| Australian | 2747 |
| Italian | 1060 |
| Burgundy | 740 |
| Imported | 572 |
| Bordeaux | 364 |
| Champagne | 317 |
| New Zealand | 305 |
| Rhone | 216 |
| France | 150 |
| Sauternes / Barsac | 146 |
| Chablis | 143 |
| Port | 55 |
| Whisky | 48 |
| Spirits | 36 |
| Total Lots: | 6899 |
| HENSCHKE Hill of Grace | 1996 |
| JOHNNIE WALKER Platinum Label 18... | NV |
| JOHNNIE WALKER Premier Rare Old ... | NV |
| PENFOLDS Grange | 1990 |
| JOHNNIE WALKER Platinum Label 18... | NV |
| JOHNNIE WALKER Platinum Label 18... | NV |
| MONDAVI ROTHCHILD Opus One | 2012 |
| HENSCHKE Hill of Grace | 1988 |
| PENFOLDS Bin 389 | 2016 |
| SAMI ODI Hoffmann Dallwitz | 2021 |
| PENFOLDS Grange |
| HENSCHKE Hill of Grace |
MACALLAN 18 Year Old Sherry Oak Single Malt -Macallan 1981 18 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky is a rare collectible release from the iconic Macallan distillery. Distilled in 1981 and aged for 18 years, this 1981 whisky stands as an exemplary case of authentic whisky-making, appealing to connoisseurs and investors alike. Aroma: Sweet candied orange with dried figs and stewed cherries. Palate: Dark chocolate, roasted coffee, and toasted almonds combine in a balanced profile. Finish: Concludes with tangy orange zest and a subtle sherry warmth.
| JAS 0001 | 1 700ML BOTTLE 40% Alc./Vol., cellar damaged label - Freight only for buyers in Australia | Current Bid: $4400 |
200 CRAFTED SPIKES - The Macallan Time : Space Mastery is a whisky that transcends time, embodying the essence of two centuries of craftsmanship and dedication. Drawing inspiration from past whisky masters, this remarkable single malt has been meticulously crafted using a variety of exceptional oak casks, each contributing to its layered complexity, deep aroma, and incredible depth of flavour. The whisky's design is as unique as its creation, housed in a beautifully crafted circular vessel symbolising the circle of life and the ongoing journey from past to future. This bottle is not just a whisky, but a tribute to the legacy of The Macallan and the whisky-making community that continues to shape it. Integrating everything The Macallan has learned throughout its 200-year journey, Time : Space Mastery reflects the artistry of the past while embracing the innovation of the future. The whisky’s journey begins in the heart of the distillery, where key ingredients like barley, sherry-seasoned grapes, and the finest oak casks come together. The result is a whisky that celebrates The Macallan's rich history while pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the world of fine whisky.
A bespoke presentation box adorned with 200 carefully crafted spikes, symbolising the safeguarding of The Macallan's cherished legacy. The circular vessel encased within represents the eternal cycle of time and space.
EXCEPTIONAL - RP99 - The old River Stones has seen its name simplified to 2019 Adrianna Vineyard River. This is an exceptional vintage for this bottling, from a very stony part of the large Adrianna Vineyard in Gualtallary, close to the dry river. It's the equivalent to the White Stones white, with a north-facing exposure, the warmer exposure, which in cooler years like 2019 works nicely. The wine has harmony and subtleness, insinuating violets and wet stones, with a rare combination of power and elegance, with minerality and spice, precise, focused and harmonious. The tannins are abundant but very fine and ripe with a chalky sensation in the finish. It has 13.8% alcohol and very good freshness, acidity and healthy parameters. 5,520 bottles were filled in December 2020. I also tasted the 2017, 2015 and 2012 of this wine, and they are developing slowly. The 2017 has very strong notes of thyme and aromatic herbs; 2015 has nuances of paprika and is ripe and powerful; and the 2012, which I had never tasted before, is serious, reaching its plateau and showing a moment of transition from barrel to foudres.
| XNE 0695 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $209 | |
| XNE 0710 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $209 | |
| XNE 0711 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $209 |
BRILLIANT - RP98+ - The 2021 White Bones Chardonnay was harvested at two different points of ripeness and then blended into the final wine, which is subtler than the explosive 2020 I tasted next to it but with the same palette of aromas—thyme, rosemary, lavender, rockrose, white flowers, citrus, pine needles, incense, curry and spices—and the palate is seamless, mineral and with a chalky texture. It's brilliant and expresses the variety, vintage and soil perfectly, but today I give the edge to the 2020, which I think transcends the vintage. 6,240 bottles produced.
EXTROVERTED - RP98 - Perennially one of Argentina's most aromatically distinctive wines, the 2022 Adrianna Vineyard Chardonnay White Bones opens with its signature extroverted profile of resinous herbs, ginger and dried white flower aromas with an exotic touch of curry leaf from its biological élevage. The palate is broad, textural and weightlessly rich, exuding more body and understated power than its dramatically incisive White Stone counterpart. It culminates in a slow-moving, swelling finish that gradually gains dimension, energy and verticality with further aeration. This is a singular and definitive reference point for Argentine Chardonnay
| XNE 2633 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $154 | |
| XNE 2634 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $154 | |
| XNE 2632 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $154 |
VERY GOOD - RP96 - I had the opportunity to taste two vintages (2020 and 2021) of the top whites side by side and could see the differences of the two years quite clearly, as the wines express the natural conditions of the year quite faithfully. The 2020 White Stones Chardonnay is riper than the other three wines; it's a very good wine, but it shows the warmer year with a rounder mouthfeel, faintly creamy, still a little closed in the nose, which slowly reveals yellow fruit and some spice. The palate is quite gentle, with 13% alcohol and very good balance. 7,500 bottles produced.
| XNE 2635 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $299 | |
| XNE 2636 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $299 |
SERIOUS - RP98 - The 2021 White Stones Chardonnay is subtler and more elegant, a little closed with moderate ripeness and alcohol (12.5%) and a mineral palate with strong chalky sensations. It might be worth reproducing their explanation about this wine, one of the finest whites in Argentina: "The term 'white stones' refers to the composition of said rows of soil, with white oval stones covered by gravel. The vineyard 'Adrianna' is planted at an altitude of almost 1,500 meters above sea level, in the district of Gualtallary in Tupungato. The stony soil prevents deep root growth, providing optimum drainage. These soils are very poor in organic matter and contribute to support vines' permanent stress conditions. The cool nights allow for very slow ripening, optimal acid retention and low yields." This is serious and tasty. 7,300 bottles produced.
INTROVERTED - RP97 - The 2022 Adrianna Vineyard Chardonnay White Stones is more introverted, understated and explicitly chiseled than its more textural and exotic White Bones companion. On the nose, it opens with transparent yet focused aromas of citrus pith and crushed stones, introducing a sleek, vibrant and laser-focused palate. The finish is similarly angular and incisive, continuously generating additional depth and dimension with time in the glass. While I slightly preferred the White Bones bottling due to its extra gear of complexity and textural depth, this is another clear-cut yardstick by which to measure the progress of Argentine white-wine production.
SEAMLESSS- RP98+ - The exuberance and drama in the stunning nose of the dense plum-colored 2012 Dominus offers up notes of Asian spice, ripe, black currants, kirsch, tobacco leaf and Christmas fruitcake. It is full-bodied and opulent, with no hard edges, a seamless integration of acidity, wood and tannin and a density and richness that are built to go on for 25-30 years.
| TUR 0867 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $396 | |
| TUR 0868 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $396 |
ICONIC - RP96 - The iconic 2012 Proprietary Red Opus One is a blend of 79% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc, 6% Petit Verdot, 6% Merlot and 2% Malbec aged 18 months in French oak. A classy, complex, suave and savory 2012 Opus One, with notes of toasty oak and crème de cassis. This Pauillac lookalike, made by the staff at Mouton Rothschild, is a beauty. They have continued to strengthen the quality of wine and seem to have produced a brilliant, world-class wine. I imagine the 2013 may even eclipse this, but this 2012 is one of their great ones, with a seamless integration of acidity, tannin, alcohol and wood all present in this beautiful, full-bodied wine that should drink well for 25-30 years.
| XNE 0714 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $915 | |
| XNE 0715 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $915 | |
| XNE 0716 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $915 |
TRULY MAGNIFICIENT - RP97-99 - Winemaker Michael Silacci commented that usually the blends are finished in January or February after the vintage. This year, with the 2019s, he was still tweaking the blend, but he did mention that this is "pretty close to the final blend." Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2019 Opus One leaps from the glass with notes of Black Forest cake, Morello cherries, mulberries and fresh blackcurrants plus hints of licorice, wilted roses, Sichuan pepper and iron ore. Full-bodied, the palate is jam-packed with juicy black, blue and red fruits, framed by velvety tannins and background freshness, finishing on a compelling earthy/mineral note. Tasted as a barrel sample, this is a truly magnificent Opus One in the making!
| XNE 0717 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $759 | |
| XNE 0718 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $759 |
BEAUTIFULLY - RP96 - Incorporating fully 10% still red wine, Billecart's 2009 Brut Rosé Cuvée Elisabeth Salmon is showing beautifully, delivering fragrant aromas of plums, stone fruits, petals, sweet spices and marzipan. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and elegant, it's seamless and pillowy, with bright acids and a pure, precise profile, concluding with a bright, saline finish. In 2009, it was vinified entirely in stainless steel.
| ACC 15604 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 | |
| ACC 15605 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 |
PERFECT BILLECART STYLE - RP96 - The 2008 Brut Cuvée Nicolas François was disgorged during the third quarter of 2022 with less than three grams per liter. It has a delicate, pure, clean bouquet with aromas of orchard fruits, spring flowers, honey and licorice, with hints of brioche and pastry with aeration. Medium to full-bodied, chiseled and crystalline, with racy acids and a chalky texture, the palate is tense and the finish is long, penetrating and salty. It exhibits perfect Billecart style, yet tension is present, a sign of the vintage. It is a blend of 60% Pinot Noir (sourced from Aÿ, Mareuil and Verzenay) and 40% Chardonnay from Mesnil, Chouilly and Cramant, and it matured 83% in tanks and 17% in old oak barrels.
| ACC 17113 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $319 |
FULL BODIED, FLESHY & ENVELOPING - RP96 - Disgorged with eight grams per liter dosage, Bollinger's 2014 Brut La Grande Année Rosé wafts from the glass with aromas of tangerine oil, red berries, warm biscuits and English walnuts. Full-bodied, fleshy and enveloping, it's a broad, vinous Champagne, with a deep core of fruit and racy acids, complemented by a delicate pinpoint mousse and concluding with delicate and enlivening phenolic grip on the finish.
| ACC 15505 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 | |
| ACC 15506 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 | |
| ACC 15507 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 | |
| ACC 15508 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 | |
| ACC 15509 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $289 |
BANNER VINTAGE - RP99 - A candidate for wine-of-the-vintage honors in Champagne, Roederer's 2013 Cristal Rosé is showing brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with notes of crisp orchard fruit, white flowers, red berries, stone fruit, freshly baked bread and tangerine oil. Full-bodied, layered and multidimensional, the vintage's bright girdling acids are amply cloaked in exuberant, expressive and notably concentrated fruit; so while this Cristal is as tensile and age-worthy as one would expect, it's also impressively fleshy and generous given the year. Concluding with an intensely sapid finish, the 2013 isn't as overtly structured as the muscular, tightly wound 2012: rather, it's the 2013's alliance of cut and flesh, precision and charm that's so compelling this year. This is another banner vintage for what I consider the reigning champion of the region's tête de cuvée bottlings, and it will be worth an effort to acquire.
| ACC 17626 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $824 |
BRILLIANTLY - RP96 - This bottle of Taittinger's just-released 2007 Brut Comtes de Champagne Rosé was disgorged in December 2018, and it's showing brilliantly, unfurling in the glass with a complex bouquet of blood orange, minty raspberries, red plums, dried flowers and warm brioche. On the palate, it's medium to full-bodied, chalky and tensile, sharing a racy, chiseled profile with its Blanc de Blancs cousin. Deep, concentrated and tightly wound, the wine concludes with a long, sapid finish. This is an intense, racy Comtes Rosé with a long future ahead of it. As has been the norm chez Taittinger for several years now, the blend is based upon 70% Pinot Noir and includes 15% still red wine from Bouzy.
| ANT 0054 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $261 | |
| ANT 0055 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $261 | |
| ANT 0056 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $261 |
BEAUTIFUL - JH97 - The quite beautiful colour announces a quite beautiful medium-bodied wine with glorious red and black cherry fruit, superfine tannins and classy oak all in total harmony - so much so you can forget just where you are on the journey through to the finish.
| TUR 0889 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $41 |
BUILDS & BUILDS - JH96 - Full crimson-purple; a complex medium to full-bodied shiraz with blackberry, black cherry, spice, licorice, tannins and oak all contributing to the intense palate; natural acidity and freshness enhanced by the modest alcohol; it builds and builds, lengthens and lengthens each time it is retasted.
| 106 0880 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 |
WORLD QUALITY - JH96 - Vines planted 1868, 1966, '70 and '92, hand-picked and sorted, open-fermented with 25% whole bunches, matured for 17 months in French oak (20% new). There should be no doubt that this is absolutely of world quality. It ticks each and every box with its deep colour, evocative bouquet smelling of 'old money' (in wine terms), a long and velvety palate, the finish simply wanting you to start the process over again.
| TUR 0893 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| TUR 0895 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| TUR 0894 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 |
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 Slight label damage | Current Bid: $108 |
BLESSED - JH97 - Deep crimson-purple; made predominantly from vines planted in 1868, and is genuinely a wine that is only made in the best vintages. I can't help but think when I taste a wine such as this that my ashes will have been scattered decades before it fulfils all of its potential. It has lashings of blackberry, plum, blackcurrant and touches of licorice and mint; the tannins are quite obvious, but ripe and in balance for a wine so blessed with great fruit. Bottle no. 833 of 4200.
| 106 0881 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $160 | |
| 106 0882 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 |
INTENSITY & STRUCTURE -JH96 - Strong purple-crimson; has every bit of the intensity and structure expected of this wine, with a mix of red cherry, blackberry, French oak and a lilting finish thanks to spot-on acidity.
| TUR 0843 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $158 |
PROCLAIMS - JH96 - Deep purple-crimson, it proclaims its breed and quality from the first whiff, overflowing with black fruits, tannins and oak in support. It will slowly gain notes of earth, briar and polished leather as it develops in bottle, the screwcap giving it an indefinite life span.
| TUR 0844 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $158 |
STELLA WINE - JH96 - A stellar wine boasting an intensity of flavour, palate-staining levels of extract and a forensic precision to the tannins that forces one to swish the wine about the mouth while chewing every ounce of nourishment from it. Subdued at first, before 2019's ripe kit of black cherry melds with lilac florals and a long trail of pepper, Indian spice mix and charcuterie flavours. A venerable wine in the making.
| ACC 12312 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $209 | |
| ACC 12313 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $214 |
TARZAN or HERCULES? - Caple Mentelle Zinfandel is a wild child that combines legendry athletisism with Sage like wisdom and finesse
| EIL 0825 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $28 | |
| EIL 0826 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $28 | |
| EIL 0827 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $28 | |
| EIL 0828 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 | |
| EIL 0829 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $28 | |
| EIL 0830 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $28 |
TARZAN or HERCULES? - Caple Mentelle Zinfandel is a wild child that combines legendry athletisism with Sage like wisdom and finesse
| EIL 0837 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 | |
| EIL 0838 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 | |
| EIL 0839 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 | |
| EIL 0840 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 | |
| EIL 0841 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 | |
| EIL 0842 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $32 |
HERMITAGE in HEATHCOTE? - La Pleide as colaberation between Chapoutier & Jasper Hill was destined to break boundries and deliver highest quality - No expense or expertise spared - Work in progress - Jump on the 2006 - 2007 Sterling is offering - Early results
| CWA 0001 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| CWA 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| CWA 0003 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| CWA 0004 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| CWA 0005 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| CWA 0006 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 |
HERMITAGE in HEATHCOTE? - La Pleide as colaberation between Chapoutier & Jasper Hill was destined to break boundries and deliver highest quality - No expense or expertise spared - Work in progress - Jump on the 2006 - 2007 Sterling is offering - Early results
| CWA 0018 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 | |
| CWA 0013 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 | |
| CWA 0014 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 | |
| CWA 0016 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 | |
| CWA 0017 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 | |
| CWA 0015 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 |
PERFECTION - RP99+ - Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2010 Hoffman Vineyard Shiraz possesses an extraordinary nose of cassis, crushed blackberries, earth, Bovril and yeast extract with licorice, spice box and dried herbs hints. Full-bodied, rich and densely packed, with a lovely backbone of ripe tannins and great freshness, the long finish here is just incredible. A true "wow" wine, this complex beauty certainly has the potential to hit "perfection" with a little more time in bottle.
| TUR 0839 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $396 |
STUNNING - RP99 - Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2006 Astralis has stunning nose redolent of warm blackberries, meat, toast and charcoal, infused with notes of smoked duck, anise and a slight bit of peat. Though still very youthful, this big, rich, and powerful full-bodied wine has firm yet velvety tannins, a vibrant acid line and is very long on the finish. Drink it now to 2026+.
| 106 0888 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $240 | |
| TUR 0704 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 |
SHOULDN'T BE MISSED - RP99 - Picked before the heat and weighing in at a reasonable 14.5% alcohol, the 2008 Astralis Syrah (tasted from magnum) is singing. Showing no bricking at the rim, scents of cracked pepper, mint, bay leaf, thyme, lavender and blueberries pour out of the glass, adding meaty notes and hints of espresso and black olive with air. Full-bodied, creamy-textured and supple on the long finish, this wine shouldn't be missed. If you've got one, open it and see for yourself. MAGNUM
| JMO 0302 | 1 MAGNUM Slight label damage | Current Bid: $572 |
LONG & PLUSH - RP95 - Full-bodied, creamy and rich, the 2013 Astralis Syrah lacks a bit of precision on the nose, but the palate delivers stunning layers of lush blueberry fruit, made savory by the addition of coffee grounds and black olives. Long and plush on the finish, it's a tremendous effort for the vintage.
| TUR 0711 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $222 |
TERRIFIC - RP97 - Cola, dried spices, menthol and blueberry notes all appear on the nose of the 2014 Astralis Syrah. A massive yet approachable wine, it's full-bodied and creamy-textured, with a rich, velvety finish that picks up awesome savory notes of anise, cracked pepper and roasted meat. It's simply a terrific wine that may be drunk soon or held up to two decades.
| TUR 0714 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 | |
| TUR 0715 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 | |
| TUR 0716 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 |
WOW - RP100 - The fitting capstone to what was a terrific vintage for Clarendon Hills, the 2015 Astralis Syrah is destined to become a McLaren Vale legend. Remarkably precise, complex and pristine aromas of anise, pepper, mint and blueberries lead the way. They're followed by a full-bodied yet impeccably ripe palate that's dense and concentrated yet supple, leading into a velvety, nearly endless finish. Wow.
| TUR 0720 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $212 |
TIME IS RIGHT? - RP97+ - The inky, tannic 2016 Astralis Syrah will no doubt need some time before it reaches its apogee. Right now, it only hints at that potential. Appetizing scents of roasted meat and cinnamon toast meet red raspberries and black cherries on the nose, while the medium to full-bodied palate is densely concentrated and richly textured but closed, locked up by firm, dusty tannins that bar the lengthy finish from expanding and being truly expressive. I'm tempted to say buyers should check in on the wine in five years, but that may not be enough time. If you absolutely must check it out now, taste it repeatedly over the course of a full evening to catch glimpses of espresso, black olives and delicate herbal nuances.
| XWA 1992 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $339 | |
| XWA 1993 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $339 | |
| XWA 2007 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $339 |
A BEAUTY - RP97+ - The 2017 Astralis Syrah is a very fine wine. It is not a big wine. Perhaps its reputation for being a big, extracted wine is a misnomer these days. It has intention and drive and clarity and length—and the length of flavor is so long that it allows reassessment over and over again. It has cassis and blackberry, raspberry pip and salted licorice. It is perfumed and balanced, and it takes time to develop. Unctuous. Satisfying. Supple. Attractive. Beautiful. Eminently balanced. A beauty.
| XWA 2262 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $314 | |
| XWA 2254 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $314 | |
| XWA 2251 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $314 |
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.
| ADS 0834 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $200 |
RICH - JH96 - Exceptionally powerful, rich and concentrated; a full-bodied, lush, velvety texture and mouthfeel; black fruits and spice seem to subdue the viognier lift, but this is an exception tasted just prior to bottling.
| ADS 0835 | 1 MAGNUM Writing on label | Current Bid: $200 |
SUPERB - JH97 - As expected the wine is young and buoyant, with a highly fragrant perfume of red fruit, fresh blackberry, violets, roasted meat and a little tar; the palate reveals the true potential of this superb wine with a cascading array of flavours and thrillingly silky tannin, poised acidity and a peacocks tail on the very long and precise palate.
| TUR 0872 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $138 |
JH95 - Light, bright crimson-purple; a highly fragrant bouquet of red fruits and subtle spices leads into a medium-bodied palate; here more savoury characters join the red fruit flavours, lengthening the finish and aftertaste. Due for release Sept 2011.
| TUR 0873 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $119 |
FRAGRANT - JH97 - Hand-picked and sorted, fermented with 28% whole bunches and 6% viognier. Apart from a hail storm in Jan, a perfect growing season. Fragrant to the point of perfumed aromas of spices, rose petals and red fruit blossom. The palate is, as ever, very complex, with spice berries sewn together in a necklace of tannins. The length is all one could wish for.
| TUR 0880 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $95 |
30 YEARS - JH98 - Has the usual estate blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc and malbec (92/4/3/1%), the grapes hand picked on fruit days between early February and early March, the components matured in French oak (50% new) for 13 months. The perfumed bouquet has already soaked up the new oak, the purity of the fruit in a cassis-redcurrant-blueberry spectrum. The small berries of a quasi-drought summer might have imposed awkward tannins, but the medium-bodied palate is so perfectly balanced it has a drinking span of 30 years and counting.
| XBW 3761 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $329 | |
| XBW 3762 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $329 | |
| XBW 3769 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $329 |
DNA - JH97 - The best wines are distinctive with a clear DNA link to place. Diana Madeline is one such wine. An excellent deep purple hue with an ever-changing array of aromas: one minute spice, mulberries and cocoa when first poured, and next full of savoury notes of black olive tapenade, nori and menthol. As usual, it’s beautifully framed yet the fuller-bodied palate is plumped up by textural, expansive tannins and finishes long. Get a spot ready in the cellar, this has time on its side.
