| Australian | 2688 |
| Italian | 687 |
| Imported | 564 |
| Burgundy | 525 |
| New Zealand | 308 |
| Champagne | 253 |
| Rhone | 163 |
| Bordeaux | 148 |
| France | 122 |
| Whisky | 113 |
| Chablis | 66 |
| Sauternes / Barsac | 61 |
| Port | 44 |
| Spirits | 16 |
| Total Lots: | 5758 |
| CRISTOM ESTATE Eola Amity Hills | 2021 |
| MOET & CHANDON Dom Perignon | 2010 |
| SHAW & SMITH | 2021 |
| TURKEY FLAT | 2010 |
| TURKEY FLAT | 2010 |
| TURKEY FLAT | 2010 |
| TURKEY FLAT | 2010 |
| TURKEY FLAT | 2010 |
| TURKEY FLAT | 2010 |
| GLEN ORRIN 30 Year Old | NV |
| PENFOLDS Grange |
| HENSCHKE Hill of Grace |
STONES OF GOLD - 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.
RP Track record? Parker scores 2013-2019, 98-98-95-100-98-99-99
| ACC 15031 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $209 |
EXPLOSION - RP99 - The nose of the 2020 White Bones Chardonnay is an explosion of thyme and rockrose, aromatic, open, expressive, outspoken, showy and exuberant. It also has notes of white flowers and citrus, pine needles and incense, continuously developing new layers, curry, something smoky, more and more aromatic herbs, nuanced, complex and with a magnetic attraction that makes you go back to the glass over and over again. This was harvested all at the same time, whereas it was sometimes harvested over four different moments in the past; so this is a bit different and an extraordinary year for this wine, transcending the conditions of the year, with lower alcohol and pH (12.5% and 3.1) than the 2021, despite coming from a warmer year. This is very tasty and long, stony (more than White Stones!) and very persistent. Amazing juice! 5,760 bottles produced.
I had the chance to do a mini-vertical of 2010, 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 together, and the wines are aging slowly; the 2010 is right now at a sweet-spot moment for current drinking. The 2014 was the weakest of the flight, 2016 was the sharpest and the 2020 is surprisingly fresh for the vintage. White Bones and Fortuna Terrae behave very well in warmer years. These whites all have a common profile; they're very aromatic with lots of thyme, sage and lemongrass aromas, wild, herbal and exotic.
| ACC 15025 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $158 |
GUARANTEED TO EVOLVE SUPERBLY - JH95 - Strong purple-red; a complex array of aromas running through dark fruits, mint and vanilla, with the oak well balanced and integrated. A beautifully balanced and constructed wine, with intense fruit, well integrated oak and guaranteed to evolve superbly over the decades.
| NIK 0179 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $128 | |
| NIK 0180 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $128 |
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: $299 | |
| ACC 12313 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $299 |
GREGARIOUS & OPULENT - RP92+ Deep garnet-purple colored and redolent of pepper and ripe black fruit aromas with nuances of violets, cigar boxes, cloves and coffee, the 2009 Dimchurch Shiraz is positioned one pricing level down from the Hoffman Vineyard. In the mouth, it has a big, rich and concentrated, full-bodied frame that shows Ceylon tea and very spicy flavors before finishing long. This wine is gregarious and opulent at once. Drink it now to 2023+.
| NIK 0229 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $128 | |
| NIK 0230 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $128 |
WONDERFULLY LONG - RP94 - All from Adrian Hoffman's Ebenezer vineyard in Barossa, the 2012 Dimchurch Shiraz has a deep garnet-purple color and reveals a youthful lift on the nose of crushed blueberries and black cherries, plus suggestions of dried Provence herbs, Sichuan pepper, anise, cloves and mocha. There is a pleasantly savory/Bovril character in the big, opulent, full-bodied mouth with a firm, tannic backbone and a wonderfully long, layered finish.
