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Yet to see this topic so can I assume we have all made a news year's resolution to ease up on the purchases?

I had that idea for a fleeting moment until I buckled (yet again) and ended up with

6 x woodlands cab sav Benjamin

Regards

2012 St Hugo Cabernet (was going very cheap at my local)
2012 Taylors Wines TWP Cabernet Sauvignon
2014 Taylors Wines St Andrews Chardonnay
2015 Crabtree Watervale Riesling (great drop)
2015 Tim Adams Riesling (very good cellaring potential)

No buying in Jan for me, just too hot and worried the wine will get cooked in the delivery van. Probs same for Feb.

got Adelaide cellar door fest coming up end of feb so i'll be laying low until then.
the line up is massively daunting. The spittoon will be getting a workout if I'm gonna survive.

Hacker wrote:No buying in Jan for me, just too hot and worried the wine will get cooked in the delivery van. Probs same for Feb.

Recently bought a few bottles of expense Euro wines (>$100 per bottle). Despite asking the retailer not to ship until cooler weather (and the retailer happily agreeing) they decided to unilaterally ship it to me during a week in which Melbourne had 40+ weather.

Havent bought much in the past couple of months, but couldnt resist

2004 Trevor Jones Wild Witch Dry Grown Reserve Shiraz
2005 Kalleske Johann Georg Old Vine Shiraz
2012 Peter Lehmann The Futures Shiraz
2 * 1988 Wynns John Riddoch - I took a punt as it was half the price of the current JR and having a search of this forum...the 88 was some peoples wine of the year recently.
3 * 2002 Trevor Jones Wild Witch Dry Grown Reserve Shiraz Magnums - such a good wine for the $$

A handful of 60s 70s 80s Northern Piemonte reds
A 1998 Roda I Rioja
1974 & 2x 1998 Barolo
2013 Fumin
2004 Caluso Passito
2003 Etna Red
& a 1968 Chianti
Which was decently 'on track' of a few wines I posted that I wanted to buy in 2016 in a previous post here. I'm aiming to try to stick to that buying plan, ensuring my focus diverts away from more current vintage Barolo & Barbaresco, which I normally struggle to resist.

Rossco wrote:Havent bought much in the past couple of months, but couldnt resist

2004 Trevor Jones Wild Witch Dry Grown Reserve Shiraz
2005 Kalleske Johann Georg Old Vine Shiraz
2012 Peter Lehmann The Futures Shiraz
2 * 1988 Wynns John Riddoch - I took a punt as it was half the price of the current JR and having a search of this forum...the 88 was some peoples wine of the year recently.
3 * 2002 Trevor Jones Wild Witch Dry Grown Reserve Shiraz Magnums - such a good wine for the $$

Rossco, a punt worth taking on the 88 JR, have had half a dozen of these over the journey and still don't think they have peaked...88 is a bit of a sleeper of a year for this wine, reminds me a little of the 99.

As I have brought my last retail purchases of JR, I will be back filling on these earlier vintages.
Cheers
Craig

Ian S wrote:A handful of 60s 70s 80s Northern Piemonte reds
1974 & 2x 1998 Barolo

Please do tell us more?

I bought £2000 worth of quaffers below from the amazing UK sales. A bunch of friends do similar so we mix and match and diversify. It works very well. Rhone still out of fashion. This is where the bargains were. Any one else in HKG reading please get involved!

I'm tossing up on a six pack of Giacosa Asili Risrva 2011 which though lost in release amongst the Burgundy EP campaign seems to have inflated in price significantly and I may be better back-filling.

The Fleurs da Mai is now an annual buy- - the vineyards fall just outside of Cote Rotie proper so its $20 Cote Rotie of sorts. Beautiful quaffing!!




12 x 2011 St Joseph Blanc, Le Lombard, Domaine Yves Cuilleron



12 x 2012 St Joseph Blanc, Domaine Pierre Gaillard


12 x 2009 Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Les Hautes Brusquières, Domaine Charbonnière



12 x 2012 Condrieu, Domaine Pierre Gaillard


12 x 2010 St Joseph, Les Pierres, Domaine Pierre Gaillard



12 x 2011 St Péray, Les Cerfs, Domaine Yves Cuilleron


12 x 2010 St Joseph, Clos de Cuminaille, Domaine Pierre Gaillard



12 x 2013 St Péray, Les Potiers, Domaine Yves Cuilleron


12 x 2013 Fleurs de Mai, Vin de Pays, Domaine Georges Vernay


12 x 2012 Fleurs de Mai, Vin de Pays, Domaine Georges Vernay


12 x 2012 Crozes-Hermitage, Maison Nicolas Perrin


12 x 2010 Côte-Rôtie, Domaine Pierre Gaillard

12 x 2013 Langhe Chardonnay, Conzia di F. Fabiani, Luzi-Donadei, Piedmont


12 x 2012 L'Oustalet Organic Blanc, Famille Perrin ( Beaucastel and $4 Aussie a bottle )

12 x 2013 Côtes du Rhône, Brézème, Eric Texier

6 x magnums 2010 Côte-Rôtie, Terres Sombres, Domaine Yves Cuilleron

phillisc wrote:
Rossco, a punt worth taking on the 88 JR, have had half a dozen of these over the journey and still don't think they have peaked...88 is a bit of a sleeper of a year for this wine, reminds me a little of the 99.

