Posted: June 15, 2017
Lovely combination of rose petals, Turkish delight and lime cordial characters. Gewurtz-like.
Comments Off on Kirrihill Wines Regional Range Clare Valley Riesling 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Another wine with lovely purple hues. Solid mocha oak and blackberry bouquet. A tight palate with great tannin structure and texture and big hit of sour cherry flavours.
Comments Off on Lost Buoy The Edge McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Ripe Aussie style with fresh tropical fruit characters and hints of herbaceousness.
Comments Off on Lost Buoy Gulf View Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Good varietal nose with spicy rhubarb characters. Fresh and flavoursome palate with elegant earthy sour cherry/plum flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Mt Difficulty Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A dense integration of cassis fruit and toasty oak on nose and palate. Drink now or cellar it. 3-5
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Adelaide Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A very sweet crowd pleaser with genuine varietal aromas and flavours reminiscent of lychees and muscat.
Comments Off on Pertaringa South Australia Moscato 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Crisp, clean and very varietal style with a pleasant spicy fruit nose and a big flavoursome citrussy palate.
Comments Off on Queen Adelaide South Eastern Australia Riesling 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A Rhone-like style – loads of character with interesting spicy peppery fruit aromas and a powerful mid-weight peppery/spicy palate.
Comments Off on Warrenmang Estate Bazzani Pyrenees Shiraz Cabernet 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A very youthful peppery fresh wine with lots of sweet red fruit and drying oak.
Comments Off on Pepperwood Shiraz Jazz Capel Western Australia Shiraz Grenache 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sweet hit of cassis fruit on the nose and a pleasant, youthful, cassis palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Gapsted Hidden Story South Australia Victoria Merlot 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
An elegant cool climate style of cabernet showing dark berry fruits with spicy overtones and plenty of oak. Needs more cellaring.
Comments Off on Gapsted Hidden Story South Australia Victoria Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A crisp and lively lunch wine smelling of melons and tasting of fruit salad.
Comments Off on Gapsted Hidden Story King Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Green Lantana bush like bouquet and a complexity of herbaceous flavours in the stalky green spectrum. Very well made. 3-5
Comments Off on Frog Belly Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Peaches and pears on the nose and lots of fresh peach and melon flavours. Good acidity.
Comments Off on Devils Creek Alpine Valleys Pinot Grigio 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Delicate lifted gooseberry aromas and light lychee palate. A great little quaffer.
Comments Off on Devils Creek Alpine Valleys Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Full developing melony nose and good savory palate with a light grassy/melon touch. 3-5
Comments Off on Oakover White Label Swan Valley Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A good simple quaffer with a reasonable depth of spicy red varietal fruits.
Comments Off on Mudgee Wines Mudgee Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Sweet and simple with a melon pulp nose and good length of tropical fruit flavours with some grip and clean finish.
Comments Off on Mudgee Wines Mudgee Verdelho 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A classic Aussie style. Excellent young nectarine and red berry-like varietal fruit with excellent oak integration.
Comments Off on Taylors Eighty Acres South Australia Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Light lemon juice fragrances and an austere elegant lemon/lime palate with a tart finish. “Put it away”, suggested one judge. 5+
Comments Off on Taylors Clare Valley Riesling 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense inky purple wine with a powerful charry oak nose and solid rich palate offering a huge mouthful of flavour. Still very young and needs plenty more time in the cellar to reach its potential.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sound light fortified with a spicy spirit lift and a lovely mouthful of unctuous floral and raisin flavours.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Petite Muscat Hunter Valley Fortified 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A clean balanced wine with plenty of zip and lovely muscat-like aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on James Estate Little Sweet One Hunter Valley Sweet White 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A restrained, savory and youthful style – good food wine. Has tight pithy fruit, complimented by creamy lees and some funky notes.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A youthful and quite savory style of chardonnay with charred and smoky oak aromas and a leesy minerally palate exhibiting a good refreshing line of acidity.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Upfront stonefruit aromas with nutty notes. Straight forward stonefruit/tropical palate. 5+
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Over The Hill Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
An excellent, very well made wine with the potential to become a great wine. Has solid lemon fruit characters with a fine minerally line and supported by crisp acid spine. 5+
Comments Off on Allandale Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Good off-dry drinking style with bright sherbety nose and slightly oily texture to the palate. Good drinking now. 3-5
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A big youthful wine with intense grassy/floral fragrances and a warming, upfront fruit, palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Midnight’s Promise Unwooded Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A lovely crisp clean semillon; sound and well balanced with good varietal fruit and lovely acidity to balance. Drinking well now or has excellent cellaring potential. 5+
Comments Off on Two Rivers Stones Throw Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sweeter more dessert style with a concentration of apple juice like fruit characters. A sweeter wine made more in a dessert style with an intense concentration of apple juice like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Silvereye Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A simple sweet, well made wine – light bodied with good varietal characteristics.
Comments Off on Two Rivers Hidden Hive Hunter Valley Verdelho 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A good powerful varietal with a ripe nose that smells of fruit salad with similar characters echoed on the palate.
Comments Off on Gartelmann Jessica Hunter Valley Verdelho 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense and inky on the nose; traces of berries and black olives. Not overly complex palate; nice berry fruit and medium tannins.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Chocolaty nose; traces of berries and slight floral touches. A tight solid red palate with firm, slightly green, tannins.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Petit Verdot 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sweeter style with boiled lolly like elements but has the acid to balance it.
Comments Off on Gartelmann Veronica Hunter Valley Rosé 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A well balanced drier style with an abundance of strawberry fruit, bright spices and some herbal-like characters. Very moreish.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Rosé 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Citrussy nose with some honeyed development and a simple flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Yellow Label Pinot Noir Chardonnay Brut 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Pure spicy strawberry bouquet and a clean, slightly sweet, but balanced, fruity palate.
Comments Off on Yellowglen Pink Sparkling Rosé NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A complex developed bouquet and a nicely lifted palate with pleasant toasty nutty fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Yellowglen Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Alka Seltzer like nose and some nice fruit on the well balanced, nicely textured, palate.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers Limited Release King Valley Prosecco 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A lovely spicy red berry bouquet and a balanced, slightly savory, palate with spicy vibrancy and touch of herbs.
Comments Off on McGuigan Black Label Premium Release South Eastern Australia Sparkling Shiraz NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Nicely developed nose – smells of butterscotch and yeast. Complex ageing citrus fruit palate with secondary elements developing.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate River Retreat Murray Darling Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Lightly developed nose with great secondary characters evolving on the palate. Has great balance, weight and length.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Murray Darling Chardonnay Pinot Noir NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A well made balanced style with spicy red fruit characters and some development evolving.
Comments Off on Jip Jip Rocks South Eastern Australia Sparkling Shiraz NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Slight marzipan characters to the nose and good primary fruit flavours on the toasty palate.
Comments Off on Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Sparkling Cuvee NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A pleasant flavoursome sparkling with nice fresh strawberry like fruit characters on both the lifted nose and fresh palate.
Comments Off on Mojo Fizz Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir Brut Cuvee NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A light fresh apple bouquet with more apple characters on the palate with a touch of tropics.
Comments Off on Riva dei Frati DOC Treviso Prosecco NV / 0 View / June 15, 2017