DELIGHTS - JH97 - This Diana Madeline delights as soon as it's poured. A deep, dark purple-red and so vibrant. Ah the aromas next – all cedar wood, oak spices and warm earth with fresh mulberries and blackberry essence. It has concentrated, fabulous fruit on the fuller-bodied palate yet there’s a fineness, too, with supple tannins enmeshed in lively acidity. It’s a gorgeous drink. Too young now as it’s still showing off its youthful exuberance. Give this a few more years in the cellar to build more complexity and detail; it's guaranteed to age beautifully for another two or so decades.
COMPELLING - JH96 - Even if this is a rich rendition full of white stone fruit, quince paste with pomelo dusted in ginger powder and daikon radish, it has the Kevin John thumbprint. And while all that’s all well and lovely, it’s how this feels that makes it special: a density of fruit yet succulence, fleshy and full with umami lees, this is pulsing with flavour and energy and the oak gives off a savoury appearance. As always, compelling.
| XBW 2876 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 | |
| XBW 2875 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 | |
| XBW 2877 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 |
PLEASING - JH96 - A warm and dry vintage in ’24 yet the fruit was picked early, between the 11th and 19th January, with five hand harvests according to the biodynamic calendar. Aged 6 months in 50% new French oak puncheons. And yet, it's almost a pared-back style given the richness and flavour we’re accustomed to with Kevin John – everything reined in by fine acidity. It’s a pleasing outcome. Grapefruit and white peach, cedar/caramel oak spices and a light fragrance of lemon blossom. Not all upfront fruit; there’s a savouriness throughout, a fine layer of nougat/nutty lees and a tug of phenolics that adds more shape.
| ACC 17863 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $151 | |
| ACC 17864 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $151 | |
| ACC 17865 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $151 | |
| ACC 17866 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $151 |
EVERY DAY MAGIC - The quality and results of the Cullen Legacy Series are out of this world - Who cares why
| XBW 3078 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $664 | |
| XBW 3079 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $664 | |
| XBW 3082 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $664 |
TRULY GREAT - JH98 - From the block always known as The Eagle, planted in '77, and still considered to be the best. Vivid, deep crimson-purple, it absolutely floods the senses with its glorious silk and velvet texture, its array of black fruits of every description, its superb tannin structure, and its low alcohol leaving the mouth as fresh as a spring day. A truly great wine.
| TUR 0975 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $111 |
BRICK HOUSE - RP97 - Sourced from a tiny single block of vineyard planted in 1915, the very deep garnet-purple 2013 Fifteen Shiraz is a brand new, 100% Shiraz wine aged in 100% new French oak. It opens to an incredible nose loaded with dark chocolate and crushed blueberries, plums, cloves, raw meat, licorice, tar and a whiff of incense. Big, powerful and concentrated, it is built like a brick house and framed by firm, grainy tannins. It finishes quite earthy and long in the finish. Less than 100 cases were produced.
| WAY 0140 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $257 | |
| WAY 0141 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $206 | |
| WAY 0142 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $206 | |
| WAY 0143 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $206 | |
| WAY 0144 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $206 |
EXCEPTIONALLY SCENTED - JH97 - Light straw-green; an exceptionally scented, blossom-filled bouquet, including wild flowers as well as citrus and apple; a very intense, juicy and sculptured palate, with squeaky acidity running throughout. Likely to have a very low pH, and has a commensurately long palate and lingering aftertaste.
| MUL 2133 | 1 BOTTLE Museum Release -Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $64 | |
| MUL 2134 | 1 BOTTLE Museum Release -Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $64 | |
| MUL 2135 | 1 BOTTLE Museum Release -Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $64 |
FINEST - JH96 - Cabernet franc is at the heart of Olmo’s Reward with glugs of cabernet sauvignon and for the first time mourvadre and a splash of malbec. This is up there as one of the finest to date. A seamless combination of the varieties morphs into a unified, harmonious red. Supple, fine tannins yet intrinsically powerful in a way, as they coat the fuller-bodied palate, but this never feels big or weighty. The finish is as long as it is beautiful.
| ACC 17815 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| ACC 17907 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| ACC 17908 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| ACC 17909 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 |
PROFOUND - WOW - JH97 - Certified organic. Fruit from the Isolation Ridge vineyard on the estate property. The nose is so fragrant that it takes some time to unpick it all. Winter mandarin, pink peppercorn, citrus blossom, blackberry, plum, licorice, clove, star anise, lavender and fennel flower. In the mouth, the graphite and black-tea tannins are a masterclass in svelte. They weave and thread through all aspects of the experience, becoming briefly savoury, before trailing out over a long finish. It is the tannins that reveal to us how inchoate this wine truly is. It needs time. It will be superlative. For now, it is tightly wound, coiled even and needs time to unfurl and show its potential. What a profound wine. Wow. Owns the Syrah moniker.
| MUL 2162 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $91 | |
| MUL 2163 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $91 | |
| MUL 2164 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $91 |
EXCITING - RP98+ The 2023 Estate Vineyard Chardonnay leads with an abundance of smoky, nutty, savory reduction. Here, the 2023 feels less exotic and softly spoken than the 2022 tasted alongside, with the 2023 showing more tension and focus. Neither has the extraordinary, otherworldly character of the 2021, also tasted alongside, yet the differences between the three is almost as exciting as having three vintages of Giaconda Chardonnay open at the same time. The 2023 only gets better the longer it is opened, revealing white peach, curry leaf, pink grapefruit acidity, blood orange, coffee grounds, graphite and mustard seeds. What a wine. The sheer intensity of flavor here is astonishing—it penetrates the palate and soars long into the memory. Far from pinching the finish, the reduction provokes a physical response, one that requires more drinking to satiate. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
EXQUISITE FINESSE - JH97 - From Lou Primavera's 2001-planted vineyard at Woori Yallock; 25% whole bunches on the clone 115 component, while clones MV6 and G were destemmed. Matured in French barriques (25% new). Wonderfully perfumed and vibrant with its aromas of cranberries, wild strawberries, a little Sichuan pepper, fresh citrus oil and musk roses at dusk. A wine of exquisite finesse and excellent depth, the tannins are very fine and long, as is the finish. This will provide much enjoyment over the next decade or so.
| ACC 16657 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $72 |
ENERGETIC - JH97 - Made from a 50/50% blend of Gingin and Bernard clones planted between 100 and 200m in Gruyere. Whole-bunch pressed to French puncheons (25% new oak) with 15% mlf. Right now, this is the most salivating and seductive of Giant Step's superb array of single-vineyard chardonnays from '23. Perfectly ripened white peach, pear and some marine scents lead onto the palate, which is gently textured, saline and structured. The finish is energetic, nutty and long
| ACC 17671 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $61 | |
| ACC 17672 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $61 | |
| ACC 17673 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $61 | |
| ACC 17674 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $61 | |
| ACC 17675 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $61 |
HEADY -JH97 - From the Sexton vineyard in Gruyere; 10% whole bunches and matured nine months in French barriques (25% new). A deep ruby. Aromas of kirsch, damson plums, licorice root and spices; this heady, concentrated wine has a lot of meat on the bones, with ripe, persistent tannins boding well for the future. A great contrast to the more delicate Giant Steps wines such as Bastard Hill and Primavera.
| ACC 17826 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 | |
| ACC 17827 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 | |
| ACC 17828 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 |
BEGS - JH97 - The warmest site among Giant Steps' four single-vineyard chardonnays, though planted on a cool, south-facing slope in Tarrawarra. Whole-bunch pressed and barrel fermented in French puncheons (25% new) with 10% mlf. An engaging and lovely wine. Opens with subtle scents of pink grapefruit, orange blossom and coriander seeds. Builds nicely on the gently textured, saline and structured palate before finishing zesty and long. The sort of wine that begs you to take another sip.
| ACC 17651 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 17652 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 17653 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 17654 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 17655 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 |
BEAUTIFULLY - JH97 - Planted on a cool, south-facing slope in Tarrawarra. Whole-bunch pressed and barrel fermented in seasoned French puncheons and one ceramic egg. A vibrant green gold. Immediately appealing with its aromas of stone fruits, yellow apple, some lemon confiture and a touch of brine. Chalky textured, slippery and with a certain openness but finely detailed and structured too. Grapefruit pithy on the long, beautifully balanced finish.
CRACKER - JH96 - Shiraz sourced from vines between 50 to 130 years of age in the renowned northern Barossa subregion of Ebenezer; 16 months in new French and American oak. A wine of impact and purity. Beautiful ripe black plum, cassis and black cherry fruits with hints of cedar, baking spices, dark chocolate, licorice, nutmeg, espresso, earth and graphite. Power and harmony writ large with cascading tannin, lacy acidity and great depth and concentration ... I feel it needs one of those big, old Batman-style 'KAPOW!!' boxes for emphasis. It's a cracker.
| ACC 16175 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $77 |
SENSATIONAL - RP94-97 - The 2006 Shiraz (75%) – Cabernet Sauvignon (25%) “Anaperenna” is the wine formerly known as Godolphin, the change resulting from a trademark dispute. It was aged for 15 months in new French and American oak. Opaque purple, it offers a sensational bouquet of pain grille, scorched earth, meat, game, blueberry, and black currants. This is followed by a surprisingly elegant yet powerful, structured wine with gobs of spicy fruit, ripe tannins, and a plush texture. The long, 60-second finish is succulent and sweet. Give this classy wine 4-6 years in the cellar and enjoy it through 2030. Hats off to Ben Glaetzer for producing an extraordinary portfolio! The renowned winemaker, Ben Glaetzer, sources all of his fruit for this label from the Ebenezer district in the northern Barossa. Many knowledgeable experts cite this sub-region as the finest in the Valley.
| SRO 0746 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| SRO 0747 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 |
SUPERSTAR - RP98 - The 2018 The Eye of Ra Shiraz is wildly aromatic: blood plum, pastrami, cracked peppercorns, clove bud, mountain herbs (alpine mint?), boysenberry, blackberry (actually, every black berry you can name), dark chocolate, squid ink, blueberry, resin and char. In the mouth, the wine is velvety and concentrated, with a surprising amount of detail embedded and embossed into the folds of tannin that shape the wine. This is very big, make no mistake, but also balanced between its sweet and savory sides. A galaxy of complexity exists in this glass. It shows the 2018 vintage off to its best effect: ripe, dense, concentrated, fresh and beguiling. Super good. The drinking window is conservative, however, as I prefer a modicum of primary fruit. It's important to note that it will age gracefully beyond that point, so it is up to you... The fruit for this cuvée is from Ebenezer, largely from Adrian Hoffman. Diverse soil types in the vineyard allow for diversity in picking and fruit flavors; this here is from the sandy/free-draining sections of the Ebenezer vineyard—from four blocks in the vineyard. It was handpicked, and picked based on flavor, then crushed, destemmed and cold fermented, barrel selection. It matured in 300-liter hogsheads for 14-16 months, in a combination of French oak coopers (100% new). Packaged in a black metal box, under natural cork and wax, this is a superstar
| XBW 3268 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $449 | |
| XBW 3271 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $449 | |
| XBW 3272 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $449 |
NOSE - RP97 - The 2005 Creek Block Shiraz was sourced from a 67-year-old estate vineyard and received the same barrel regimen as its colleagues. An exceptional nose of smoked meat, bacon, tar, violets, truffle, and blueberry muffin gives way to a full-bodied, voluptuous, Shiraz with layers of blue and black fruit flavors, spice box, and milk chocolate. Although it can be enjoyed now, it promises to evolve for 8-10 years and provide prime drinking through 2035. Greenock Creek Vineyard & Cellars, owned by Michael and Annabelle Waugh, remains one of South Australia’s iconic wineries. Start with a great terroir, add in old vine material and meticulous winemaking, and end with extraordinary results.
| STO 0229 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 |
INCREDIBLE ARRAY - RP95+ - Deep garnet in color, the 2007 Roennfeldt Road Shiraz displays an incredible array of aromas: sandalwood, oolong tea, cinnamon stick, cardamom, damp earth, tobacco, cedar, licorice and menthol over a core of dried mulberries and fruit cake. Very full-bodied and densely packed with spiced, dried berry flavors, it has a good line of enlivening acid, medium to firm grainy tannins and a long finish with the oak still poking through. It is approachable now but should drink best 2024+.
| ACC 16380 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $247 | |
| ACC 17193 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $247 |
WONDERFUL - JH96 - A blend of organic/biodynamically farmed 99/1% cabernet sauvignon/merlot from the Cyril Henschke vineyard in the Eden Valley from the outstanding 2021 vintage. A beautiful bright magenta/crimson in the glass with a pretty, lifted aromatic profile. Plum, blackberry and blackcurrant with notes of sage, bay leaf, dried herbs, violets and crushed stone. Fruit pure and detailed with a very long, graceful finish and superfine, powdery, granitic tannins. A wonderful release for the Cyril Henschke.
| ACC 17764 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17765 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17766 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17767 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17768 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17769 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 |
RP 89 - The 1988 Hill of Grace is medium deep brown in color and replete with earthy and leathery aromas marred by a touch of rancio /aldehydic notes that seem to recover after a few minutes and show some treacle and Indian spice hints. It is an interesting wine, though just a bit flat and tired on the palate with of medium level chewy tannins, crisp acid and a good length on what remains of the fruit. It is mature. Robert Parker Wine Advocate – Lisa Perotti Brown – 25th April 2013
| NIK 0565 | 1 BOTTLE Severe label damage | Current Bid: $760 |
CASCADING - JH97 - Sits on the right hand of Grange, equally deified, and now challenging its (Grange's) price; for a vintage such as 1996 no one is likely to complain. Deep red-purple; the bouquet is exceptionally rich and ripe (for the often reserved style) with lusciously sweet blackcurrant, blackberry and mint fruit cascading through to the palate.
| K.B 0001 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck | Current Bid: $519 |
GREATEST GRACE? - JH99 - Henschke has deemed the 2019 release 'a vintage graced by the nurturer', a reference to Prue Henschke's work in the vineyards and relentless pursuit of perfection in the viticultural field. I used to live on the property between Hill of Grace and Mount Edelstone and have seen first hand the hard work and love given to these vines, so hats off to the nurturer. Again, tiny yields in 2019, but it is a beautifully detailed, layered wine – as expected from these gnarled ancestor vines (160 years old). It's seamless with perfectly poised blackberry and dark berry fruits, five-spice, sage, softly spoken oak and the gentle tug of superfine, toothsome tannins. Lacy, mineral-laden acidity propels the wine forward and the finish is long, elegant and in perfect pitch. Grace by name, grace by nature.
RP97 - SUPER - The 2019 Hill of Grace Shiraz was picked earlier than the Mount Edelstone fruit, and it was picked on a single day, on March 8. This vineyard has more silt, and it brings out anise and five spice aromas in the wine. It ripens earlier than Mount Edelstone, is darker and more concentrated than the former and brings out the concentration of black fruit and fine tannins that the Eden Valley is so capable of. On the palate, the wine is super fragrant, elegant and fine, with bone broth and rose petals, peppercorns, crushed herbs, black cherry, raspberry pip, black tea and graphite. This is an eloquent wine, and it speaks of the evocatively beautiful place that is the Eden Valley. The tannins hold the fruit in a gentle way in the mouth. It is fine, such a fine expression—I must say, it's not at all what I expected of the 2019 vintage. It's a triumph of a wine. Super. 14.5% alcohol, sealed under Vinolok. Bottle number 0074.
| ACC 16642 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $750 |
GREATEST - JH98 - Vivid, deep purple-crimson; this is a blue-blood aristocratic shiraz, certain in its supreme power, length and balance, and not going out to prove anything. If anyone doubts its quality now, the scales will fall from their eyes over the decades ahead, as it will be recognised by all and sundry as one of the greatest Mount Edelstones.
