Dan Murphy's and Other Wine Deals

[gxia]

Thanks Sedimental. Remember someone did mention about this before.

 

[blackcat20]

Just trying the Leconfield Cab, pretty average wine and I can see why it was being remaindered, ok for 10 bucks but that's about it.

It needs a bit of age on it. We drank a 2006 a year or so ago and it was just divine.

 

[ellen10]

Yes it is. I feel the quality is there. For me, and at this early stage, it's a nice wine with great balance. I believe the complexities will develop.

I'm not the greatest at descriptions but my simple tasting note from the one bottle tried: Deep crimson. Fresh blackberry, vanilla, white pepper, a hint of "new" leather. Medium body, medium acidity, tannins providing deep balance. Good length finish. Consumed over 3 nights.

Looking forward to a review from you AC. Go on, open a bottle

The above quote is about the Leconfield.
We opened a bottle last night and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to drink and we did enjoy it.

 

[Cryptarcadian]

Just picked up an order from DM, like others I can also confirm this is the 2015 Hare's Chase Ironscraper Shiraz:
https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_MYSTERY79/secret-selections-barossa-valley-shiraz-2015

Thanks for the heads-up!

And can't remember if this one has been mentioned earlier, but it's the 2015 Ulithorne Dorna GSM:
https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_MYSTERY76/secret-selections-mclaren-vale-gsm-2015

 

[vlado]

Blows my mind that MP havent sold out of the 2014 Rosehill Shiraz. If you did a Hunter Valley tour right now, it would be standing so tall above all other wines available currently at cellar doors. Thanks for that deal!

OK, so you got me in with this comment. The DISC20 code still works

 

[gxia]

Anyone tried Irvine Grand Merlot 2012? Langton has it for A$55 per bottle. Is it worth considering?

 

[WineNot]

Anyone tried IrvineGrand Merlot 2012? Langton has it for A$55 per bottle. Is it worth considering?

I have got a bit in mixed packs from WD. Never purchased it as a lone product but was once offered it for $45 a bottle. Having not REALLY explored the world of Merlot, I was pretty impressed with how big and flavoursome it was. if you want to test the waters without spending the whole $45 on the bottle, get it in a mixed pack from WD, i think there is a pack with it in it for $250 with some other good wines. That was the pack I tried it in. Averages out to $21ish per bottle. nothing in me felt the need to buy a case of it though.

 

[Whining&dining]

Anyone tried IrvineGrand Merlot 2012? Langton has it for A$55 per bottle. Is it worth considering?

Not too much help to you but I'm going to open a 2006 this Friday and its a new one for me but everything about it screams quality down to the red tissue-paper outer wrapper and gold seal, it has a very good rep out there in the wine world, I'll post it in the "Nice wines I've tried recently" thread cheers, W&D

 

[vlado]

I personally find the Leconfield rather fabulous- classic yet classy coonawarra cabernet

 

[roshea]

I personally find the Leconfield rather fabulous- classic yet classy coonawarra cabernet

Agreed. It might not be to everyone's taste (though I wish I'd bought more!), but it's a very well made wine with great cellaring potential.

 

[Pantsoff]

It needs a bit of age on it. We drank a 2006 a year or so ago and it was just divine.

Agreed. I shared a 2009 Leconfield Cab/Sav with a few friends late last year and it was sublime. Paired wonderfully with lamb racks smoked over hickory in a pit barrel cooker for about 45min. Will enjoy the last few 2009s I have while the 2015s hibernate for at least 5 years,

 

[blackcat20]

Agreed. I shared a 2009 Leconfield Cab/Sav with a few friends late last year and it was sublime. Paired wonderfully with lamb racks smoked over hickory in a pit barrel cooker for about 45min. Will enjoy the last few 2009s I have while the 2015s hibernate for at least 5 years,

I think we have a couple of 2009s stashed away as well.

 

[Whining&dining]

I personally find the Leconfield rather fabulous- classic yet classy coonawarra cabernet

Thanks for sharing your impression of the Leconfield vlado, if members don't air their views on a particular wine then it makes it hard to know whether it's a worthwhile proposition (doesn't have to be tasting notes, just a thumbs up or down), cheers W&D

Agreed. It might not be to everyone's taste (though I wish I'd bought more!), but it's a very well made wine with great cellaring potential.

