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Waiting for someone else to post this obvious one but I'm off tomorrow so to generate some conversation in a very slow moving board, What does everyone have planned for Christmas and the break, wine-wise?

I've got a bottle of 97 Heidsieck Mis en cave and a 94 Seppelt Show Sparkling Shiraz planned for Christmas day. There will be a few others brought along by other members of the family but I have no idea what these will be.

Boxing day will be a bit more interesting as I usually have a few friends over for leftovers. Planning some NV Veuve on arrival followed by frozen margheritas. I've asked for BYO but will have a few Cloudy Bay Sav Blancs and Rockford Alicante Bouchets open as these are my summer staples. Then for after lunch with pudding, I've taken the plunge, after having the lifechanging experience of the 100 year Seppelt para port, to buy the 50 year old Para. It all goes downhill after lunch and things get very messy so I'll probably be back on the beers and water, ensuring a proper hangover!

Have a great Christmas everyone, no matter what you drink or what you get served by well meaning relatives! Hope you've all been good and santa is kind!

bacchaebabe wrote:Have a great Christmas everyone, no matter what you drink or what you get served by well meaning relatives!

Hi Kris,

I got past this one years ago. My two sisters are in charge of doing all the food and I am in charge of bringing all the wine. So far, it looks like some c-through bubbles (which I will have to buy because I donÂ’t have any local stuff and the c-though drinkers wouldnÂ’t appreciate the Frog stuff) whilst the red bigots suck on some (probably) Seppelt 90 or 93 SRSS. With pud, it will be a bottle of Seppelt DP 59 - Rare Tokay and then for the soaks who are still thirsty (me,) a couple of half bottles of DP 63 Muscat. This is the first Christmas in years I donÂ’t have to drive home from Sydney, so I am going to enjoy it.

Merry Christmas to all.

Hey Ric,

Nice one on the not having to drive home from Sydney. Makes everything a lot easier. Have a good one!

Billecart Salmon NV
03 Voyager Chardonnay
94 Seppelt Show Sparkling (crown seal)
Seppelt GR113 Rare Muscat
Seppelt DP59 Rare Tokay

Maybe try some of this South Australian muck I have just bought if it is not too hot. 02 Wirra Wirra RSW or 02 Melton Reds or 02 Turkey Flat..or maybe one of those 02 Rockford Basket Press Special Release Fortified Shiraz....

I think you will like the 50 y/o more than the 100. It is a better drink imo.

Merry XMAS all.

GW

Gary W wrote:Billecart Salmon NV
03 Voyager Chardonnay
94 Seppelt Show Sparkling (crown seal)
Seppelt GR113 Rare Muscat
Seppelt DP59 Rare Tokay

Maybe try some of this South Australian muck I have just bought if it is not too hot. 02 Wirra Wirra RSW or 02 Melton Reds or 02 Turkey Flat..or maybe one of those 02 Rockford Basket Press Special Release Fortified Shiraz....

I think you will like the 50 y/o more than the 100. It is a better drink imo.

Merry XMAS all.


GW

Seafood lunch will be accompanied by 97 leonay, pewsy vale contours from 98, Houghtons white burgundy and a 95 Art series Chardy with a darkish colour? and some clover hill 1999 bubbles.

Dinner will be accompanied with the 94 Seppelt Show Sparkling too as well as Laurent Perrier? Rose, 98 Darenberg Ironstone Pressings and other SA 'Muck' like Kays Block 6 and the like.

Finishing off with the 21 year old Para that is pretty good too.

Ah Gary, except for the Voyager, you're so predictable - not that I can fault any of that at all. And it looks very similar to mine!

I'd actually go the Billecart over the mis en cave but it was a gift myself, Lisa and her brother received and we've been hanging onto it for a suitable occasion to drink. He's just bought a house and it's Christmas so it's the perfect excuse to drink it, all together. Still, I'm not complaining too much.

bacchaebabe wrote:Ah Gary, except for the Voyager, you're so predictable - not that I can fault any of that at all. And it looks very similar to mine!

Pffffft. Am not. I don't normally drink Sparkling Red or Fortifieds...family likes them. I am completely selfless at XMAS.

GW

Gary,

Great to see you dropped that Noble 1 nonsense...

Pol Roger '96
Seppelt Show Sparkling '94
Leeuwin Estate AS Chardonnay '01
Poderi Aldo Conterno Bussiador Chardonnay 2000
Felton Road Pinot 2003
Penfolds 389 1996
Seppelt DP 64

Have a good chrissie..........

Dave

Damn! The ordered 1995- 1996 Dom Perignon's will not arrive until next year.

1999 PELORUS
2001 BANNOCKBURN Chardonnay
1998 SEPPELT Sparkling Burgundy
2003 TOWER ESTATE Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc
2002 GEOFF VEAVER Pinot Noir

I haven't decided on the fuller bodied reds yet. Perhaps a
1998 PENFOLDS Bin 389...although it disappointed last time.

Merry X-mas and happy holidays to all!
Attila

Attila wrote:I haven't decided on the fuller bodied reds yet. Perhaps a
1998 PENFOLDS Bin 389...although it disappointed last time.

It will again I'm tipping.

Anonymous wrote:Seppelt DP 64

Have a good chrissie..........

Dave

I am extremely envious. This is absolutely incredible stuff.
MM.

