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Time for a new month of purchases...

Tyrrell's white private bin release
3x Vat 1 2017
3x Vat 47 2017

Found some older vintage ports on clearance:

1997 Ferreira VP,
1991 Ramos Pinto VP, and
1988 Fonseca Guimaraens VP.

Each for less than $40 - magic!

Mahmoud.

A case of Bondar MV Violet Hour Shiraz.

Cheers
Craig

3 x 2016 Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5 m Chardonnay
1 x 2016 Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay
2 x 2013 Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz
1 x 2013 Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc

Mahmoud Ali wrote:Found some older vintage ports on clearance:

1997 Ferreira VP,
1991 Ramos Pinto VP, and
1988 Fonseca Guimaraens VP.

Each for less than $40 - magic!

Mahmoud.

and all should be ready to drink

Ian S wrote:

Mahmoud Ali wrote:Found some older vintage ports on clearance:

1997 Ferreira VP,
1991 Ramos Pinto VP, and
1988 Fonseca Guimaraens VP.

Each for less than $40 - magic!

Mahmoud.

and all should be ready to drink

You're probably right Ian, expecially since I don't know where they had been before turning up so suddenly.

Today I also picked up a couple of bottles of 2007 Grosset 'Polish Hill' Riesling ($24). Again, a wine meant to age but on the shelf for quite some time so probably more advanced than a properly cellared example.

Mahmoud.

Ian, they are still pretty young for vintage port. But if they were table wines....

Some quaffers ..

12 x 2015 Mike Press Cabernet
6 x 2015 Wynns The Siding Cabernet

2 x 2013 Benevelli Piero Barolo Ravera
4 x 2016 Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebbiolo

swirler wrote:Ian, they are still pretty young for vintage port. But if they were table wines....

1997 is indeed still young for VP, though I have found Ferreira a lighter style so would drink much earlier than the likes of Taylors, Grahams, etc. Likewise I've tended to see single quintas as earlier drinking propositions, so would expect the 1988 Fonseca to be fully mature. Ramos Pinto is the one I'm less sure of.

That's my thinking behind the comment.

My only experience with Ferreira was with a 1996 Traditional LBV and I recall it being rather firm and warranted cellaring. A friend whose port expertise I rely on tells me that Ferreira is a Portugeuse house which, like Graham's, has a sweeter style. Since it is only 20 years-old I expect it is still on the young side. Better to get to that '96 LBV before tackling the '97 VP. As for the Ramos Pinto I also happen to have a bottle of their '94 and '95 Traditional LBVs (the '94 bought at Oddnins in the UK) so realistically I ought to open one of them before opening the '91 VP. With regards to Guimaraens my experience tells me that some of them can be quite backward even relative to the Fonseca VP. I am refering to the '76 Guimaraens and the '77 Fonseca VP which I tasted side by side some years ago. I don't know enough about the '88 Guimaraens but it ought to be mature.

From what I've expressed above you might be wondering why I've got those LBVs in the cellar. The short answer is that I've been impressed with the two stalwart LBV houses, Warre's and Smith Woodhouse, whose traditional LBVs, bottled unfiltered four years after vintage, and how well they keep. As a result I decided to give other port houses' traditional-styled LBVs a go.

Mahmoud.

Ian, agree about Quintas. Generally earlier maturing.

12 x Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebbiolo 2016

All Aussie so far, some to drink now and some to put away for a while.

3 X 2010 Mount Mary – Quintet.
2 X 2012 Mount Mary – Quintet.
2 X 1996 Wynns – Black Label.
1 X 1991 Wynns – John Riddoch.
1 X 2012 Wynns – John Riddoch.
2 X 1998 Yeringberg – Cabernet.

Cheers Con.

6 x Roagna Pira Vecchie Viti Barolo 2010 . Ordered now, pay later.

