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I remember seeing a thread about the top 5 producers in everyone's cellar but I was looking at my cellar breakdown by variety today.

Mine is:

Shiraz - 32%
Riesling - 15%
Semillon - 14%
Cabernet - 14%
Champagne - 7%


I was a little surprised that I was so heavily weighted towards Shiraz but am guessing this might be typical of a very Australian centric cellar.

Mine is a s follows:

Syrah 30.5%
Cabernet Sauvignon 29.5%
Red Blend 15.0% Bottles
Red Bordeaux Blend 7.0%
Tempranillo 6.7%
Red Rhone Blend 3.4%
Grenache 3.4%
Nebbiolo 1.0%
Port Blend 1.0%
Pinot Noir 0.5%
Mourvedre 0.5%
Carménère 0.3%
Champagne Blend 0.3%
Chardonnay 0.3%
Riesling 0.3%
Sangiovese 0.3%
Sémillon 0.3%

Here's my breakdown according to CellarTracker. Shiraz has always been dominant in my cellar as it's mainly Aussie stuff, but in the past 6 months Pinot Noir has come from behind to be no 2.

Shiraz 48.1%
Pinot Noir 14.6%
Cabernet Sauvignon 11.2%
Red Bordeaux Blend 5.1%
Red Blend 3.6%
Grenache 2.9%
Tempranillo 2.7%
Nebbiolo 1.9%
Merlot 1.7%
Riesling 1.5%
Sangiovese 1.2%
Mourvedre 0.7%
Red Rhone Blend 0.7%
Nerello Mascalese 0.5%
Petite Sirah 0.5%
Pinot Meunier 0.5%
Alicante Bouschet 0.5%
Gamay 0.5%
Sémillon 0.5%
Rosé Blend 0.2%
Teroldego 0.2%
Champagne Blend %0.2%
Muscat 0.2%
Montepulciano 0.2%

Syrah 38.3%
Pinot Noir 14.5%
Chardonnay 11.0%
Cabernet Sauvignon 8.2%
Red Bordeaux Blend 6.8%
Sémillon 3.7%
Riesling 3.3%
Nebbiolo 2.4%
Red Blend 2.2%
Grenache 1.7%
Merlot 1.3%
Red Rhone Blend 1.3%
Champagne Blend 1.1%
Tempranillo 1.0%
Mourvedre 0.7%
Sangiovese 0.7%
Teroldego 0.4%
Other 2%

40% of the Shiraz inventory made up of Marius (8% of cellar), Gundog (2.8%), Head (2%) and Tyrrells (3.2%)
61% of the Semillon is Vat 1

Shiraz 50%
Tempranillo 12%
Red Bleds 14%
Cabernet Sauvignon 10%
Pinot Noir 8%
Semillon 4%
Chadonnay 2%
Riesling 2%
Malbec 1%

Here's my wet thumb in the air stats

Cabernet 50%
Cabernet blends 15%
Shiraz 15%
Pinot 10%
Other reds 8%
Whites 2%

Still working hard on getting Nebbiolo (specifically Barolo/Barbaresco) up to at least 30%, an expensive process.

Although Shiraz looks very dominant, 26.2% of my cellar is actually Hunter Shiraz, which for mine is essentially a different varietal.

Shiraz 38.5%
Cabernet Sauvignon 17.9%
Nebbiolo 12.1%
Shiraz Blend 6.3%
Sémillon 6.0%
Red Bordeaux Blend 4.9%
Merlot Blend 2.6%
Pinot Noir 2.6%
Grenache 1.9%
Riesling 1.9%
Red Rhone Blend 0.9%
Syrah 0.7%
Tempranillo 0.7%
Malbec 0.7%
Cabernet-Shiraz Blend 0.7%
Mataro 0.7%
Merlot 0.5%
Marsanne 0.5%
Red Blend 0.2%

Syrah 15
Pinot 14
Cabernet/BDX blends 14
Riesling 10
Chardonnay 6
Semillon 6
Nebbiolo 5
Port 3
Sangiovese 3
Red blend 3
Viognier 2
Gewürztraminer 2
Rhône blend 2
Others @1 or below

(All figures rounded to nearest %)

Riesling 44.4%
Syrah 15.9%
Sémillon 8.3%
Chardonnay 5.6%
Red Rhone Blend 3.8%
Gewürztraminer 3.1%
Pinot Noir 2.7%
Red Bordeaux Blend 2.7%
Tempranillo 2.0%

Everything else below 1% - 11.5%

Hmmm lets see.

