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2016 Benanti Etna Contrada Monte Serra
2013 Benanti Etna Rovittello
2013 Benanti Etna Serra della Contessa

And a pre-order of 6 x 2016 Passopisciaro Etna Passorosso

12 x 2016 Xanadu Cab Sav (pre order)
12 x 2014 Voyager Cab Sav
5 x 2017 mixed Fourrier

Ozzie W wrote: And a pre-order of 6 x 2016 Passopisciaro Etna Passorosso

Great minds think alike

6 2016 Knappstein Clare Shiraz
Cheers Craig

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Sean wrote:

Hacker wrote:12 x 2016 Xanadu Cab Sav (pre order)

Just wondering who else is going to grab some of the JWT winner?

I will probably get a btl to try (at least one anyway).

Part motivation is that I believe 2016 was a great Margaret River year. I will be on the lookout for other reds as well. I have also put away some of the Woodlands 2016's as well but in prior months.

Sean wrote:

Hacker wrote:12 x 2016 Xanadu Cab Sav (pre order)

Just wondering who else is going to grab some of the JWT winner?

I will probably get a btl to try (at least one anyway).

I have ordered 3 bottles. Mainly so in a few years time I can have a JWT tasting. I have 4 recent winners. My guess is that it might be disappointing, but that's why I only buy three of them. Hopefully the judges got it right!

Cheers
Ian

3 x 2016 Head Wines 'Stone Garden' Eden Valley Riesling
3 x Hentley Farm Black Beauty Sparkling Shiraz (disgorged 2018) - Thats for 2019 Xmas, but will pop one soon and see if it needs more time.

A case of 2016 Bests Bin O

Cheers Craig

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6x 2015 Rockford Basket Press
6x 2018 disgorged Rockford Sparkling Shiraz
1x 2018 Rockford Alicante

Chateau Palmer 1996 X 1
Tignanello 2016 X 6
Pontet Canet 1995 X 1

6 x 2016 Passopisciaro Etna Passorosso
3 x 2015 Monsanto Chianti Riserva
3 x 2015 Fattorie Parri Chianti
6 x 2018 Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir
6 x 2013 Yarraloch Pinot Noir

Few mixed wines from Spain

Lustau East India Solera 1996
Viña Albina Gran Reserva 2008
Mas d'en Compte 2014
Remelluri Reserva 2010
Muga Blanco 2017
Martelo 2012
Viña Pomal Blanco 2017
Viña Real Rosado 2017
Fino Una Palma 2017
Miros de Ribera Roble 2016
Las Viñas de Eusebio 2016
Quintaluna 2017
Terras Gauda 2018
Gago 2015
El Oso y La Alemana Tinto 2017
Viña Tondonia Blanco Reserva 2005
Oller del Mas Picapoll Negre 2015
Termes 2015

SaM,

An interesting mix of wines there, some of which I had not heard of before. However, I am intrigued by the first one on your list, the Lustau East India Solera 1996. This must be a new one because the bottles I've seen of the East India Solera have not had a year on the bottle. In fact I have a bottle left over from a purchase quite a few years ago.

Mahmoud.

Hey Mahmoud,

I have copied it as listed by the seller, but I think this is indeed not a vintage wine. Loving the last line which is the opposite of typical vendor hyperbole!

"One of the great icons of Bodegas Lustau was created from a combination of the finest Oloroso and Pedro Ximénez, which after long aging, were then aged together for at least three years in special 33 American oak casks.

East India Solera was thus treated, a creamy, sweet yet moderate wine containing 140 grams of residual sugar. Aging in the wettest and warmest part of the winery, the wine encourages you to remember naval voyages to the former Spanish colonies in the Indian Ocean during the seventeenth century. The end result is not indifferent."

Indeed checking the Lustau website confirms this- it is of course a blended solera style wine with average age of 15yrs
http://lustau.es/wp-content/uploads/2019/02 ... eam-EN.pdf

A case of 2012 Pol Roger Brut magnums

6 x each of Elio Grasso's 2015 Barolos. Casa Mate and Chiniera.

Up about 20% on 2013 but these Barolos are table lifters in great vintages!

x2 2016 Musso Barbaresco Rio Sordo
x2 2016 Musso Barbaresco Pora

Mike Hawkins wrote:A case of 2012 Pol Roger Brut magnums

Nice

Dragzworthy wrote:Chateau Palmer 1996 X 1
Tignanello 2016 X 6
Pontet Canet 1995 X 1

...and more

Domaine Daniel Rion et Fils Vosnee Romanee 1er Cru "Les Chaumes" 2015 X 2

just a modestly priced bottle of Vinho Verde so far.

A few Burgs to kick off the month.

3 X 2014 Bruno Clair Les Cazetiers.
2 X 2015 Bruno Clair Les Cazetiers.
1 X 2015 Bruno Clair Clos St Jacques.

Cheers Con.

3 x 2018 Rieslingfreak No.10 Zenit Riesling
tried at Tasting Aus.
Fantastic.

A case of 2017 Bondar Wines MV Violet Hour Shiraz

Cheers craig

Scotty vino wrote:3 x 2018 Rieslingfreak No.10 Zenit Riesling
tried at Tasting Aus.
Fantastic.

Scotty is that the $100 jobbie?

Cheers Craig

phillisc wrote:

Scotty vino wrote:3 x 2018 Rieslingfreak No.10 Zenit Riesling
tried at Tasting Aus.
Fantastic.

Scotty is that the $100 jobbie?

Cheers Craig

Craig, no, its $40 ish

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2x Beaucastel CdP Rouge 2016
1x Jacquesson Cuvee No. 737 DT
1x Jacquesson Cuvee No. 740
1x Pol Roger Brut Rose 2009

Finally out of the box for April. 12 x Swings and Roundabout 2017 Backyard Stories Margaret River Chardonnay

Dormilona
x6 clayface cab
X6 clayface chard