As I have brought my last retail purchases of JR, I will be back filling on these earlier vintages.
Cheers
Craig

With the prices of back vintages JR, it would seem crazy to buy current retail.
I guess the risk is storage/provenance/condition is basically unknown, but the reality that I have found very few auction
bottles to be bad/off/thrown away.....lets hope I dont Jinx myself with this purchase!

Ahh Jamie fantastic buying by the looks...15 or so dozen for $AUD4500 or thereabouts...very good at $15 pb average.
Take it these were from BBR in HK?

I have one small problem here in Adelaide...$250 per case for freight.

Anyway
Cheers
Craig

Getting a new kitchen put in, so this month is going to have no wine added to the cellar.

Have to save for the 2002 Krug next month anyway...

6 x 2010 Laira 171 Cabernet
6 x 2013 Seppelts Chalambar Shiraz
6 x 2014 Wynns Coonawarra Shiraz

12x2009 Lake Breeze Bernoota - just wrong at $18. Punches way above it's weight.

bigtinnie wrote:12x2009 Lake Breeze Bernoota - just wrong at $18. Punches way above it's weight.

Particularly with some age on them as these appear to already have!

Nice buying!

Cheers

Michael

I bought champagne and langhe nebbiolo, the latter was bettter, Vietti perbacco langhe nebbiolo 2010i is amazing QPR (for a $50 wine....

winetastic wrote:

Ian S wrote:A handful of 60s 70s 80s Northern Piemonte reds
1974 & 2x 1998 Barolo

Please do tell us more?

Some brave/foolish gambles in there, but I do still appreciate wines on the downslope, so hopefully most still have something to say, and feeling greedy I hope one or two shine.

Barolo: 2 x 1998 Bricco delle Viole (Vajra) and 1974 Cavallotto Bricco Boschis
1974 Travaglini Gattinara and Berteletti Gattinara
1964 Donnaz (Rosotto - who a forumite on a US forum spoke well of)
1983 Sella Bramaterra

Yes I'd agree that JR has always seemed substantial enough to cope with a little mistreatment, but also less likely (than Grange & champagne say) to be bought by someone who doesn't understand the perils of bad storage. JR, in my mind at least, has always been one to cellar and if you really want to drink on the fruit, there are many better options.

After trying a bottle of 2014 Neudorf Moutere chardonnay I picked up a couple more. This wine achieved some notoriety (or status) as Kiwi critic Bob Campbell's first 100 point NZ wine. Absolute BS as these ratings usually are for young wines but still very good in style and for my palate better than any of the Aussie options in the same price range.

3 x 2014 Sami-Odi ‘XIV’
3 x Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #5

Ozzie W wrote:3 x 2014 Sami-Odi ‘XIV’
3 x Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #5

+1

Ozzie W wrote:3 x 2014 Sami-Odi ‘XIV’
3 x Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #5

Released now to the mailing lIst, I take it?

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Gavin Trott wrote:

Ozzie W wrote:3 x 2014 Sami-Odi ‘XIV’
3 x Sami-Odi ‘Little Wine’ #5

Released now to the mailing lIst, I take it?

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Yep. Received the email from Fraser earlier today.

Inspired by the Barolo thread and because I could not resist a couple of sleek little Spaniards:
2010 PIETRO RINALDI BAROLO DOCG 'MONVIGLIERO'
2010 LINNAEA VINEYARDS 'TRIFULAU' DOCG BAROLO
2006 LA RIOJA ALTA 'VINA ARANA' RESERVA

Waiting for the transport cost to the Netherlands, but

3 x 2014 Sami-Odi "XIV"
6 x Sami-Odi ´Little Wine´ Nr 5

phillisc wrote:Ahh Jamie fantastic buying by the looks...15 or so dozen for $AUD4500 or thereabouts...very good at $15 pb average.
Take it these were from BBR in HK?

I have one small problem here in Adelaide...$250 per case for freight.

Anyway
Cheers
Craig

Yes if you mix and match with a few guys you have a wonderful mix of wines. This is the best way to quaff in HKG and the most expensive wines are the $100 a bottle Cote Rotie magnums.

1 x Magnum of 1995 Lanson
12 x Ben Haines 2012 Malakoff Vineyard Syrah
12 x Kilikanoon 2013 Mort's Cut Riesling
12 x Kilikanoon 2009 Divinity Fortified Viognier

phillisc wrote:Ahh Jamie fantastic buying by the looks...15 or so dozen for $AUD4500 or thereabouts...very good at $15 pb average.
Take it these were from BBR in HK?

I have one small problem here in Adelaide...$250 per case for freight.

Anyway
Cheers
Craig

They will store them for 9 quid per case pa (in the UK). Then you need to sweet talk a tourist into bringing them back for you

Just a few humble bottles of Rhone reds here:

1 x Domaine Du Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape reservee 07' (500ml)
1 x Domaine Du Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape Cuvée Laurence 05'
1 x Domaine Alain Voge Cornas Les Vieilles Fontaines 09'