30% Shiraz/Syrah
25% Pinot Noir
20% Nebbiolo
10% Cab/Cab Blends
10% Semillon
5% Riesling

Cabernet and Riesling by a mile...

then Shiraz, followed by Semillon and Fortifieds

Cheers
Craig

Syrah 42.5%
Cabernet Sauvignon 15.8%
Sauvignon Blanc 11.7%
Chardonnay 10.0%
Red Rhone Blend 5.0%
Champagne Blend 4.2%
Grenache 4.2%
Red Bordeaux Blend 1.7%
Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend 1.7%
White Rhone Blend 1.7%
Pinot Noir 0.8%
Red Blend 0.8%

Syrah 46.3%
Cabernet Sauvignon 12.3%
Red Bordeaux Blend 10.0%
Riesling 7.0%
Pinot Noir 5.7%
Chardonnay 3.7%
Red Blend 3.3%
Sémillon 2.0%
Grenache 1.7%
Nebbiolo 1.3%
Champagne Blend 1.0%
Chenin Blanc 0.7%
Corvina 0.7%
Pinot Meunier 0.7%
Merlot 0.7%
Sauvignon Blanc 0.7%
Red Rhone Blend 0.7%
Tempranillo 0.7%
White Blend 0.7%
Port Blend 0.3%

Looks like I need to diversify I bit...

Port Blend 35.2%
Cabernet Sauvignon 17.3%
Syrah 16.8%
Riesling 13.4%
Pinot Noir 11.0%
Red Blend 1.8%
Durif 1.3%
Carménère 0.8%
Sémillon 0.6%
Alvarinho 0.5%
Grenache Blend 0.5%
Rosé Blend 0.5%
Graciano 0.2%
Red Bordeaux Blend 0.2%

White Blend 0.2%

camw wrote:Riesling 44.4%

I would imagine there are few people around with a Riesling dominant cellar.

Out of interest, how is the split on local vs overseas?

winetastic wrote:

camw wrote:Riesling 44.4%

I would imagine there are few people around with a Riesling dominant cellar.

Out of interest, how is the split on local vs overseas?

Germany 59.2%
Australia 28.9%
France 6.0%
Other 6.0%

Many more German half bottles than Australia though, so might be a little closer by volume

Rough numbers:
Shiraz and dominant blends ~ 38% # bottles / ~ 40% by value
Cab Sav and dominant blends ~ 20% / ~ 20%
Pinot Noir ~ 17% / ~ 16% (surprised at this - should buy some more and spend a bit more on PN based on what I enjoy drinking)
Sangiovese ~ 6% / ~ 12% (heavily influenced by my BdM Reserva taste in sangiovese...)
Fortified / sticky ~ 6% / ~ 3%
Riesling ~ 6% / ~ 2%
Other dry red ~ 4% / ~ 4%
Other dry white ~ 4% / ~ 3%

Red dominant cellar but that works for me just fine... probably should buy less shiraz but its too easy to find good shiraz at tempting prices in Aus.

The cellars that really impressed me were:

pc79's 14.5% Pinot Noir
cosmonaut's 12% Tempranillo
winetastic's 12.1% Nebbiolo
swirler's overall balance of reds (equal syrah, pinot and cab) followed by a healthy mix of whites (Riesling, Chardonnay, and Semillon)
camw's riesling 44.4%, and
paulf's port blend 35.2%

For my own part my wines are in a spreadsheet (most but not all) and are not organized in a fashion that lends itself to sorting. I reckon about 15% of my collection are Australian wines, comprised of Shiraz, Cabernet, blends, Riesling, stickies, port, and an assortment of others - including my prize sherries, a Yalumba 25 year-old Oloroso and a Lindeman's Show Reserve Oloroso - treasures from a distant past.

Mahmoud.

Mahmoud Ali wrote:swirler's overall balance of reds (equal syrah, pinot and cab) followed by a healthy mix of whites (Riesling, Chardonnay, and Semillon)

Mahmoud.

Cheers Mahmoud, but you missed: 2% viognier. WTF!

I try to keep my cellar reasonably balanced. Funny looking at the stats, I certainly enjoy my Shiraz but it's almost surprising to see it at the top. I need more Pinot and Italian varietals! Also should be noted I drink a lot more young whites that don't make it into my cellar. Stuff like young Riesling, Rose, some sparkling, Sauv. Blanc (mainly for drinking with friends who don't "know" wine, I swear!) etc. I buy as I need and drink it immediately. I also keep all my wine on an excel spreadsheet as well as Cellartracker, don't know why....