BEAUTIFUL - JH98 - Shiraz from the esteemed 107-year-old single-vineyard in Eden Valley, farmed organically and biodynamically and matured in French (80/20% new) and American (20%) oak for 18 months. Tiny yields due to untimely weather events during budburst and flowering. Stephen mentions they had to send a search party out to find grapes, 5.5t is all; in the end picked before the Wheelwright and after Hill of Grace. But what a beautiful wine. Pure blackberry and black cherry, sage, pepper, rosehip, crushed stone, softly spoken cedar tones and liminal tobacco and pan juice glimpses. Superfine savoury tannins and a long draw on the graceful finish.
| ACC 17734 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $209 | |
| ACC 17735 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $209 | |
| ACC 17736 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $209 |
GREATS - JH98 - I used to live next door to this 109-year-old vineyard for nearly a decade and have seen the hard work and attention to detail that goes into its farming. The 2021 is an absolute stunner from a great vintage and I've no doubt that this will age gracefully for decades. The length of flavour with this release is quite something; the fruit is sleek, plush and on-point pure. Blackberry, Doris plum and black cherry layer with spice and hints of sage, bay leaf, pepper, olive tapenade, anise, violets and stone. Velvety and graceful in its flow on the palate with a fresh mineral cadence and superfine, powdered granitic tannins for support. It'll go down as one of the greats.
| ACC 17770 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $230 | |
| ACC 17771 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $230 | |
| ACC 17772 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $230 | |
| ACC 17773 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $230 | |
| ACC 17774 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $230 | |
| ACC 17775 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $230 |
IMPRESSES GREATLY - JH96 - Eden Valley shiraz from estate vines, planted in 1968 and matured in 10% new oak (95/5% French/American) hogsheads for 18 months prior to blending. Notes of mulberry, blueberry and redcurrant flit above the bass tones of dark and black berries, cut with spice, licorice, dark chocolate, sage and a scattering of brambly, briar-like notes. Graceful red fruits and spice feature on the palate which, like all Henschke wines, shows detail and elegance with perhaps a little more red fruit coming through. The balance and clarity of form impresses greatly. - MAGMUMS
| ACC 17743 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $264 | |
| ACC 17744 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $264 | |
| ACC 17745 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $264 |
FAVOURITE - JH96 - Shiraz from the Wheelwright vineyard in Eden Valley; 18 months in 65/35% French/American oak (21% new). A relatively new addition to the Henschke quiver and one that is fast becoming a favourite of mine. Pure mulberry, blueberry and blackberry fruits with hints of fine spice, sage, bay leaf, licorice, dark chocolate and crushed stone. Firm granitic tannins melt into the wine, pure and true with a fine, lively cadence and superb fruit density and detail on display. Drink or hold.
| ACC 17646 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17647 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 |
GRACEFUL - JH95 - 100% organic/biodynamically farmed shiraz from the Wheelwright vineyard in the Eden Valley, planted by Cyril Henschke in the 1960s. Deep crimson with plush satsuma plum, black cherry and blackcurrant fruits underscored with hints of fine spice, sage, coal dust, cedar, violets, dark chocolate and crushed stone. I really like the flow of fruit in the Wheelwright this year; plush yet graceful with fine, compact tannins providing ample structure for cellaring.
| ACC 17758 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $129 | |
| ACC 17759 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $129 | |
| ACC 17760 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $129 | |
| ACC 17761 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $129 | |
| ACC 17762 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $129 | |
| ACC 17763 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $129 |
SUPERB- JH96 - Like all the 2009 Hentley Farm wines, the crimson-purple colour is superb, but this has a second quality to its flavour and structure, perfectly ripened blackberry, plum and black cherry fruits playing tag with each other and the quality oak in which they have been matured, in the end captured and calmed by outstanding tannins that both provide the necessary structure, but also add a savoury farewell to gently dry out the finish.
| TUR 0912 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $222 |
REMARKABLE - JH97 - Individual estate parcels, machine-harvested, destemmed and crushed, open-fermented with cultured yeast, 8 days on skins, matured in French oak (70% new) for 22 months, blended after 6 months in oak. An exotic bouquet with new shoe leather and a sprinkle of sultry spices, the full-bodied palate with supple blackberry fruits to the fore and an underlay of integrated French oak. There is a finesse to the overall texture, structure and flavour that is remarkable.
| TUR 0913 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $222 |
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
| 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 |
PEDIGREE - JH97 - Very stable, deep colour; a fine vintage of a very distinguished wine with a great pedigree; faultless blackcurrant cabernet fruit, fine-grained tannins and high quality oak; very good length.
| TUR 0883 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 |
EFFORTLESSLY - JH98 - From the single Justin Vineyard in the Frankland River; this speaks of its place of origin even more eloquently than the Gladstones Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon. The cabernet is effortlessly focused and powerful, the balance, texture, structure, line and length of this beautiful wine certain to carry it long after I have had my ashes scattered.
| ADS 0826 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 |
POWERHOUSE - JH96 - A powerhouse release. It rips, it churns, it impresses and most all: it gets on with business. Dense black berried fruits of various persuasions, coffee-cream oak, sprinkles of dried herbs and a surge of flavour and tannin to close. It's like admiring a big sea; the power complete with the glory. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 2646 | 1 BOTTLE Museum release - Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $359 | |
| XNE 2647 | 1 BOTTLE Museum release - Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $359 | |
| XNE 2648 | 1 BOTTLE Museum release - Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $359 |
SUPERBLY HONED – JH96 - The star of the Jim Barry show - it plays a different medley. This is superbly honed, brimming with power and depth, full-bodied yet there's a certain refinement too. Astonishing colour, all dark ruby and bright with purple tinges, the tannins velvety and savoury, the finish long. Every detail taken care of and the end result a complete wine. Surprisingly approachable, but built to last a considerable distance. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0719 | 1 BOTTLE Museum Release, Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $364 | |
| XNE 0720 | 1 BOTTLE Museum Release, Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $364 | |
| XNE 0721 | 1 BOTTLE Museum Release, Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $364 |
RESPECT - JH96 - The Barry team extracts the maximum from the vineyard with a deft (14.2% alcohol) touch. It's savoury, earthy, its tannins are four square and ready, charred meat in another channel. It's utterly original, whether or not the family thought they could match Grange. To know the wine you don't have to love it, but you do have to respect it.
| ACC 16565 | 1 HALF BOTTLE | Current Bid: $169 |
ICONIC - RP97 - The vineyard that the fruit for this iconic Australian wine is sourced from was planted in 1968, giving us the benefit of over 50 years of vine age—a very good thing when we consider fruit tannin and concentration. In addition to the vineyard placement and vine age, Clare Valley benefits from a wide-ranging array of elevation (190 meters to 610 meters) with high diurnal range. All of this means ripe wines, tense wines, and powerful wines, which just about sums up Clare Valley. So, to this wine: The 2019 The Armagh Shiraz is complex, layered and spiced, with a multitude of hung deli meats and small goods packed in alongside the purple fruits and exotic spice. The wine is supple, for all the power, and unfurls over a long finish to show the muscle and might of this iconic wine. In a vertical of four vintages (2016, 2017, 2018 and this 2019), this has the second-highest alcohol of the lot, at 14.1%, showing that concentration and density doesn't have to come at the expense of finesse. I love this.
| XSA 2142 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 | |
| XSA 2145 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 | |
| XSA 2146 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 |
DECADENCE - JH95 - A thunderous release on hand. It feels a bit darker fruited and woody than the 2020, but maintains its impressive presence and structure galore. Opens with a procession of dark berries, clove and mahogany spice, fig and date richness, mocha with some turned earth and faint eucalyptus-like characters. The texture delivers grip, swerve and pucker. More of the clove/cedar woodiness here, dried fruits, ferrous characters, dark berries, stewed plum and a swish of bramble and minty lift to taste. The texture is fleshy but comes with ribbons of firm, gravelly tannin, the finish long and gently palate staining with saline and graphite mineral elements. Decadence plus. In its grippy, dry form now, it shows that time in cellar is advisable.
STRUCTURED & ELEGANT - JH97 - Represents the best wine of the vintage, sourced from the and Eden Barossa Valleys, matured for 20 months in French hogsheads (75% new). The aim is a structured (achieved in spades) and elegant (give it 10 years) expression of shiraz. My query on elegance is due to the obvious French oak: it simply needs a Grange-like decade to come into integrated balance.
| TUR 0961 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $78 |
NEW LEVEL - RP96 - The 2005 Shiraz “Johann Georg” raises the stakes to a new level. It is sourced from vines planted in 1875 and yielding a tiny 1.5 tons per acre. It spent 2 years in American and French hogsheads, two-thirds new. It is more complex aromatically with a splendid bouquet of toast, smoke, creosote, violets, black cherry, and blackberry. Full-bodied, big and rich, but still relatively ungiving, it has remarkable concentration, purity, and length. It needs 6-8 years of further bottle age to begin revealing its full potential and will drink well through 2035 if not longer.
Troy Kalleske is owner/winemaker of his namesake winery. The family owns 400 acres, 200 cultivated, in the acclaimed Greenock region of Barossa where conditions are extreme and the vines are stressed. Much of their holdings are in older vines.
| JMO 0406 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $106 | |
| JMO 0407 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $106 |
CERTAINTY - JH97 - After berry sorting, cold soak and maceration, pumping over three times daily, the wine pumped to French barriques for mlf and 9 months maturation. The Art Series range has a clear family approach to each wine, a focus and sophistication that brings certainty to its long-term maturity.
| TUR 0957 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $71 |
RICHER DEEPER FULLER - JH95 - Richer, deeper and fuller than most Art Series at this stage of its development; ripe stone fruit and melon fruit. Two bottles tasted; the second slightly tighter and racier than the other. Will develop more quickly than most. - MUSEUM RELEASE
| XLE 1080 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $234 | |
| XLE 1078 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $234 | |
| XLE 1079 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $234 |
FINESSE - JH96 - Still pale quartz-green; the finesse of Art Series Chardonnay when it is young is every bit as enjoyable as is the complexity it gains after six or seven years in bottle (under screwcap), its future still assured. We know that good bottles from the mid-1980s are still glorious, although most are now a shadow of their former selves. What we don't really know is how long the wines such as this live and flourish under screwcap.
| ADS 0789 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $156 | |
| ADS 0790 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $156 |
PERFECT EXAMPLE – JH97 - Craftmanship of the highest order in the vineyard and winery have combined to create a perfect example with this wine. The intensity and power unwind effortlessly, but with multiple aroma and flavour messages from the barrel fermentation and subsequent maturation of the fully ripe, pink grapefruit and peach at its core.
| TUR 0766 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $158 |
SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE - JH99 - This achieves another step up the quality ladder for Leeuwin Estate, seemingly impossible. There's been no change in the vinification, nor in the vineyard. The change is an increase in the intensity of the flavours, and hence their length and aftertaste. It's an extraordinary wine, among the greatest of Burgundy (and elsewhere in the world). Whatever you expect from its future development will be delivered. - MUSEUM RELEASE
| ACC 17699 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $171 | |
| ACC 17700 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $171 | |
| XLE 1097 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $197 | |
| XLE 1096 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $197 | |
| XLE 1095 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $197 |
AMPLIFIED - JH98 - Cool destemmed fruit with some skin contact. The juice was settled for 3 days, racked and inoculated with yeast. 100% of the juice was fermented in new French oak barriques with the lees stirred regularly. After 11 months in barrels the various components were blended, fined (bentonite, PVPP, milk) and cold stabilized. Bottled 19–21 August 2019. Benchmark pedigree Margaret River chardonnay from the perfect 2018 vintage. Kaffir leaf, ocean spray, nectarine, yellow peach, custard apple and white peach are the start. Saffron curls, vanilla pod and freshly grated nutmeg frame saline acidity, crouched and coiled. Length of flavour extends across the palate in an endless procession of texture and complexity. All of the power, grace and excellence of previous years is here, amplified.
| SIM 0323 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $128 | |
| SIM 0324 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $128 |
FREAK - JH97 - This was a freak vintage in the hands of many winemakers in WA, capable of power, balance, ripeness and glory. This has pomegranate, red licorice and peppered raspberry. The fruit flavours, while slinky and seductive, are not the major player here. And that is saying something. The key to the brilliance of this wine, like the '14, the '10 and to some extent the '05 before it, is the texture. The tannins. They are tightly woven, very fine and serve to support the fruit and the acid. This wine is built on a stable scaffold of tannin that both cushions the experience and defines it. What a wine. MUSEUM RELEASE
MESMERISING - JH97 - A wine that tells the story of chardonnay's evolution in Margaret River and remains at the top of its game because it's a pure expression of place as much as the producer. It’s refreshing, classy and superfine, the acidity reining everything in and towards an outrageously long finish. Mesmerising. MUSEUM RELEASE
EXCEPTIONAL - JH97 - If you were sitting quietly in a corner, contemplating the vicissitudes of life, and a glass of this exceptional chardonnay came your way, well, all would be very well indeed. And you’d perk up. It’s a wine that tends to be scintillating in youth, driven by all manner of citrus flavours – lemon, pink grapefruit with a dash of lime but also a mille-feuille of leesy lusciousness, oak spices and a moreish savouriness. It seems powerful and explosive with its acidity, drive and energy yet manages to remain classy and complex.
CLASSIC - JH96 - Deep crimson-purple; has more depth and complexity than recent vintages, and has relished its 18 months sojourn in new and used French oak; the flavours are a classic mix of blackcurrant and a twist of black olive, the tannins fine and polished. A long life ahead.
| CWA 0010 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $24 | |
| CWA 0011 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $24 | |
| CWA 0012 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $24 | |
| CWA 0007 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $24 | |
| CWA 0008 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $24 | |
| CWA 0009 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $24 |
10 /10 - If you have a special occasion to celebrate, or someone who deserves a treat then this excellent Bordeaux-style blend would be an excellent choice if you have cash to splash. From one of the best producers in Margaret River this is a complex and rewarding wine that would grace any dinner party. Think complexity, intensity, and balance, with quality French oak playing a key supporting role. The breakdown is 94% cabernet sauvignon, 4% cabernet franc and 2% petit verdot. Sold out at the winery, but there is still some in retail land. MOSS WOOD website
| CAL 0001 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| CAL 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| CAL 0003 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| CAL 0004 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| CAL 0005 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| CAL 0006 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 |
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: $3528 |
MASTERCLASS - JH97 - This is a masterclass in refinement. It is svelte and streamlined, the cool, mineral spool of flavour across the tongue is what the 2019 vintage can look like at its most restrained and harnessed. The length of flavour basically flutters out over the finish, so weightless and enduring. The 2018 that came before it had a thundering, legendary quality - legs widespread, hands on hips, power pose. This is the creative in the family, the quiet guy. It's intriguing and intelligent and thoughtful ... poignantly red fruited, spicy and super-supple. I'm descending into hyperbole. It's unnecessary. This is another great Moss Wood release.
| SRO 0856 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| SRO 0857 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| LIN 0070 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 |
RATHER LOVELY - JH96 - There’s as much a Moss Wood DNA thumbprint as a regional one here. This shows off violets, cedary/toasty oak (thankfully not too much), chocolate and a slight ironstone character. Fuller bodied yet the palate is smooth and contained with fine-grained, almost silky tannins, plus dabs of sweet mulberries and blackberries with refreshing acidity tying everything together. Rather lovely now but will garner more complexity in time.
MOST COLLECTED - RP97+ - I taste in batches of six, pouring each glass, gassing the bottles and working my way through the flight. Today, this 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon was poured in glass number five, and so it has had some time to breathe. Upon pouring, the nose was so abundantly, luxuriatingly steeped in graphite, fresh lead pencil (a smell so potent and specific and good), forest floor and pure, summer raspberry. After 20 minutes or so in the glass, the oak has begun to recede, and the fruit is swelling up. The 2022 season in Margaret River was warm, dry and early, and the quality of the Cabernets (particularly) was stellar. While the oak is a feature at this stage, the fruit is so sensationally poised and powerful that this will be a super superstar in the decades to come. We know that the old Moss Woods prevail even now—corks willing—and so aided and abetted by modern screw caps, these wines will patiently plod through the coming decades with ease. This is one of Australia's most collected/cellared premium wines for a reason. 14% alcohol, sealed under screw cap
HIGHER ORDER - JH97 - Bright, light straw-green; rich and layered stone fruit (white and yellow peach), fig and balanced by citrussy acidity. Oak handling is of a higher order - as befits the wine.
| JIB 0076 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| JIB 0077 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| JIB 0078 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| JIB 0079 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| JIB 0080 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 | |
| JIB 0081 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $47 |
FIND ITS FEET - H95 - 45% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 16% cabernet franc, 5% petit verdot and 4% malbec, all vinified separately matured in French oak (35% new) in various larger vessels and vats. The bouquet is gently cedary/savoury, and the palate adds herbal/green olive notes to the finish. It's still to find its feet (all five of them).
| TUR 0793 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $98 |
HARMONY - JH98 - A quintet of 44% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 16% cabernet franc and 5% each of malbec and petit verdot, all in harmony. Heady aromatics, the fruit pristine and lightly spiced. But it's the medium-bodied palate that really woos: focused and seamless with superfine yet detailed tannins. Of course it has the beauty and charm of youth but age will send this to another level. Did I mention elegance? Tick.
| TUR 0796 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $130 | |
| TUR 0797 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $130 | |
| TUR 0798 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $130 |
UNDERSTATEMENT - JH98 - A blend of 44/30/18/4/4% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/cabernet franc/malbec/petit verdot. From a cool year, with the poor flowering reducing the crop of the Quintet varieties by around 50%, this is an essay in elegance and understatement. A medium, bright and translucent ruby red, this is beautifully perfumed with aromas of just-ripened blackcurrants, red cherries, rose petals and gentle cedar notes from the oak. The palate is exceptionally pure fruited and gently textured. The wine finishes with these incredibly silky, long tannins that are in perfect harmony with the fruit and acid. This majestic wine is gorgeous to drink even now but those that still have some in their cellar in 10–15 years (if not longer) will be grateful.
| TUR 0799 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $178 | |
| TUR 0800 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $178 |
STELVIN SUPERPOWER - Sweet Riesling in the bottle 50 years and looking GOOD - NO CORK! Unique opportunity - Stelvin screw cap keeps em fresh as a daisy! - TANTALISING
| NIK 0613 | 1 BOTTLE Level down approx. 3.0cm from cork | Current Bid: $70 |
TREMENDOUS -JH96 -57/43% cabernet sauvignon/shiraz from Block 10 and Block 5 respectively. This Bin 180, from the outstanding 2021 Coonawarra vintage, is a commemorative release to celebrate Penfolds' 180th anniversary. It is a wine that evokes memories of previous releases such as the Bin 7, Bin 920 and Bin 620. There is an undisputed pedigree here and it shows with the classic Penfolds leitmotif of fruit density, balance and elegance writ large. Beautifully composed with a pitch perfect presence on the palate. Pure dark and blackberry fruits, sheathed in spice, cedar, licorice, dark chocolate, panforte, olive tapenade, wild herbs, violets and earth. Poised and detailed with a real sense of grace to its flow across the palate, fine, al dente tannins and a sleek, streamlined travel. It's an impressive, harmonious release befitting such a milestone and one that will be enjoyed for decades to come. Tremendous stuff.
| JIR 0021 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $560 | |
| TUR 0951 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $595 |
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| BOR 0001 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2004, cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $120 |
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| NIK 0146 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine 2010 Clinic & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $560 |
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| NIK 0148 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2016 & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $384 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2040. Medium-deep crimson. Intense blackberry and dark chocolate aromas with panforte and graphite notes. Beautiful, complex and harmonious with rich nutty dark chocolate notes. Fine, loose-knit chalky textures and integrated acidity. Still possesses attractive richness, density and vigour. One of the stars of the vintage. “A wonderful display of structure with its balance, depth of fruit and ripe tannins.” (JH) “Quite heady on the nose with enjoyable complex spice leather top notes. Lots of grippy powerful tannins. Will they ever calm down?” (FW)
| EIL 0861 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| EIL 0862 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| EIL 0863 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| EIL 0864 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| EIL 0865 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 | |
| EIL 0866 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2050 Medium-deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate, blackcurrant pastille, dark plum and cedar aromas with panforte notes. Rich, ripe and dense wine with developed dark berry, dark chocolate and panforte flavours, fine chocolaty velvety tannins and integrated mocha oak. A classic Bin 389 Cabernet Shiraz. “A big, powerful wine with the tannins in total gridlock. Would benefit from another decade or more in the cellar.” (JH) “Generous, supple and succulent with superb fruit and oak integration and round elegant tannins.” (JR)
| CWA 0019 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| CWA 0023 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| CWA 0024 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| CWA 0020 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| CWA 0022 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| CWA 0021 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2026 Medium-deep crimson. Intense blackcurrant, mocha/praline aromas with herb garden and mint characters. Ample and richly flavoured with mature cassis and dark chocolate notes, vigorous fine-grained tannins and integrated mocha/cedar oak. Still holding well. A classic Bin 407 vintage.
