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Been and expensive month (for me anyway)...

6 x 2019 Mount Mary Quintet
1 x 2014 Giacomo Conterno Monfortino Riserva
2 x 2010 Dom Perignon

Domaine François Villard - Condrieu - De Poncins - Blanc - 2019 - 3 x 75cl

12 x 2018 Balnaves The Blend
6 x 2017 Balnaves Cabernet Sauvignon
6 x 2015 Balnaves The Tally

Coonawarra comeback! Those are some nice wines - nice Tally! (see what I did there?)
How do you like them against Majella? Hoping for a resurgence of Coonawarra cabs - love them - and where is Zema these days?

Sorry, no Australian wines but Canadian and Italian this month.

x3 Blue Mountain Gravel Force Block 14 Pinot Noir '19

x2 Blue Mountain River Flow Block 23 Pinot Noir '19

x1 Blue Mountain Estate Cuvee Pinot Gris '20

x2 Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino '16

kenzo wrote:Coonawarra comeback! Those are some nice wines - nice Tally! (see what I did there?)
How do you like them against Majella? Hoping for a resurgence of Coonawarra cabs - love them - and where is Zema these days?

Yep Coonawarra is King...2018/19/21 vintages will see a lot of fiscal damage...from my end
I 'll leave the nuances of Balnaves to Malcolm, but having tried 2008-10, 12 and I think 13 Tally in the last 6-12 months, they are nice wines but on the slightly lighter style for me. Funnily enough, I thought Balnaves 2018 Shiraz was excellent.

I think the Majella cab and The Mallea have more depth and think wines like Redman, Brands, Lindeman's, Parker, Katnook, Wynns, Bowen and Petaluma are more to the fuller style of a Coonawarra Cabernet.

Zema is interesting, newish winemakers, brand repackaging, hand picked and hand pruned, so should be good. However, Family selection range was good, but didn't wow me.
Sad that I am not down in 3 weeks, but in the last 2 years have had a bloody good run. No doubt will be back again next year
Cheers Craig