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Plagiarising a little (this topic came up on another forum a while back), what is the most recent vintage where you have no bottles in your cellar from it? Feel free to ignore 2017/2016 if you've not yet got anything from those vintages.

For me it's 1992, though 1995 is now down to a single bottle.

If you want a bit more fun, then what's the 1st decade missing from your cellar? Mine would be 1940s

I have no 2017s yet but I have something from every year back to 2000. It's pretty much all fortified at this point. I am missing 99 and 96 but have the rest of the 90s covered. Things get sketchy in the 80s and further back
As for decades, it would be the 1950s, only because I do have a bottle from 62.

Earliest year missing: 2003 (avoided all Europe), drunk all Aust already.
Earliest decade missing: 1930s

Interesting question! My cellar summary is below. To answer the question, I have something back to 1998, but early 2000s are pretty slim. I am clearly very long 2010 and 2012 in the Aussies.

2017 0.1% Bottles (1)
2016 2.5% Bottles (22)
2015 5.9% Bottles (23) / Pending (30)
2014 7.6% Bottles (68)
2013 8.4% Bottles (75)
2012 18.7% Bottles (167)
2011 9.2% Bottles (82)
2010 15.0% Bottles (134)
2009 7.4% Bottles (66)
2008 6.2% Bottles (55)
2007 2.9% Bottles (26)
2006 3.7% Bottles (33)
2005 3.5% Bottles (31)
2004 1.8% Bottles (16)
2003 0.8% Bottles (7)
2002 2.5% Bottles (22)
2001 0.2% Bottles (2)
2000 0.1% Bottles (1)
1999 0.3% Bottles (3)
1998 1.1% Bottles (10) - Seppeltsfield cleanskin port from the change of ownership. Bargain stuff.
1996 0.1% Bottles (1)
1995 0.1% Bottles (1)
1994 0.1% Bottles (1)
1990 0.2% Bottles (2)
1980 0.1% Bottles (1) - A Dan Murphy own brand Vintage Port! Joke value only, surely.
NV 1.3% Bottles (12)

I am missing wines from 1984, 1980 and 1979 - otherwise I have every vintage from 1975 to 2016 in the cellar.

The first missing decade is the 1940s (like Ian S here)

Brodie

From CellarTracker:

2016 2.8% Bottles (34)
2015 9.8% Bottles (118)
2014 17.0% Bottles (205)
2013 26.2% Bottles (305) / Pending (11)
2012 16.6% Bottles (200)
2011 4.2% Bottles (50)
2010 6.7% Bottles (81)
2009 3.2% Bottles (38)
2008 1.9% Bottles (23)
2007 3.1% Bottles (37)
2006 1.4% Bottles (17)
2005 2.5% Bottles (29) / Pending (1)
2004 1.0% Bottles (12)
2003 0.2% Bottles (3)
2002 0.5% Bottles (6)
2001 0.3% Bottles (4)
2000 0.3% Bottles (4)
1999 0.3% Bottles (3) / Pending (1)
1998 0.1% Bottles (1)
1996 0.4% Bottles (5)
1982 0.1% Bottles (1) - 1982 Fontanafredda Barolo
1972 0.2% Bottles (2) - 1972 All Saints Estate Vintage Port, 1972 Delord Bas Armagnac (birth year)
NV 1.1% Bottles (13)

Prior to 2010 vintage, 37% were auction purchases. The rest are all retail purchases.

1989...the Wendouree, Wynns Black label, Rockford BP long gone unfortunately.
Have some 60's Wynns, some VPs...so it looks like the 50s is it.
Interesting, what table wines from Australia from the 1940's would still be going, I am really struggling to think of any apart from some Hunter Shiraz...those a little more senior might throw a bit more light on the subject.
Cheers
Craig

1984 for me.
I have some fortified's from the 40's, 50's and 60's all Australian, so decade is the 30's.

Cheers Con.

phillisc wrote:Interesting, what table wines from Australia from the 1940's would still be going, I am really struggling to think of any apart from some Hunter Shiraz...those a little more senior might throw a bit more light on the subject.

1944 Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Light Dry Red. Arguably the greatest Australian wine ever made. A bottle opened back in May this year in London by Yalumba to launch their new label "The Caley" was still going strong.

1965 for me.

I bought very little from 2011 & 2014 (really just to keep a couple of verticals going), so I suspect they will take the mantle sometime in the future.

Ozzie W wrote:

phillisc wrote:Interesting, what table wines from Australia from the 1940's would still be going, I am really struggling to think of any apart from some Hunter Shiraz...those a little more senior might throw a bit more light on the subject.

1944 Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Light Dry Red. Arguably the greatest Australian wine ever made. A bottle opened back in May this year in London by Yalumba to launch their new label "The Caley" was still going strong.

Ozzie, for a split second thought your remark was going to finish that you and Malcolm had a 44 at the last Melbourne offline, that happened to be held in the UK
Just out of interest had a quick look at my Oddbins catalogues, in the good old days, live up in the old Stoneyfell winery complex, with a paper hard copy and when you could actually see the competition in the room, and not be up against internet dummy bids, changing reserves etc !!
There was in a late 87 auction a complete set of Woodley treasure chest series 49-56 (although I have heard 46 was the first vintage)and they fetched $140 each if i read my scratchings rightly... a bargain now.
Not all doom and gloom though, one of my first big purchases, a dozen 82 John Riddoch, $30 each plus commission, huge amount of money at the time, for me anyway.
At this same auction, where Auctioneer Colin Gaetjen's exclaimed, 71 Grange has broken through the $100 barrier...if only
Cheers
Craig

1993 though I have been struggling to find recently the solitary bottle of 1995 I supposedly have being a 1995 Tulloch Shiraz Hector. Since I don't remember drinking it, it must be somewhere.

2003 for me.
Have a few from the 90's
From Cellar tracker:
2015 2.9% Bottles
2014 9.1% Bottles
2013 5.9% Bottles
2012 7.2% Bottles
2011 6.2% Bottles
2010 17.7% Bottles
2009 6.4% Bottles
2008 12.1% Bottles
2007 6.2% Bottles
2006 8.3% Bottles
2005 4.6% Bottles
2004 10.2% Bottles
2001 0.8% Bottles
1998 0.5% Bottles
1996 1.1% Bottles
1990 0.5% Bottles
1954 0.3% Bottles

2002 for me. I also have no bottles prior to the year 1997.

1993 for me - although I'm at single digit bottle numbers for everything prior to 2004.

Although there are a stash of 1967s for a special event

Wizz wrote:1993 for me - although I'm at single digit bottle numbers for everything prior to 2004.

Although there are a stash of 1967s for a special event

lets hope the 67 wine gods are with you Grasshopper ....

I reckon it's '92 for me. Didn't buy many and long since drunk. Still have a few 90s and 91s.

First decade missing is the 60s.

-- George Krashos

1995.

1993.

It would have been 1969 had I not opened my only bottle of 1972 Hardy's vintage port earlier this year. In fact the Hardy's was my oldest Australian wine.

As for the missing decade it would be the 50s.

Mahmoud.

Waiters Friend wrote:1995.

I found a 1995. The new answer is now 1991

First missing vintage is 1989
First missing decade is the fifties...