| Australian | 2976 |
| Italian | 1100 |
| Burgundy | 658 |
| Imported | 622 |
| Bordeaux | 370 |
| New Zealand | 341 |
| Champagne | 340 |
| Rhone | 225 |
| Sauternes / Barsac | 171 |
| France | 154 |
| Chablis | 138 |
| Spirits | 49 |
| Port | 34 |
| Whisky | 22 |
| Total Lots: | 7200 |
| SANDALFORD Caversham | 1985 |
| CAPE MENTELLE | 2008 |
| EVANS & TATE | 1999 |
| EVANS & TATE | 1999 |
| MOSS WOOD Glenmore Vineyard | 1998 |
| MOSS WOOD Glenmore Vineyard | 1998 |
| PENFOLDS Grange | 1997 |
| PENFOLDS Grange Hermitage | 1985 |
| MOSS WOOD Glenmore Vineyard | 1997 |
| PENFOLDS Grange | 1995 |
| PENFOLDS Grange |
| HENSCHKE Hill of Grace |
Here is a list of some of the birth year wine lots in the current auction catalogue. Search for any birth year by using the 'search' button on the tool bar above the current auction page on the Sterling web site. If you have and trouble finding the vintage you need give Sterling a call on 1800 800 959 and we will try our best to track an example down.
PENFOLDS Grange Hermitage Shiraz 1955MOST DECORATED - PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Bin 95 - Rewards of Patience - Drink now. Medium crimson. Fresh and mature with parsnip, aniseed and slightly soupy miso and demi-glace notes with a touch of crushed ant. Developed gamey, roasted walnut, roasted parsnip, dark chocolate and leathery flavours, with fine loose-knit/sinewy tannins and long fresh acidity. Some dried roses and vellum notes. Still holding, but rare. 90 percent shiraz and 10 percent cabernet sauvignon. Magill Estate and Morphett Vale (Adelaide), Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley) and McLaren Vale. The most decorated Grange – winner of 12 trophies and 52 gold medals during its relatively short career on the Australian wine show circuit. Spent only nine months in oak. Named by US magazine Wine Spectator as one of 12 “Wines of the Millennium” in 2000. Bin 95 is the most common bottling and commercially available. Also released as Bins 13, 14, 53, 54 and 148A. “Still showing some cut flowers, mocha and sweet fruits but not a great bottle despite its fame and history.” (JH) shoulders, expansive tannins and slightly menacing snarl despite its flagging energy.” (NR)
| NIK 0555 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2018, slight label damage | Current Bid: $8000 |
CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence
| NIK 0146 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine 2010 Clinic & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $560 | |
| NIK 0147 | 1 BOTTLE Very high shoulder, cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $432 |
AUSTIN A55? - Ask Ford Prefect
| NIK 0181 | 1 BOTTLE Level down approx. 4cm to 5cm & label damage | Current Bid: $320 |
PENFOLDS FOUR STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink Soon. Medium-deep brick crimson. Intense roasted walnut panforte and hazelnut aromas with apricot, stone fruit, cedar and floral notes. Generous developed panforte and apricot flavours, sweet and plentiful tannins and underlying roasted walnut, grilled nut, vanilla oak complexity with integrated acidity. Finishes slightly leathery but chalky firm with attractive espresso and ground coffee notes. Just past its peak of development, although the elements are still aligned. Rare. 95 percent shiraz, 5 percent cabernet sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate and Morphett Vale (Adelaide), McLaren Vale. Jimmy Watson Trophy Winner. Released as Bin 95 (also as Bins 69, 70 and 71). “Dried leaves, faded roses, liquorice and ecclesiastical smoke. Muscular firm in structure with the fruit fading away.” (NR) “Spice box, cedar and sandalwood. Tertiary on entry but the finish still carries delicate sweet fruit. Graceful and elegant.” (FW)
| MIK 1117 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $232 |
CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence - PENFOLDS FOUR STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink Soon. A sturdy Grange with surprising richness and muscular frame. Barnyard notes are now beginning to dominate but some good bottles around. 90 percent shiraz, 10 percent cabernet sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley and Coonawarra.
| NIK 0437 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2008, slightly stained label | Current Bid: $1600 | |
| NIK 0439 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1600 | |
| STO 0276 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2012 & label damage | Current Bid: $1200 |
| NIK 0581 | 1 BOTTLE Mid shoulder, label damage, signs of past leaking | Current Bid: $160 |
FABULOUS FORTY - CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence
SWAN SONG - Act #2 - WA's Swan Valley from 1829, one of Australias oldest wine growthing districts - 1985 saw the beginning of the dry red wines serious rise - Act #3? Check out today's Swan Lux Shiraz and Grenache
| PAU 0002 | 1 BOTTLE Very high shoulder & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $21 |
| XBW 3700 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $379 | |
| XBW 3701 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $379 |
BEAUTIFULLY 30 - JH95 - Strong purple-red; a complex array of aromas running through dark fruits, mint and vanilla, with the oak well balanced and integrated. A beautifully balanced and constructed wine, with intense fruit, well integrated oak and guaranteed to evolve superbly over the decades.