See above

 

[Delectable Blue]

Anyone tried IrvineGrand Merlot 2012? Langton has it for A$55 per bottle. Is it worth considering?

We are long time Grand Merlot devotees, being my wife’s favourite wine. I haven’t yet had the privilege of tasting the 2012, so I can't comment on it, but the wines are generally very well made, with lots and lots of quality oak, and typically need many years to soften and become approachable. Usually the eight to ten year mark is where they start to come good, and some can last for twenty years. I would expect that the 2012 would still be drinking quite young at the moment.

Not too much help to you but I'm going to open a 2006 this Friday and its a new one for me but everything about it screams quality down to the red tissue-paper outer wrapper and gold seal, it has a very good rep out there in the wine world, I'll post it in the "Nice wines I've tried recently" thread cheers, W&D

Of the recent vintages we have tasted the 2006 has been the most difficult and the most variable. We have had one good bottle, but the majority of them have been disappointing, displaying a cloying sweetness and an overwhelming presence of stewed prunes. I hope you get lucky W&D!

Also, I would say that a long decant is essential. I usually decant mine for 5-6 hours before consuming, and you should expect to see a lot of sediment.

 

[Whining&dining]

Thanks DB for your insights regarding the Irvine, I am certainly curious about this wine and would like to give it its opportunity to shine. I have it on good authority that a 60 second stint in a household blender and subsequent 15 minute breathe are required so that's going to be the modus operandi , will report back....

 

[Delectable Blue]

Thanks DB for your insights regarding the Irvine, I am certainly curious about this wine and would like to give it its opportunity to shine. I have it on good authority that a 60 second stint in a household blender and subsequent 15 minute breathe are required so that's going to be the modus operandi , will report back....

Have you tried the blender on a cheaper, more expendable wine? I tried it once and was not at all happy with the result. I do use an aerator on occasion, but find the old methods to be the most reliable, especially with older wines. At least that way you can check the wine at various intervals to see how it's progressing. With the blender you have very little control over the actual amount of aeration you are going to get. I suspect it also "bruises" the wine, something akin to what can happen after a wine has been travelling in a vehicle, getting "all shook up". I've had a lot of bad experiences with wines being in poor condition immediately after travelling, so I like to be nice and gentle when I can.

 

[tielec]

Thanks DB for your insights regarding the Irvine, I am certainly curious about this wine and would like to give it its opportunity to shine. I have it on good authority that a 60 second stint in a household blender and subsequent 15 minute breathe are required so that's going to be the modus operandi , will report back....

This is the first time I have ever heard of a blender being used. My usual wine drinking group will lay down a bottle for days prior to drinking, before very gingerly opening and pouring it into your glass.

One day someone shook a bottle vigorously prior to drinking, much to the disgust of our resident Frenchman, who considered this sacrilege.

To settle the controversy we organised to drink 3 bottles of Cape Mentelle Zinfandel (2006ish from memory). One treated like a newborn baby, one aerated into a decanter, and the last shaken vigorously. It was single blind and we all voted on cards in order of preference. It was unanimous that the shaken bottle was the worst of the three; with pretty much no difference between the decanted and un-decanted.

Hardly scientific, but based on that tasting I don't ever shake wines, and only decant wines that are being drunk too young.

 

[jrod]

This is the first time I have ever heard of a blender being used. My usual wine drinking group will lay down a bottle for days prior to drinking, before very gingerly opening and pouring it into your glass.

One day someone shook a bottle vigorously prior to drinking, much to the disgust of our resident Frenchman, who considered this sacrilege.

To settle the controversy we organised to drink 3 bottles of Cape Mentelle Zinfandel (2006ish from memory). One treated like a newborn baby, one aerated into a decanter, and the last shaken vigorously. It was single blind and we all voted on cards in order of preference. It was unanimous that the shaken bottle was the worst of the three; with pretty much no difference between the decanted and un-decanted.

Hardly scientific, but based on that tasting I don't ever shake wines, and only decant wines that are being drunk too young.

Shaken, not stirred.

What about the Mollydooker shake??

 

[Steady]

There is a video on VM where they play with aeration - including the blender

 

[tielec]

Shaken, not stirred.

What about the Mollydooker shake??

Whatever it takes to tame the Mollydooker beast...