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Witness Point was much better value.

Regret buying 2010 Barolo...because it set me down the path of a lot of spending!!!

2001 Aberfeldy magnum
Gave it away to a good home

michel wrote:2001 Aberfeldy magnum. Gave it away to a good home

May I ask why? I tasted the the 1999 at cellar door anf thought it a very nice wine, elegant, refined, tannic, and destined for aging, not at all over-wrought or over-extracted.

Mahmoud.

Mahmoud Ali wrote:

michel wrote:2001 Aberfeldy magnum. Gave it away to a good home

May I ask why? I tasted the the 1999 at cellar door anf thought it a very nice wine, elegant, refined, tannic, and destined for aging, not at all over-wrought or over-extracted.

Mahmoud.

Purchased upon release
Temperature controlled storage

I don't get soupy oaky wines

Pm me

crusty2 wrote:

Jay60A wrote:

Mike Hawkins wrote:
From memory it's been Barossa ever since

Yeah - saw a note somewhere way back that the block was either too unproductive or had gone to another source. I think in 2002 only Ben Glaetzer made both Barossa and McLaren Amon Ras. I'd like to try again. Single bottle from auction I think.

There was some wines called Nefertiti (a Barossa Shiraz) and a Nefertari (a McLaren Vale Shiraz), think these were made for Heritage Wine Investment Scheme which eventually went bust.
Not sure if your wine came out of these creations.

Cheers

Amazed to see this thread still going!

Point of order as a lover of trivia but for the 2002 vintage (only) two Amon Ras were made ... Barossa AND McLaren Vale, they are clearly labelled.
It was the second vintage only, as the 2001 Amon Ra was the first Ben made.

After 2002 it was then Barossa only, I remember reading that the McLaren Vale site may have been too low yield to be profitable but I cannot remember where I read it. There as a lot of discussion on the RP website forum "back in the day". That one-off McLaren Vale wine from 2002 is really really classy stuff and I might pick up more if I see it at a reasonable price but pretty rare I would say now.

The Heritage Wine Investment wines were something else, made in far higher volumes.

yea, the answer to this is easy. Anything from Domaine LeFlaive.
Hopefully the diam has put and end to the disaster, but from 96 until close to the present, my premox rate is at 50%, means the already-expensive wines actually cost double what I paid for them.

felixp21 wrote:yea, the answer to this is easy. Anything from Domaine LeFlaive.
Hopefully the diam has put and end to the disaster, but from 96 until close to the present, my premox rate is at 50%, means the already-expensive wines actually cost double what I paid for them.

our informal wine group has vowed to never buy Leflaive again.
too painful and expensive

Apparently moved to Diam from 2014 vintage onwards.

Chris H wrote:Apparently moved to Diam from 2014 vintage onwards.

I am too scared to tryem
the 2014 leroux are in screwcap and are delightful

Quite understandable given the price. Prudence probably says wait and see after 2014 is opened in a few years.

I would encourage anyone looking to buy White Burgundy to pay attention to this wiki, which combines annual formal tastings and anecdotal reports to come up with a category list of the premox producers, from most affected to least affected.... I see a few offers around for some producers that are on the very naughty list. Drink young if you do buy!

https://oxidised-burgs.wikispaces.com/Which+Producers+are+Most+and+Least+Affected%3F

It's sad, white burg is regularly one of my favourite splurge wines, yet the road is fraught with peril. Have to tread very carefully.

michel wrote:

Chris H wrote:Apparently moved to Diam from 2014 vintage onwards.

I am too scared to tryem
the 2014 leroux are in screwcap and are delightful

.... Leroux made unbelievable 2015's. I think this is the vintage that is going to propel him to the stardom that everyone has thus far predicted for him.