| NIK 0170 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 | |
| NIK 0171 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $120 |
RINGLAND THREE RIVERS - EPIC UNWOUND - 1992 one of the first - Parker gave six 99 and 100 point scores in 10 years - then the Three Rivers went up in legal smoke
| NIK 0228 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $720 |
THE WINE BEFORE THE NAME - JH95 - Excellent, strong purple-red colour; the bouquet shows perfectly ripened fruit woven through with sweet, cedary oak; a beautifully balanced and structured palate with classic cassis fruit and fine, lingering tannins. Changed to Dianna Madeline in 2001
| LAR 0018 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $96 |
GOLDEN AGE OF FORTIFIED - Time long passed when Port was the ultimate expression -Table wine was the left overs - SPECIAL 60TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
| GGR 0194 | 1 BOTTLE Label damage | Current Bid: $199 |
GREAT GRACE - RP94 - Deep brick color, the 1986 Hill of Grace is a well-defined nose of dried mulberries and kirsch with hints of truffles, menthol, earth and cigar boxes. Medium-bodied with good fruit concentration and plenty of savory, spicy layers of flavors, it has bright acid, medium-firm, grainy tannins and a long finish. It is mature. 2013 Lisa Perotti-Brown MW vertical tasting
| NIK 0176 | 1 BOTTLE Very high shoulder & label damage | Current Bid: $680 |
GREAT GRACE - RP89 - 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. 2013 Lisa Perotti-Brown MW vertical tasting
| STO 0094 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck, signs of past weeping, & slight label damage | Current Bid: $523 | |
| NIK 0178 | 1 BOTTLE Very high shoulder & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $680 |
HOLDING STRONG - RP93 - Deep garnet-brick colored, the 1992 Hill of Grace exudes aromas of dried mulberries, blackberry preserves, iron ore, menthol and lavender. Well-structured with medium-firm chewy tannins, crisp acid and muscular fruit, it has a long and earthy finish. It is mature and holding strong - 2013 Lisa Perotti-Brown MW vertical tasting
GREATEST GRACE? - RP98 -JH94
ONE OF THE BEST EVER VINTAGES - JH94 - Medium purple-red; vanillin oak is immediately evident on the bouquet, but without subduing the smooth supple fruit, showing none of the "sauvage" characters of the 1993. A lovely wine on the palate, although the oak is very evident, perhaps supporting, perhaps distracting from the fruit. A mild, dry summer with a slow start to vintage was followed by two weeks of hot weather, which ripened everything at once. Stephen Henschke described it as the year of the "black ferments", and regards it as having the potential to be one of the best ever vintages.
RP98- Deep brick-colored, the 1994 Hill of Grace offers notes of stewed plums, dried berries and baking spices with nuances of aniseed, vanilla and potpourri. Medium to full-bodied, it has great concentration and structure in the mouth, with crisp acid plus firm, grainy tannins, and is packed with layered, dried berry and spice flavors before finishing long with tons of remaining fruit. This wine still has many years to go. Drink it now to 2030+.2013 Lisa Perotti-Brown MW vertical tasting
| STO 0073 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $621 |
RP90 - Deep garnet-brick in color, the 1998 Hill of Grace has a medicinal nose of iodine plus warm plums, prunes, licorice and espresso. A bit hard in the mouth, it has crisp acid, medium to firm, chewy and somewhat astringent tannins through the long finish. Mature now, it should keep through 2020+. 2013 Lisa Perotti-Brown MW vertical tasting
| NIC 0021 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $552 |
GREATEST GRACE? - JH99 - The 60th anniversary of what is widely considered Australia's finest single-vineyard wine. Sometimes you've got to pinch yourself and ponder what a lucky existence this wine hack stuff is, sitting here in the Henschke cellar door having just tasted 26 vintages of Hill of Grace spanning back to 1958. Grace by name, grace by nature, it is an elegant, beautiful wine, tannin–acid architecture on point, the fruit depth is just stunning, dotted with five-spice, sage, pepper, charcuterie, crushed quartz and the most lovely, kinetic tannin structure. Finishes with great sustain, harmony and grace. Voluminous and complex, with amazing fruit density and just a complete wine. A classic!
