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How fast is time moving…. Almost 1/3 through May.

I grabbed a couple of bottles this month:

3 X 2023 Cullen Diana Madeline
2 X 2023 Clonakilla SV
3 X 2019 Tyrell’s Vat 1

Contemplating looking at a bottle of Mt Edelstone but maybe hold off to see what the pricing does. Up to $300 p/bottle for the 2022, seems a sizeable jump?

Queue now in rack until Mount Mary I think….(unless I happen across something very compelling!)

Cheers Ed

12 2022 Oliver's Taranga MV Shiraz
6 2021 Petaluma Coonawarra... should be an absolute cracker!


We were having a laugh Ed.
Between 1982-1990 vintages KE, Cyril, Mt Ed and HoG were our house reds. We drank dozens of them, $5, $12, $12, $27 respectively. Pity Stephen Henschke abruptly stopped sensible pricing.
I purchased a single bottle of 2012 Mt Ed for $105.... Henschke wines simply not worth it now...despite being the wine critics darling with 100 point scores.
You'd be far better off with Standish, Sami Odi, Eperosa.
Plus wait for the second hand market. Several vintages of Mt Ed sub $200.
Cheers Craig

It’s miserable, rainy week in ADL. So got a box full of Henschke’s from the cellar. I still drink them. I don’t buy them though.

2005 Abbott’s Prayer last night. Beautiful and even. Just a little stelvin-boring compared to previous vintages under cork.

Next a 95 & 2005 Cyril

94 & 2004 Mt Ed

Queue Mike ...

1994 Mt Ed, what was it...$20
Cheers Craig

Bit the bullet ...

2 x 2021 Yalumba The Caley
3 x 2023 Moss Wood Cabernet

phillisc wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2026 5:51 pm 1994 Mt Ed, what was it...$20
Cheers Craig

I reckon it jumped in 94 and was $40 CD. But I got a bunch for $35 in local bottleo’s.

12 x 2021 Petaluma Evans Vineyard Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot
(CellarOne had a good deal)

6 x Knee Deep 2023 Third Rule Margaret River Chardonnay. Sadly another winery that's had to throw in the towel as the wine glut worsens. Talk is world wide consumption has declined by 10% since 2020 and is at its lowest since 1960. Younger drinkers drinking less but better quality and more competition from other alcoholic beverages. I'm doing my bit to help soak it up.

3 x Jim Barry McRae Wood 2021 shiraz.Some good bargains out there.

3 x 2025 Bulman Gary's Vineyard McLaren Vale Grenache
3 x 2025 Bulman Glen's Vineyard Eden Valley Grenache

Another sixer of the 2021 Petaluma Coonawarra.
Had a bottle of the weekend...and as predicted, an absolute cracker
Cheers Craig

1 x 2023 Ochota Barrels Impeccable Disorder Pinot
2 x 2021 Pikes The Merle Reserve Riesling
1 x 2019 Yangarra Estate Old Vine Grenache (bit of an ode to Peter)
1 x 2017 Olek Bondonio 'Starderi' Barbaresco
1 x 2014 Produttori del Barbaresco 'Montefico' Riserva

6 x 2021 St Hugo Coonawarra Cab Sav

12 x Dowie Doole 2022 McLaren Vale Reserve Shiraz. Really good wine at stupid price from Skye Cellars in Adelaide.

mjs wrote: ↑Fri May 08, 2026 10:07 pm Bit the bullet ...

2 x 2021 Yalumba The Caley
3 x 2023 Moss Wood Cabernet

I had a glass of the 2021 Caley last week. I'm not much of an Aussie red wine drinker anymore, other than bits and pieces of pinot, but this wine might change my mind. Incredible. Honestly. Half the price of Grange, and I promise you, twice as good.

I agree Felix. I’ve been saying for the past five years this has the potential to be the best wine in Oz. As long as they resist the urge to overproduce …..

More stuff from auction. About 7 x Yalumba Galway Pipe Tawny Port. Made before they sold the label to Wolf Blass who, as usual, trashed the label. Nice to see super old bottles still hitting the market. One is measured in pints and fluid ounces. These are likely from the 70s and can be hit or miss but the hits can be absolute gems.

6 x 2024 Claymore Bitter Sweet Symphony Cab Sav

Mike Hawkins wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2026 4:29 am I agree Felix. I’ve been saying for the past five years this has the potential to be the best wine in Oz. As long as they resist the urge to overproduce …..

Yes a brilliant wine, fortunate to have been able to taste several glasses of the first seven vintages...absolutely sublime.
I haven't looked at the 2021, spotted it somewhere amongst the dozens of wine emails that somebody has it for $380...auction prices for previous vintages less than that.
I would like one and compared to the international stage "relatively" good value...maybe one day

Don't think they will over produce, they will just increase the price, there will be a '22, '24 and '25 to follow. These will all be $500+
Cheers Craig

Weekend in Clare

3 x 2019 Tim Adams Cabernet Malbec
3 x 2019 Tim Adams Watervale Cabernet Malbec
12 x 2021 Claymore Black Vinyl Reserve Cabernet Shiraz
6 x 2019 Reilly’s Dry Land Cabernet Sauvignon
3 x 2018 Reilly’s RCV The Dancer Cabernet Sauvignon
5 x 2024 Reilly’s Dry Land Fortified Shiraz

6 x 22 Katnook Odyssey

New thread for June perhaps Malcolm
Cheers Craig