Posted: November 9, 2017
A very good wine, quite French in style with elegant tropical fruit aromas and nicely constructed palate with good depth sweet fruit.
Comments Off on Wignalls Single Vineyard Albany Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Delicate sweet strawberry fragrances and a dry/savoury palate with lovely volume of flavour and supportive acidity.
Comments Off on Shingleback Aficionado McLaren Vale Adelaide Hills Rosé 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Bright berry bouquet with a nice sweet lift and has a nicely textured palate with savoury characters and good level of acidity.
Comments Off on Luna Rosa Central Ranges Rosado 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A very good example of style with dusty fresh aromas and a decent, well rounded palate.
Comments Off on Beelgara Estate NSW Pinot Grigio 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
An oak driven style but nice dark raspberry fruit sitting behind. Time will balance it out.
Comments Off on Pepperton Estate Two Thumbs Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A nice balance between the two varieties with fragrant lime fruit mix of aromas and flavours and nice phenolic complexity. Refreshing!
Comments Off on GMH White Meritage Adelaide Hills Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A lemon and cut grass driven bouquet and a nicely textured palate with nice length and drive of fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Lakeside White Meritage South Australia Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A very well made wine with excellent balance between the lovely dark fruit and the well handled oak and showing nice savoury complexity and good fruit sweetness.
Comments Off on The Lindsay Collection The Selector Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
“A big commercial offering” with its resinous oak nose and dark raspberry fruit/charry oak flavours.
Comments Off on The Lindsay Collection Old Mac Barossa Valley Merlot 2015 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Stalky young fruit nose and high acid, green fruit palate with drying tannic finish.
Comments Off on The Lindsay Collection Bull Fight Barossa Valley Tempranillo 2015 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A simple light green wine with fresh lifted lime juice aromas which follow through to the fresh and elegant palate.
Comments Off on Saint Clair James Sinclair Marlborough Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Stalky green edged aromas and a well structured palate with nice fruit intensity. Popular style.
Comments Off on Haha Hawke’s Bay Merlot 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Crisp ripe fruit and subtle oak complexity on the nose and a creamy palate showing nice flavour freshness.
Comments Off on Haha Marlborough Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Lifted honey sweet citrus/caramel aromas and a balanced sweet fruit palate. Not too sweet and cloying. Just right!
Comments Off on 1847 Wines Lily’s Barossa Valley Late Harvest Semillon 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Lingering lemon sherbet-like aromas fill the glass with fragrance and has excellent lemony citrus depth to the palate. Will age very well. “A really lovely wine”, thought one judge.
Comments Off on McGuigan Bin 9000 Hunter Valley Semillon 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A great drink with light strawberry lift to the nose and a beautifully simple fruit palate with just the right amount of acid.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir Rosé 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Dusty oak/cassis fruit aromas and a tight, acid based, cool climate, palate with bright acidity.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
An excellent quaffer with “No pretences”. It’s all berry fruits, astringent tannins and soft acidity.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
An intense and complex style with deep pale straw hues and lovely herbaceous fruit aromas and flavours showing a zesty lift with quite an alcoholic concentration.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
More of a commercial style of wine with attractive honeyed/floral fragrances and a lovely luscious palate loaded with plenty of flavours and has great floral length.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Varietal Hunter Valley Verdelho 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Medium intensity of earthy red fruit aromas and a palate clearly varietal in character with earthy, leathery and cranberry characters.
Comments Off on Scotchmans Hill Swan Bay Bellarine Peninsula Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Pleasant confectionery fragrances and a bright varietal palate loaded with oak.
Comments Off on Delatite High Ground High Country Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A pretty wine with a vibrant youthful summer berry bouquet and good intensity of varietal fruit flavours with a lingering finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Haha Wines Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Dark cherry/plum aromas lift out the glass and the palate offers masses of mouthfilling earthy/dark berry/chocolaty flavours, prominent tannins and sweet finish.
Comments Off on Logan Weemala Orange Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A “snappy, sinewy” wine with an earthy/beetroot bouquet and lovely long palate with excellent varietal fruit flavour profile, some nice tannins and a lingering finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Tomich Duck & Weave Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A mix of floral and confectionery fruit aromas and pleasing cranberry/raspberry flavours; some complexity.