RP98 -The Hill of Grace vineyard, in Eden Valley, comprises 13 separate blocks, six of which feed into the Hill of Grace Shiraz. The oldest block (0.56 hectares), known as "Grandfathers," was planted around 1860. The other blocks were planted in 1910 (0.33 hectares), 1951 (1.08 hectares), 1952 (0.7 hectares), 1956 (0.88 hectares) and 1965 (0.57 hectares). The 2018 Hill of Grace Shiraz was matured in a combination of new (20%) and seasoned (80%) oak hogsheads (83% French, 17% American) for 18 months prior to blending and bottling. On the nose, the 2018 vintage assists this wine in speaking clearly of its regional location: raspberry and licorice, coal dust, black tea and tobacco leaf. There are inflections of black truffle and bone broth, which always seem to emerge, however the wine is brighter and more focused than I have seen. It offers a beautiful, svelte display of fruit and tannin, with all things in harmony in the mouth. This is very long, as we would expect from the pedigree of this wine and the vineyard. It is concentrated and intense, sinewy, elegant and powerful—a wine for the future generation.
| ACC 15965 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $749 | |
| ACC 15966 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $749 | |
| ACC 15967 | 1 BOTTLE BOXED | Current Bid: $749 | |
| ACC 16426 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $749 | |
| ACC 16427 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $749 |
I LOVE IT - RP98 - The 2018 Hill of Roses Shiraz is sourced from a block within the Hill of Grace vineyard that was planted in 1989 with the intention of being a nursery bloc. The planting there is known as the Post Office Block. While the vines are, at this stage, too young to be considered for inclusion in the Hill of Grace, the wine is considered special and warranting its own bottling. Personally, I feel the young vines lend an energy and vigor to the wine, and I like the red fruited clarity that it shows each year. It matured in a combination of new (25%) and seasoned (75%) French oak hogsheads for 18 months prior to release. The nose and the palate are totally aligned: red licorice, raspberries, crushed rocks, red velvet, sage, squid ink, aniseed/anise, quartz and brine. There's the telltale black tea and minerality of the Eden on show, too. This is a sensational wine. This is texturally svelte and seamless (the nod to red velvet above is a textural observation). I love it. If ever I was going to fall for this wine, it would be here, in this clear-spoken, gracefully enunciated 2018 vintage.
| ACC 15964 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $409 |
MOUTHWATERING & LIPSMACKING - JH98 - From the best parcels of shiraz on the Fechner Vineyard planted in 1908, matured in new and used French oak. It marries power and concentration with finesse and impeccable balance. The red and purple/cherry and plum fruits have the finest threads of tannins invisibly woven into the palate. Mouthwatering and lipsmacking are words seldom, if ever, used in connection with an Eden Valley shiraz.
| MEM 0011 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $156 | |
| MEM 0012 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $196 |
HIGHEST ORDER - 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.
| XLE 1045 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $329 | |
| XLE 1046 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $329 | |
| XLE 1044 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $329 | |
| SAR 0001 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $182 |
RIVETING - EXQUISITE - JH98 - A very youthful bright green-quartz colour sets the scene for a riveting wine of exquisite purity and finesse. It almost floats in the mouth, so effortless is its invocation of all things chardonnay: white flowers, white stone fruits and immaculately balanced acidity. Oak? Well, yes it's there, but rendered mute by the fruit. Has greater staying power than any other Australian chardonnay.
| SAR 0003 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $138 | |
| SAR 0004 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $138 | |
| SAR 0005 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $138 |
TOP MEURSAULT - JH96 - Generous of flavour and texture, imparted by Leeuwin's stamp of extended skin contact, an approach that demands impeccably ripe fruit. And so it is. White peach and nectarine notes are strung pitch perfect across scales of clotted cream oak and juicy acidity. Long and pliant. Each piece of the jigsaw is in perfect synchronicity. A pedigreed wine boasting an impressive track record. I have had older vintages reminiscent of top Meursault.