| JMO 0300 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $97 | |
| JMO 0301 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $97 |
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: $716 |
PERFECT 70 - From the dawn of Australain dry red table wine - From the experimental Penfolds Grange days - Bin 80C is a close relative to the fabulously rare and legendary 1954 Penfolds Grange Hermitage
| NIK 0386 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 1992, label damage | Current Bid: $2800 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2045 - Deep brick crimson. Intense cassis, blackcurrant, polished leather, dark chocolate and sage aromas with espresso/leafy complexity. Lovely concentrated blackcurrant, dried plum, mulberry, and liquorice flavours, fine-grainy tannins, silken/supple mid-palate and underlying roasted chestnut/vanilla oak. Finishes cedar/leafy firm. Beautiful density, power and elegance. One of the great Penfolds reds of this decade. “A seriously good wine and developing very well. Has the blood lines of Bin 64.” (JH) “A towering monument to Barossa cabernet, built on dark, ripe fruit and load-bearing tannins. A celebration of the tanned muscular varietal character that old vines in warmer climes can bring.” (NR)
| 106 0894 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $560 |
CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence - PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2060 Medium-deep crimson, intense blackberry, dried plum, grilled nut, shellac, walnut panforte, cherry liqueur and chinotto aromas with roasted chestnut and vanilla notes. Generous ripe blackberry, dark chocolate, panforte, grilled nut and shellac flavours with chocolaty tannins, mocha vanilla spice and oak notes with beautifully balanced acidity. Finishes chocolaty firm with plenty of mineral length and freshness. A decadent and hedonistic wine with extraordinary fruit density and attack. One of the greatest. 95 percent shiraz, 5 percent cabernet sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and Coonawarra. Voted Red Wine of the Year by Wine Spectator magazine in December 1995. “A famous vintage and wine. Everything is laid out with infinite precision finesse and length. At the peak of perfection.” (JH) “Fresh, vibrant and voluminous with layers of cedar, spice and mulberries and underlying but animated tannins.” (FW)
| SCF 0001 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2016 | Current Bid: $770 |
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.
| STO 0281 | 1 BOTTLE Slight cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $476 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience – Drink 2036 to 2060 Deep crimson. Intense pure elderberry, blackberry and liquorice aromas with roasted chestnut, vanilla and camomile notes. Plush and densely packed with elderberry, blackberry liquorice flavours, plentiful fine chalky tannins and underlying mocha, vanilla and roasted chestnut oak notes. Finishes chocolaty firm with abundant sweet fruits. Classical, powerful and expressive Grange with superb density, richness and balance. Still needs time to unfold. 96 percent shiraz, 4 percent cabernet sauvignon. Barossa Valley, Clare Valley, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale and Magill Estate (Adelaide). “Expressive blueberry kirsch dark chocolate notes. Beautifully proportioned palate with lovely density and richness. Best to step back from this.” (NB) “Watch this wine closely because it’s a veryspecial and important Grange!” (PG)
| SZY 0014 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $621 | |
| SZY 0016 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $504 | |
| PHY 0008 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $520 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience – Drink 2035 to 2060 - Deep crimson. Fresh blackberry, mulberry,mocha and liquorice aromas with vanilla spice and espresso notes. Richly flavoured with plush sweet blackberry, mulberry, liquorice flavours, plentiful fine chalky dense tannins, grilled nut, mocha, vanilla, meaty complexity, superb mid-palate buoyancy, viscosity and integrated fresh acidity. Finishes chocolaty al dente firm. Still elemental in structure with amazing density and richness. A great Grange vintage. 98 percent shiraz, 2 percent cabernet sauvignon. Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale. “Beautifully controlled and restrained with superb black fruit, graphite notes and compact tight porcelain structure. Will steadily reveal itself like a Fabergé egg.” (NB) “Full bodied, intense and unrelenting. Masterly management of tannins, oak and high-quality fruit make this an outstanding Grange.” (JH)
| MDW 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $700 | |
| EST 0001 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $768 |
MOST 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: $7200 |
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)
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| NIK 0615 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 1998, capsule damage, label damage | Current Bid: $2240 | |
| NIK 0616 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 1998 & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $2240 |
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| NIK 0554 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 1991, label detached | Current Bid: $2400 |
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| STO 0155 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2012, slight cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $1056 |
CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence - RP90 - A blend of 95% Shiraz and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, this was considered "a good wine from an undistinguished vintage." It certainly was outstanding in June in Adelaide, showing a terrific nose of blackberry jam intermixed with sweet earth, plum, brown sugar, and tobacco. Full-bodied, deep, rich, and fully mature, this layered, concentrated, very fresh wine even exhibited some espresso-infused chocolate in the finish. It should drink well for another 5-7 years. RP 2002 TASTING
| JKN 0002 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2004 & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $696 |
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 | |
| STO 0276 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2012 & label damage | Current Bid: $1192 |
CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence - RP100 - Consistently one of the most awesome wines ever made at Grange, this blend of 89% Shiraz and 11% Cabernet Sauvignon (13.9% alcohol) was the first Australian wine to cost $20 upon release. I have had this wine six separate times, every time rating it between 96 and 100. It had a phenomenal showing at Penfolds' Magill estate. The color is an opaque purple, the wine massive, full-bodied, and to me, the quintessential Grange. Notes of blackberry liqueur intermixed with cassis, charcoal, new saddle leather, and underbrush resonate from the glass. Huge, thick, unctuously textured, with extraordinary concentration but perfect harmony among all of its elements, this is a prodigious Grange that is still not fully mature. Anticipated maturity: 2004-2020. A legend for sure!
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| STO 0279 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2010 & slight label damage | Current Bid: $1192 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to past. At the end of its optimum life. Some bottles holding up with advanced maturity but fine sinewy tannins. Very rare. 90 percent shiraz, 10 percent cabernet sauvignon. Magill Estate and Morphett Vale (Adelaide) and Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley). The third and final “hidden Grange”. Released as Bin 46 (also Bins 49 and 95). The Bin 95 bottling was the most commercially available. Specimen - Very Collectable
| NIK 0567 | 1 BOTTLE Very high shoulder & slight label damage | Current Bid: $7200 |
WOW - JH98 - Wow. A 61/39% blend of Barossa shiraz and Coonawarra cabernet led to 1962 Bin 60A, Max Schubert's single greatest wine. This inherits Bin 60A's regional and varietal blend, its extreme longevity and impeccable balance between fruit, oak and tannins. All it needs is lots of time.
| TUR 0649 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $384 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2038. Medium-deep crimson. Classic dark berry and dark chocolate aromas with meaty vanilla notes. Dense blackberry, praline and graphite flavours with fine grainy/al dente textures, persistent fine acidity and savoury mocha oak. Well-balanced wine with underlying roasted chestnut, polished leather notes. “Luminous, elegant and succulent with clear deep dark berry fruits, and persistent, vice-like tannins.” (NB) “An exceptional RWT with layered depth and power.” (NR)
| 106 0876 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $140 | |
| 106 0877 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $140 |
QUIXOTIC - JH97 - Bottle no. BX084. The quixotic RWT (Red Wine Trial) name used since '87 now has a bin number and a bottle number, the latter to thwart counterfeiting. It completed fermentation in French hogsheads, followed by 17 months maturation. The power and length of the wine is awesome, as is the price - but it's what the global market is prepared to pay.
| TUR 0614 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $126 | |
| TUR 0615 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $126 | |
| TUR 0616 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $126 |
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| NIK 0429 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2010, slight cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $1360 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2032 -Medium-deep crimson. Intense dark cherry, roasted walnut and sandalwood aromas with cocoa notes. A richly concentrated wine with apricot, raspberry and dark cherry flavours, fine lacy textures and attractive mid-palate suppleness. Firm and chalky al dente finish with chinotto notes. Really lovely wine with elegance, suppleness and developed sweet fruit. “Opulent and creamy with kirsch, raspberry liqueur, potpourri and exotic spices, fine plentiful tannins and resonating floral notes. A powerful wine with underlying delicacy.” (JR) “Dried cherries with clove, cedar and pencil shavings. Modulated power on the palate with a core of sweet red fruit, spice, cigar box and coating tannin finesse.” (FW)
CLASSIC VINTAGE - JH95 - I am singularly unconvinced that St Henri should be one sixth of the price of Grange, particularly with a classic vintage such as this. Piquantly ripe and fragrant, it is fruit-driven from start to finish (still matured in large, old oak vats), with a smooth and supple fresh berry palate and plush tannins
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2050 Medium-deep crimson. Intense wax polish, blackberry and praline aromas with herb garden and liquorice notes. Well-developed blackberry, dark chocolate, roasted coffee and panforte flavours, fine plentiful chalky tannins and long indelible acidity. Finishes chocolaty firm and persistent. An impressively structured and richly flavoured wine that will last a long time. “Pure and seductive with black fruits, soy and spice. Beautifully balanced, fresh and energetic with silky smooth richness.” (NB) “A very attractive medium-bodied wine with integrity of fruit and structure throughout.” (JH)
| CWA 0026 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0027 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0028 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0029 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0030 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0025 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 |
PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink 2023 to 2045 - Medium-deep crimson. Fresh blackberry, cassis, black cherry, dark chocolate, ginger and five-spice aromas. Beautifully concentrated black cherry, cassis and liquorice flavours, ripe and dense chocolaty textures, rose garden and aniseed notes and pronounced indelible acidity. Finishes chalky firm and minerally. A great St Henri vintage. “Beautifully composed with ripe blackberry and raspberry fruits and fresh liquorice graphite notes. Very stylish and silky with a very intricate weave of succulent fruits and extra fine-grainy tannins.” (NB) “Joins the quintet of 1971, 1990, 1996, 2004 and 2016 as one of the all-time greats.” (PG)
| GJ3 0046 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| GJ3 0047 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| SZY 0007 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| SZY 0009 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| SZY 0010 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 |
SUPER - RP94+ - A huge rush of cedar and vanilla greet the nose on opening, followed by waves of cassis and boysenberry fruit. The 2018 802.A Superblend is a mix of 68% Cabernet Sauvignon and 32% Shiraz, all raised in 100% new American oak for 22 months and blended just prior to bottling. With components drawn from several of South Austrralia's premium growing regions (led by Barossa and McLaren Vale), this is a full-bodied, lush wine that finishes with driving tannins and a long, velvety finish, yet it doesn't seem as seamless or elegant as its 802.B counterpart. Perhaps it just needs more time? Tasted twice, with consistent notes.
| TUR 0650 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $515 |
MONUMENTAL - RP99 - When Peter explained this wine to me prior to tasting it, I was skeptical. Nervous. Hesitant. "It's the essence of Yattarna, in effect," Gago said. The NV V is composed of 20% each of 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 and the yet to be released 2021 Yattarna. It's risky behavior, this. Each of the already-bottled older vintages are emptied under gas pressure and blended—an equal share each way. It's tempting to compare it to the G3, G4, G5 project, however in each of those wines, the vintage contributions are distinct and recognizable. Here, the vintages are synergistic, melded together—easier to understand in the context of reserve wines in Champagne, or even a solera. There is pert acidity and precision on the front palate, presumably thanks to the 2021 vintage. Through the middle palate and finish, the wine plumes and grows in the mouth. It is infinitely more complex and deep than the single-vintage Yattarna tasted next to it. This V has a thundering baritone, a resonance to the reverberation of flavor in the mouth. It almost vibrates. It is only through the finish that you can taste the evolution of the oldest wines—a lick of salt, almond skin, brine and tasted crushed nuts. This is a monumental wine. A 360-degree view of Chardonnay. Truly kaleidoscopic. 2,200 bottles in total.
| JIR 0018 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $516 |
GOSSAMAR - JH99 - From Blewitt Springs, an easterly slope planted in '99. Open-fermented, 14 days on skins, pressed to barrel (50% new French hogsheads) on gross lees for 9 months, racked for the next 9 months. Marvellous wine, fluid, juicy and vibrant, with a very long finish, the tannins a gossamer web.
| TUR 0696 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 |
CLASSIC - JH96 - Excellent colour; much firmer and more concentrated than Eight Songs; classy blackberry fruit, equally classy oak, and tannins which have more authority, the last still to fully soften into the wine. This is, and will be for many years, a classic.
| ADS 0827 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $68 |
MATRIX - JH96 - Deep crimson-purple, remarkable for age, although it was a great vintage; the transition from American to French oak has added lustre to the bouquet and medium-bodied palate; the dark fruits and bitter chocolate flavours are intense and long, with a matrix of juicy and savoury characters to play with.
| ADS 0809 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $80 | |
| ADS 0810 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $80 |
IMPENETRABLE -JH96 - Impenetrable colour; a flagship wine without excessive baggage and window dressing; pure, ripe and fragrant Barossa fruit, layered, perfumed and attractive in every regard; the palate is densely structured, but far removed from overbearing, with a fine thread of tannins and a long and expansive finish; a lovely fresh wine from a challenging vintage.
| ADS 0805 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $68 | |
| ADS 0806 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $68 |
PURE - JH96 - 100% mlf, matured in French oak (50% new) for 12 months. Some wines demand a minute before you can put words to them. This has tremendous length of flavour, such is the quality of the fruit, that it just forges on and on. Suffice to say, the full mlf style has helped accentuate creamy, powerful fruit, and seamlessly applied oak caresses it through the finish. This is very pure – crystalline in fact – but it is very young right now.
| JIB 0010 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $70 | |
| JIB 0012 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $70 |
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: $54 | |
| WAY 0240 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 | |
| WAY 0238 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 | |
| WAY 0237 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 | |
| WAY 0235 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 | |
| WAY 0233 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 |
TOUR de FORCE - RP96-99 - The Anamorphosis project features Shiraz from Kalimna in the Barossa Valley aged in new oak from four of France’s finest coopers. Like most of the other R Wines, it has exceptionally creative packaging. There will be 100 cases of the 2005 Shiraz which will spend 30 months in new French oak. It was sourced from vineyards with 40- and 100-year-old vines. Opaque purple in color, it offers up an intense perfume of pain grille, scorched earth, tar, licorice, blueberry, and blackberry liqueur. Voluptuous, thick rich, and full-bodied, it is a powerful yet seamless expression of Shiraz from a great terroir. It will age effortlessly for 20 years but can be enjoyed young because of its mammoth fruit. It is a winemaking tour de force.
| TUR 0840 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $792 |
DAWN OF ROCKFORD - VINTAGE #3 - SUPER Rare 1991 Basket Press
| NIK 0624 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck | Current Bid: $240 |
FOREVER CLASSIC - 1998 - One of the Basket Press GREATS
| NIK 0626 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $184 | |
| NIK 0627 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $184 |
EVERYONE WANTS IT - Just another brick in the wall
| EIL 0867 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| EIL 0868 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| EIL 0869 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| EIL 0870 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| EIL 0871 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| EIL 0872 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 |
AGE OF AQUARIUS - The time of sharing and Kibbutz Krondorf - Super Rare, old BP
CLASSIC - JH94 - Medium-bodied; classic exercise in restraint; an array of black fruits on a long palate; fine, savoury tannins; minimal oak.
| EIL 0843 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0844 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0845 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0846 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0847 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0848 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 |
SILKY - JH94 - Good colour; ripe, sweet cherry, plum and spice; delicious fruit profile and weight; silky texture, ripe tannins
| EIL 0831 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0832 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0833 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0834 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0835 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0836 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 |
COMPLETE - JH96 - A complete Barossa traditional shiraz; moderate alcohol, oak and tannins, yet full of flavour and character. Has taken full advantage of a very good vintage. In its own-branded, high-shouldered brown bottle.
| EIL 0873 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0874 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0875 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0876 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0877 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| EIL 0878 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 |
NO SECRETS - JH95 - Medium red-purple; this is in the heartland of Barossa Valley shiraz style, the custom-made bottle a throwback to the 1940s; the bouquet is fragrant, and hides no secrets: silky, ripe tannins, abundant blackberry and spice fruit, and oak in perfect unison.
| NIK 0472 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| NIK 0415 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $176 |
AGE - JH96 - Deep garnet with a purple hue; this benchmark wine from an iconic producer is laden with vibrant purple and black fruits, floral notes, earthy complexity and well executed oak handling; the palate is juicy, direct and layered, with fine-grained tannins providing an armchair ride for the vibrant and plush fruit that is on board. This will age tremendously well, but many will enjoy it without giving it that chance.
| GJ3 0041 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $192 |
GREAT - JH96 - A great classic from a great vintage. At the end of the day, it's all about the grapes that come from loyal growers who shook hands with Rocky O'Callaghan many years ago. There are no magic tricks in the winery, just attention to detail.
| GJ3 0043 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $192 |
LOST TO FAME - Too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan - Dont need ratings
| MJB 0202 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $140 | |
| LIN 0060 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $140 | |
| LIN 0061 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $140 |
MARVELOUS MAGNUM - Rockford Files
| GIL 0022 | 1 MAGNUM BOXED | Current Bid: $400 |
RICH - JH94 - The style is familiar – rich, plum-driven fruit, a toasty element, a creaminess to the texture – but there's a sinewy element to this release, aided and abetted by herb, twig and earth characters. This gives the wine a cooler dynamic, a less-is-more feel. In keeping with that, its best drinking days are likely to be in the medium rather than short or long term.