| STO 0218 | 1 BOTTLE Slightly stained label | Current Bid: $104 |
FABULOUS THIRTY - JH95 - In the manner of all great stayers, has picked up pace markedly over the past year. Deeply coloured, ripe cherry, spice, vanilla and a hint of licorice rumble through the bouquet; the palate is powerful and sustained by sweet tannins, the plum and black cherry fruit providing the core for the future.
| PAU 0011 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $75 |
JH94 - Dark, deep purple-red; a concentrated, dense and powerful bouquet with brooding, dark fruits leads to a massively concentrated palate with a complex array of fruit flavours in the mint/blackberry/briar spectrum, finishing with persistent tannins. Notwithstanding all the power and concentration, is immaculately balanced.
| JMO 0125 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $106 | |
| JMO 0124 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $106 |
| JMO 0024 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $62 | |
| JMO 0023 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $62 |
INTENSE NOTES - RP95 - The 1995 Léoville Las Cases is a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot and 7% Cabernet Franc. Medium garnet colored with a touch of brick, it needs a fair bit of swirling to unlock the intense notes of baked plums, dried mulberries and boysenberry preserves with hints of black truffles, Chinese five spice, unsmoked cigars and dusty soil, plus wafts of beef drippings and cast-iron pan. The medium to full-bodied palate delivers good weight and generous fruit, supported by plush tannins and seamless freshness, finishing with loads of earth, sautéed herbs and mineral-inspired flavors.
| 106 0957 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $400 |
| XDW 2584 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $399 |
BEST -JH95 - More concentration of power and greater structure than Bin O; blackberry with splashes of licorice and spice; will be seriously long-lived, and is not yet showing its best.
| ADS 0803 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| ADS 0804 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 |
| TUR 0722 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $28 |
SPOTLESSLY - JH96 - Spotlessly clean, lifted black cherry/blackberry and spice aromas, together with the unmistakable tang of Viognier; silky soft tannins, very good balance and length.
| STO 0219 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $80 | |
| ADS 0834 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $200 |
| ADS 0781 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $68 | |
| ADS 0782 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $76 |
DUCKS LINE UP - Big thing 3l double magnum - 21st BirthdayVintage! - JH94 - Medium to full-bodied; lots of charry oak surrounding black cherry and blackberry fruit. Imposing style. Gold National Wine Show 2005 - OH and cheap - The glass bottle is worth $50! - No insurance on Freight
| ADS 0843 | 1 3 LITRE BOTTLE | Current Bid: $100 |
| WAY 0260 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $58 | |
| WAY 0259 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $58 |
BEAUTIFUL - JH96 - Deep purple; a beautiful wine in every respect; purity of classic varietal fruit; texture, structure and length all perfect; fine tannins and integrated oak. Cabernet Malbec. Six Trophies
| TUR 0882 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $83 | |
| JOH 0084 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $167 | |
| JOH 0085 | 1 MAGNUM Slight stained label | Current Bid: $208 | |
| JOH 0087 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $208 | |
| JOH 0088 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $208 |
| XWA 2835 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $96 | |
| XWA 2836 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $96 | |
| XWA 2837 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $96 |
CLASSIC - JH95 - Classic, austere regional/varietal expression; curiously, the grip is more evident on entry than on the finish and aftertaste, thanks to superfine tannins.