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.
| XLE 1052 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $169 | |
| XLE 1051 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $169 | |
| XLE 1050 | 1 BOTTLE Ex-cellar | Current Bid: $169 |
GLITTERS WITH PURITY & FINESSE - JH98 - Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay on release is an achingly painful thing to drink, because once you've known the utter pleasure these wines bring at 5 or more years of age, it becomes a mess of cognitive dissonance to drink them so young. They are closed, taut, coiled, but more than anything, populated by rippling fruit that undulates untold through the interminably long finish. They typically don't reveal their kaleidoscopic spice and prismatic fruit flavour until a little further down the track. So, all I can humbly do here, is place the vintage in context. Through the lens of the cool year, this glitters with a purity and finesse that is deeply attractive. Aligned in style with the 2017.
| SD2 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $108 |
BABY GRANGE 60th BIRTHDAY BONUS
| NIK 0202 | 1 BOTTLE Mid shoulder, label damage, corroded & damage capsule | Current Bid: $801 |
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| NIK 0146 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine 2010 Clinic & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $800 |
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| NIK 0148 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2016 & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $960 |
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| TAP 0007 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2000/2001, cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $320 |
VINTAGE OF GOLD - LEGENDARY 1990 - PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2040. Medium-deep crimson. Complex and developed forest floor, graphite and dried rose aromas with remnant cassis notes. A supple and impeccably framed wine with rich inky cassis and leafy flavours, fine bittersweet tannins and underlying roasted walnut and chestnut notes. Finishes long, sweet and minerally.“A harmonious expressive wine with beautiful freshness, length and balance.” (JH) “Richly satisfying to drink with developed and hearty meaty savoury aromas, attractive density and supple fine tannins.” (NB)
| NIK 0159 | 1 BOTTLE Label damage | Current Bid: $200 | |
| QUE 0010 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $115 | |
| LAR 0016 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $120 |
WILL BE VERY LONG LIVED - JH94 - Medium to full red-purple; the bouquet leads with blackberry and cassis, with lesser notes of spice and cedar. The wine then shifts more into blackberry and bitter chocolate flavours on the long palate, sustained by lingering tannins. More elegant than the Bin 389, but will also be very long lived.
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| NIK 0108 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2014, slight label damage | Current Bid: $400 | |
| NIK 0109 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2014 | Current Bid: $400 |
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| NIK 0390 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2014 | Current Bid: $400 |
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: $4000 |
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)
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| NIK 0340 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2016 | Current Bid: $5600 |
PENFOLDS INTERVENTION - Buy with confidence - Replacement capsule – Red Zinc embossed PENFOLDS GRANGE HERMITAGE (post 1985) – “likely” a Penfolds Museum Cellar release – “likely” recorked – NOT a Penfolds recorking clinic graduate (first in 1991) – NO certification back label
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| NIK 0384 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label, Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2018 | Current Bid: $3200 |
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| NIK 0161 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2018, & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $2000 | |
| STO 0155 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2012, slight cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $1941 |
A LEGEND - AWESOME - 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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| KRY 0001 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2006, slight label damage | Current Bid: $788 | |
| KRY 0002 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2006, slight label damage | Current Bid: $788 |
CLINIC CERTIFICATION - Buy with confidence - PENFOLDS FIVE STAR - Rewards of Patience - Drink now to 2040 - Medium-deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate, blackberry shellac, hazelnut and herb garden aromas with cola, dust and graphite notes. Inky textured but substantial with developed dark chocolate, blackberry, hazelnut and crème brûlée flavours and red liquorice notes. Plentiful fine lacy textures, attractive inky complexity and extra-fine acidity. Finishes chalky with apricot and graphite notes. 94 percent shiraz, 6 percent cabernet sauvignon. Kalimna Vineyard (Barossa Valley), Barossa Valley, Magill Estate and Modbury Vineyard (Adelaide). “Powerful and expressive with smoky dried cherry, blueberry, espresso aromas, superb richness, spicy sweet oak notes and fine persistent tannins.” (JR) “Lovely lifted spice nose and a graceful elegant palate with many layers of spice cake, mulberry, coffee and cocoa.” (FW)
| NIK 0122 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2006 & label damage | Current Bid: $720 |
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| QUE 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $479 | |
| NIK 0395 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2004 | Current Bid: $800 | |
| NIK 0396 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2014 | Current Bid: $800 |
HIGHLY COLLECTABLE SPECIMEN - Label level and capsule all in very fine original condition
| NIK 0382 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck | Current Bid: $9600 |
FABULOUS 21st! - Celebrate with Penfolds Barossa French tribute! - Fantastic Value!