WAITING FOR ROCKY - No scores / reviews
| GIL 0029 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $148 | |
| GIL 0030 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $121 | |
| GIL 0031 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $148 | |
| GIL 0032 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $148 | |
| GIL 0033 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $148 | |
| GIL 0034 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $148 |
CHRISTMAS BLESSING - Year long GRACE
| BRU 0165 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $75 |
CHRISTMAS BLESSING - Year long GRACE
| BRU 0169 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $66 | |
| BRU 0170 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $70 |
CHRISTMAS BLESSING - Year long GRACE
| MJB 0209 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| MJB 0210 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| MJB 0211 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| MJB 0212 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| MJB 0213 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| MJB 0214 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 |
SECRET BAROSSA BUSINESS
| JMO 0074 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $198 |
SVS - RFR - Rockford for Royalty - Super Rare - Super Special - Too elite for common folk
| NIK 0404 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $380 |
SVS - RFR - Rockford for Royalty - Super Rare - Super Special - Too elite for common folk
| NIK 0547 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $208 |
SVS - RFR - Rockford for Royalty - Super Rare - Super Special - Too elite for common folk
| NIK 0400 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $250 |
BEAUTY - JH96 - Deep purple-red hue; has great equilibrium and harmony, partly reflecting its blend of Barossa/Eden Valley grapes and its 20 months in French oak, partly due to moderate alcohol, and a clear decision in the winery not to over-elaborate a wine of considerable beauty; 50 years under screwcap, half that under cork.
| CWA 0031 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0032 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0033 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0034 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0035 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 | |
| CWA 0036 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 |
NEED TIME - RP93+ - 2013 was the worst frosting ever for the Hoffmans followed by 2014, which was even worse. From a harvest that was cropped at 5.7 hectoliters per hectare, the 2013 DW-Old opens to black and red fruit, raspberry leaves, anise and lavender with hints of earth, tree bark and moss. The palate shows a lovely harmony and richness, and while the firm and grainy tannins need time, it has a nice brightness dotted with floral notes through the long and earthy finish.
| HKW 4154 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $150 |
BEAUTY & GRACE - RP98 - "The 2021 Hoffmann Dallwitz marks harvest number 17, and I feel like this is the season that everything went to plan for us," says McKinley. The season is entrenched in this wine: it has clarity and freshness, precision and transparency. There's blue and black fruits, hot asphalt, dried roses, pomegranate pearls and pan drippings, salted licorice and sweet roasted beets, pink peppercorn, fresh summer raspberry, cracked fennel and tobacco. The tannins are a real highlight; they're chewy and pliable, chalky and fine yet pervasive. This has beauty and grace, restraint and pace, and all things work in harmony with the other. 2021 has a reputation for being a beautiful season, and when we see a wine like this, we can understand that. The future is long and bright. 14.7% alcohol, sealed under cork and wax.
| HKW 4148 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $167 | |
| HKW 4149 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $166 |
ADORED - JH98 - Fraser McKinley's epic Dallwitz Syrah is again in stellar form with the 2022 release. Like everything Fraser does, the attention to detail is amazing, from vineyard to packaging. It hails from the Hoffmann vineyard in Ebenezer. A cask selection from DW-OLD (planted between 1888–1912), ER-27 (planted 1927) and DW-95VSP (planted 1995) with a 76 week elevage in Burgundian pièces. Perfectly ripened macerated satsuma plum, black cherry and cassis with blueberry lift; layered with exotic spice, graphite, allspice, pan juices, panforte, dark chocolate, plum conserve, violets, fennel and rich earth. Heady concentration and perfectly poised, with powdery tannins sporting a real sense of compression and singing clearly of their northern Barossa roots. It's a stunning wine. Much adored and sought after, and it sure is easy to see why.
| JIM 0079 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $168 | |
| HKW 4150 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $175 | |
| HKW 4151 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $175 | |
| HKW 4152 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $175 |
SAMI ODI -website - Our inaugural bottling from our home hillside on the south side of Angaston in the Eden Valley. We began clearing, preparing and terracing this site in 2015. The following year I wrote to my favourite vineyard owners within the Barossa requesting to take cuttings from their old Shiraz blocks. It says much of the Barossa community that all responded very positively and between May & August 2016 I cut and collected 4000 cuttings. In October 2017 we planted 3000 of these cuttings over three blocks totalling 0.53 Hectare. We lovingly harvested our first crop (4 x 228lt barrels) in March 2020 and bottled our favourite 3 barrels in October 2021.
| HKW 4153 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $170 |
WILDLY -JH96 - It's hard to imagine that Seppelt was making sparkling shiraz at its famous cellar near the town of Great Western, in the Grampians region, as far back as the 1890s, but indeed it was. Heritage doesn't come much richer, deeper, or more individual. This release is wildly complex, rich in its base fruit, satisfying and intriguing. It tastes of licorice and leather, game and citrus, sweet raspberry/plum and earth. It's bold, savoury and mellow at once; it's melancholy and joy in one.
| TUR 0938 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 | |
| TUR 0939 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 |
EPIC - JH96 - Very deep colour; an epic, multi-faceted, engaging and complex wine; a vast array of red to black fruit aromas, intermingle with a dark heart of minerals and tar; lovely ripe, chewy tannins perfectly frame the abundant fruit.
| ADS 0821 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $45 |
FUSION - JH96 - From the Riversdale Vineyard, matured in high quality cedary French oak. A remarkable fusion of intense varietal character,and an almost airy, open-weave texture and structure courtesy of sensitive winemaking extracting just enough fine-grained tannins to provide a complete wine.
| XWA 2821 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $81 | |
| XWA 2822 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $81 | |
| XWA 2823 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $81 |
MAJESTIC - JH97 - Extended pre-fermentation cold soak. Good crimson-purple; an unambiguously full-bodied cabernet, laden to the gills with all things cabernet - blackcurrant, black olive, earth, tar and tannins genuflecting to no-one, new French oak (60%) and 18 months in barrel all provide the answers to the secrets of this majestic wine.
| ACC 17342 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $74 |
LIVE - JH97 - The driest winter and spring for 100 years reduced yields by 50–60%. From the mature Riversdale vineyard: cold soaked for two days, then four weeks on skins; matured in French barriques (40% new) for 15 months. It's resoundingly rich and luscious, the colour splendidly deep, cedar and cigar box threaded through the ripe cassis fruit. Who knows how long this wine will live?
| XWA 2741 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $74 | |
| XWA 2742 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $74 | |
| XWA 2743 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $74 |
ENDLESS FOLDS - JH96 - You may break a wrist picking the dreadnought bottle up, but it's worth the task. This surely is as powerful and focused as it was when first bottled, its future as far away as that of Pluto, starting to reveal its secrets in 9? years from now, but with more to come thereafter. Despite all this, the wine is calm, and you don't feel its alcohol in the endless folds of black fruits, graphite, licorice and clove flavours.
| WAY 0197 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $122 | |
| WAY 0196 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $122 | |
| WAY 0195 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $122 | |
| WAY 0194 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $122 |
BLESSING - see & believe - Magnum of 1994 KNAPSTEIN RIELSING? - levels near original fill - Colour developed but "reasonable" for 31 year old white wine - take a punt on history - Might be dissapointing - Might be LIFE CHANGING!
| GIG 0039 | 1 MAGNUM Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $40 |
BIG FAN - JH96 - Grenache sourced from gnarled old vines over on the western range. Despite the fact that I had a close call with a fired-up brown snake in this vineyard, I'm a big fan of this wine. It's got a cruisey, loose-knit and expressive savoury vibe: all detailed raspberry, mulberry and red plum shades and a gorgeous array of gingery spice, red licorice, star anise, sarsparilla, cola, Chinese barbecue shop and earth. This openness of expression is juxtaposed by a cascade of chalky tannin and a mineral-rich focus with an exotically spiced plume of red fruits on the exit.
| ACC 17207 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17208 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| ACC 17209 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 |
INCREASED - RP99 - I feel like the consistency and quality of Torbreck's flagship wine has only increased over time. The 2012 RunRig is gorgeously floral and vibrant, with concentrated red berries, characteristic weight and intensity on the palate and supple, silky tannins. It's delicious now, but it should age gracefully through at least 2035.
| TUR 0675 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $185 | |
| TUR 0676 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 |
VERY IMPRESSIVE - RP98+ - Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2013 RunRig has a tantalizingly exotic nose of cloves, fenugreek, star anise and cassia with a core of mulberries, baked blackberries and blueberry preserves plus hints of potpourri and dusty earth. The full-bodied palate is multilayered with tons of spices and berry preserves notes, supported by firm yet velvety tannins and finishing with incredible length and depth. This is a very impressive RunRig.
| TUR 0677 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $238 |
OH SO SATSIFYING - RP97+ - Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Run Rig opens with a bang, delivering intense fruits of the forest and blackberry preserve notes with hints of sandalwood, cardamom, dried Provence herbs, Indian spices and garrigue. Full-bodied, rich, concentrated and oh, so satisfying, the beauty ticks all the great Barossa Shiraz boxes and then some. It is still relatively primary, so I’d recommend giving it another 2-3 years at least in bottle and drink it over the next 20+.
| ACC 17221 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $349 | |
| ACC 17222 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $349 | |
| ACC 17223 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $349 |
TOUR DE FORCE - RP98 - Who would've thought that in the context of Barossa Shiraz, the 2015 RunRig would seem like a relative bargain? It's certainly much less expensive than Grange or Hill of Grace will be when they're released. It's also more approachable in its youth, with enormously appealing aromas of grilled fruit, savory complexities and rich, velvety tannins. Of course, it's full-bodied and concentrated, with the stuffing to age for up to a couple of decades, and it has a long, licorice-tinged finish. Winemaker Ian Hongell, who joined Torbreck from Peter Lehmann, may not have made this wine, but he deserves a lot of credit for the blending and finishing of this tour de force.
| ACC 17213 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $339 | |
| ACC 17214 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $339 | |
| ACC 17215 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $339 | |
| ACC 17216 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $339 |
MASTERPIECE - RP100 - A blend of 98% Shiraz and 2% Viognier made just prior to bottling, the 2016 RunRig is a complete masterpiece. It kicks off with elegant notes of pencil shavings accenting blueberries and blackberries on the nose, then shows incredible, palate-staining intensity of fruit in the mouth. It's full-bodied, plush and velvety without being unstructured and manages to be fruit-forward yet savory on the long-lasting finish, where it picks up hints of mocha and black olives. This should be drinkable with pleasure throughout its entire two-decade life (it may live longer from cold cellars or in larger formats), but if I were lucky enough to have a bottle or two, I'd try the first one about 10 years out. Scheduled for June 2019 release.
| ACC 17232 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $324 | |
| ACC 17233 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $324 | |
| ACC 17234 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $324 | |
| ACC 17235 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $324 | |
| TUR 0678 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $238 |
TREMENDOUS - RP98 - As usual, the 2017 RunRig is approximately 2% Viognier. It spent almost 30 months in oak, 40% of which was new. Hints of peach or apricot appear on the nose, alongside notes of hickory smoke, cherries and baking spices. It's full-bodied and concentrated but supple and silky enough to seem lighter in the mouth, showing tremendous length and elegance on the finish, where it adds nuances of cinnamon and cocoa.
| ACC 17217 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $299 | |
| ACC 17219 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $299 | |
| ACC 17220 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $299 |
DAMN ENJOYABLE - RP99 - Torbreck's 2018 RunRig needs a bit of air right now, as the nose and palate truly open up and expand after a while in the glass. Unlike some vintages, it's rather tight and cedary upon first pour, then relaxes to reveal hints of stone fruit, blueberries, cherries, pastry crust and baking spices. In the mouth, it's full-bodied and concentrated, richly textured and marked by ripe tannins, which leave behind a velvety, mouth-coating finish tinged with licorice and dark berries. While approachable now—and even damn enjoyable—it deserves another several years in the cellar. Drink the 2018 Descendant while waiting.
| ACC 17228 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $279 | |
| ACC 17229 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $279 |
KALEIDOSCOPIC VORTEX - RP98 - The... how to describe this... it's like a kaleidoscopic vortex of midnight flavor (dark, dense, brooding and spicy), swirling tannins and endlessly plush length. The Viognier in this 2019 RunRig has been absorbed somehow, compressed by the warm, low-yielding vintage that birthed it. It has been pushed down into the reaches of the Shiraz, which is a very good thing, as its propensity for slinky-like bounce and spiral needs some limiting. This is insanely complex yet also balanced. Charry oak frames the wines from all sides, but like the gravity pull on the earth from the sun, the oak is drawn inexorably inward. Pretty impressive, but this wine always is. A beast unto itself, wines like this have few peers.
| JIR 0017 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $312 | |
| WAY 0176 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $192 | |
| WAY 0177 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $192 |
SUPERSTAR - RP98 - The 2022 RunRig had 2% Viognier added to the Syrah after barrel maturation, from the current vintage. I've clarified this with winemaker Ian Hongell, because my incorrect memory ran toward skins only. Glad I asked. Aromatically, the wine is so fresh and detailed; it hints at latent power and intense concentration, but it doesn't overbear on this point. On the palate, the wine has everything we could hope for—intense, balanced red fruit, a splay of ductile tannins and such a light fluffiness to the profile that I find it most appealing indeed. The discussion here today is regarding the comparison to the great 2021 vintage. It was a freak, out-of-the-box year that blessed producers with a spot-free growing season, good yields and excellent quality fruit. The wines, for the most part, will endure through the decades with grace and ease. The 2022s are tighter, fluffier, more fruit forward and, in my opinion, slightly more delicious, but over the long term, backing the 2021s to go the distance seems the blue-chip option. We can discuss this again in 20 years (2045) when that answer will have become more clear. In the words of Ferris Bueller, "Life moves pretty fast." I love this wine today. It's a superstar. 15.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork and wax.
POWER WITH GRACE - JH96 - 100% shiraz sourced from the parishes of Gomersal, Krondorf, Marananga and Ebenezer, aged for 12 months in French oak. Glossy red purple in the glass with characters of ripe satsuma plum and macerated summer berry fruits, Asian five-pice, cedar, licorice and Old Jamaica chocolate. Fruit weight, purity and intensity perfectly on point here, tannins too, fine and long. There just seems to be so much packed into the wine yet everything is in proportion and true. Power with grace.
| ACC 17476 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17477 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17478 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17479 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17480 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 |
CHAMPION - JH96 - Shiraz from the parishes of Gomersal, Krondorf, Marananga and Ebenezer matured in French oak (40% new) for 24 months. This year's Factor sports an inky, graphite-led intensity of fruit and a sense of purity. Compression, too, with deep satsuma plum, blackberry and black cherry fruits initially feeling compact and tight before exploding onto the palate with substantial tannin heft and layers of dark spice, cedar, licorice and dark chocolate. While you could happily tuck into this tonight, it will cellar like a champion
| ACC 17194 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| ACC 17195 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 |
MAGNIFICIENT - JH97 - Prior to the arrival of The Laird, RunRig was Torbreck's top wine at $235 a bottle. Why the huge price gap? It is in limited production (646 dozen), but so is RunRig. It comes from a remarkable single vineyard that David Powell had coveted for 15 years. Apart from a high level of vigilance, normal open fermentation and basket pressing; following Guigal's 'La La's', it spent three years in new and hideously expensive Tardieu Laurent French barriques with staves 45 mm thick (normally 22 to 27 mm). Over the three years the oak becomes embedded in the fruit, supporting not overwhelming it, layer upon layer of gloriously complex flavours, the tannins superbly weighted. A magnificent wine from a great vintage.
| WAY 0170 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $420 |
MASTERPIECE - JH95 - Made from 1847 estate plantings, and must surely contend for historical pride of place, notwithstanding the claims of others. Smooth, plum and black cherry fruit on the bouquet, then a supple, smooth palate with black fruits, spice, cedar and vanilla. A masterpiece of understatement.
| JMO 0045 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $40 |
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.
CLASSIC - JH95 - Bright purple-red; replete with dark fruits ranging through blackberry, plum, prune and a dash of licorice; very focused and controlled; no artifice or exaggeration, simply classic restraint.
| JMO 0307 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $44 |
ICON - RP97+ - There are three “icon” wines in the portfolio. The opaque purple-colored 2006 Ares is a 100% Shiraz cuvee sourced from Barossa (77%) and McLaren Vale (23%) which received some “200% new oak” treatment. Following a barrel selection of the winery’s best Shiraz (not all of which was in new oak), the wine spent its last 12 months of elevage in 100% new French barriques. It offers up a room-filling perfume of toasty oak, pencil lead, vanilla, pepper, sage, plum, and blueberry pie. Opulent and layered on the palate, this extracted, mouth-filling effort has tons of succulent fruit, savory flavors, and a very long, fruit-filled finish. It will reward 6-8 years of cellaring and have a drinking window extending from 2015 to 2031.
| ADS 0768 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| ADS 0769 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| ADS 0770 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 |
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: $120 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores - notes
| JMO 0228 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 |
GOD GIVEN - JH96 - A 68/32% blend from the 1975 Central, 1920 Eastern and 1989 Western Vineyards. While the weight of the wine is still within the medium-bodied framework all four wines enjoy, the aromas and flavours are wonderfully juicy. For close on a century, the symbolic link between cabernet and malbec expresses itself in unique fashion in this God-given secluded corner of the Clare Valley.
| ADS 0794 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 | |
| ADS 0795 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 | |
| ADS 0796 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 |
LUSH - JH95 - 52/42% cabernet/malbec, with 1920, 1940 Eastern and 1970 Western blocks included. Quite lush, quite upfront and accessible this release; coffee and chocolate, vanilla and raspberry, malt and blonde tobacco, mint and faint ginger all hallmarks in the young wine here. Has a grippy, granular feel to the texture, plushness, too. Soft and long, dark berries to the fore in taste with more cardamon, clove and cinnamon chiming in. A bit of mild, citrusy zinginess through the finish – a note to mention, standing out from the wine a little. Overall a generous, plush, comforting red wine, with distinction in fruit intensity and detail of spice, herbal lilt and judicious oak seasoning, but the balance needing time.
| NIK 0587 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $80 | |
| NIK 0588 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $80 |
EPITOME - JH97 - Full purple-crimson hue. An elegant Wendouree Cabernet Sauvignon, only 2yo? Oxymoron? Believe me, this is the epitome of elegance in cabernet terms, with a fluid line and mouthfeel, cassis and a hint of mint to the fore, fine-grained tannins as much on the aftertaste as the finish. A wine that progressively reveals its latent power as it is re-tasted again and again.
| JMO 0139 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $106 | |
| JMO 0138 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $106 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores / notes to be found
| JMO 0208 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $70 |
JH93 - Opaque purple-crimson, very slightly hazy; strong plum jam varietal expression on the bouquet; an unexpectedly fresh medium-bodied palate; very fine tannins. Stained corks in both 2006 Wendouree wines a worry.
| JMO 0148 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 | |
| JMO 0147 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores/notes to be found
| JMO 0275 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $97 | |
| JMO 0276 | 1 BOTTLE Stained label | Current Bid: $97 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores/notes to be found
| JMO 0150 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $132 | |
| JMO 0149 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $132 |
FLAWLESS - JH97 - 100% shiraz from Central Vineyard bushvines planted in 1893, and the Eastern Vineyard planted in 1919. The wine takes a lot of air via glass swirling to express itself, but ultimately does so emphatically. Plum, black cherry and spices paint the flavour picture, and expand prodigiously on the back-palate and finish. As the late Len Evans would have said, it has flawless line, length and balance.
| ADS 0791 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| ADS 0792 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| ADS 0793 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 |
FAINTLY - JH96 - Medium to full purple-red; the bouquet is similar to that of the Shiraz, but with slightly softer dark berry fruit blending into that faintly jammy character of Malbec. On the palate the rich, juicy Malbec contribution is quite evident, yet the predominant structure is provided by the Shiraz.
| JMO 0242 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $100 | |
| JMO 0243 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 |
FRAGRANT - JH97 - A 60/40% blend, the bouquet is very fragrant, with the plum-accented malbec contribution obvious (as it should be); the palate has multiple layers of flavour, with blackberry and black cherry ex the shiraz leading the way, complexed by notes of plum from the malbec, half-suggesting some fruitcake flavours.
| JMO 0175 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 | |
| JMO 0174 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 |
FLYING - JH96 - A 50/50% blend from the 1919 and 1920 Eastern Vineyards. Excellent colour, as for all the '16 Wendourees. Bright, juicy plummy fruit with red berries also pushing forward; it's lithe and sinuous, flying the flag of elegance high in the sky. The differences are of style, not quality.
| ADS 0758 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| ADS 0759 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores/notes to be found
| ADS 0756 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $72 | |
| ADS 0757 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $72 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores/notes to be found
| JMO 0253 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $79 |
YOUTH - JH94 - 75/25 shiraz/mataro from 1893 Central, and 1919 Eastern and 1929 Eastern bush vines. Soft, supple, dark fruited, a little jammy, cherry and cola, almost a cassis character here with woody spices, oatmeal biscuits, a touch of ginger, light minty detail in tow. Indeed, the spice elements are quite deep in this wine. A touch of astringency through the finish a quibble. Fruit is quality, quite fine, too, but oak is perhaps not quite laid into the wine perfectly yet, but a matter of youth with Wendouree, as always.
| NIK 0589 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $80 | |
| NIK 0590 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $80 |
WUTHERING WEDOUREE - no scores/notes to be found
| JMO 0199 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| JMO 0200 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 |
GRACE IN THE CELLAR - JH96 - As with all Woodlands cabernets, once you get past the oak, the fruit is of the highest pedigree; rippling with layers of complexity and nuance. Their potential for grace in the cellar is proven. Raspberry, pomegranate, bitter cocoa, aniseed, salted tomato, Dutch licorice, sage and exotic spice hide within the savoury folds of flavour that forms the backbone of this wine. The oak envelopes it all now, but will emboss into the fruit over time.
| ACC 16616 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $124 | |
| ACC 16617 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $124 |
MARGARET - JH96 - A meeting of 81/11/8% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/malbec. It’s a tiptop combination as this is balanced, defined and distinct. Woodlands' wines, particularly the cabernets, certainly have their own DNA – it’s how they feel on the palate, their shape and of course, flavours. Expect mulberries, cassis, new leather, sumac and cedary oak with baking spices on the bouquet and palate, which is fuller bodied. The tannins are exquisite, ripe, velvety and textural. With the exceptionally long finish, this is another wonderful, elegant Margaret.
| SRO 0741 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $36 |
COMPLETE - JH96 - 78/13/9% cabernet sauvignon/malbec/merlot. A lovely Margaret with its heady aromas of violets, cedary oak, mulberries, nori and Dutch licorice. It feels cool across the fuller-weighted palate, lots of tannins yet shapely and fine bolstered by oak tannins, too. A pop of fruit sweetness comes up and the acidity pulls it all together through to a long finish. A complete wine now but will last some distance.
| SRO 0605 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $40 | |
| SRO 0738 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $36 |
ARISTOCRATIC - JH96 - Make no mistake, this aristocratic wine is far removed from the standard varietal release. The complex, spicy black fruits of the bouquet command immediate attention, and the textured layers of flavour on the palate build on the bouquet, with black fruits, spice and oak all contributing to a very impressive wine.
| CWA 0037 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $22 | |
| CWA 0038 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $22 | |
| CWA 0039 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $22 | |
| CWA 0040 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $22 | |
| CWA 0041 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $22 | |
| CWA 0042 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $22 |
PARLAYS - JH98 - Includes 5% each of malbec and petit verdot, crushed and destemmed into static and open fermenters for 7-8 days, the cabernet held on skins for 28 days, all components matured for 14 months in French barriques (50% new) before a best barrel selection. Cabernet doesn't come more intense than this without losing its shape; here it parlays into purity and precision. The fruit and tannins have well and truly absorbed the oak. You might think this can't be consumed now, but it can - the final achievement.
| SIM 0330 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $64 |
IRRESISTIBLE - JH97 - What’s the point of writing anything about this wine? Really. But you’ve come this far so I’ll add the reason: It’s complete, exceptional and beguiling. The best Margaret River cabernet exemplifies those alluring characters. OK, you want to know more. It’s heady with mulberries, cassis and damson plum, wakame and squid ink. Medium bodied, plush and velvety across the palate thanks to sublime tannins with an outrageously long finish. This is irresistible.
