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6 Penley Estate Eos 2018 Cabernet Shiraz
6 Pewsey Vale 2021 Riesling
Cheers Craig

6 Adelina 2019 Shiraz Mataro...impulse buy, one third the price of neighbouring Wendouree...couldn't resist
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Back to the trough for another 6 pack of 2018 Rockford Basket Press

Mike Hawkins wrote:Back to the trough for another 6 pack of 2018 Rockford Basket Press

Yes will likely do same, are helping out with picking in a couple of weeks. Think a dozen BP for the 18-21 vintages will be a standard order, then I may bow out...300 bottles is surely enough!!
Cheers Craig

phillisc wrote:

Mike Hawkins wrote:Back to the trough for another 6 pack of 2018 Rockford Basket Press

Yes will likely do same, are helping out with picking in a couple of weeks. Think a dozen BP for the 18-21 vintages will be a standard order, then I may bow out...300 bottles is surely enough!!
Cheers Craig

That destroys my 100 bottle total…

6 x 2019 Chapelle St Theodoric CNDP Le Grand Pin
3 x 2010 Ch Fonsalette Rouge
4 x 2020 Wittmann Westhofener Aulerde GG
3 x 2020 Clusserach Apotheke Trocken

so much for buying less!

Mike Hawkins wrote:

phillisc wrote:

Mike Hawkins wrote:Back to the trough for another 6 pack of 2018 Rockford Basket Press

Yes will likely do same, are helping out with picking in a couple of weeks. Think a dozen BP for the 18-21 vintages will be a standard order, then I may bow out...300 bottles is surely enough!!
Cheers Craig

That destroys my 100 bottle total…

Yes Mike, but I have about 2 dozen bottles of decent Champagne (V/NV). You would have 100 times that
Cheers Craig

Pierre Girardin - Pommard - Les Vaumuriens - Rouge - 2018 x3
Château La Lagune - Haut-Médoc - Rouge - 2016 x3
Vieux Château Certan - La Gravette de Certan - Rouge - 2018
Domaine Cuilleron - Côte-Rôtie - Madinière - Rouge - 2019 x3

Managed to track down 2 bottles of Gilles Berlioz 2016 Les Filles. This was bought retail and they are on the 20 Vintage in Europe, so it’s sat around for a while. Hopefully it will be fine - it’s a wine that should still be going strong at 10 years of age.

6 te mata Coleraine 2020

6 2020 Metala
Cheers Craig

Couldn't resist, a pair of CastelGiocondo's 2015 Brunello for the equivalent of A$40, and a pair of Conde de Valdemar 2010 Rioja Gran Reserva for A$34.

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

3 x 2020 Te Mata Coleraine
2 x 2018 Penfolds Bin 704 Napa Cabernet (broke my rule of not buying Penfolds reds)
6 x 2018 Rockford Basket Press
6 x 2017 Rockford Dry Country Grenache
3 x 2021 Frederick Stevenson Hongell Grenache

Cheers
Ian

Magnum 2019 Wynns BL
Cheers Craig

Picked up a bottle of 57 Blue Nun at auction tonight. That was one of the wine parents and grand parents enjoyed when I was young, when it had a poor reputation. Long ago though, this would have sold for similar prices to Bdx Fist Growths. Unlike Chenin, rieslings of this age in my experience are a bit bit and miss, but you never know.

Also added a few wines from Chile and a splashed out on an ‘18 Bruno Clair Corton Charlemange and an 01 Laurent Mazis Chambertin.

mychurch wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:30 pm Picked up a bottle of 57 Blue Nun at auction tonight. That was one of the wine parents and grand parents enjoyed when I was young, when it had a poor reputation. Long ago though, this would have sold for similar prices to Bdx Fist Growths. Unlike Chenin, rieslings of this age in my experience are a bit bit and miss, but you never know.

I hope this particular bottle was not priced similar to equivalent Bdx 1st growths!
It just sounds mad to me if you say you want to get a bottle of 1957 Blue Nun but I am fascinated to hear how it turns out...

2017 Frankland Estate Poison Hill Rizza
MV 6pk Frankland Estate Olmo's
19/20 Medhurst Estate Chard
I'm back drinking some Barossa kit again not sure what is happening.

sjw_11 wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 8:54 pm

mychurch wrote: ↑Wed Mar 23, 2022 6:30 pm Picked up a bottle of 57 Blue Nun at auction tonight. That was one of the wine parents and grand parents enjoyed when I was young, when it had a poor reputation. Long ago though, this would have sold for similar prices to Bdx Fist Growths. Unlike Chenin, rieslings of this age in my experience are a bit bit and miss, but you never know.

I hope this particular bottle was not priced similar to equivalent Bdx 1st growths!
It just sounds mad to me if you say you want to get a bottle of 1957 Blue Nun but I am fascinated to hear how it turns out...

Sam

Everything is expensive at the moment, but this was under $40. Too much, but it will make for a fun tasting.

A few years ago a friend opened a cheap 1988 Leibfraumilch that had been stored under the stairs at the in-laws . Not great, but nothing wrong with it either. That was sealed with a screw cap - a sign of cheap wine in the 80’s - but the ‘57 will be with cork and will have suffered.

Certainly in my (drinking) lifetime, Blue Nun has been awful, but there are a number of wines that started off way better than the wines they became, so it's clearly worth opening and sniffing / tasting. One such one to look out for are 1950s/60s bottles of Harveys Bristol Cream (and their now discontinued Bristol Milk as well). They should still be alive, well and interesting.

