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3 x Penfolds Special Bin 90A 1990 ... will be hard to keep these unopened but all wisdom still seems to point at giving these 5-10 years more.

2 x Dutschke St Jakobi 2009
3 x Mount Pleasant OP & OH 2010
3 x Teusner Joshua 2012 (one drank on the week was superb and the best Joshua to date I reckon)
2 x Marques de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2007
1 x Carpineto Chianti Classico Grand Reserva 2007
2 x Cape Mentelle Shiraz 2010

Bit of an eclectic mix:
4 x 2008 Voyager cabernet merlot
4 x 2012 Castle Rock riesling
2 x 2009 Escarpment Kiwa pinot noir
2 X 2012 Dog Point Sauvignon Blanc
3 x 2004 Fontanafredda Barolo Lazzarito Vigna la delizia
3 x 2008 Doamine du Chateau de Chorey beaune 1er les teurons
6 x 2011 jean-Marc Burgaud Beajolais Villages Les Vignes de thulon
4 x 2011 Julien Sunier Morgon
1 x 2008 Marchand and Birch Vosne Romanee

12 x 2000 Tahbilk "1933 Vines" shiraz
3 x 2010 Blue Poles Reserve Merlot
3 x 2011 Blue Poles Teroldego

I don't know quite where summer disappeared to this year. Not the riesling festival I had expected, and my mind is finding it hard to pay as much attention to the whites as I had hoped.

Cheers!

GraemeG wrote:Mixed case of Pooley wines; mostly pinot & riesling, with a couple of cab-m blends too.
Pooley is a name to watch; they're wines will be getting better & better.

Eventually they're intending to make a shiraz again; their grapes made up a third of the Watson-winning Glaetzer wine the other year. They'll be no chardonnay though; given what TWE pay for their Yattarna-destined grapes now, they'd be losing money by bottling it themselves and trying to sell it.
GG

I visited Pooley back in November-ish of last year... I was very impressed with the wines having never encountered them before. Their pinots are top shelf and (for the quality) not unreasonably priced...

GraemeG wrote:
Mixed case of Pooley wines; mostly pinot & riesling, with a couple of cab-m blends too.
Pooley is a name to watch; they're wines will be getting better & better.

Eventually they're intending to make a shiraz again; their grapes made up a third of the Watson-winning Glaetzer wine the other year. They'll be no chardonnay though; given what TWE pay for their Yattarna-destined grapes now, they'd be losing money by bottling it themselves and trying to sell it.
GG

I visited Pooley back in November-ish of last year... I was very impressed with the wines having never encountered them before. Their pinots are top shelf and (for the quality) not unreasonably priced...

Nice call-out Graeme/Sam….im also a fan of this winery, really good cellar door too, which has back vintages available, something I always appreciate. Perhaps they’ll consider doing their own Chardonnay if/when their daughter returns from Heemskerk.

Fyi Graeme..last year bought a Pinot (09 I think?) which was covered in medals…a lovely wine which I drank too young, but certainly the medals made it taste even better
So perhaps even judges can get it right….sometimes..Lol!!

Sam, i've only being drinking the wines for a few years, but they seemed to have increased quite a bit in price since then. Still very good wines though. To be honest i cant remember exactly, but recall paying around mid $40s for the Estate/Reserve Pinot when i started. Now the Butchers Block is up to $60, with Reserve around $80.

3 x Penfolds Special Bin 90A 1990 ... will be hard to keep these unopened but all wisdom still seems to point at giving these 5-10 years more.

or when I next visit UK

Michael R wrote:

GraemeG wrote:
Mixed case of Pooley wines; mostly pinot & riesling, with a couple of cab-m blends too.
Pooley is a name to watch; they're wines will be getting better & better.

Eventually they're intending to make a shiraz again; their grapes made up a third of the Watson-winning Glaetzer wine the other year. They'll be no chardonnay though; given what TWE pay for their Yattarna-destined grapes now, they'd be losing money by bottling it themselves and trying to sell it.
GG

I visited Pooley back in November-ish of last year... I was very impressed with the wines having never encountered them before. Their pinots are top shelf and (for the quality) not unreasonably priced...

Nice call-out Graeme/Sam….im also a fan of this winery, really good cellar door too, which has back vintages available, something I always appreciate. Perhaps they’ll consider doing their own Chardonnay if/when their daughter returns from Heemskerk.

Fyi Graeme..last year bought a Pinot (09 I think?) which was covered in medals…a lovely wine which I drank too young, but certainly the medals made it taste even better
So perhaps even judges can get it right….sometimes..Lol!!

Sam, i've only being drinking the wines for a few years, but they seemed to have increased quite a bit in price since then. Still very good wines though. To be honest i cant remember exactly, but recall paying around mid $40s for the Estate/Reserve Pinot when i started. Now the Butchers Block is up to $60, with Reserve around $80.

Been on a long weekend trip to Hobart, Pooleys was definitely the standout. Butcher's block 09 was priced at 60 because yields was down to 1/3 as explained by the cellar door person. the 2010 vintage was selling at cellar door at $45, although further down the road at Wicked Cheeses, same Butcher's block 2010 pinot was selling for $38!

Some more purchases right at the end of the month

6x D'arenberg Wild Pixie Shiraz Roussanne 2009... from a special deal

Plus a mixed bag of auction buys including:
6x Leabrook Estate "George" Adelaide Hills blend 2008... thanks to info imparted by the tasting note on this board - cheers n4sir!
1x Wynns 1991 Hermitage
1x Wolf Blass Grey Label 1985
2x Orlando Steingarten Riesling 2002
4x Orlando Steingarten Riesling 2005
1x Petaluma Coonawarra 1986

6x 2010 Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon
3x 2010 Donnoff Dellchen Riesling