Shiraz - 19.4% - 69 bottles
Pinot Noir - 14.0% - 50 bottles
Cab. Sauv. - 11.2% - 40 bottles
Cab. Blends - 10.7% - 38 bottles
Riesling - 6.5% - 23 bottles
Merlot Blends - 4.8% - 17 bottles
Shiraz Blends - 4.8% - 17 bottles
Chardonnay - 4.5% - 16 bottles
Grenache & Blends - 4.2% - 15 bottles
Botrytis Semillon & Blends - 2.5% - 9 bottles
Tempranillo & Blends - 2.2% - 8 bottles
Champagne & Sparkling - 2.0% - 7 bottles
Nero d'Avola - 2.0% - 7 bottles
Shiraz/Cab - 1.4% - 5 bottles
Pedro Ximenez - 1.4% - 5 bottles
Semillon - 1.4% - 5 bottles
Sparkling Red - 0.8% - 3 bottles
Merlot - 0.8% - 3 bottles
Nebbiolo - 0.8% - 3 bottles
Sauv. Blanc - 0.6% - 2 bottles
Sem. Sauv. Blanc - 0.6% - 2 bottles
Other - 3.4% - 12 bottles

99% shiraz
1% everything else

winetastic wrote:

camw wrote:Riesling 44.4%

I would imagine there are few people around with a Riesling dominant cellar.

Out of interest, how is the split on local vs overseas?

Cam isn't alone:
Riesling 40%
Pinot Noir 29%
Syrah 8%
Chardonnay 8%

Riesling is almost all Germany and New Zealand (and Iv'e trimmed out quite a lot of riesling to get down to 40%)

Champagne blends and single varietal 32.7%
Syrah 25.2%
Red blend 8.2%
Red Bordeaux blend 7.6%
Riesling 6.7%
Cabernet 4.8%
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 5% (Sauternes and Barsac)
Semillon 3.5%
Chardonnay 3.5%
Super Tuscan blend 1.5%
Pinot 1.2%
Gewurtztraminer 0.5%

We're all short on chardonnay it seems.....

Well, what a good exercise. Following the last similar topic, I vowed to reduce the Shiraz %, and increase Pinot. I was delighted to find I have been successful...

Pinot Noir: 32%
Shiraz (inc blends): 30%
Riesling: 11%
Cab and friends: 8%
Semillon: 6%
Champagne: 6%
Italian bits and bobs: 3%
Port: 2%
Other: 2%

So, what do I draw from the exercise this time around? More Italian (Neb and Nerello in particular). And more grower Champagne.

Simon

Yep, excellent question, always great to have an annual assessment. Like Simon1980, I use these to guide the next round of buying.

Shiraz and shiraz blends - 26%
Cabernet and cab blends - 16.5%
Chardonnay - 9.9%
Riesling - 8.98%
Grenache and grenache blends - 8.1%
Pinot Noir - 6.95%
Nebbiolo - 6.9%
Marsanne - 4.6%
Mataro and mouvedre inc blends - 4.06%
Merlot - 2.98%
Nerello mascalese - 1.73%

And then odds and sods

I'm puzzled by the amount of shiraz in there, but then I blame Roger Pike and Alex Head for that!

Like others above, I need to dive deeper into Italian varietals, but happy with spread on the whole.

Cheers!

1. Bordeaux...... heaps
2. Burgundy...... not quite as much heaps, but still heaps
3. Rhone....... good stocks, but not heaps
4. Other stuff.... for when visitors want to drink wine, not heaps. Never gets drunk, usually given away at Christmas.

total? actually, no idea, I am guessing about 5k bottles. Too much, gotta stop buying!!!!!

At a rough guess:

Cabs and blends 50%
Shiraz and blends 30%
Chardonnay 5%
Riesling 5%
Remainder 10% - fortified, merlot blends, pinot, bubbles, other whites

Carl

Cabernet and blends 23.2%
Riesling 18.2%
Shiraz 13.1%
Chardonnay 11.9%
Pinot Noir 10.0%
Semillon 9.3%
Sticky 4.4%
Other Reds 3.1%
Other White 2.7%
Dessert 1.8%
Sparkling Red 1.3%
Sparkling White 0.7%

Wizz wrote:

winetastic wrote:

camw wrote:Riesling 44.4%

I would imagine there are few people around with a Riesling dominant cellar.

Out of interest, how is the split on local vs overseas?

Cam isn't alone:
Riesling 40%
Pinot Noir 29%
Syrah 8%
Chardonnay 8%

Riesling is almost all Germany and New Zealand (and Iv'e trimmed out quite a lot of riesling to get down to 40%)

No French or Austrian riesling?