| KEL 0195 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $94 | |
| KEL 0196 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $94 |
STACKED WITH EXTREME CARE - JH97 - Matured for 16 months in French hogsheads (83% new). All the power and glory of full-bodied Barossa Valley shiraz achieved at (relatively) modest alcohol. French oak is another plus for a wine stacked - with extreme care - full of dark fruits and ripe, rounded tannins. Makes winemaking look easy, which of course it isn't. Length is the key to a great wine.
| MEM 0026 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $100 |
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| NIK 0144 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds Red Wine Clinic 2002 & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $181 |
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| STO 0152 | 1 BOTTLE Penfolds re-corking Clinic 1997, very high shoulder, slight cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $388 |
ADORABLE - JH97 - Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, Port Lincoln, Robe, Padthaway, Clare Valley and Adelaide Hills fruit. Matured 12 months in 50+yo vats. The effortless, unassuming self-assuredness of St Henri holds a unique and beloved place in the assemblage of Penfolds heroes, and 2018 marks a particularly special release. Accomplished, spicy, glossy black fruits of grand integrity unfold to magnificent effect in the glass, contrasting a fine-boned frame of rigid yet graceful, powder-fine tannins that carry a finish of long-lingering line and alluring appeal. I look forward to spectating from the sidelines as its fruit slowly unfurls over the decades to come. An adorable St Henri that exemplifies all that this label stands for.
| 812 0591 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $91 | |
| 812 0592 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 | |
| 812 0596 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $84 |
THE DAWN OF WINE - Dreams and destiny swirl the bountious vineyards of Barossa
| NIK 0398 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck | Current Bid: $280 | |
| NIK 0399 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $280 |
THE ANOINTED ONE FINDS PATH TO PINACLE - Team BP arrived with the dawn of premiumisation
| NIK 0235 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $240 |
THE ANOINTED ONE FINDS PATH TO PINACLE - Team BP passes the point of no return and, Sees the distant promised land
| NIK 0236 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $240 | |
| NIK 0392 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $240 | |
| NIK 0397 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $240 |
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN - Rare and wonderful original box of 1997
| EIL 0646 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| EIL 0647 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| EIL 0648 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| EIL 0650 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 |
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN - Rare and wonderful original box of 1998 - Super Rare, old BP 1998 Magnum
| NIK 0245 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $560 | |
| EIL 0658 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $156 | |
| EIL 0659 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $156 | |
| NIK 0393 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $240 | |
| NIK 0394 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $240 |
AGE OF AQUARIUS - Begins the time of sharing and Kibbutz Krondorf - Super Rare, old BP Magnum
| NIK 0409 | 1 MAGNUM | Current Bid: $560 |
AGE OF AQUARIUS - Begins the time of sharing and Kibbutz Krondorf - Super Rare, old BP Magnum
| NIK 0244 | 1 MAGNUM Slight label damage | Current Bid: $440 |
FULL OF FLAVOUR & CHARACTER - 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.
| 303 0199 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $208 |
ELEGANT - JH90 - Mid-garnet; surprisingly elegant and light-bodied; has good flavour and length, but seems a fraction under-ripe; better than the other extreme.
