Recent content by Matt@5453

Red crayon, card hit earlier this week, collected my order yesterday. They still had a lot to pack. 1659073624 should be good stocks available for 2021 & 2022 vintages, good luck

I'd also add, buy a spread of the wines, e.g. not just shiraz

did you receive a letter from them?

Well said (one caveat though, resale is not a concern for me, all for personal consumption). For each one dropping off the list, there are many more waiting in the wings.

Filling in a form and posting it back?

I've opened a few from 2013, 2014 and 2015. I wouldn't hesitate looking at either of the 2013 Shiraz Malbec, 2014 Shiraz Mataro, 2014 Malbec or 2014 Cabernet. Give them a good decent decant before hand. 1595313562 I don't order full cases, a mix of everything.

I received my full order yesterday (in SA).

I would have no hesitation in opening one. Give it some good aeration and I think you'll find it rather approachable. Then you can gauge its progress over the last 5 bottles. I know people that have opened a number of the 2016s (Cab/Mal, Mal and Cab) and they've all commented about how...

Good stuff. You don't know until you try. In recent years the younger wines I have tried have been very approachable, albeit, they usually need a long decant in the order of a minimum of 3 hours to half a day. I like to try one on release; gauge its structure, then plan my own drinking window.

As a recommendation, I would suggest buying a few at Auction to try before you buy. Stylistically they are hard to compare with other Australian producers. If anything, some young Barolos I've had compare with their acid & tannin structure.