Krug is best left for the millionaires)
2000 Dry River Craighall Riesling
1994 Stonyridge Larose

2 x 1995 Rosemount Mountain Blue.
1 x 1998 Petaluma Merlot.
1 x 1991 Penfolds Grange.
All three flying under the market's radar and all three a bargin.

bacchaebabe wrote:

Hacker wrote:

bacchaebabe wrote:I got my six pack of 02 Warhol Dom Perignon at a reasonable price (for Australia) so happy with that.

Was there much difference in price between the Warhols and the regular DP at around $200? Cool labels.

It ended up being around $220 but I got it via a back door method. The only place I saw it retail was $250. I was pretty happy with $220ish. It was as low as 100 pounds in the UK and US$140 so it's still quite a premium here in comparison.

It has been available for as low as USD120, so long as you don't want the fancy silver writing, just normal ink (there are different labels, with differing premiums).

The stuff in the bottle is superb, in the main, though one bottle was so-so.

12 x 2010 Pewsey Vale Riesling
12 x 2008 Wynn's Black Label Cab Sauv

Some xmas bubbles:
NV Bollinger
NV Laurent Perrier
02 Moet
Also threw in some 08 Bay of Fires Pinot and The Yard Riesling (think 09) to round the dozen.

Got a couple of gifts recently, both magnums – 06 Torbreck Factor & 07 La Pleiade Shiraz

Finally, split a case of 09 Dal Zotto Arneis with a friend.

Cheers
Michael

4 x Kalleske Shiraz 07

12 x 2006 Rockford Moppa Springs
6 x 2007 Rod and Spur
6 x 2008 Rifle Range
6 x 2008 Basket Press Shiraz
6 x PS Marion Tawny.
12 x 2007 Marius Symposium Shiraz-Mataro 2007
12 x 2009 Charlatan Merlot
12 x 2009 Charlatan 'Red Mosquito' Bordeaux blend Cabernet Franc/Merlot
12 x 2009 Charlatan 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

bacchaebabe wrote:

Hacker wrote:

bacchaebabe wrote:I got my six pack of 02 Warhol Dom Perignon at a reasonable price (for Australia) so happy with that.

Was there much difference in price between the Warhols and the regular DP at around $200? Cool labels.

It ended up being around $220 but I got it via a back door method. The only place I saw it retail was $250. I was pretty happy with $220ish. It was as low as 100 pounds in the UK and US$140 so it's still quite a premium here in comparison.

Hey, so I guess $200 per bottle would be a pretty good price...

Must nab me some...

Monghead.

Mong,

$200 is Oz is a good deal.

Mike

Mike Hawkins wrote:Mong,

$200 is Oz is a good deal.

Mike

Just got 4x 2002 Dom Perignon for $195 each.

Yes, you guessed it, one for soon (well, you got to don't you, given all the hype...) and three for later.

Cheers,

Monghead.

Craig(NZ) wrote:

6 x 2008 Obsidian. Waiheke Is. bordeaux style red.

tried it yet??

Nar. Take me at least a couple of years to get a cork out.

Tempted again. Between wine glut and winery business failures there are some bargains around.
6 x 2007 Paritua 2112 at $30pb. Some of these already in cellar, but at that price. Need to find a
space to store these now! The trials of collecting.

cheers jafa

jafa wrote:

Craig(NZ) wrote:

6 x 2008 Obsidian. Waiheke Is. bordeaux style red.

tried it yet??

Nar. Take me at least a couple of years to get a cork out.

Tempted again. Between wine glut and winery business failures there are some bargains around.
6 x 2007 Paritua 2112 at $30pb. Some of these already in cellar, but at that price. Need to find a
space to store these now! The trials of collecting.

cheers jafa

there does seem to be a shortage of places in Auckland that will store wine. The one place so far I have tracked down asks silly prices for storage. I keep checking as I pick up wines each year EP off Waiheke. If you find anywhere with reasonable prices, please post.

jafa wrote:Tempted again. Between wine glut and winery business failures there are some bargains around.
6 x 2007 Paritua 2112 at $30pb. Some of these already in cellar, but at that price. Need to find a
space to store these now!

Yep, also couldn't resist at that price, so bought (another) 6. Only problem is I'm now so over-loaded on the "07 HBs that I'll also be struggling finding somewhere to store the '09s.

Cheers
Peter