June 2024 Purchases

[phillisc]

Annual allocation of Wild Duck Creek, vintage 2022 new releases.
Cheers Craig

[mjs]

12 x 2022 Wynns Black Label Cabernet
1 x Wynns 2024 Icon pack (6 btls)

Annual Wynns Day order. More BL to come in 6 mths time

Wynns Day release dinner with Sarah Pidgeon this week in Adelaide at Fugazzi. Who else is going?

[saturn5519]

6 x 2021 Sidewood Adelaide hills shiraz
4 x 2021 Kay brothers BP Shiraz.

[ticklenow1]

6 x 2022 Aphelion Confluence Grenache
3 x 2018 St Hallet Old Block Shiraz
3 x 2023 Serrat Shiraz Viogner
2 x 2023 Serrat Chardonnay
1 x 2023 Serrat Grenache

Cheers
Ian

[mjs]

12 x 2021 Yalumba Sanctum Cabernet Suavignon

[phillisc]

12 x 2021 Yalumba Sanctum Cabernet Suavignon

Very good wine, although I had half a dozen 2021s ahead of it....judges at the 2023 LCWS certainly loved it.
Picked up a couple of dozen last year from a Melbourne wine shop of all places.
Really looking forward to 2021 Menzies, will be a belter!

Cheers Craig

[WineRick]

12 x 2023 Leo Buring EV Riesling. Couldn't resist at $15 per bottle!

[mjs]

Very good wine, although I had half a dozen 2021s ahead of it....judges at the 2023 LCWS certainly loved it.


Cheers Craig

Sanctum won Top Gold in the 2021 Cabernet class at the recent National Wine Show

[phillisc]

Yes indeed along with Seppelts Salinger and Bleasdale Frank Potts, my three picks.
Cheers Craig

[phillisc]

I have just realised...what is a Putchase?
Sam please edit...silly me with clubby fingers

Cheers Craig

[saturn5519]

It was really the wine that did it.

[sjw_11]

I rather liked putchases ... I pictured as where one pays for a putch .. although I did wonder why the humble auswine forum was planning such radical activity

[Mahmoud Ali]

Again, not wine related, but transiting through Hong Kong I bought a pair of scotches:

Hunter Laing's 'Scarrabus (46% abv) - a mystery Islay single malt.
Douglas Laing's 'Rock Island' (48% abv) - blended malt for travel retail (1 litre)

I sneaked through customs with 4 bottles in my suitcase, the above two in my carry-on, and a bottle of Teachers bought at the small arrival duty free. Only foreigners are allowed to buy or bring alcohol into Bangladesh and only one bottle and, believe it or not, one cannot pay duty on any excess - it is confiscated!

I know an Italian here who carries boxed wine and whenever his bags are scanned he tells customs that it's olive oil.

[Sean]

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[phillisc]

12 x 2022 Wynns Black Label Cabernet
1 x Wynns 2024 Icon pack (6 btls)

Annual Wynns Day order. More BL to come in 6 mths time

Wynns Day release dinner with Sarah Pidgeon this week in Adelaide at Fugazzi. Who else is going?

Fabulous evening last night, delicious food and a range of wonderful wines...2021 John Riddoch is stratospheric!
Will provide a full write up over the weekend

Cheers Craig

[mjs]

2021 Michael was equally as good as the JR imo

Unfortunately, the food at Fugazzi left something to be desired, which was disappointing as it is normally better than that

[Sean]

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[WAwineguy]

2 x 2020 Ornellaia
3 x 2022 Giaconda Chardonnay

[Ian S]

2 x 2020 Ornellaia

This used to be something of a guilty (but occasional) pleasure. No hard edges, no difficult youth, no having to catch it at just the right time. Instead a very approachable wine that doesn't challenge intellectually, but is simply joyful.

[phillisc]

12 x 2022 Wynns Black Label Cabernet
1 x Wynns 2024 Icon pack (6 btls)

Annual Wynns Day order. More BL to come in 6 mths time

Wynns Day release dinner with Sarah Pidgeon this week in Adelaide at Fugazzi. Who else is going?