In the hands of the in-laws, but I will be bringing a 1983 Ch. Rausan-Segla and the missus will take a Rockford 1998 Shiraz VP to finish on.

Cheers
Phil

Anonymous wrote:Pol Roger '96

Spiffing stuff - had a couple of goes at this last week and reckon it's hard to beat at the price. Mind you, beach sunsets at Margaret River this time of year will always enhance the experience!

Enjoy!

Gary W wrote:03 Voyager Chardonnay

Then I'm sure you will be pleased to hear this performed very well at the recent Winestate tasting covering SW Australia...

Its cold up here, so a few big reds should do the trick:-

- 1991 Rockford BP shiraz;
- 1996 Orlando Centenary Hills Shiraz
- 1988 Bin 707;
- 1998 St Hallett Third Century Shiraz.

All the best

MIke

Definite starter will be the last of my 1995 Seppelt original Saprkling Shiraz.

As to the rest, a selection of 94, 96 and 98 reds (yet to make specific choices)

Matthew

Got to have a Riesling with the mandatory seafood starter, probably a Leasingham Bin 7 2002

With lunch which includes an aged eye fillet of beef as well as the turkey and ham 1999 Seppelt Drumborg Cab and give 2000 Mt Langhi Girhan Shiraz or 94 Pefolds 389 a go.

A few Beck's and a good lie down

96 Pol rose + 96 Pol (or 96 Lanson) white with seafood
94 Sepplet Show Sparkling Shiraz (crown seal) + 01 Epis chard with duck/chook
An old muscat or tokay from a dusty box of allsorts (probably Baileys)
Plus some nice beer if it's hot (cold Peroni Grand Reserva, etc)

Then recover enough to drive for 4 hours the next day.

Merry xmas to all and may all your bottles not in screwcap/crown be good ones,

Christmas day is usually a beerfest with the inlaws for us, hoping to get in some James Squire Golden Ale on the day. Other drops for Christmas night and the rest of the weekend:

Billecart N/V
Joseph Sparkling Red
04 Wither Hills SB
04 Turket Flat Rose
A sticky of some sort, given the 92 Noble One's are going downhill, might have to polish them off,

Fortified is hard work in the brisbane heat.

AB

Anonymous wrote:Pol Roger '96
Seppelt Show Sparkling '94
Leeuwin Estate AS Chardonnay '01
Poderi Aldo Conterno Bussiador Chardonnay 2000
Felton Road Pinot 2003
Penfolds 389 1996
Seppelt DP 64

Have a good chrissie..........

Dave

Hi

Not sure which Dave this is, but you read my mind.

My list says

Pol Roger '96
Seppelt Show Sparkling '94
Leeuwin Estate AS Chardonnay '01

Bullers Rare Tokay


Mouth is watering already!

Choices depend a bit on the weather, we are Christmas-lunching at a house that doesn't have airconditioning, but they will all be last-century wines, probably mostly 90 and 91 for the reds.

I'm thinking Seppelt 90 SRSS is a definite, maybe my last 91 SRSS with a backup 93 in case the 91 is as bretty as the previous one. Reds looking interesting include 90/91 Dalwhinnie Cabernets, E&E Black Pepper Shiraz 91 and St Hallett OB Shiraz 91. Stickies will probably be unfortified so we can recover to start all over again with the leftovers after a short snooze and a swim if it's warm enough.

Hi All,

For whites I will be drinking 98 Leuween AS Chard and 2004 Rosenvale Semillon and for reds most likely 94 GC Creek Block and 96 Tintara shiraz.

Happy drinking and wish you very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

David

Serafino Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2003

Killerby Chardonnay 2002

Wynns Cab Sauvig 1998

Penfolds 407 1992

Noble One 1999

Merry Xmas to you all.

NN

Pol Roger 1996

Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2000

Wyndam Estate Show Reserve Cabernet Merlot 1997 (a gift from a client)

Seppelt DP63 Show Reserve Liquer Muscat 375ml

That should do the trick!

Have a happy Christmas everyone and take great care if you're travelling any distance.

I am working most of the day- a cheery oh to mugs who fly on X-Mas Day!

In the evening, will cleanse the palate with Piper Hiedseck, moving on to a 1994 Cyril Henschke.

Merry Xmas all.

The list is:

'90 Krug, '82 Cos, '90 Cos, '82 Ducru, '83 d' Yquem, '75 Rieussec and '63 Dow's.

Will report back,

JM

London Correspondent wrote:The list is:

'90 Krug, '82 Cos, '90 Cos, '82 Ducru, '83 d' Yquem, '75 Rieussec and '63 Dow's.

Will report back,

JM

Good to see someone's slummin' it! Waiting with baited breath to hear how you fared.

Last night: Mumms NV

Today: Pol Roger '95 with prawns and salmon, various Lambruscos I have managed to find, and might have a '97 Baileys shiraz tonight as it is drinking very well at the moment.

Tomorrow: Some Golden Ale while watching the test and I may crack a Wild Duck Creek Sp. Duck 3 with garlic and rosemary infused roast lamb, done in the Weber with a few presoaked hickory chips on the coals for the last five minutes or so.


Hope you all have a great day.


Cheers

Jamie

1989 Vallana Gattinara Boca DOC (Piemonte, Italy). A less exalted Nebbiolo wine from a very good vintage. Might be past it, so reserves lie in wait. Hopefully a good match with Guinea Fowl.