STYLE - JH97 - Gingin clone from the oldest estate vineyard, hand-picked, whole bunch-pressed, wild-fermented in French oak (35% new), stirred through 9 months maturation, no mlf. It's possible to suggest that Xanadu has its own style of Margaret River chardonnay as it has with cabernet. There is an extra degree of precision and length, the Yarra Valley taking the place of Great Southern for the comparison. Pink grapefruit, white peach and striking minerally acidity drive this wine at a furious pace.
| XWA 2833 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $219 | |
| XWA 2834 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $219 | |
| XWA 2835 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $219 |
ENDLESS - JH97 - The problem with Xanadu Reserve Chardonnay is that it is delicious on release. But that has nothing on what it morphs into, with age. This is a wine that is all too often overlooked (not in the show system, granted) by collectors, because too few people have been privy to the wines in their middle age. A problem emerges: the wines are drunk too early and don't get the opportunity to show their full potential. This is crystalline, pure – almost austere – toasty and spiced, with layers of undulating flavour through the fine, spooling finish. A monumental wine of endless potential.
| ACC 17800 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $94 |
BRILLIANT - JH97 - The ’23 vintage is turning out to be a very special one in Margaret River both with chardonnay and cabernet sauvignon, but let’s stay with the former here. This is a humdinger. Sure it’s tightly wound, given its youth and all the electrifying acidity within, but there’s substance and depth, too. A little waxy, refined, with grapefruit, lemon, ginger spice, a dash of oak spices (the 20% new French oak superbly integrated) and a little yuzu tonic water pucker. It’s linear, long, with moreish sulphides, the merest hint of creamy lees and almost a savoury overlay. Brilliant.
FUTURE - JH96 - Not just vineyard specific, this is site-specific as the fruit comes off block 3 (a 0.6ha parcel), this vintage with 14% malbec. They are handsome companions, a bit like winemakers Glenn Goodall and Brendan Carr. Though the latter has moved on after 11 years at Xanadu, he did help make this wine. The inkiness of malbec and its dark cherry accents such a lovely foil to cabernet’s distinct flavour. This is enticing, partly because of its heady aromatics and varietal flavours à la Margaret River, but especially the tannins. They are fine, shapely and defined. The finish is long and the wine has a bright, long future.
| SRO 0686 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| SRO 0687 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 | |
| SRO 0688 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $60 |
SHINES - JH97 - Stevens Road shines this vintage and, while it will continue to garner more complexity, today it sets up an excellent foundation of flavour, acidity and drive. Lime and lemon with pink grapefruit, a layer of clotted cream and ginger, oak way in the background, long and pure with the fine acidity, albeit a little nervy and twitchy. Flavours linger; it’s moreish with a stony, quartz-like precision.
BEAUTIFUL - JH97 - Stained/spongy cork. A beautiful wine in all respects, its heart soft and generous, its head stern and serious, the combination as complete as it is complex. It tastes of an assortment of red and black berries, tobacco and cloves, with tremendously well integrated smoky oak and plenty of tang, tannin, flavour and run through the finish. An exhibition in both power and elegance. Cork permitting, it will mature gloriously MUSEUM RELEASE
CONFIDENT SWAGGER - JH96 - This is an impressive wine and an expensive one, clear of purpose, clarity, power, intensity and detail. A benchmark cabernet and shiraz meld: a blend that many Australians perceive as the homegrown quintessence. The oak cladding is salubrious. Well applied. Apparent, but not too much in lieu of the pummelling fruit: currant, dark cherry, satsuma plum and blue fruit references, brushed with five-spice, cinnamon and a gentle swathe of verdant herb before a finish marked by graphite and iodine. This is polished, sure. The tannins nicely wrought. But fresh, eminently drinkable and firmly of place, with a confident swagger and undeniable impact. MUSEUM RELEASE
BENCHMARK - JH98 - The Caley has quickly established itself as a benchmark for the classic cabernet/shiraz blend. In 2018, it's 80/20% Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon/ Barossa shiraz matured for 20 months in French barriques (38% new). The melding of both variety and region is compelling and captivating. Beautifully poised blackberry and blackcurrant lie sympatico with plum and dark cherry. Notes of cedar and tobacco with fine spices, gentle herbal tones, dried citrus blossom, pencil case and cinnamon. Picture-perfect fruit depth, powdery mineral framework and harmony in all aspects of its composition, leaving the impression of a wine at the top of its game and one destined for a long life in the cellar. MUSEUM RELEASE
| ACC 16828 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $324 | |
| XSA 2314 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $709 | |
| XSA 2313 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $709 | |
| XSA 2312 | 1 MAGNUM Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $709 |
BENCHMARK - JH98 - The Caley from Yalumba has quickly established itself as one of the benchmark wines in the 'Great Australian Blend' category. An elegant representation of how well Coonawarra cabernet sauvignon and Barossa shiraz (at 77/23% split) can work together in the right hands. There is a black-fruited intensity to its form, fine spice and cedar tones suffusing slowly through the wine with tobacco, dried herbs, pressed flowers, pencil shavings, cinnamon and roast beef. Texturally, it's a stunning wine: super pure black fruits, a silken flow, fine, powdery tannin, lacy acidity and a graceful, extended retreat from the mouth with lingering black fruit flavours, cedar and spice. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XSA 2195 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $321 | |
| XSA 2193 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $321 |
THRILLING - JH97 - For long an Australian icon, this has really lightened up its act. For the better. The sort of exotic perfume-lifted lilac floral-seldom seen across shiraz from such a warm zone. Pulpy and juicy in the mouth, rather than over-extracted and desiccated. A beautiful sash of oak, directing a cavalcade of clove, five spice and ample blue to dark fruit references along a skein of peppery acidity. Riveting complexity and the feeling of something far lighter than the ABV suggests. This is a thrilling wine. There are no two ways about it.
| ACC 16765 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $124 | |
| ACC 16766 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $124 |
LOVELY - JH96 - Since its first release in 1962, The Signature has been Yalumba's deep dive into the classic Australian blend from the Barossa and one that honors the people who have enhanced the traditions and culture of Yalumba. There is a resonance and depth to this release that I really like. Wonderfully pure and concentrated blackberry and plum fruits, layered with spice, dark chocolate, earth, cedar and oak nuance. Succulent and sinewy in the mouth, it flexes considerable muscle, yet remains purely fruited and approachable even at this stage of its evolution. Rich and balanced with fine, ripe tannin and plenty of energy for such depth of fruit. Lovely.
| ACC 17185 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $99 | |
| ACC 17186 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $99 |
CONFLUENCE - JH96 - Since its first release in 1962, the Yalumba Signature cabernet/shiraz blend has shown a fine pedigree of cellar-worthy wines, and it looks like that bloodline will continue with the 2019 release. Deep, bright crimson in the glass and densely packed with ripe blackberry, black cherry, plum and cassis fruit notes on a bed of fine spice, licorice, cedar, dark chocolate, vanillin oak and light almond blossom tones. There's a wonderful tannin structure here, fine, compact and sandy, lending perfect structure to the pure black fruits. Nothing heavy or overblown, everything in its place, the confluence of fruit/tannin/acidity on song. Pop some in your glass or the cellar. You choose.
| ACC 17432 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $124 | |
| ACC 17433 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $124 |
BEST - JH97 - This wine could easily be in the running for one of the best 2021 wines from the region. Deep in colour with stunning purity across the spectrum of blackberry, black cherry and dark plum fruits. Fragrant with citrus and almond blossom notes, aniseed, cedar, new leather, tobacco, panforte, bay leaf, wood spice and Christmas cake. Sporting a stunning fruit density and tension, it glides, thick with fine, billowing tannin, with a pitch-perfect cadence across the palate, lacy acidity playing its part in focusing the wine's intrinsic elements with aplomb. Pure, vital and beautifully composed. It's sure to be a classic.
| ACC 16914 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 | |
| ACC 17090 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $54 |
GREAT WINE - JH98 - High Sands is always a landmark wine, a site-reflective icon of peerless husbandry and elaboration, but it can be imposing, needing time and reflection. This is different, though, finely tuned, lucid, silky and sophisticated, and feeling even more expressive of place. A great, cool vintage, yes, with both depth and levity, but Pete Fraser’s quarter turns of the screw are also palpable. Fruits are red and black, ripe but with some tart wild tension, dusted in heady baharat spicing, the heartbeat of old-vine power pulsing insistently within. Flavour descriptors feel ineffectual, though. It’s the sheer graceful power of the thing that’s so beguiling, as it noiselessly swoops in, catching you in the updraft of its immense wingspan. By any measure, this is a great wine.
ESSENCE - JH96 - An 80/20% blend, crushed and destemmed, open-fermented, hand-plunged twice daily, the cabernet with extended post-ferment maceration, matured in 2yo Bordeaux barrels for 18 months. As with all the red wines in the Yarra Yering range, has excellent colour, deep in the centre, vivid on the rim. In other respects it strikes out on its own, highly aromatic and tightly strung, with savoury, spicy notes. The tannins are supple and pliable, so it greets the taster with an elegant bow, the finish a flourish of juicy essence.
| SRO 0833 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $51 | |
| SRO 0834 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 | |
| SRO 0835 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $48 |
TROPHY - JH96 - A blend of 80/20% 1995-planted cabernet and 1990-planted malbec. Matured in 225L barriques (15% new). A brilliant crimson purple. Aromas of cassis, blackberries, violets and a gentle whiff of cedar emanate from this beautifully put-together wine. Elegant, medium bodied and with super-supple tannins, Sarah Crowe has crafted an approachable and seductive cabernet. The well-deserved winner of the Best Cabernet Blend trophy at the 2022 Yarra Valley Wine Show.
| XPU 0035 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0036 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0037 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0038 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0039 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0040 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 |
GRACEFULLY - JH96 - A blend of 80/20% 1995-planted cabernet and 1990-planted malbec. Matured in French barriques (15% new). A medium deep, bright crimson. Fragrant with aromas of damson plums, blackcurrants, cedar and violets. Medium bodied, this elegantly wrought and persistent wine finishes with very fine-grained and suave tannins suggesting this will age gracefully over the next six to eight years.
| XPU 0169 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0170 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0171 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0172 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0173 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0174 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 |
A WINE OF DISTINCTION - JH98 - From the small block of shiraz planted in 1969 comes a wine of distinction, thanks to the constant fine tuning orchestrated by winemaker Sarah Crowe. Wafts of pepper, woodsy spices, iodine and florals end up mingling with the pure fruit flavours within. Ribbons of fine tannin grace the palate, as does gossamer-like acidity, holding everything perfectly in place and just allowing the finish to linger and impress even more.
| ACC 16032 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $179 | |
| ACC 16033 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $179 |
BRAVO - JH95 - Just 2 barrels. A labour of love. It is not easy to maintain varietal purity for viognier without it turning broad and oily. None of that here. It's almost delicate, with just a smidge of apricot and kernels. Infused with lemon, orange and woodsy spices, it's textural, but light as a feather across the palate. Bravo.
| ACC 16538 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| ACC 16539 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 |
SERIOUS & COMPLETE - JH98 - A blend of 60/24/11/5% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/malbec/petit verdot, the cabernet coming from the original 1969-planted vineyard. Matured in French oak (40% new). A deep, bright crimson purple. Bordeaux-like with its aromas of cassis, iodine, bay leaf and some olive tapenade. The oak is already well integrated. Powerful and balanced with lots of layers. Ripe, chewy tannins course through the wine's concentrated fruit, yet the overall impression is one of balance and harmony. A serious and complete cabernet. MUSEUM RELEASE
MAJESTIC - JH97 - A blend of 60/24/11/5% cabernet sauvignon/merlot/malbec/petit verdot, the cabernet coming from the original 1969-planted vineyard. Matured in barrique (35% new). A deep crimson purple; almost opaque. Uber classical cabernet aromas with its core of concentrated and pure blackcurrant and cedar. Throw in hints of bay leaf, some gravel and a little sea spray and you have a pretty special Dry Red Wine No. 1. It's richly fruited and elegant with perfectly integrated, supple and persistent tannins. An altogether sumptuous and majestic wine.
| XPU 0158 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $110 | |
| XPU 0159 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $110 | |
| XPU 0160 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $110 | |
| XPU 0161 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $110 | |
| XPU 0162 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $110 | |
| XPU 0157 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $110 |
EFFORTLESSLY - JH96 - Yarra Yerring originally kept things simple, with two reds. One built on the foundation of Bordeaux grape varieties while the other, the No. 2, on the more aromatic supports of those from the Rhone. Dr. Bailey Carrodus, Yarra Yering's charming and highly idiosyncratic founder, prided himself and his wines on their longevity and savoury, European aura. And rightly so. The tradition lives on, manifest in this medium-bodied, graceful expression of 95% shiraz, complemented by dashes of viognier, mataro and marsanne. A bright vermilion robe invites one into a kaleidoscope of violet, baking spice, black cherry and blue fruits of every description. Anise, iodine and vanillin oak sashay effortlessly with diaphanous grape tannins and a flow of natural acidity.
| SRO 0825 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $63 | |
| SRO 0826 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| SRO 0827 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| SRO 0828 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| SRO 0829 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 | |
| SRO 0830 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $56 |
TERRIFIC TRIO - JH96 - A blend of 96/2/1/1% shiraz/viognier/marsanne/mataro from 1969, 1980s and 1990s plantings. Fermented with whole berries and matured in barriques (30% new). A deep, bright crimson. Ripe with dark fruits, spice rack spices and a gentle waft of cedar. A rich, ripe mouthful of wine with firm, classic, old-school Yarra Yering tannins. An interesting contrast between this, the Underhill Shiraz and the Carrodus Shiraz, the No. 2 red may end up being the most long-lived of this terrific trio in 2021.
SUPREMELY -JH99 - Shiraz of the Year and Red Wine of the Year. Score awarded by the Halliday tasting panel at the annual Awards judging. PR writes: A blend of 96/1/2/1% shiraz/viognier/marsanne/mataro. Fermented with whole berries and matured in barriques (25% new). A brilliant crimson red. In fact, a brilliant Dry Red Wine No. 2. There's a little reduction when first poured but it doesn't take long for this to reveal a complex amalgam of red and black fruits, iodine, graphite and melted, dark licorice. Fleshier and more refined and seductive than last year's version. Incredibly svelte tannins. Supremely balanced. I reckon Yarra Yering's founder, Dr Bailey Carrodus, would be chuffed with this
| XPU 0163 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $97 | |
| XPU 0164 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $97 | |
| XPU 0165 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $97 | |
| XPU 0166 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $97 | |
| XPU 0167 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $97 | |
| XPU 0168 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $97 |
TOTAL JOY - JH97 - A blend of 35/35/12/7/6/5% touriga nacional/tinta cão/tinta amarela/tinta roriz/alvarelhão/sousão, all sourced from 1990 plantings. Yarra Yering and winemaker Sarah Crowe have hit the jackpot with their superb line-up of 2021 reds. Five trophies for three different wines at the 2022 Yarra Valley Wine Show, including the trophy for Best Red Wine in Show for this wine a testament to that. Founder Bailey Carrodus originally planted these Portuguese varieties to make fortified wine. While the odd fortified is still made here, it's the Dry Red Wine No. 3 – a modern-day classic – that benefits. A totally gorgeous wine that's hard to put down once you've had a sip, this exhibits a riotous array of red and black fruits, wildflowers, dried herbs, licorice root and cocoa nibs. Medium bodied and fragrant in the mouth, too! Gently chewy, well-knit tannins make this wine a total joy to drink in its youth, yet it will still be looking good five to seven years from now.
| XPU 0096 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0097 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0098 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0099 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0100 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| XPU 0102 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 |
RESTRAINT & PURITY - JH96 - Fruit from a single block of shiraz planted in 1973, 80/20% whole berries/bunches fermented in a 3500L new oak foudre. Half was then matured for a year in the same foudre, the remainder into used French oak puncheons. There's so much restraint and purity of fruit across the YY range this vintage, Underhill is no different. Perfumed, savoury, delicate yet complex, pure and long. Lacy tannins and fine acidity work across a lithe palate.
| ACC 16545 | 1 HALF BOTTLE | Current Bid: $44 | |
| ACC 16546 | 1 HALF BOTTLE | Current Bid: $44 | |
| ACC 16547 | 1 HALF BOTTLE | Current Bid: $44 | |
| ACC 16548 | 1 HALF BOTTLE | Current Bid: $44 |
GREAT STUFF - JH98 - Sourced from a single block planted in 1973. Fermented with a combination of whole bunches and whole berries. Half the wine was fermented and matured in a 3500L French foudre (purchased in 2019), the other half in French puncheons (10% new). A medium–deep and very bright crimson. Lifted and immediately appealing with its aromas of black raspberries and violets alongside a cornucopia of spices including cracked black pepper, anise and fennel seeds. A gorgeous medium-weighted, intensely flavoured and long Yarra Valley shiraz with enough tannin to suggest patience will be rewarded. Great stuff.
