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Ozzie W wrote:I missed out on a 2001 Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe. Geez the bidding was fierce on that. Sold for $100 over reserve. I hope I wasn't bidding against anyone.

Hi Oz,

Interesting to see this price jump, hammer price of $230 is high. I wonder if this is due to the price jump in recent vintages? I paid $120 for the 2006 and it went up by 50% to $180 for the 2010. I of course complained about it and then ahead and bought it anyway.

All this makes me feel very happy with the impulse buy of a double magnum of this wine a few years ago for NZ$400. No idea when I will the occasion to drink a double magnum or when it will be mature, but I like looking at it in the cellar none the less!

Cheers Brodie

brodie wrote:

Ozzie W wrote:I missed out on a 2001 Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe. Geez the bidding was fierce on that. Sold for $100 over reserve. I hope I wasn't bidding against anyone.

Hi Oz,

Interesting to see this price jump, hammer price of $230 is high. I wonder if this is due to the price jump in recent vintages? I paid $120 for the 2006 and it went up by 50% to $180 for the 2010. I of course complained about it and then ahead and bought it anyway.

All this makes me feel very happy with the impulse buy of a double magnum of this wine a few years ago for NZ$400. No idea when I will the occasion to drink a double magnum or when it will be mature, but I like looking at it in the cellar none the less!

Cheers Brodie

There were a number of these bottles at auction a couple of months ago.
I think everything half decent jumped by 50% for the 2010 vintage.

I got a few bottles from auction to last night.

1 X 2001 Fuligni Brunello di Montalcino Riserva.
2 X 2007 Roagna Montefico Barbaresco.
1 X 2005 De Vogue Musigny.
2 X NV Morris Old Premium Liqueur Muscat.
1 X Basedow Old Show Tawny Port – Blend from 1928, 45, 62, 67 and 70.

Cheers Con.

brodie wrote:

Ozzie W wrote:I missed out on a 2001 Cavallotto Barolo Riserva Bricco Boschis San Giuseppe. Geez the bidding was fierce on that. Sold for $100 over reserve. I hope I wasn't bidding against anyone.

Hi Oz,

Interesting to see this price jump, hammer price of $230 is high. I wonder if this is due to the price jump in recent vintages? I paid $120 for the 2006 and it went up by 50% to $180 for the 2010. I of course complained about it and then ahead and bought it anyway.

All this makes me feel very happy with the impulse buy of a double magnum of this wine a few years ago for NZ$400. No idea when I will the occasion to drink a double magnum or when it will be mature, but I like looking at it in the cellar none the less!

Cheers Brodie

With 15% buyers premium, the buyer paid $265 for that bottle. The 2009 vintage is still available retail for $203 with full recourse if something is wrong with the bottle. I'm tempted to buy one at that price.

I hope this isn't the beginning of a new trend for Italian wines. I'm already priced out of Grand Cru burgs. Maybe I should shut up about Mt Etna before everyone finds out at drives up the prices.

I'm opening a bottle of this next week versus a 2001 G Mascarello Monprivato!

12 x 2008 Guy Charlemagne Mesnillesime

6 x Koltz Wizard Shiraz 2016 - new release, advised to leave it for 2-3 months before drinking...

It's weekend! Got some Pinot Grigio for family and friends. Cheers! Hope everyone's having a wonderful weekend!

Too bloody many, after I vowed to stop buying wine. Amongst other things:

6 packs of Hoddles Creek 2016 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
My first 2017 wine - 6 x Dukes Magpie Hill Riesling
A dozen 2016 Fraser Gallop Parterre Chardonnay
A dozen each of Old Kent River Pinot Noir 2014, Shiraz 2013, Sauv Blanc 2015
A dozen each of Larry Cherubino Ad Hoc Chardonnay and Lassae Faire Chardonnay 2015
6 x Sandalford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

There's probably more.

On a quick jaunt to McLaren Vale yesterday for lunch at Wirra Wirra:

6 x Geoff Hardy's GMH 2015 shiraz. Nice quaffer.
3 x Pertaringa Rifle and Hunt 2015 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon.
3 x Leconfield 2015 Coonawarra Merlot. An Australian version of this grape. Medium bodied as opposed to lighter
3 x Leconfield 2015 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon. Good as usual.

Carl

Waiters Friend wrote:Too bloody many, after I vowed to stop buying wine. Amongst other things:

6 packs of Hoddles Creek 2016 Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
My first 2017 wine - 6 x Dukes Magpie Hill Riesling
A dozen 2016 Fraser Gallop Parterre Chardonnay
A dozen each of Old Kent River Pinot Noir 2014, Shiraz 2013, Sauv Blanc 2015
A dozen each of Larry Cherubino Ad Hoc Chardonnay and Lassae Faire Chardonnay 2015
6 x Sandalford Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

There's probably more.

If that is what you buy during a moratorium then I am scared for you!

