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My Commander-in-Chief, or "She who must be obeyed" if you ever watched Rumpole of the Bailey, is visiting Sydney over Christmas. She has asked me if I would like her to bring anything, by which she means wine. I don't really need anything that requires much cellaring because a recent update of my cellar list tells me that I have far too many bottles of wine and many if not most of my Australian wines are already on the older side. One thing that I have very little of is Hunter shiraz and it occurred to me that there was a recent thread about the 2014 Lindeman's bin number Hunter Shiraz. Being the regular bottling with an 03 ending and not the reserve with an 00 it wouldn't need long cellaring that would suit me fine.

Can anyone tell me where in Sydney it might be available?

Cheers ....................... Mahmoud.

I am not sure there are bricks and mortar stores still selling this wine. However I am happy to leave a bottle somewhere for her to pickup.

Please delete if in breach of rules (however hope not as Gavin doesn't stock I think...)

Vintage Cellars in Crows Nest has some of the 2014 1400. $35.

Hi Alex,

That is very kind of you and please let me reimburse you for whatever it costs. Her parents live in Castle Hill but I am sure she will be able collect it from you if need be. Shall I PM you her phone number or would you like to call her. She will also be bringing back a bottle that I successfully bid for on Wickman's, a picture of which she sent me after she arrived in Sydney a couple of days ago:
Cheers .................... Mahmoud.

tarija wrote:Please delete if in breach of rules (however hope not as Gavin doesn't stock I think...)

Vintage Cellars in Crows Nest has some of the 2014 1400. $35.

Thanks Tarija,

Much appreciated. The Bin 1400, as opposed to the thread on the Bin 1403, would be the reserve wine. It is of course by definition the better wine but it would need more time in the cellar. I suppose there is an argument to be made for both wines. Has anybody had this wine? I know I liked the comments made about the regular Bin 1403 in the earlier thread on this Forum and am therefore leaning towards it.

For me the bin 1400 is a fair bit better than the 1403, but I think it is too one-dimensional/boring to drink at this stage.

Just for reference, the 2014 Bin 1403 was widely available in the last couple of weeks for sub $10/b

Alex F wrote:For me the bin 1400 is a fair bit better than the 1403, but I think it is too one-dimensional/boring to drink at this stage.

Alex, are you saying that I should opt for the 1400 instead of the 1403, or that perhaps I ought to get her to bring back one of each?

mjs wrote:Just for reference, the 2014 Bin 1403 was widely available in the last couple of weeks for sub $10/b

Is it still available or, as Alex said no longer at "brick and mortar" stores. Online is not an option as I'm onlyu interested in a bottle not a case.

Mahmoud.

mjs wrote:Just for reference, the 2014 Bin 1403 was widely available in the last couple of weeks for sub $10/b

Indeed and didn't we clean up, may not be at the reference point of the 1400, but gee for the price bargain of the year
Cheers Craig

I am now the proud owner of a bottle of a 2014 Bin 1403 thanks to Alex, and a bottle of 2014 Bin 1400 Reserve thanks to the better half finding a bottle at a Beecroft store. I see that the back label of the 1403 says to "Enjoy now or carefully cellar for 10 years" while the 1400 says "Enjoy now or cellar for 10 plus years". I'll certainly cellar them but am not sure for how long.

In the interim I recently came across my bottle of the 1995 Bin 9003 in my cellar and will definitely open it this year, an appropriate time since it is now 25 years old. I'm not sure what the 1995 vintage was like in the Hunter but the fitness or passing of it may help with my decision on how long to cellar the Bin 1403.

Cheers .................. Mahmoud.

Buy up and enjoy these Lindemans guys (both the 1400 & 1410 are fantastic, I have not tried the 1403) as Treasury sold the Ben Ean Vineyard and these 2014s will be the very last of this particular Lindemans bloodline - there will be no Bin 1500 series, etc:

https://www.therealreview.com/2017/10/02/mcg ... er-valley/

Clearly going the same way Ian as Lindies Coonawarra. Now just an online brand. Must get a couple of the 1400s as a reference point. Several purchases of the 1403 at $90 a dozen set the VFM bar pretty high.
Cheers Craig

Is it my imagination or has several posts from this thread disappeared?

Mahmoud Ali wrote:Is it my imagination or has several posts from this thread disappeared?

Yes, and not just this thread - a few have lost posts

Mahmoud Ali wrote:Is it my imagination or has several posts from this thread disappeared?

Yeah looks like 11-12-13 jan posts have gone.
Anywho I've let Gavin know.

That's a relief!

Initially I had thought that I might not have have sent my post or that my log-in period had expired. Then I recalled that I had read other forum member's post so then I wondered if I had imagined the whole thing and that I should not post late at night after dinner and wine while sipping Spanish brandy.

Brandy and scotch are necessities these days. While you guys down under have to bear 30 to 40 degree temperatures and bush fires, here in Edmonton we are under an Environment Canada 'Extreme Cold Warning' where night time temperatures are also 30 degrees but in the negative. Snow and wind make it worse. Last night one of the rails on the Light Rail Transit cracked. Tonight's forcast: Clear. Ice fog patches developing this evening. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 35 except minus 40 in outlying areas. Wind chill minus 37 this evening and minus 45 overnight. Frostbite in minutes.
Che-che-che-che-eeeeeeers .............. Mahmoud.

PS: Don't worry, we do have central heating here and I am in a t-shirt right now drinking tea.