YEARNING & YERING - JH97 - Co-fermented with 3% viognier, aged in French barriques (35% new) for 18 months. Deep, full crimson-purple; as any winemaker co-fermenting shiraz and viognier will tell you, increments of 1% or 2% can make an immense difference - the trick is to support the shiraz, not compete with it. Thus here the powerful, resplendent black cherry and plum fruits have touches of pepper and spice as well as that of the near-unseen viognier. French oak and tannins are in their due place.
| ACC 13963 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 | |
| ACC 13964 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 |
YEARNING & YERING - JH96 - There is slightly less than 2% co-fermented viognier, but it plays an important role in creating the highly fragrant and expressive bouquet. Yes, it's vintage-driven with a riot of red and purple fruits, but the perfect structure and balance goes way beyond normal wines.
| ACC 13965 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 | |
| ACC 13967 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $69 |
KALEIDOSOPEIC - RP97+ - The 2021 Le Sol is spicy and detailed. Where the 2020 is open-weave and attractive, the 2021 is tighter, more focused and less "available" for obsessive unpicking (as I am wont to do for you, here). There's raw cocoa, blueberry, finely ground black pepper, orange peel, musk stick, layers of blackberry, mulberry, blood, ferrous notes and a hint of pencil shaving. This is a tightly coiled wine, one that has much unfurling to do, both in the cellar over time and in the glass today. Kaleidoscopic, savory and complex, this is another exciting wine from Craggy Range across the superstar 2020 and 2021 vintages. The exciting thing about the Le Sol is that there is SO MUCH flavor, without weight or density. It is pure concentration, but it leaves an impression of levity and litheness. 13% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
| ACC 17492 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $119 | |
| ACC 17648 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17649 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 | |
| ACC 17650 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $109 |
LOVELY - RP95 - The 2023 Calvert Pinot Noir is abundantly berry driven on the nose, with ripe summer cherries, mulberry, forest floor, pomegranate molasses and peppercorns. In the mouth, the wine leads with firm tannins, which are laced with Szechuan peppercorns and sandalwood spice and brought into focus by acidity that skirts the edges of brisk but lands gently on juicy. This is a lovely wine, further compounding my affection for the wines of the 2023 vintage on the South Island. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
| ACC 17540 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $85 | |
| ACC 17541 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $85 | |
| ACC 17542 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $85 |
BEAUTIFUL - JH97 - There's a sensual, heady aspect to the aromas on display this year. A little exotic soukiness to the spice profile with hints of dried rose petals, cold tea, meadow wildflowers, sandalwood, drying herbs, distant dried game meats and leaf litter and cocoa-powder suffusing through the ripe red and black cherry and dried raspberry/cranberry fruit tones. Wonderfully weighted and balanced just so with the purest of fruit profiles, a superfine, pillowy cloud of tannin and a bright mineral line. It makes for beautiful drinking now and there is plenty of space for cellaring complexity.
| MHA 0041 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 | |
| MHA 0042 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 | |
| MHA 0057 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 |
CAVALCADE - RP97+ - The 2018 Coleraine is supple and silky. A cavalcade of red and brown notes tumbles forth across the palate, with pomegranate molasses, nutmeg, layers of cassis, bramble, mahogany and raspberry seed. The wine is incredibly fresh, and it's starting to offer notes of attractive development, albeit at a very slow pace. This 2018 today is the window into both youth and evolution; we can see where it started, in its fete of vibrant youth and energy, but we can also see where it is going, and both views offer pleasure. This is a superb wine. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under screw cap.
| TUR 0907 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $95 | |
| TUR 0906 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $95 | |
| TUR 0905 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $95 | |
| JMO 0272 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $75 | |
| JMO 0273 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $75 |
BLACK HEART - RP97+ - The 2019 Coleraine was the first year in a string of great vintages, a trio, or a hat trick, if you will. The wine is brooding and textured, with a black heart of berry fruit wrapped by savory spice. It pulses with blackberry, mulberry, black cherry, cassis, brunette tobacco, coal dust, graphite, licorice, star anise and cracked fennel. It's sensational. I love the personality of this vintage. It's black, almost midnight, and extraterrestrial in its expanse, but the thing is, it just tastes so much like Hawke's Bay. It is capacious and spooling and unfurling too, long, excellent and totally on form. It's tempting to drink these in youth, but given how gracefully they unfold over time, I can confirm that your patience (if you have any) will be rewarded. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under cork.
| TUR 0904 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $95 | |
| TUR 0903 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $95 |
OUTRAGEOUS - RP97+ - The 2022 Coleraine is laden at this stage with the outrageous attractiveness of youth. I mean, it's irresistible. There's raspberry, nori, rose petals, coffee grounds, star anise, salted licorice, sun-dried kelp/nori, warm pine (I know this smell because I was hiking around the Te Mata peak yesterday, and there was a fallen pine tree lying in the sun, and it smelled great) and layers of peppercorns. In the mouth, the wine is so fresh, so alive, with so much energy, but it already is showing the svelte line of this house, this place. With a hint of raw cocoa laced through the finish, I'm sad to push this glass away. It will be the last time that I taste it for a while. A ripper. Excellent. This is composed of 84% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc.
LOVE - RP98 - The 2023 Coleraine comprises 80% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc. This cuvée is not made to a recipe, rather as a selection of the best from each vintage. In 2023, due to the weather induced by Cyclone Gabrielle, which landed in early February (the second or third), the strongest performer was the Cabernet Sauvignon due to bunch architecture, small berries, thick skins and, in this case, the low-vigor rootstocks and the chicory in between the rows. Te Mata invests heavily into research and development in the vineyards, which really assists in a vintage like 2023, which imposes challenges. The elevation in all aspects of this wine from the already tremendously impressive Awatea is significant. Here, the tannins have a finer grain, the fruit is more persistent and the package is far more integrated and seamless. With raspberry, iodine, crushed shells, nori, pressed flowers, new lead pencil, tobacco, bramble and cassis, it is magnificent. Raw cocoa and the gentle and subtle creep of game/gristle/blood and sweet marrow indicate its direction later in life. I love this wine. I think I write that every time I taste it. 13.5% alcohol, sealed under natural cork.
NV BLEND - CLASSICAL - RP97 - The NV Único Reserva Especial 2023 Release is a blend produced with vintages 2009, 2011 and 2012, in search of a house style. It's a blend of Tinto Fino with some Cabernet Sauvignon with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.85 and 5.2 grams of acidity (measured in tartaric acid per liter of wine); so, it's a slightly lighter version of Reserva Especial. When in theory they used three warm, ripe and powerful vintages, the blend is not excessively powerful, but the longer élevage has polished that power and delivered a classical and proportioned wine, aromatic, spicy, with the Vega nose and a velvety palate with very fine tannins and great elegance. 18,318 bottles and 233 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2019.
| XNE 1237 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1019 | |
| XNE 1236 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1019 | |
| XNE 1235 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1019 |
PERFECT SPECIMEN - Museum Release - Never Retailed - Lux Storage - Classic Old School Barolo - Recorked and New label when exported - 1980's? cant find records - Rare & Special
| CAT 0013 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $558 |
PERFECT SPECIMEN - Museum Release - Never Retailed - Lux Storage - Classic Old School Barolo - Recorked and New label when exported - 1980's? cant find records - Rare & Special
| CAT 0015 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $498 |
ENORMITY - RP96 - Production was skipped over in 2007 due to extreme hail damage. The fruit that would normally be destined to Amarone went to the lower tier Valpolicella Superiore instead. The 2008 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta marks a return to a slightly cooler vintage with a longer growing season slowed down during the summer's moderate temperatures. Indeed, harvest was wrapped up during the first days of November. The blend is mostly Corvina, at about 60%, with smaller parts Corvinone, Rondinella, Croatina and Oseleta. The new Dal Forno winery was finished in 2008, complete with the unique vacuum-sealed fermentation tasks that help to avoid any intrusive oxygen during winemaking. Indeed, this wine is balanced and elegant with fruit that is still crunchy and very much alive. The tannins are firm and nicely integrated into the wine's thick, fleshy consistency. This vintage is characterized by a very elegant and graceful approach, which must be taken into context given the enormity of a wine of this caliber. Happily, there is no doubt that this vintage should still evolve steadily over time.
| TUR 0850 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $713 |
SHY - RP95 - This was an excellent vintage in much of Italy, but unfortunately the weather was not as pleasant in this specific area of the Valpolicella. The season saw a lot of rain, and a good amount of fruit was cut and left on the ground because it could not be used. Considering these difficulties, Michele Dal Forno tells me he is "more than happy with the results." I tasted the 2010 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta next to the 2009 vintage, and having these two wines side by side reinforces just how different they are. The 2010 vintages is sharper, more pointed and direct in comparison, and there is a tiny point of sourness on the close. This wine does not reach the same threshold for fullness, density or richness. It does come close. The wine's residual sugar measures between 5 and 6 grams per liter, which is normal for this wine, and the bouquet is redolent of familiar black fruit, raisin and spice. However, the wine feels a bit stuck in its tracks at the moment and is evidently experiencing a shy phase in its evolution. It has retreated.
| TUR 0851 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $396 |
BEAUTIFUL EXPRESSION - RP96 - A pure expression of Sangiovese, the 2018 Cepparello is a beautiful expression that speaks to the classic and most exemplary side of this versatile and deeply expressive grape. This vintage is especially bright and ethereal with a true sense of luminosity and clarity that radiates from both the wine's appearance and its fragrant bouquet. Tart cherry and cassis segue to balsam herb and wild violets. To the palate, the wine shows muscle and determination with sweet tannins and impressive depth of favor. Cepparello remains true to its unique identity in this vintage. Production is 42,000 bottles.
| ACC 17757 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $149 |
SUPPLE & SMOOTH - RP96 - Supple and smooth, the 2020 Cepparello brings Sangiovese to soaring heights in a manner only Paolo De Marchi can manage. This is his second to last vintage before he would retire and sell this historic estate. The wine opens to medium to full-bodied concentration with dark plum and redcurrant. Those cede to sweet spice, earth, crushed stone, rusty nail and candied orange peel. Give the wine more time to flesh out with cellar age. It registers a powerful 15% alcohol content.
BEAUTIFUL - RP97 - This is a beautiful wine that is only made in the best vintages. In fact, I have only ever tasted 2006 (a late release), 2010 and 2013 before this bottle. The Isole e Olena 2016 Chianti Classico Gran Selezione is 90% Sangiovese enhanced with tiny percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Merlot. Production is limited to a mere 3,000 bottles that will not be released commercially until spring 2022. The wine is enormously bright and buoyant in this classic vintage with lingering fruit and cherry that remains intact and fresh even when tasted now some five years after the harvest. Hints of leather, tar and potting soil softly fill in the rear. This wine promises a long and healthy aging future ahead. MUSEUM RELEASE
EXUBERANT RICHNESS - RP96 - Inky dark in appearance, the 2020 Solaia is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with smaller percentages of Cabernet Franc and Sangiovese. This vintage unfolds to exuberant richness and thick layers of blackberry and plum. The tannins are sweet and expertly crafted, adding both depth and fruit weight. The 2020 vintage is quite bold, and it plays its best cards in terms of texture and mouthfeel. It’s a bigger, more accessible wine compared to the last two vintages on the market. Spice, toasted coffee bean and more dark fruit color this full-bodied Tuscan red
THE BIG TIG - Tignanello is too hot to handle - Thank Boris Johnson
| 303 0165 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $280 | |
| 303 0166 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $280 |
ETHEREAL - RP98 - The latest release from Tenuta San Guido is the 2019 Bolgheri Sassicaia. The bouquet is up front and very expressive from the get-go. It offers a generous display of crunchy, dark cherry that hints at the extra concentration and fruit weight obtained in the 2019 growing season. This vintage will be remembered for the crisp richness of the fruit and its important textural imprint. It also shows fine elegance, bordering on the ethereal, with berry aromas, tarry earth and brushes of balsam herb or grilled rosemary. Sassicaia always shows an almost-glossy finely knit quality to the polished mouthfeel, and I find it again here next to fresh acidity and firm tannins. Mouthfeel in 2019 is the wine's strongest suit. The 2019 is one of the prettiest and most balanced editions of Sassicaia we've seen this past decade, along with the back-to-back duo of 2016 and 2015. The 2019 marries the precision of the 2016 with the rich fruit weight of the 2015
| XNE 0744 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $809 | |
| XNE 0745 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $809 | |
| XNE 0746 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $809 |
VELVETY -RP96+ - The Tua Rita 2021 Redigaffi is a wine of thick character and dark extraction. This 100% expression of Merlot offers tension and extreme balance with very generous layers of dark cherry, plum, dried blackberry, spice and tobacco. It displays a spectacularly soft and velvety texture over a full-bodied approach. Redigaffi is often monolithic and monotone in its younger years, and it needs more bottle age to come into focus. This is very true for the 2021 vintage.
| XNE 0747 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $614 | |
| XNE 0748 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $614 | |
| XNE 0749 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $614 |
ETHEREAL - RP99 - One of the high points of this vertical tasting, the 1989 d'Yquem is a magical wine offering up a complex, refined bouquet with aromas of quince, apricot, pineapple, menthol, flowers and white truffles, followed by a full-bodied, concentrated and seamless palate, pure and vibrant structure and lively acids, concluding with a long, perfumed, ethereal finish MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 2494 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $2449 | |
| XNE 2493 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $2449 | |
| XNE 2492 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $2449 |
PERFECTLY BALANCED - RP98+ - The 2005 d'Yquem continues to drink beautifully today, evoking aromas of honey, saffron, vanilla pod, apricot, jasmine and orange peel. Full-bodied, sensual and juicy, it’s medium to full-bodied, with a seamless texture and a perfectly balanced palate, finishing fruity and racy. Although still a little closed and in a rather discreet phase, it has magnificent aging potential, and readers with bottles in their cellars should leave them to mature for 10 to 20 years. MUSEUM RELEASE
PRISTINE HARMONY - RP100 - In comparison to the 2010 vintage, the 2009 d'Yquem is more concentrated with a stunning "rôti," the consequence of noble rot in French. Developing a powerful, complex bouquet with aromas of pineapple, apricot, saffron, flowers, spices and orchard fruits, it’s dense and concentrated, full-bodied and layered with a crystalline texture complicated by notes of white truffles that reveal a racy, endless and a superb finish concluding with a pristine harmony. Readers with bottles in their cellars will have to be patient before opening this masterpiece with 155 grams of residual sugar.
| ACC 17192 | 1 HALF BOTTLE | Current Bid: $629 |
PERFECTLY CONTROLLED - RP96 - The 2013 d'Yquem is open and demonstrative, evoking aromas of apricot, saffron, musk, spices and exotic fruits, followed by a medium to full-bodied, pure and deep palate paving the way to a perfectly controlled power. The finish is animated with bright acids and a sappy, fleshy texture typical of Yquem’s clay terroirs, and while it may stand in the shadow of its Bordeaux vintage red counterpart, whose reputation has been somewhat wanting, this Sauternes deserves of praise in its own right. MUSEUM RELEASE
PRECISE - RP96 - With 135 grams of residual sugar, the 2016 d'Yquem has turned out brilliantly in bottle, exhibiting a precise, harmonic, deep bouquet with aromas of mango, lychee, jasmine, exotic fruits, dry apricot and menthol. It’s moderately weighted and tense with a layered yet concentrated texture and a long, vibrant finish. Racy, charming and attractively complete, it distinguishes itself from its peers with its bright acidity. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0781 | 1 HALF BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $459 | |
| XNE 0782 | 1 HALF BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $459 | |
| XNE 0783 | 1 HALF BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $459 |
SIMPLY STUNNING - RP97 - The 2017 d'Yquem is simply stunning, evoking both a minty and fresh bouquet with aromas of apricot, baked pear, saffron, honeycomb and flowers. Full-bodied, rich and seamless, it’s perfectly balanced with a beautiful bittersweet mid-palate and a long, endless finish with aromas of crème brûlée, salted butter caramel and vanilla pod. This blend of 75% Sémillon and 25% Sauvignon Blanc contains 148 grams of residual sugar. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0871 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1049 | |
| XNE 0870 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1049 |
BLOWS YOU AWAY - RP97 - A blend of 83% Semillon and 17% Sauvignon Blanc, the 2017 Rieussec is pale to medium lemon-gold colored. To begin, the nose blows you away with intense lemon tart, lime cordial, mango and quince notes followed by a second wave of floral, orange blossoms and honeysuckle scents, and then notes of crushed rocks, crème caramel and marzipan join the party. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is still very tightly wound with concentrated sweetness and a racy backbone to match, delivering layer upon layer of citrus and savory flavors, finishing on a persistent mineral note. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0951 | 1 HALF BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $89 | |
| XNE 0950 | 1 HALF BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $89 | |
| XNE 0949 | 1 HALF BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $89 |
BEAST - RP96+ - The 2013 Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin is a beast of a wine that’s shed most of the baby fat it showed from barrel. A normal blend of 60% Mourvèdre, 20% Grenache, and the rest Syrah and Counoise, this tiny production release has incredible minerality to go with searing black and blue fruits, forest floor, smoked earth and leather. Full-bodied, inky, concentrated and backwards with a serious kick of tannin, it will need a decade of cellaring to be approachable. I suspect it will have 2-3 decades of longevity. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0600 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $749 | |
| XNE 0602 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $749 | |
| XNE 0603 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $749 |
SHOCKED AT THE QUALITY - RP97+ - I was shocked at the quality of the 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin and I can’t think of another wine that comes close to this level of depth, concentration and richness in the vintage. Its inky color is followed by sensational notes of roasted herbs, licorice, caramelized meats and layers of black and blue fruits. Rich, full-bodied, thick and unctuous, hats off to the Perrin family for this incredible effort! Give bottles 4-6 years of cellaring and drink over the following two decades. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0606 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $749 | |
| XNE 0604 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $749 | |
| XNE 0605 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $749 |
WOW - RP98 - As this was bottled only a week before I tasted it, I suspect this rating will prove to be conservative once a few months have passed. The 2015 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage a Jacques Perrin is another prodigious version of this wine. How many wines in this world can be so huge yet so lacking the feeling of weight? There's plenty of layered spice but also a core of raspberries; rich tannins, yet no real astringency; and a long finish without any apparent heat. Wow! MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 1018 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $814 |
BREATHTAKING - RP100 - Marvelously complex, deeply fruited and massively concentrated yet wonderfully drinkable, the 2019 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage à Jacques Perrin challenges the number of superlatives that can be thrown at it. Scents of violets, tree bark, truffle, purple raspberries and blackberries all appear on the nose, while the full-bodied palate is rich, dense and velvety, and the finish shows enormous richness and length. Breathtaking stuff.
| XNE 0607 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $924 |
GREATEST - RP96+ - The 2007 Vieux Telegraphe may be the greatest wine made at this property since the 2005 and 1998. Dense ruby/purple-tinged with an exquisite nose of salty sea breezes, licorice, ground pepper, jammy black cherries, black currants, figs, and plums, this is a full-bodied, rich, Provencal-styled offering with lots of sweet, ripe tannin. It is surprisingly accessible for a Vieux Telegraphe (this wine normally shuts down several years after bottling), but it should have great longevity (25+ years) given its power, full-bodied mouthfeel, and enormous length and richness. This is a brilliant effort from brothers Frederic and Daniel Brunier.