2008 Produtorri all the riservas x 1 plus 12 x normal 2008 for a wine group low key dinner.

6 x 2016 Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebbiolo
2 x 2016 Benevelli Piero Barbera
2 x 2016 Benevelli Piero Dolcetto

12 x 2016 cheap Clare rizza
1 x 1996 Wynns Black Label (magnum)
1 x 1994 Wynns John Riddoch (magnum)
1 x 1998 Katnook Odyssey (magnum)
1 x 1996 Wynns Michael (magnum)
several un-named GC burgundies (don't want to show my hand before the next MBSC off-line )

phillisc wrote:A case of Bondar MV Violet Hour Shiraz.

Cheers
Craig

Ditto. Interested to see how the 2016 goes. Still have plenty of the 2014 and 2015 but this won a few trophies at the McLackers wine show.

Cheers

Michael

Interesting threesome:
[b]'15 Eperosa Magnolia, 1896 shiraz vines
[b]'15 Eperosa LRC, only possibly 2 barrels made!
[b]'15 Heartland One, a Shiraz/Cab mix fom Langhorne Creek, challenging Wolf Blass?

12 x Swings and Roundabouts 2016 Margaret River Chardonnay. That just about rounds out the summer white quaffer purchases with a few cases of nice Watervale riesling as well. Standing room only in the cellar with boxes stacked up in the middle. Plastic in the freezer after almost melting down following purchasing around 25 cases of wine in the last 12 months. Have dropped a few kgs in body weight so all ready for a big Xmas/holiday season with family and friends in Sydney where I expect to put it all back on. Which reminds me I'll start the annual Xmas/New Year thread.

Carl

Calon Segur 1988 x 3
Y'quem 1997 x 1 (375ml)

6 x 2013 Coates Sparkling Shiraz
6 x NV Squid Ink Sparking Shiraz
3 x Primo Estate Joseph Sparking Red

Turkey Flat 2016 Grenache. Thought I'd see how the JW winner shapes up in 5-7.

-- George Krashos

5 x 2013 Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay
3 x 2016 Kumeu River Hunting Hill Chardonnay
2 x 2016 Kumeu River Mate's Chardonnay
2 x 2016 Kumeu River Estate Chardonnay
12 x Rockford Black Shiraz (D 2017)
6 x 2014 Rockford Basket Press
6 x 2015 Clonakilla O'Riada Shiraz

George Krashos wrote:Turkey Flat 2016 Grenache. Thought I'd see how the JW winner shapes up in 5-7.

-- George Krashos

I wondered if anyone would get onto that ... to be fair I have enjoyed their Grenache in the past. Never to the extent of suspecting it would win the JW, particularly after they ruined their straight Mouvedre by dialling it back to a soft, pretty but boring wine.

6 x 2016 Benevelli Piero Langhe Nebbiolo
6 x 2016 Seppelt Jaluka Chardonnay

6 x 2016 Sinapius Home Vineyard Chardonnay
3 x 2016 Dappled Appellation Chardonnay
3 x 2017 Giant Steps Chardonnay
3 x 2016 Turkey Flat Grenache
3 x 2015 Turkey Flat Shiraz
6 x 2014 Rockford Basket Press
6 x 2015 Rockford Rifle Range Cabernet
3 x Rockford Black Shiraz (17D)
3 x 2013 Willunga The Tithing Grenache
6 x 2016 Noon Eclipse
6 x 2016 Schwarz GSM
3 x 2015 Clonakilla O'Riada Shiraz
4 x 2011 Vina Muriel Rioja Reserva

Restocked some Chardonnay to replace what we drink over the next couple of summers and the usual Rockford and Noon order. Credit card in cardiac arrest!

Cheers
Ian

My last wine purchases?

Torbreck Runrig 2014
Brokenwood Mistress Block 2011
Rockford BP 2011
Cartons of Devils Corner Riesling 2016
Squid Ink Sparkling Shiraz NV
Riesling Freak no. 3 2017
Grail of Lisa Shiraz 2016
Sharmans Riesling 2016

Now if I drink 5 bottles of wine a week with Janine, I have enough wine to last 12 years. Can't put all that in the Winnebago!

Whats the squid ink sparkling like?

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