Fabulous evening last night, delicious food and a range of wonderful wines...2021 John Riddoch is stratospheric!
Will provide a full write up over the weekend

Cheers Craig

A very good evening, just 30 or so of us in the Fugazzi basement private space. A good range of small bites followed by a number of nice Italian inspired dishes, unfortunately no PX on offer to go with the chocolate desert, or perhaps a cheese platter would have been the go with so much red wine.
Hosted by Chris Plummer, who has been part of the winemaking team for 4-5 years now and Cath Kidman, viticulturist who took over the reins from long time stalwart Allan Jenkins. Cath gave some fabulous insights, on soil, irrigation, climate and reinforced that the 2021/22 La Nina conditions were perfect for long even ripening and that both vintages are standouts.
Started with a 2023 Riesling, which I must buy more of, delicious, delicate, floral with lovely acidity, at $12 great VFM.

Two 2022 V&As, a straight Shiraz, which was pleasant, but I found a little thin and lacking and died on the palate. The Cabernet/Shiraz on the other hand was a lovely wine reminiscent of those old style Claret blends, depth, flavour and a very smooth finish, very very good. These wines are the first picked, low alcohol and a nice contrast to the more full bodied offerings.
2021 Messenger single vineyard. Very good representation, Wynns clearly have so many parcels to choose from, great classical Coonawarra nose, all dark fruits, seamless integration of oak, very concentrated black core, with melting tannins. Fantastic and picked up a sixer.
A pair of 2022 BLs, the Shiraz for me took the points, wonderful nose, faint cherry, spice and blueberry, such a silky mouth feel, reflecting a sleek cool climate profile, rounding out with bags of flavour...tannins lingered for ages. This wine is drawn from the original 1895 Undooliya vineyard plantings from John Riddoch, really good wine.
The Cabernet was excellent too, and debate will rage between the 2021/22 offerings on which is best. Black in colour, blueberry, black berry, oak nicely intertwined, a bit of olive. A fabulous drink and credit to the team, how they get this consistency in a 100, 000 dozen make is remarkable really.
2021 John Riddoch, wine of the night for me, although agree with Malcolm, splitting hairs between this and the Michael. Had a glass and then a second glass which I sat on for 30 minutes, constantly evolving, rich waves of fruit, a bit of dark chocolate, mocha, oak playing a supporting role, fine pencil shavings, absolute cracker of a wine. Hope there are sharp prices in the offering.
2021 Michael, a step up from the BL Shiraz, deepest black/blue colour, a little cherry, spice, earthy, brooding and really intense. A palate like a magic carpet ride, so so smooth, not a harsh edge in sight, as with all wines, no green, no acid. This and the JR are 30-40 year propositions...a pair of stunning wines.

Sean, just a side note. Wynnsday is purely a TWE marketing gimmick, a shadow of days gone by. It has nothing to do with the Wynnsday's that took place in the 90s, where pubs across the country linked into a live tasting held at the winery, hosted one year by George Negus of all people!
The Edinburgh in Adelaide would do tutored tastings and an annual 4-5 course lunch with unlimited wines...some of these events I can't remember getting home from! I am thankful that there are considerations of finally offering a annual dinner in Adelaide, as most recent events have been in Sydney/Melbourne.

I recently spoke to a few DM managers and the release is no big deal, they make a note of it on their website, but after a few days, punters have moved on.
Its probably why there has been so much cheap 2021 BL Cabernet floating around, as there is a lot of wine to shift these days.
12 wines in the core range most years now, plus some peripheral recently introduced experimental wines (aka rubbish).
The JR will be released in September, is now on some Bordeaux Classification register (another opportunity for TWE to pump the bags!).

Cheers Craig

[Sean]

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[darellk]

Wild Duck Creek allocation purchase, mixed dozen, keen to try the Shiraz Pressings

[mjs]

6 x 2022 Wynns Black Label Shiraz (purchase at Fugazzi Wynnsday dinner )

My standing six monthly order is only for the cabernet

[mychurch]

Picked up a couple of bottles of the 04 Sepplt Drumborg last night. Best wine I drank last year - hopefully these are as good.

[Michael McNally]

Picked up a couple of bottles of the 04 Sepplt Drumborg last night. Best wine I drank last year - hopefully these are as good.

Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir or Pinot Meunier?

Cheers

Michael

[phillisc]

Would only be the Riesling
I pine for a return of the Cabernet
Cheers Craig

[mychurch]

Would only be the Riesling
I pine for a return of the Cabernet
Cheers Craig

Indeed, the Riesling. I have a couple in the cellar, but I want to see how this ages further, so want a few more.

[Sean]

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[WAwineguy]

6 x Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut
6 x Bollinger Brut Rose
2 x Bollinger PN AYC18
6 x Billecart Brut Reserve

(Champagne rack in the cellar was getting depleted)

[phillisc]

A 1997 Jacaranda Ridge.
Cheers Craig