| PMU 0019 | 1 IMPERIAL Ex-cellar - Freight only to buyers in Western AustraliaEx-cellar | Current Bid: $3601 |
| ADS 0828 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $72 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2038 Medium-deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate and blackcurrant aromas with dried leafy herb garden notes. Generous, flavours, fine grainy/grippy tannins and integrated acidity. Attractive mid-palate richness and a firm chalky dry walnut-like finish. Minerally in style with attractive density and weight. “An elegant yet intensely flavoured style with penetrating pure fruits and fine silky tannins. Plenty of density and supportive structure to last the distance.” (NB) “Showing more black fruit characters and a notable olive tapenade edge. Slightly hollow through the mid-palate.” (NR)
| STO 0255 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $88 |
VERY RARE - VERY SPECIAL - RP99+ - The release of the 2004 Bin 60A following the epic 1962 Bin 60A is old news now, but the wine was looking very fine indeed when I tasted it so I thought I’d add a note. Blended of 56% Coonawarra Cabernet from Block 20 and 44% Barossa Shiraz from Koonunga Hill Block 56G and Kalimna Blocks 4 and 14, the wine was matured in 100% new American oak hogsheads for 13 months. Very deep purple-black in color, it offers restrained notes of game, smoked meat, earth, blackberry and black currant liqueurs, yeast, marmite-toast plus whiffs of dried lavender, cedar and bark. Very crisp, very tight and very firm, this taut medium-bodied wine is still all structure at this stage, going very long and earthy in the finish. Give it time and consider broaching it from 2014. It should drink well into the 2030s if not beyond. With a lot of changes happening around the Foster’s Group, it is business as usual at Penfolds…which seems to operate within its own world. But this is no small world. The vineyard holdings here are vast and the connections with growers go back generations. Chief winemaker Peter Gago is the very well spoken front-man for the production team backed-up Kym Schroeter in charge of the whites and Steve Lienert crafting some very fine, consistent and sometimes inspired reds. If Champagne is all about the art of blending, then Penfolds is the Champagne of Australian wine. Those that think large companies producing wines that emphasize blending can’t make great wines need to think about the Champagne model or simply try some of Penfolds top wines to become believers. That said – check out their recent single vineyard release: the very special 2004 Block 42 Kalimna Cabernet Sauvignon, the first release of a wine made purely from this 100+ year old single block (perhaps the oldest block of Cabernet in the world?) since 1996.
| WAY 0074 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $730 |
| PHY 0002 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck | Current Bid: $500 | |
| PHY 0009 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $600 | |
| PHY 0010 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $600 | |
| PHY 0061 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $600 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2035 Medium-deep crimson. Attractive dark cherry, plum and praline aromas with hint of tar. Plush and concentrated with dark cherry, plum, blackberry, rich dark chocolate and tarry flavours, fine-dense satin tannins and underlying roasted chestnut and vanilla oak. Chalky dry finish with attractive mineral length. “Fresh black fruits progressively unfurl their sails. A powerfully complete wine.” (JH) “A gorgeous wine with beautiful dark fruits and polished velvety tannins.” (JR)
| KEL 0222 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $106 | |
| KEL 0226 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $99 | |
| KEL 0227 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $105 | |
| KEL 0228 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $99 | |
| KEL 0229 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $101 | |
| KEL 0230 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $99 |
BEAUTIFUL - JH96 - A beautiful wine, intriguingly more elegant than the Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot LTCf, with a silky fragrance and mouthfeel, the accent on a rainbow of red fruits, the tannins exceptionally fine.
| WAY 0239 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $55 | |
| WAY 0240 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $55 | |
| WAY 0238 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $55 | |
| WAY 0237 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $55 | |
| WAY 0235 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $55 | |
| WAY 0233 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $55 |
| JMO 0351 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $9 |
| TMA 0005 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 |
| TUR 0684 | 1 DOUBLE MAGNUM BOXED | Current Bid: $480 |
COMPLEX - JH95 - As complex and elegant as ever, notwithstanding higher than usual alcohol; gently spicy blackberry and blood plum fruit; fine tannins, fine French oak.
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores - notes
| JMO 0181 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $81 | |
| JMO 0183 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $75 |
FRUIT WILL WIN - JH94 - Extremely powerful, with layers of black fruits sandwiched between layers of tannin and French oak; the fruit will win out, but take 10 years to do so.
| WAY 0576 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $62 | |
| WAY 0577 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $70 | |
| WAY 0578 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $70 | |
| WAY 0579 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $70 |
| ADS 0813 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| ADS 0814 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 |
| XDW 2389 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $340 |
| ACC 16562 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $94 | |
| ACC 16563 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $94 |
| XDW 2536 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $364 |
LATE BLOOMER - RP95 - The 2004 Lafite-Rothschild appears to be another late-bloomer in the sense that this 12-year-old bottle is the best I have tasted, implying an upward swing in quality. It has a wondrous bouquet, very sensual and pure with blackberry, graphite and cedar - all the hallmarks of Pauillac, delivered with great panache. It is more opulent than I recall. The palate is medium-bodied with silky tannins, pitch-perfect acidity and a beautiful structure. There is a regal sense to this Lafite, understated compared to the other First Growths and yet the persistence on the finish deserves a round of applause, especially in the context of the vintage. This is superb and could possibly turn out to be the pick of the Firsts. Tasted September 2016.
| ERI 0027 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck | Current Bid: $1200 | |
| ERI 0026 | 1 BOTTLE Stained rear label | Current Bid: $1200 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores / notes to be found
| JMO 0208 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $70 |
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