| NIK 0401 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $200 |
PENNIES FROM HEAVEN - Rare and wonderful original unopened box of 2016 - First of the Lost to Fame vintages - 2015 Last Halliday review
| NIK 0341 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| NIK 0342 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| NIK 0347 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| NIK 0348 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| NIK 0349 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 |
LOST TO FAME - Too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan - Dont need ratings
| TER 0092 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| AND 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 | |
| AND 0003 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 | |
| AND 0004 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $116 |
LOST TO FAME - Too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan - Dont need ratings
LOST TO FAME - I do my little turn on the catwalk - Dont need ratings
| MIC 0104 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| MIC 0105 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $159 | |
| 303 0147 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| 303 0148 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| 303 0149 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $144 | |
| JOE 0016 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $136 |
LOST TO FAME - I'm a model, you know what I mean - Dont need ratings
| MJB 0191 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $164 | |
| MJB 0192 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $164 | |
| MJB 0193 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $164 | |
| MJB 0194 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $164 | |
| MJB 0195 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $164 | |
| MJB 0196 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $164 |
SVS - RFR - Rockford for Royalty - Super Rare - Super Special - Too elite for common folk
| NIK 0404 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $400 |
SVS - RFR - Rockford for Royalty - Super Rare - Super Special - Too elite for common folk
| NIK 0402 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $360 | |
| NIK 0403 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $360 |
SVS - RFR - Rockford for Royalty - Super Rare - Super Special - Too elite for common folk
| NIK 0400 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $280 |
RARE & SPECIAL - JH97 - The Rare Chance name came with the impact of the GFC that reduced demand for grapes, including ultra-premium that Rocky O'Callaghan snapped up, increasing production, thus allowing up to 12 months' bottle age prior to release. Vivid, deep crimson-purple, this is an outstanding Basket Press Shiraz, with fruit, tannins and oak in in perfect harmony, the price a fraction of what most who know the wine would be prepared to pay.
| SPA 0022 | 1 BOTTLE Slight label damage | Current Bid: $113 |
FABULOUS 40 AT A THREE RING CIRCUS - Too much in this bottle of just one occassion - be prepared to be dazzled, amazed and humbled by the Seppelt Show - Truly, The greates show on Earth!
| NIK 0366 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $144 |
GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - 30th Birthday tribute - Storied Legend that will silence the silliest snob and hush the most esteemed critic - True Hommage - The heart and soul of the Greatest Australian wines
| GGR 0196 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $174 |
LOVE AFFAIR - JH97 - The love affair between Margaret River and cabernet sauvignon is seemingly indissoluble. The bouquet is fragrant and flowery, the medium-bodied palate supple and juicy, cassis to the fore, but backed by finely balanced, ripe tannins. There's oak present, but you don't notice it.
| ACC 14734 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 | |
| ACC 15827 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 | |
| ACC 15828 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 | |
| ACC 14731 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 | |
| ACC 14732 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 | |
| ACC 14733 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $35 |
QUITE CREAMY - JH94 - Hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild ferment in a combination of new and seasoned French oak. Pineapple, green apple and white peach dominate the aromas that waft out of the glass, while the palate trots obediently behind. The tart acid the only quibble, taut and trim. Texturally this is quite creamy. The finish unfurls layers of citrus flavour.
| ACC 14584 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 14585 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 14586 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 14587 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 14588 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 | |
| ACC 14589 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $49 |
NEEDS SOME TIME - JH93 - Gingin clone, hand picked, whole-bunch pressed, wild ferment in barrel, matured in French oak for 9 months (54% new). The oak sits atop the fruit aromatically, and it brings to mind the sweet, oaty smell of Hob Nob biscuits. In the mouth the wine is creamy, traditionally structured and certainly powerful – the full force of the 2020 vintage on show. This needs some time (either in a decanter, or years in the bottle) to meld all the components together – the marriage of fruit, acid and oak with determine its grace in time.
