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To enter the competition you had to nominate your top three favourite wines. Thank you for the hundreds of entries. The most popular wines in order of appeal are: 1 Penfolds Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz 2 Moss Wood Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 3 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon The Penfolds Bin 389 was a clear winner. There must be a case for Penfolds Bin 398 to be lifted to national treasure status!Such a darling wine that has brought such pleasure to so many, for so long, should be protected from gray faceless corporations. The second place Moss Wood Cabernet and the third place Wynns Cabernet were clearly separated from the bunch. 4 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 5 Cullen Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 6 D’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 6 Rockford Basket Press Barossa Valley Shiraz 6 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Shiraz 9 Henschke Keyneton Estate Barossa Valley Red Blend 9 Howard Park Leston Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 9 Orlando St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 9 Penfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 9 Penfolds St Henri Shiraz 9 Penfolds Grange Shiraz 9 Seppelt Chalambar Victorian Shiraz 9 Vasse Felix The Heystbury Margaret River Red Blend The fourth place Penfolds Bin 28 and the fifth place Cullen Cabernet were also clearly separated from the pack. The next two placings saw, understandably, some bunching of rankings. For your interest all the remaining wines ranked as favorites are listed in alphabetical order, lets call them all the tenth place getters. Alkoomi Blackbutt 2000 Amberley Chenin Blanc Balnaves Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot Capstone Gold 80 Year Old Shiraz Chapel Hill Shiraz Charles Melton Shiraz Devils Lair Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 Devils Lair Chardonnay Fox Creek Reserve Shiraz Gibsons Shiraz Gralyns Late Harvest Cabernet Hardy's Oomoo Shiraz Henschke Mount Edelstone Shiraz Heritage Wines Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon Howard Park 1997 Cabernet Merlot Jamieson Run Cabernet Merlot Johns Blend Cabernet Sauvignon Kooyong Chardonnay Kooyong Pinot Noir 2000 Leasingham Bin 7 Riesling Leeuwin Prelude Chardonnay Leo Buring Eden/Clare Valley Riesling Maglieri Shiraz 2002 McWilliams Mt Pleasant Elizabeth Semillon Normans Chais Clarendon Shiraz Pelorus 2004 Sparkling Penfolds 407 Cabernet Sauvignon Penfolds Kalimna Bin 28 Shiraz Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet Penfolds RWT Shiraz 2001 Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz Pepperjack Shiraz 2002 Pewsey Vale Riesling Picardy Pinot Noir Piesse Brook Brian Murphy Reserve Shiraz Pizzini Sangiovese 2004 Redgate Shiraz Richmond Grove Watervale Riesling Rosemount Orange Vineyard Shiraz Ruinart Blanc de Blancs Saltram No1 Seppelts Show Sparkling Shiraz St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2002 Stoniers Pinot Noir 1997 Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz 2004 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 Veramonte Primus Carmenere/Merlot/Cabernet Sauvignon Chile Wills Domain Semillon 2002 Wolf Blass Eaglehawk Merlot Woodstock "The Stocks" Woody Nook Cabernet Sauvignon Wynn’s Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2004 Wynn’s John Riddoch Cabernet Sauvignon Xanadu Cabernet Sauvignon 1999
October 2006
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