Comments Off on Acacia Grove Regional Selection Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Nose is light and fruity and the simple berry palate starts off full flavoured finishing dry and quite tannic.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Mildura Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A generous style of grigio with a fruit driven nose and full on flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers 1889 King Valley Pinot Grigio 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A nose that shows a nice lift of pears and spices. The palate is zesty and crisp with depth of flavour and “snappy” acidity.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines Tobacco Road King Valley Pinot Grigio 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Nutty savoury nose and slightly rich, complex, palate. Has a degree of lusciousness and shows plenty of potential.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines Valley Selection King Valley Pinot Gris 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Subtle floral/citrus fragrances with some age “sneaking in”. Great purity of riesling fruit on the palate with tangy lemony acidity.
Comments Off on Chrismont King Valley Riesling 2016 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Very young with pronounced acidity and subtle flinty citrus fruit characters.
Comments Off on Gapsted Valley Selection King Valley Riesling 2017 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Nice buttery complexity to the nose and full flavoured palate showing some age. Good acidity.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers King Valley Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Meunier Brut NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A light bodied wine with subtle aromas and flavours and some bottle age developing.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines Tobacco Road King Valley Prosecco NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
More complex in style while still retaining its zesty up-front tropical appeal.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers King Valley Prosecco NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
“Excellent style!” Thick, generous and super syrupy with apparent youthful fragrances on the nose and a palate that according to one judge “Coats the mouth and gums!”.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Old Premium Rutherglen Rare Liqueur Muscat NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
“A rich and yet lifted ethereal wine of class and elegance”, enthused one judge. It has an intense sweetness of spicy/figgy aromas with a floral lift and thick syrupy flavours.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Cellar Reserve Rutherglen Grand Liqueur Muscat (500ml) NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Very youthful and fresh with simple floral aromatics and flavours that show a leathery edge.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Rutherglen Classic Liqueur Muscat NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A nice chocolaty/golden syrup rancio on the nose with charry toastiness. Simple, well balanced palate. “Perhaps could use some freshening up”, thought one judge.
Comments Off on Baileys of Glenrowan Founder Series Glenrowan Classic Muscat NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Fresh youthful toffee apple bouquet and a silky syrupy palate with high confectionery elements.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Black Label Rutherglen Liqueur Muscat NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A super syrupy and intensely concentrated tokay that has an extra level of complexity and wonderfully thick unctuousness of treacle/fig paste and dark chocolate.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Old Premium Rutherglen Rare Liqueur Tokay NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Gorgeous bouquet that’s all fig paste and jam with walnuts and golden syrup. Intensely pleasurable flavours move like treacle in the mouth with good level of freshness.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Cellar Reserve Rutherglen Grand Liqueur Tokay (500ml) NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Rich, beautiful and balanced with a mix of light molasses, licorice straps, caramel toffees and a dash of Chinese spices. The intense fresh spirit adds great freshness.
Comments Off on Baileys of Glenrowan Founder Series Glenrowan Classic Topaque NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A lovely example of a young, lively and pretty tawny; all florals, almonds and sultanas.
Comments Off on St Leonards Vineyard Hip Sip Wahgunyah Tawny NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Heavy nutty caramelised bouquet and an oaky palate with upfront spirit and acidity.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Five Generations Milawa Classic Tawny NV / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
“A fine boned wine”. Still youthful and lively. Lovely crème brulee-like nose with attractive apricot botrytis characters. Great citrus peel intensity to the balanced palate with vibrant acidity.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers Patricia Milawa Noble Riesling (250ml) 2013 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Black fruit and licorice strap nose with Bonox nuances. Well structured palate with “rustic” tannins and dried herbs an added feature.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Basket Press Rutherglen Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Fresh oaky/fruit nose and big generous palate with an obvious herbal thread.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers Single Vineyard Milawa Shiraz Mondeuse Cabernet 2013 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
Plenty of red currant/black berry fruit, lots of oak and firm tannins. Has potential for further ageing.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Bin 186 Rutherglen Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: November 9, 2017
A lovely youthful light to medium bodied wine with fine, simple and very attractive varietal fruit characters. Some fruit cake notes the nose and fruity rich on the juicy palate.
Comments Off on Baileys of Glenrowan Organic Glenrowan Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 9, 2017