| ACC 14821 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $39 |
FULL OF JOY - JH97 - Strong crimson-purple; one of the best Turkey Flat shirazs to date; the palate is exceedingly complex and very intense, yet ends with a burst of red and black fruits to accompany all that has gone before. It could be mistaken for a wine from a cooler climate, such is its length and balance, the finish full of joy.
| NIK 0246 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $50 | |
| NIK 0247 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $50 | |
| NIK 0248 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $50 | |
| NIK 0249 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $50 | |
| NIK 0250 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $50 | |
| NIK 0251 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $50 |
FABULOUS 40 - Swan Valley Royalty - Long gone - Not forgotten - Valley Port from the time of Fortifieds
| MIK 1083 | 1 BOTTLE Level down 5 to 6cm from cork, capsule damage, cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $40 |
LUSCIOUS - JH95 - Medium to full red-purple; a stupendously concentrated and powerful bouquet, bursting with ripe blackberry fruit; the palate is opulently rich, ripe and round, with the Malbec influence very evident. Luscious and mouthfilling.
| EIL 0655 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 | |
| EIL 0656 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 |
MARVELOUS MYSTERY - Strong Victorian vintage - Who knows?
| EIL 0651 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $92 |
FRESHLY MINTED LEGEND
| JEL 0456 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| JEL 0457 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| JEL 0458 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| JEL 0459 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| JEL 0460 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 | |
| JEL 0461 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $114 |
MARVELOUS - JH95 - 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.
| EIL 0652 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $136 | |
| EIL 0653 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $136 | |
| EIL 0654 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $136 |
SO MANY QUESTIONS - 2015 Cab Malbec JH95 - 2015 Shiraz Matero JH97 - 2015 Shiraz JH98 - 2015 Shiraz Malbec NO JH score - WHY?
| NIK 0261 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $82 | |
| NIK 0262 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 | |
| NIK 0263 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $88 |
OLD BLACK MAGIC - FABULOUS 40 - Rock the big Birthday boat with some Black Label
| NIK 0376 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $160 | |
| NIK 0377 | 1 BOTTLE Cellar damaged labe | Current Bid: $160 | |
| NIK 0378 | 1 BOTTLE Into neck, slight label damage | Current Bid: $160 | |
| NIK 0379 | 1 BOTTLE Label damage | Current Bid: $160 |
OLD BLACK MAGIC - FABULOUS 50 - - Rock the big Birthday boat with a Killer Combo - RARE AS - One of the greatest achievements in the Dawn of Wine - the 1970's Wolf Blass Jimmy Watson TRIPLE flag
| NIK 0380 | 1 BOTTLE High shoulder & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $240 | |
| NIK 0381 | 1 BOTTLE High shoulder & cellar damaged label | Current Bid: $240 |
EPIC - HOMERIC- JH97 - Cabernet plus 3% malbec and 1% cabernet franc is matured for 21 months in 100% new French oak. Bright crimson; the wine nearly escapes under the radar, until it starts accelerating on the mid-palate and hurtles through the finish and aftertaste, drawing saliva as the intensity of cassis, earth, black olive and cedar spear through the mouth.
