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phillisc wrote:Two, which I cannot split
Being at Wynns cellar door the day the 82 JR was released and the 55 Michael that I drunk in 1984.
Cheers
Craig

DJ wrote:1954 Tulloch Private Dry Red - I would have been 15 given it was opened for Dad's 40th (okay more than 30 years ago). It was amazing complex.

For the cellaring addiction 1986 Wynns Cab Sav - last one drunk last year - looked great especially the mixed storage it had put up with

TiggerK wrote:Mine was ....... a Bin 707 1998.

DJ1980 wrote:Gee. Thinking back the first wine that comes to mind is a 1998 Penfolds Bin 707. I think that was the wine that made me sit back in my chair. I was 20 at the time.

Luke W wrote:1st wine I bought was a gift for a mate who drove us around the Barossa - a 1972 Wolf Blass Black that cost the grand sum of $5 .....McWilliams Sauterne goon that we drank while playing cards in 1972 .....Liebfraumilch and Blue Nun or Mateus Rose and then in 1978 I got hooked on 1975 Mount Pleasant Philip....... the fine wine counter at Bartletts liquor barn ..... the 1955 Grange that I had in 1983.

Chuck wrote:Some may giggle. A Seaview 1978 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with a mate in a French restaurant in Brisvegas around 1980. A true lightbulb moment. Not sure if it was the food, company or both but it turned my head in the right direction.

Passing it's old home in McLaren Vale on regular trips there always brings a smile. They made some good solid wines at very reasonable prices and did a few upmarket wines that absolutely floated my boat. Just can't remember the labels. Anyone remember these?

Duncan Disorderly wrote:Like many previous posters I've had a few defining moments, but there are four formative wines that really come to mind.

The first was the 1986 Wynns Shiraz (or the Hermitage as it was known then). My father had bought several cases on the advice of a mate and occasionally I'd knock one off. Being 17 or so I was generally interested in bingeing, but one night I remember having one that had had time to breathe and it was really good. It probably opened my eyes up to what a wine could taste like treated the right way.

The second was a Ninth Island Rosé. I had it when I was about 24 over lunch in a very good seafood restaurant in Hobart. I wasn't a big wine drinker at this stage and would never have chosen it, but I found it's freshness and subtle dryness beguiling. Moreover it became a wine that I had to search high and low for, to find it again which meant I began going into more bottle shops "just in case".

The third was the 1990 St Henri. I had it with a mate over dinner in Perth in 1997 and it was superb. I'd been studying at Uni and had been drinking a lot of Emu Bitter and the occasional cheap red, so the St Henri was a massive step up in class. I remember sitting there and rolling it around in my mouth to savour as much of it as possible. I started working part time at Vintage Cellars soon after that...

The last one was a bottle of 1996 Tahbilk Marsanne that I had in 2013. It was the first bottle of wine I bought at auction and it was magnificent. I'd first tasted Tahbilk Marsanne when I worked at VC's, but I've never liked it young because I find the lemon pity flavour to be too prominent. I'd had a taste of a couple of older examples and I'd heard stories about its aging potential. I'd also known about wine auctions for many years, but never quite got around to it. I remember putting in a bid on my phone 15 mins before the auction closed because I had to go and see a film and then being quite surprised to be the winning bidder when the film ended. Then after having the wine delivered safely and drinking it I thought that to pick up an almost 20 year old wine, that was mind blowingly good, for $20 or so... It was money for jam. I'd say that wines from auction now make up about half my collection.

Chuck wrote:Some may giggle. A Seaview 1978 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with a mate in a French restaurant in Brisvegas around 1980. A true lightbulb moment. Not sure if it was the food, company or both but it turned my head in the right direction.

Passing it's old home in McLaren Vale on regular trips there always brings a smile. They made some good solid wines at very reasonable prices and did a few upmarket wines that absolutely floated my boat. Just can't remember the labels. Anyone remember these?

And not to forget the Penfolds 1986 Bin 389 soon after we moved to Adelaide in 1990. Thought buying a 6 pack was going super long until they ran out and realising there was none left to buy. Now its by the case or 3.

Carl

Chuck wrote:Some may giggle. A Seaview 1978 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with a mate in a French restaurant in Brisvegas around 1980. A true lightbulb moment. Not sure if it was the food, company or both but it turned my head in the right direction.

Passing it's old home in McLaren Vale on regular trips there always brings a smile. They made some good solid wines at very reasonable prices and did a few upmarket wines that absolutely floated my boat. Just can't remember the labels. Anyone remember these?

And not to forget the Penfolds 1986 Bin 389 soon after we moved to Adelaide in 1990. Thought buying a 6 pack was going super long until they ran out and realising there was none left to buy. Now its by the case or 3.

Carl

Chuck wrote:Some may giggle. A Seaview 1978 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with a mate in a French restaurant in Brisvegas around 1980. A true lightbulb moment. Not sure if it was the food, company or both but it turned my head in the right direction.

Passing it's old home in McLaren Vale on regular trips there always brings a smile. They made some good solid wines at very reasonable prices and did a few upmarket wines that absolutely floated my boat. Just can't remember the labels. Anyone remember these?

And not to forget the Penfolds 1986 Bin 389 soon after we moved to Adelaide in 1990. Thought buying a 6 pack was going super long until they ran out and realising there was none left to buy. Now its by the case or 3.

Carl

n4sir wrote:

Chuck wrote:Some may giggle. A Seaview 1978 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with a mate in a French restaurant in Brisvegas around 1980. A true lightbulb moment. Not sure if it was the food, company or both but it turned my head in the right direction.

Passing it's old home in McLaren Vale on regular trips there always brings a smile. They made some good solid wines at very reasonable prices and did a few upmarket wines that absolutely floated my boat. Just can't remember the labels. Anyone remember these?

Edwards and Chaffey/Section 353 were the upmarket labels they tried to introduce.

Chuck wrote:

n4sir wrote:

Chuck wrote:Some may giggle. A Seaview 1978 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon with a mate in a French restaurant in Brisvegas around 1980. A true lightbulb moment. Not sure if it was the food, company or both but it turned my head in the right direction.

Passing it's old home in McLaren Vale on regular trips there always brings a smile. They made some good solid wines at very reasonable prices and did a few upmarket wines that absolutely floated my boat. Just can't remember the labels. Anyone remember these?

Edwards and Chaffey/Section 353 were the upmarket labels they tried to introduce.

Thanks Ian. They were pretty good wines.

Carl

michel wrote:

Chuck wrote:

n4sir wrote:
Edwards and Chaffey/Section 353 were the upmarket labels they tried to introduce.

Thanks Ian. They were pretty good wines.

Carl

Try and recall the name of that French Restaurant!
In New Farm we had a phillip johnson one called Le Bronx where I had my first Mondavi wine.
Another at Milton off Park Road where I had the 82 Comtesse at- can't recall the name atm.