IMPECCABLE - RP96+ - More masculine, backwards and concentrated, the 2005 Cote Rotie Chateau d’Ampuis is a full-bodied, structured effort that’s just barely starting to show some secondary nuances. Giving up notions of violet, asphalt, graphite, crushed rock, bacon fat and dried rose petal, it has impeccable balance, notable concentration and a big finish. It should hit prime time in another 2 to 3 years, and evolve gracefully through 2025.
| KEN 0796 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 | |
| KEN 0797 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 | |
| KEN 0798 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 |
MASSIVELY - RP98+ - Massively concentrated and tannic, Chapoutier's 2019 Ermitage le Pavillon looks as if it will take a few more years to come around than the other selections parcellaires. The initial scents of crushed stone and cassis are intriguing, but this full-bodied wine comes across almost cold and reserved yet immensely promising. On this occasion, Michel Chapoutier pronounced it "a tea of granite," which describes it fairly well, although hints of its future charms can be seen on the long, licorice-tinged and mouthwatering finish.
| XFW 0245 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $689 | |
| XFW 0246 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $689 | |
| XFW 0253 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $689 |
GREAT - RP100 - Crushed stone, mint, blackberries and cassis all appear upon the nose of the 2020 Ermitage le Pavillon. The great vintages of these wines soak up the oak, like this one has. Full-bodied, concentrated and massive in scale, it's a mouthful of dark fruit flavors that gradually morph into something more savory on the long, silky-firm finish, adding notes of black olives and espresso. It's really impressive, as it maintains a sense of elegance all along its path.
| XFW 0289 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $674 | |
| XFW 0533 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $674 | |
| XFW 0537 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $674 |
WINESEARCHER - 92/100 - 7 CRITIC REVIEWS
| 136 0021 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar & Museum Release | Current Bid: $1472 |
BREATHTAKING - RP95+ - The 2009 Chambertin is breathtaking in its beauty. It boasts gorgeous textural depth and richness in its eternal, endless layers of fruit. This is a totally seamless wine that captures the style of the year and the personality of the vineyard. A sweet note of cassis lingers on the finessed finish. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2039.
| 136 0020 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar & Museum Release | Current Bid: $5520 |
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| GAV 0001 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1440 |
CULT - ROMANEE CONTI Offspring - Domaine Prieuré Roch is something of a cult, minimal-intervention Burgundy producer with vineyard holdings throughout the Côte d'Or but mostly concentrated in Nuit-Saint-Georges. Wines are made from a number of designated appellations with Pinot Noir red wines in preponderance. However, the estate also has Chardonnay vineyards in the Côte de Beaune. The estate was founded in 1988 by Henri-Frédéric Roch – a member of the Leroy family and co-owner and co-director of the legendary Domaine de la Romanée-Conti since 1992. The "prieuré" (meaning "priory" in French) was appended by Roch himself. Prieuré Roch was established with just two hectares (five acres) of vineyards divided between four different parcels in Vosne Romanée. These parcels had, at the time, been sold off by Romanée-Conti in order finance the acquisition of a larger portion of the Romanée-Saint-Vivant site. The estate now boasts more than 14 hectares (34 acres) with a strong majority in Nuit-Saint-Georges. WINE-SEARCHER
| XPU 0139 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $374 | |
| XPU 0141 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $374 | |
| XPU 0142 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $374 |
CULT - ROMANEE CONTI Offspring - Domaine Prieuré Roch is something of a cult, minimal-intervention Burgundy producer with vineyard holdings throughout the Côte d'Or but mostly concentrated in Nuit-Saint-Georges. Wines are made from a number of designated appellations with Pinot Noir red wines in preponderance. However, the estate also has Chardonnay vineyards in the Côte de Beaune. The estate was founded in 1988 by Henri-Frédéric Roch – a member of the Leroy family and co-owner and co-director of the legendary Domaine de la Romanée-Conti since 1992. The "prieuré" (meaning "priory" in French) was appended by Roch himself. Prieuré Roch was established with just two hectares (five acres) of vineyards divided between four different parcels in Vosne Romanée. These parcels had, at the time, been sold off by Romanée-Conti in order finance the acquisition of a larger portion of the Romanée-Saint-Vivant site. The estate now boasts more than 14 hectares (34 acres) with a strong majority in Nuit-Saint-Georges. WINE-SEARCHER
| XPU 0135 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $868 | |
| XPU 0136 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $868 | |
| XPU 0138 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $868 |
CULT - ROMANEE CONTI Offspring - Domaine Prieuré Roch is something of a cult, minimal-intervention Burgundy producer with vineyard holdings throughout the Côte d'Or but mostly concentrated in Nuit-Saint-Georges. Wines are made from a number of designated appellations with Pinot Noir red wines in preponderance. However, the estate also has Chardonnay vineyards in the Côte de Beaune. The estate was founded in 1988 by Henri-Frédéric Roch – a member of the Leroy family and co-owner and co-director of the legendary Domaine de la Romanée-Conti since 1992. The "prieuré" (meaning "priory" in French) was appended by Roch himself. Prieuré Roch was established with just two hectares (five acres) of vineyards divided between four different parcels in Vosne Romanée. These parcels had, at the time, been sold off by Romanée-Conti in order finance the acquisition of a larger portion of the Romanée-Saint-Vivant site. The estate now boasts more than 14 hectares (34 acres) with a strong majority in Nuit-Saint-Georges. WINE-SEARCHER
| XPU 0144 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $274 | |
| XPU 0147 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $274 | |
| XPU 0148 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $274 | |
| XPU 0149 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $274 | |
| XPU 0151 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $274 | |
| XPU 0153 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $274 |
CULT - ROMANEE CONTI Offspring - Domaine Prieuré Roch is something of a cult, minimal-intervention Burgundy producer with vineyard holdings throughout the Côte d'Or but mostly concentrated in Nuit-Saint-Georges. Wines are made from a number of designated appellations with Pinot Noir red wines in preponderance. However, the estate also has Chardonnay vineyards in the Côte de Beaune. The estate was founded in 1988 by Henri-Frédéric Roch – a member of the Leroy family and co-owner and co-director of the legendary Domaine de la Romanée-Conti since 1992. The "prieuré" (meaning "priory" in French) was appended by Roch himself. Prieuré Roch was established with just two hectares (five acres) of vineyards divided between four different parcels in Vosne Romanée. These parcels had, at the time, been sold off by Romanée-Conti in order finance the acquisition of a larger portion of the Romanée-Saint-Vivant site. The estate now boasts more than 14 hectares (34 acres) with a strong majority in Nuit-Saint-Georges. WINE-SEARCHER
| XPU 0154 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $499 | |
| XPU 0155 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $499 | |
| XPU 0156 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $499 |
BEHEMOTH - RP96+ - Deep purple-black, the 2016 Bellevue Mondotte has a dark, seductive, opulent nose of star anise, cumin seed, dried roses, incense and cedar chest over a core of plum preserves, baked blueberries, dates and Christmas cake plus hints of unsmoked cigars and tapenade. The full-bodied palate is a behemoth of fruit with a rock-solid frame to match, featuring firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing very long and very spicy.
| TUR 1002 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $178 |
TUMBLES - RP97+ - A blend of 72% Merlot and 28% Cabernet Franc, the 2018 Canon has a pH of 3.69 and 14% alcohol. Deep garnet-purple in color, it tumbles effortlessly out of the glass with a gorgeous perfume of candied violets, preserved plums, black cherry compote and Ceylon tea with hints of kirsch, powdered cinnamon, chocolate box and fertile loam. The medium to full-bodied palate is packed with juicy black fruit layers, supported by plush, oh-so-soft tannins and well-knit freshness, finishing long and fragrant.
| TUR 0992 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $222 |
IMPRESSIVE - RP98+ - The 2018 Cos d'Estournel is a blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 23% Merlot, 2% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc, aged in 50% new oak barriques. The alcohol weighs in at just over 14.5%. Sporting a deep purple-black color, it needs a lot of swirling to begin to unlock a powerful nose of crème de cassis, stewed plums, wild blueberries and chocolate-covered cherries, followed by nuances of Sichuan pepper, star anise, tree and clove oil, plus a waft of charcoal. The full-bodied palate is densely packed with taut, muscular black fruits and earthy layers, framed by super firm, ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long and wonderfully earthy. A very impressive behemoth, this is going to need a good seven to 10 years to truly show its stuff and should drink for a good 40 years and beyond. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XSA 2052 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $519 | |
| XSA 2053 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $519 |
BRILLIANTLY - RP97 - The 2019 Cos d'Estournel has turned out brilliantly, exhibiting aromas of minty cassis, sweet wild berries and wild plums mingled with hints of spices, loamy soil and potpourri. Full-bodied, broad and enveloping, it's polished and seamless, its ample chassis of fine, velvety tannin entirely concealed in its deep core of succulent, crunchy fruit. Beautifully integrated at this early stage, the last decade has witnessed a number of changes at this address, including a trend toward less aggressively late picking, cooler fermentations and élevage with fewer rackings and more moderate percentages of less heavily toasted new oak: in 2019, the results speak for themselves. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0751 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $499 | |
| XNE 0753 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $499 | |
| XNE 0765 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $499 |
BEGUILING - RP100 - The 2009 Cuvee Madame, composed of 100% Sémillon, is pale lemon-gold in color with a beguiling fragrance of peach blossoms, mandarin peel, jasmine and allspice with core of pineapple, lemon pie, peach preserves and ginger plus a waft of musk perfume. Very big, powerful and seductive with decadent richness and loads of spice and floral layers accenting the ripe stone fruit flavors, it finishes with epic persistence. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 2486 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $599 | |
| XNE 2487 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $599 | |
| XNE 2488 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $599 |
HANDSOMELY - RP97+ - Composed of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 4% Petit Verdot, the deep garnet-purple colored 2015 Haut-Bailly offers up a tantalizingly savory nose of smoked meats, chargrill, tapenade, unsmoked cigars and black truffles with a core of black currants, black cherries and wild blueberries plus wafts of iron ore and bouquet garni. Medium to full-bodied, very firm and yet wonderfully plush with a powerful core of fruit—this vintage is truly an iron fist in a velvet glove. The finish goes on and on with persistent earthy/minerally notes and savory/sweet fruit. Although it is tempting and indeed delicious right now, the wine still possesses many restrained layers and should handsomely reward the patient.
| TUR 0990 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $238 |
WILL DELIGHT - RP97 - The 2021 Haut-Brion confirms its fine showing en primeur, cementing its status as one of the wines of the vintage. Its complex bouquet of dark berries and cassis mingled with notions of cigar wrapper and burning embers unfurls in the glass. Full-bodied, deep and velvety, it’s concentrated and layered with a multidimensional core of fruit, sweet tannins and lively acids, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. Reflecting the timeless elegance of Haut-Brions from cooler years, the 2021 will delight Bordeaux purists. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 2377 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1179 | |
| XNE 2378 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1179 | |
| XNE 2385 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1179 |
SHIMMERS - RP99 - The 2018 La Mission Haut-Brion is a blend of 53.5% Merlot, 42.9% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3.6% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple colored, it emerges from the glass with a first wave of stewed black and red plums, mulberries and black raspberries scents, followed by pronounced notions of warm cassis, clove oil, violets and chocolate box, with hints of cast-iron pan, pencil lead and forest floor coming through after a few minutes. The medium to full-bodied palate shimmers with energy, delivering layers of red and black fruits with earthy and mineral sparks and a texture so satiny you need to remember to look for it, finishing with amazing vibrancy. This is so wonderfully evocative and singular, and yet it feels like its holding something back. It makes for an impressive glass right now, but give it a good 5 years in bottle to allow further nuances to emerge and expect it to seriously reward those who can wait a good 12-15 years, when it should really hit its stride.
| TUR 0987 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $515 |
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 |
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 |
CAPABLE - RP92 - Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Chateau Margaux was just missing a little intensity on the nose compared to the other First Growths: scents of incense and iris, blackberry and tobacco, perhaps just missing the floral nature of other vintages. The palate is well balanced with supple black fruit laced with graphite and tobacco, fully matured but clearly with sufficient substance to last another 15-20 years. It is a capable Château Margaux, although frankly it does not put enough distance between itself and its Margaux peers, yapping at its heels. Tasted February 2017.
| ERI 0024 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $880 |
WONDERFULLY - RP98 - The 2009 Château Margaux is deep garnet in color and features wonderfully fragrant minted cassis, lilacs, Black Forest cake and oolong tea scents with touches of pencil shavings and dusty soil. Medium to full-bodied, it has a firm, grainy frame with lovely freshness lifting the perfumed fruit to a very long, mineral-laced finish.
| ERI 0025 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $2000 |
ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL - RP99 - The 2015 Chateau Margaux is a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Medium garnet-purple colored, the nose features oh-so-seductive notes of warm blackberries, cassis and black forest cake with touches of forest floor, sandalwood, anise and cigar boxes plus a waft of lavender. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers taut, muscular, densely packed black fruits and exotic spice flavor layers supported by a very firm backbone of grainy tannins with oodles of freshness and a long, savory finish. It is tightly knit and a little reticent at this very youthful stage; afford it at least 15 years in the cellar, and it will open out into a classic Chateau Margaux of incredible proportions. Readers may be interested to know that this wine is beautifully packaged in a special commemorative bottle honoring winemaker Paul Pontellier, who passed away in 2016. The gold-etched black bottle bears the message, “Hommage à Paul Pontellier” at the bottom. This 2015 is an achingly beautiful swan song from an incredibly gifted winemaker, taken from us too soon. In my view, this alone makes this vintage more than worth the investment for the many lovers of history in a bottle. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0920 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $3824 |
CLASSIC - RP100 - The 2018 Château Margaux is composed of 90% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Merlot, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot, representing 36% of the crop this year. The wine has a pH of 3.8 and 14% alcohol. Deep purple-black in color, it slowly unfurls to reveal tantalizing scents of crème de cassis, wild blueberries and Black Forest cake with hints of redcurrant jelly, rose oil, dark chocolate and cedar chest plus a touch of star anise. The medium to full-bodied palate bursts with opulent black fruit, fragrant earth and floral layers, supported by a rock-solid structure of exquisitely ripe, finely grained tannins and seamless backbone of freshness, finishing with fantastic length. This is classic Margaux at its most seductive, although it is, rather amazingly, approachable and absolutely delicious right now. But, to enjoy its full glory, you will want to cellar it for at least 6-8 years and then watch it metamorphize over the next 40+ years.
| TUR 0986 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1188 |
CLASSIC - RP95 - The 2021 Château Margaux saw a traditional élevage in new barrels, with bottling in July, and as readers will remember, it's a blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot that benefited from late picking, appreciable percentages of saignée, and a strict selection. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of cassis, blueberries and raspberries mingled with hints of licorice, white flowers and charcoal, it's medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a broad attack, lively purity and sweet structuring tannins, concluding with a long, penetrating finish. It's a classic that will richly reward bottle age.
| XNE 2428 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1199 | |
| XNE 2429 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1199 | |
| XNE 2430 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $1199 |
MONSTER - RP95 - A hulking monster of power and extraction, the 2018 Montrose offers up rich aromas of mulberries, cherries, dark chocolate and violets. Full-bodied, broad and ample, with a textural attack that segues into a sweet core of fruit framed by ripe but chewy tannins, it's a muscular, dense Montrose with structure to burn, concluding with a lingering, floral finish. While its over 14.5% alcohol is impressively well integrated, Médoc purists will want to gravitate toward the 2016 rather than the 2018.
| TUR 0988 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $238 |
Magificient MOUTON ROTHSCHILD - 2014 Art offer with David Hockney gracing the label - RP95 - The 2014 Mouton-Rothschild was closed at first when I tasted the wine in bottle with winemaker Philippe Dhalluin. But as it transpires, this First Growth is just toying with you. Initially quite understated, it responds to aeration like a young child peeking from around a corner and then running out, waving its hands. It suddenly hits you with gorgeous black cherries, bilberry, cedar and wilted rose petal. The palate is medium-bodied with a silky smooth entry. This is utterly seductive: a wine without a hair out of place. It is not as powerful or as complex as the 2015 Mouton-Rothschild, yet the precision and focus here is beguiling. It will require five to seven years to absorb the 100% new oak, then it will be an utterly delicious and to use a term employed at en primeur, "cerebral" First Growth that is destined to give two or three decades of pleasure.
| DCH 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $922 |
BEAUTIFULLY - RP95+ - The 2021 Palmer has turned out beautifully in bottle, wafting from the glass with expressive aromas of blackberries, cherries and mulberries mingled with notions of iris, dark chocolate and spices. Medium to full-bodied, deep and concentrated, with an enveloping core of succulent fruit framed by rich, sweet tannins, it concludes with a long, expansive finish. It's a blend of 56% Merlot, 41% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 2431 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $694 | |
| XNE 2432 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $694 | |
| XNE 2433 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $694 |
EPIC - RP98 - In 2015, the blend is 60% Merlot, 22% Cabernet Franc and 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the wine was matured 80% in new French oak. Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Pavie is still sporting a bit of its oak to begin, giving way to a glorious nose of crushed black cherries, blackberries and mulberries plus hints of dried roses, stewed tea, unsmoked cigars and garrigue. The rich, concentrated, full-bodied palate delivers an incredible structure of very firm, very ripe tannins and a racy line of freshness cutting through the dense layers of perfumed black fruits and savory notions, finishing with epic length.
| TUR 0985 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $668 |
RP89 - The 2005 Pichon Lalande, with its aromatics of cassis, forest floor and earth are followed by a medium-bodied wine that doesn’t have quite the length and richness the aromatics suggest. Nevertheless, it is medium-bodied, elegant, and pure, and a classic example for this château. Drink it now as well as over the next 15 or so years. It is showing better than my earlier notes suggest.
| EIO 0238 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $244 |
IMMORTAL - RP100 - One of the greatest wines that this estate has produced in the modern era, the 2016 Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande is a brilliant classic that no Bordeaux lover is going to want to do without. Mingling aromas of cassis and plums with notions of licorice, sweet tobacco leaf, rich soil tones, licorice, cigar smoke and violets, it's full-bodied, seamless and complete, with huge concentration, bright acids and a long, penetrating finish. Standing out for its unerring precision, impeccable balance and ineffable sense of completeness, it should prove almost immortal. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 2324 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $799 | |
| XNE 2325 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $799 | |
| XNE 2326 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $799 |
INCREDIBLE - RP97 - Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Pontet-Canet comes charging out of the glass with fantastically expressive notes of black cherry preserves, black raspberries and blackcurrant pastilles plus touches of kirsch, wilted roses, tobacco, camphor and cinnamon stick with a waft of fragrant soil. Full bodied, the palate is laden with black and red fruit layers, supported by very firm, very finely grained tannins and provocative freshness, finishing with incredible length and stunningly perfumed.
| TUR 0982 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 | |
| TUR 0983 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $218 |
LONG - RP97 - Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Rauzan-Ségla offers up an expressive nose of baked blackberries, kirsch, warm cassis and baked plums with hints of cigar box and tilled soil. Full-bodied, rich and expansive in the mouth, it has layer upon layer of bold red and black fruit preserves with earthy accents and a velvety texture, finishing long and lively. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0976 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $284 | |
| XNE 0973 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $284 | |
| XNE 0972 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $284 |
EFORTLESSLY - RP97 - Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Rauzan-Ségla drifts effortlessly from the glass with fragrant rose hip tea, candied violets and chocolate box scents over a core of fresh blackcurrants and black cherry compote plus wafts of tobacco and dusty soil. Medium to full-bodied, it delivers a great mid-palate of softly textured black and blue fruits with loads of floral nuances and a refreshing lift on the finish. MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0966 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 | |
| XNE 0965 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 | |
| XNE 0964 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $349 |
INCREDIBLE ACHIEVEMENT - RP98+ The 2018 Rauzan-Ségla is composed of 56% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 2% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. The wine has 14% alcohol, and it was aged for around 18 months in barriques, 65% new. Deep garnet-purple colored, it comes galloping out of the glass with powerful, energetic scents of crushed black cherries, blackcurrant cordial and mulberries, plus suggestions of violets, star anise, chocolate mint and crushed rocks with a touch of tobacco leaf. The medium to full-bodied palate is jam-packed with taut, muscular black fruit layers, supported by firm, ripe, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing with fantastic length and loads of earthy sparks. This is a thoroughbred Margaux, for sure, possessing amazing power in a very sleek, sophisticated package. Give it 5-7 years in bottle to unlock all those earth, floral and mineral nuances and drink it over the next 40 years or more. An incredible achievement that adeptly sidesteps the potentially overwhelming stamps of this extreme vintage. Bravo to Technical Director Nicolas Audebert and the team at Rauzan-Ségla! MUSEUM RELEASE
| XNE 0963 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $354 | |
| XNE 0962 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $354 | |
| XNE 0960 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $354 |
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