| MEM 0028 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $82 |
FABULOUS 50 - Hunter Classic - Perfect big Birthday pressie for the lovers of sweaty saddles and crushed ants
| NIK 0367 | 1 BOTTLE Severe label damage | Current Bid: $40 | |
| NIK 0368 | 1 BOTTLE Severe label damage | Current Bid: $40 |
FABULOUS 60 - Classic ICON- Heavy lifter of the Ages - Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is, and always has been, the Oz Cab benchmark
| NIK 0351 | 1 BOTTLE High shoulder, label damage | Current Bid: $320 |
FABULOUS 50 - Classic ICON - Heavy lifter of the Ages - Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is, and always has been, the Oz Cab benchmark
FABULOUS 40 - Classic ICON - Heavy lifter of the Ages - Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon is, and always has been, the Oz Cab benchmark
JIMMY WATSON TROPHY WINNER
| 812 0605 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $40 | |
| 812 0606 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $40 | |
| 812 0607 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $40 |
BLOW YOUR MIND BABY - FANTAZMEGORICAL FIFTY - Amazing - 2litre "flagon" with screw cap - a blast from the past - from a good home - Garantee a bigger reaction to this one that a Fancy big name back vintage
| NIK 0242 | 1 2L BOTTLE Level down 5 to 6cm from cork, dented capsule, slight label damage | Current Bid: $160 |
THE BIG TIG - Tignanello is too hot to handle - A rare box of back vintage Antinori Tignanello just arrived - Be quick, or be sorry
PERFECT? RP100 - RP98+ - Since I gave this wine a perfect score, I suppose some could see this as a downgrade. I found everything still there for a perfect rating, but I was just struck by how tight and backward the wine was. A blend of 93.3% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Merlot, the wine still has a dark ruby/purple color and an extraordinarily youthful nose of graphite, black currants, sweet, unsmoked cigar tobacco, and flowers. The wine is rich, medium to full-bodied, but has that ethereal elegance and purity that is always Lafite. I originally predicted that it would first reach maturity in 2011, but I would push that back by 5-7 years now, although it has 50-60 years of life in front of it. Owners of this beauty are probably best advised to forget it for 5 years. Tasted next to a 1996 several days after the 2000 tasting, the 1996, which is a perfect wine, was far closer to full maturity than the 2000.
| JOH 0035 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1472 | |
| JOH 0036 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1472 | |
| JOH 0043 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1472 | |
| JOH 0044 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1472 |
REMARKABLE COMPLEXITY & BREED - RP98 - A candidate for the -wine of the vintage,- the 2008 should have been purchased before it began to soar in value because of the significance of the number 8 in the Chinese culture (denoting good luck). Representing 40% of the production, this blend of 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Franc offers aromas of high quality unsmoked cigar tobacco, lead pencil shavings, creme de cassis, earth, cedar and asphalt. Full, rich and stunningly concentrated, I doubt it is inferior to the 2010, just more classic as well as slightly more forward and a degree weaker in alcoholic potency (12.5% versus 13.5%). The 2008 should be relatively drinkable in 6-10 years as it is already showing remarkable complexity and breed, and will last for 30-35 years...at the minimum.
| ANT 0001 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $931 |
WONDERFUL FRESHNESS - RP97 - The deep garnet colored 2009 Lafite Rothschild bursts from the glass with red and black currant preserves, warm plums, mulberries and kirsch scents plus suggestions of sweaty leather, cigar box and menthol. Medium-bodied, elegant and firmly structured, it has wonderful freshness and a long earthy/meaty finish.
| ANT 0002 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1152 |
BURSTS FROM THE GLASS - RP90 - The deep garnet colored 2009 Lafite Rothschild bursts from the glass with red and black currant preserves, warm plums, mulberries and kirsch scents plus suggestions of sweaty leather, cigar box and menthol. Medium-bodied, elegant and firmly structured, it has wonderful freshness and a long earthy/meaty finish.
| ANT 0003 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $1040 |
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: $1120 |
DEEP, UNCTUOUSLY TEXTURED - RP97 - It is hard to call Petrus a “sleeper of the vintage,” but the 2008 will merit more attention than most consumers would think. Low yields of 30 hectoliters per hectare resulted in only 25,000 bottles of this beauty. A wine of great intensity (possibly the most concentrated wine of the vintage), this 100% Merlot boasts a dark purple color as well as a sweet perfume of mocha, caramel, black cherries, black currants, earth and forest floor. Deep, unctuously textured, full-bodied and pure, it will benefit from 4-5 years of cellaring and should drink well for 25-30+ years.
| MIR 0299 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $6160 | |
| MIR 0300 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $6160 | |
| MIR 0301 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $6160 | |
| MIR 0302 | 1 BOTTLE | Current Bid: $6160 |
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