It really is interesting seeing old wine lists, as indeed there was nothing like the price differences we see today, with branded wines indeed priced remarkably close to wines that today we think of as 'great'. It's difficult to say whether that was more crazy than some of the prices paid for Burgundy these days Definitely one extreme to the other.

Bit out if left field.... Still grape related:

1 x Delamain Pale & Dry XO Cognac

1 x 1979 Delord Tenareze Armagnac

1 x 1986 Petaluma Coonawarra (Magnum)

A few more oldies from auction last night.

2 X 1996 – Petaluma – Merlot.
2 X 2002 – Petaluma – Riesling.
1 X 1996 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
2 X 1997 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
1 X 1998 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
1 X 1961 – Reynella – Special Bin Frontignac.
2 X NV – Emerald Wine Company – Explorer Rare Old Liqueur Muscat.
1 X NV – Morris – Specially Selected VO Tokay.
1 X 1949 – Saltram – The Great Australian Series Show White Port.
1 X 1951 – Saltram – The Great Australian Series Show Tawny Port.
1 X Box Set – Saltram – The Great Australian Series. The photo is from auction site.

Cheers Con.

A 1952 Muscat!!! Can you give me an invite to try it in 30 years
Con, either this set went for a song or a second mortgage.
Looks fantastic
Cheers Craig

phillisc wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 3:46 pm A 1952 Muscat!!! Can you give me an invite to try it in 30 years
Con, either this set went for a song or a second mortgage.
Looks fantastic
Cheers Craig

Hi Craig.

Thanks, hope they’re as good on the inside as they look on the outside. Also hope I make it in 30 years time.

Actually one of the Explorer made by Harry Tinson at Baileys cost more than the set.

I think there’s two idiots in Australia that don’t know when to stop and one of them is me.

Cheers Con.

The 1951 Amontillado Sherry is the one that caught my eye. It should be brilliant if any of my old Australian sherries are anything to go by.

Con J wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:53 pm A few more oldies from auction last night.

2 X 1996 – Petaluma – Merlot.
2 X 2002 – Petaluma – Riesling.
1 X 1996 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
2 X 1997 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
1 X 1998 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
1 X 1961 – Reynella – Special Bin Frontignac.
2 X NV – Emerald Wine Company – Explorer Rare Old Liqueur Muscat.
1 X NV – Morris – Specially Selected VO Tokay.
1 X 1949 – Saltram – The Great Australian Series Show White Port.
1 X 1951 – Saltram – The Great Australian Series Show Tawny Port.
1 X Box Set – Saltram – The Great Australian Series. The photo is from auction site.

Cheers Con.

Those fortifieds all looked great Con. I thought about bidding on the 2 single Saltrams, but they seemed lonely without the box. At least you can drink 2 and keep the set complete.

I noticed the price of the Emerald take off during the week. Is this a known wine ? Could not find a lot about it on the net.

mychurch wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:17 pm

Con J wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 1:53 pm A few more oldies from auction last night.

2 X 1996 – Petaluma – Merlot.
2 X 2002 – Petaluma – Riesling.
1 X 1996 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
2 X 1997 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
1 X 1998 – Wantirna Estate – Amelia Cabernet Merlot.
1 X 1961 – Reynella – Special Bin Frontignac.
2 X NV – Emerald Wine Company – Explorer Rare Old Liqueur Muscat.
1 X NV – Morris – Specially Selected VO Tokay.
1 X 1949 – Saltram – The Great Australian Series Show White Port.
1 X 1951 – Saltram – The Great Australian Series Show Tawny Port.
1 X Box Set – Saltram – The Great Australian Series. The photo is from auction site.

Cheers Con.

Those fortifieds all looked great Con. I thought about bidding on the 2 single Saltrams, but they seemed lonely without the box. At least you can drink 2 and keep the set complete.

I noticed the price of the Emerald take off during the week. Is this a known wine ? Could not find a lot about it on the net.

The only thing I know about them is that they were made at Baileys, don’t even know if the fruit comes from Baileys. Had a 1958 old tawny back in 2016 and from memory it was very nice.

If knows anything about them I’d love to know. Could it have been made for a retailer?

Cheers Con.

So the level is fine for the age. The label is peeling off slightly and it looks like the the humidity may have been drier and I wanted . Not bad though and through the brown glass it looks like it’s in a fair shape.

I've still got my boxed set, complete with certificate. Were these on Langtons? I must have owned mine for around 20 years - haven't found much about them online.

Residual sugar mat serve you well on that Blue Nun - I picked up an old bottle many years ago and it was fine, although a little simple. About $5-10 at the time.

1 x 2017 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay magnum
1 x 2017 Jim Barry Florita Riesling magnum
1 x 2019 Te Mata Estate Coleraine magnum
3 x 2021 Riesling Freak #2 Polish Hill Riesling

6 x 2008 Seppelt Show Reserve Sparkling Shiraz
1 x 2016 d'Arenberg Laughing Magpie for midweek drinking - serving well
1 x 2019 Vieux Donjon Blanc

2 x 2019 Wynns Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon magnums

3 x 2017 Fromm Malbec
6 x 2020 Te Mata Coleraine
3 x 2019 Bodegas Salentein Numina Malbec
3 x 2016 Bodegas Salentein Primus Cab Sav

Have been wanting to get into some more Sth American gear.