Andre Clouet Silver bottle and magnum
Andre Clouet Grand Reserve bottle and mag
Andre Clouet Rosé bottle and mag

conformistpete wrote:Andre Clouet Silver bottle and magnum
Andre Clouet Grand Reserve bottle and mag
Andre Clouet Rosé bottle and mag

I got 3 bottles of Andre Clouet 2008 Vintage bubbles a couple of weeks ago.

Waiters Friend wrote:

conformistpete wrote:Andre Clouet Silver bottle and magnum
Andre Clouet Grand Reserve bottle and mag
Andre Clouet Rosé bottle and mag

I got 3 bottles of Andre Clouet 2008 Vintage bubbles a couple of weeks ago.

Most releases of the Clouet 1911 are my favourites from this producer.

Waiheke Island FIFO!

2 x 2013 Obsidian "Mayor" blend
2 x 2013 Passage Rock reserve syrah

More Etna goodness from Gavin's bits & pieces sale:
5 x SRC Rivaggi 2015

Had my eye on this for a while and finally decided to push the buy button.

1 x 2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

I'd love to buy more, but for the same price as 1 bottle I can buy a whole case of Etna.

Ozzie W wrote:Had my eye on this for a while and finally decided to push the buy button.

1 x 2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

I'd love to buy more, but for the same price as 1 bottle I can buy a whole case of Etna.

Ozzie W

Nice purchase. I have a 99 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill that I have been sitting on for a few years now - looking for the right moment. Any insights (or from anyone else) as to right drinking window?

Regards

Rocky wrote:

Ozzie W wrote:Had my eye on this for a while and finally decided to push the buy button.

1 x 2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

I'd love to buy more, but for the same price as 1 bottle I can buy a whole case of Etna.

Ozzie W

Nice purchase. I have a 99 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill that I have been sitting on for a few years now - looking for the right moment. Any insights (or from anyone else) as to right drinking window?

Regards

1999 Champagnes are a weird bunch. Quite a few seem to have aged rapidly in the past few years. With the Pinot in the WC, I would be drinking this in the next 5 years.

Mike Hawkins wrote:

Rocky wrote:

Ozzie W wrote:Had my eye on this for a while and finally decided to push the buy button.

1 x 2004 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill

I'd love to buy more, but for the same price as 1 bottle I can buy a whole case of Etna.

Ozzie W

Nice purchase. I have a 99 Pol Roger Champagne Cuvée Sir Winston Churchill that I have been sitting on for a few years now - looking for the right moment. Any insights (or from anyone else) as to right drinking window?

Regards

1999 Champagnes are a weird bunch. Quite a few seem to have aged rapidly in the past few years. With the Pinot in the WC, I would be drinking this in the next 5 years.

I've had the 1999 and 2002 Churchill in the past year. Both were magnificent and showed no signs of falling over.

I'm some years away from opening any of my 2002s Ozzie. It's really good based on the bottles I've tried at the winery..... much, much better than anything since the 1996. The 2004 is a bit of a disappointment for mine....

2 x Magnums 05 dArenberg coppermine rd cab
2 x Magnums 04 Dutschke St Jakobi Shiraz
2x Magnums 06 Hentley Farm the beauty shiraz
(Thats works xmas party reds sorted )

Varoilles Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Clos des Varoilles 2013
Chateau Suduiraut 2004

A dozen 2015 Wynns Black Label Cabernet
Tasted last month...a really lovely elegant wine.
Cheers
Craig

Capping off the month with 6 x 2016 Chatto Wines Isle Vineyard Pinot Noir (Black label)

I didn't think the Wynns black was realeased until Wednesday?

wiggum wrote:I didn't think the Wynns black was realeased until Wednesday?

Through the John Riddoch Club, orders placed two weeks ago, delivery this week.

I tried the wine in June...it is back to the older less alcoholic style, medium weight everything in balance, my wife who has a much better palate than me, as most women do, thought it was a beauty.

Will certainly be watching if there are any sharp prices about....to get more, not that I need it!
Cheers
Craig

Sneaking in one last box for the month.

12 x Hay Shed Hill 2014 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon. Continuing my love affair with MR cabs and blends.

Credit card in melt down and retired to the freezer to cool down.

Carl

2 x krinklewood Francesca rose
1 x krinklewood basket press Chardonnay

Nice visit to the cellar door for a tasting on the weekend, fantastic spot!

6 x Wynns Black Label Cabernet 2015. Trying to keep a decent streak going and good wine to boot. Chains have it at a decent price, even if the winery itself doesn't. Struggle to fathom why wineries whose products are not hard to get/exclusive are so uncompetitive with the retailers they wholesale to. A bit insulting to the intelligence quotient really.

-- George Krashos

With respect George, i bought 12 BL for $23 each via Wynns buying plan direct. In general i agree with your comment but in this case i think cellar direct is the better deal.