Wendouree allocations and general discussion

[Agenor]

And me, I just sent my first letter this week Looking forward to join the chat 'What will I get?" in a few years

 

[VeniVidiVici]

And me, I just sent my first letter this week Looking forward to join the chat 'What will I get?" in a few years

It's exhausting. I think I have one more vintage left of the Wendouree circus, I have more than enough bottles to keep me going for a while.

 

[NoName]

And me, I just sent my first letter this week Looking forward to join the chat 'What will I get?" in a few years

I’m about to do the same. Have been meaning to for the past couple of years but the idea of actually composing a letter full of BS was tiresome. Enter chat GPT and now I’m ready to go.

 

[xwwines]

I’m about to do the same. Have been meaning to for the past couple of years but the idea of actually composing a letter full of BS was tiresome. Enter chat GPT and now I’m ready to go.

Make sure to hand write it, after Chat GPT has done its magic!

 

[darellk]

Make sure to hand write it, after Chat GPT has done its magic!

Mine was a typed Word Doc with a signature at the bottom, still got me on the list a few years back

 

[hwy]

If I hand wrote my original letter, it probably would have been thrown in the trash as my handwriting is illegible, and I am not even a doctor.

 

[VeniVidiVici]

There's no need to handwrite, just make it personalised and polite.

 

[samh004]

Mine was a typed Word Doc with a signature at the bottom, still got me on the list a few years back

As was mine, and I even broke the first rule of fight club and spoke about fight club, aka this thread.

 

[Daver6]

Just noticed my credit card has been his for the first time. No idea what I'll be getting. Ordered three of everything.

 

[Agenor]

I’m about to do the same. Have been meaning to for the past couple of years but the idea of actually composing a letter full of BS was tiresome. Enter chat GPT and now I’m ready to go.

I turned it into an homework exercise for my 13 years old daughter. I gave her a little brief and she wrote a fantastic letter
Now she ask me every day if I got a response
Fingers crossed we will have a bottle of Wendouree for her 18 birthday

 

[hwy]

I turned it into an homework exercise for my 13 years old daughter. I gave her a little brief and she wrote a fantastic letter
Now she ask me every day if I got a response
Fingers crossed we will have a bottle of Wendouree for her 18 birthday

You will surely have a couple of bottles- but it will taste like Yellowtail if you open it for her 18th.

 

[Agenor]

You will surely have a couple of bottles- but it will taste like Yellowtail if you open it for her 18th.

I totally understand that Wendouree and most nice wines need to age to be great but if a young Wendouree taste like Yellowtail then I will be very disappointed!!!

Having said that, now I’m thinking that I have no ideas what Yellowtail tastes like

 

[billbro]

We tasted through the range of the last release and calling it Yellowtail is completely off the mark - they have fruit and freshness. However, the magic is definitely when they age, to me its because they retain fantastic freshness while gaining complexity.

 

[olympicwiz]

I could be wrong, but I have read somewhere that the current and the most recent releases are made to be consumed sooner than their previous vintages.

 

[qaz]

We tasted through the range of the last release and calling it Yellowtail is completely off the mark - they have fruit and freshness. However, the magic is definitely when they age, to me its because they retain fantastic freshness while gaining complexity.

you’ve had Yellowtail? they don’t have fruit and freshness?

 

[Dr Ralph]

I could be wrong, but I have read somewhere that the current and the most recent releases are made to be consumed sooner than their previous vintages.

Some may be writing this. But then again anyone can write anything they like, but that doesn't make it valid. Within the last 3 months I've spoken with the Bradys directly. In short, nothing has changed. Drink early at your peril. A generational change will soon happen at Wendouree and the future wine maker for Wendouree has been identified. This may mean a change in approach (although I doubt it), but for now nothing has changed and the Bradys are quite insistent about this. The Bradys have never desired to make drink now wines. They are very modest, genuine, generous people, well aware of the legacy that they carry with the Wendouree name.

 

[olympicwiz]

you’ve had Yellowtail? they don’t have fruit and freshness?

I think that they do. So is a can of Fanta.

 

[qaz]

I think that they do. So is a can of Fanta.

i think that people might be disappointed if they opened Wendouree to find it fizzing

 

[billbro]

you’ve had Yellowtail? they don’t have fruit and freshness?

Pretty sure I bought some 187ml for the bottles

Can't say I actually recall, but wouldn't have had any depth of fruit.

 

[WrenchHammerMcTool]

I could be wrong, but I have read somewhere that the current and the most recent releases are made to be consumed sooner than their previous vintages.

Might have been me, although my statement is not that they're being made to be consumed sooner, rather are now more approachable younger, noting they're likely to still go the distance.

I for one will be enjoying mine in their 5-10 yr window.

Thanks for these @olympicwiz

I think these reviews and near term drinking windows affirm my earlier comments about the wines these days being lighter and more approachable at a young age than yesteryear. I dont know why, and I don't think it is purely down to vintage. The style has changed/evolved.

The Wendouree wines have traditionally been considered 'long termers' (and historically they have been!). Id say for this reason, people have been hesitant to get a look in whilst young. I myself probably have traditionally only had a sniff once they're 5-10 yrs, with the aim to keep for long term...

But... my recent Cab vert., and my friends Malbec vert., and other comments from friends is that whilst the wines these days (say since 2015) may go the distance (Gaz suggests 10-20) they are better/best at 5-10... not 20+

I for one, will be drinking what I have sooner than later and not keeping for the long haul.

My view/my opinion