Paulett Wines 109 Clare Valley Shiraz 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
Has lifted blackcurrant aromas that follow through onto the firm tannic palate.
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Paulett Wines 109 Clare Valley Shiraz 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
Powerful spicy blackcurrant fruit on the nose and palate with licorice elements and an herbal edge. Good line of savoury tannins. Still very youthful.
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Wolf Blass Platinum Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classic blockbuster of an Aussie cabernet – all dark berries, bitumen and herbs. Still amazingly fresh and will reward with further cellaring.
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Wolf Blass Black Label Barossa Langhorne Creek McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
Caramel-like oak characters sit on top of the ripe cassis fruit fragrances. Excellent palate, beautifully structured – still tight and reserved. Needs more years on it yet.
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Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense colour with a briary berry bouquet layered with cedary oak and followed by a fruit cake-like palate supported by some excellent tannins.
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Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
An intense, complex and powerful bouquet with delicious dense red berry fruit flavours on the lovely palate and seamlessly balanced by the oak.
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Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classy number with great colour, a beautifully complex nose and an excellent palate structure. It’s rich and generous but shows good restraint.
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Gralyn Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Posted: July 21, 2022
Earthy mocha characters obvious on the nose with a beautifully aged palate sitting in the savoury spectrum with excellent tannins.
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Paulett Wines 109 Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge wine – very young with an abundance of Ribena-like fruit characters and a herbal thread.
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GPL68 By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Posted: July 21, 2022
Super cool climate herbal style of cabernet showing a freshness of cassis and capsicum characters.
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Nightfall Draco Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
A solid, well made, wine that’s dark and inky with well-framed cassis fruit fragrances and great persistence of blackberry and blueberry fruit flavours on an elegant palate.
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Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
Complex nose of sweet vanilla oak and licorice with a peppermint note. Good spicy length to the elegant licorice/black fruit driven palate.
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Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dense purple, intensely grippy, wine that offers a rich complexity of blackberry, cassis and toasty oak on both the nose and palate with a mineral-like thread.
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Gralyn Estate Museum Margaret River Rare Muscat NV
Posted: July 21, 2022
Another very beautifully aged Muscat with a fabulous intensity of Christmas cake-like aromas and flavours and a long and lingering after taste.
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Buller Wines Rutherglen Grand Topaque NV
Posted: July 21, 2022
A very well-made wine with beautifully complex aged characters. A great melange of butterscotch, figs and dates with excellent crisp acidity balancing it all out.
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Buller Wines Rutherglen Grand Muscat NV
Posted: July 21, 2022
A youthful style but has excellent fruit richness. It has preserved fruit fragrances and mouth-filling sweet and creamy flavours with good spirit use.
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Campbells Isabella Rutherglen Rare Topaque NV
Posted: July 21, 2022
A very rich and extremely old product that is a delicious complexity of toffee, caramel and raisined fruit with tea leaf-like elements and the perfect acid balance.
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Campbells Merchant Prince Rutherglen Muscat NV
Posted: July 21, 2022
A dark, luscious and beautifully aged product. Intense raisined/toffee bouquet and very rich concentration of flavours that linger across the length of the palate.
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Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Gimblett Gravels Hawke’s Bay Malbec 2020
Posted: May 12, 2022
This classy, concentrated red avoids the rusticity often seen in New Zealand malbecs. Matured in French oak casks (41% new), it was bottled unfined and unfiltered. Fragrant, with dense, purple-flushed colour, it is mouthfilling and vibrant, with very youthful blackcurrant,…
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Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Syrah 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
This delicious young red is perfumed and graceful. Estate-grown in the Bridge Pa Triangle, it was matured in French oak casks (28% new). Dark and rich, it has lush blackcurrant, plum and spice flavours, a hint of liquorice, nutty oak…
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Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Redstone Merlot 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
This powerful, weighty, lush red was estate-grown in the Bridge Pa Triangle and matured in French oak casks (41% new). Boldly coloured, it is a robust, very ripe style, with bold berry, plum and spice flavours, a hint of liquorice,…
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Church Road 1 Single Vineyard Redstone Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
This powerful, youthful red was estate-grown in the Bridge Pa Triangle and matured in French oak barriques (55% new). Dark, sturdy and savoury, it is a bold style of cabernet sauvignon, with dense blackcurrant, plum, spice, liquorice and nut flavours,…
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Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: May 12, 2022
A velvety smooth cabernet with a generosity of black fruits, aniseed, mint and spices and funky mushroom/forest floor characters adding complexity. 5+
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Cimicky Wines ICON Barossa Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 12, 2022
“Another old school wine.” Soft, rich and mature with dried fruit characters, peppery notes and firm tannins.
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Ulithorne Frux Frugis McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 12, 2022
Brambly bouquet with forest floor nuances. Big generous oaky palate with dark fruits pushing through.
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Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Shiraz 2018
Posted: May 12, 2022
A lighter “shaded fruit” style with a lolly-like sweetness and licorice notes.
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Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Posted: May 12, 2022
Still has some dark varietal fruit characters evident with cigar-like oak notes.
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Z Wine [ROHRLACH] Survivor Vine Barossa Valley Grenache 2020
Posted: December 3, 2021
Bright peppery plum bouquet and flavours of spices, pepper and cherries with a savoury thread.
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Z Wine [PLOWMAN] Dry Grown Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019
Posted: December 3, 2021
A complexity of lifted stewed black fruit and roasted nuts with meaty elements. More cellaring potential.
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Seville Estate Dr McMahon Yarra Valley Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 3, 2021
Plum-like varietal fruit with musky nuances, smoked meat traces and fine tannins.
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Pol Roger Brut Vintage Gift Box France Brut 2013
Posted: December 3, 2021
“Every box ticked here,” enthused one judge. Has very attractive nutty complexity to the lifted nose and fresh crunchy apple-like palate with mouthwatering acidity.
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Pol Roger Pure Gift Box France Champagne NV
Posted: December 3, 2021
Honeyed nutty complexity to the nose with a hint of citrus. Palate opens up to full bodied creamy texture with a seamless integration of fresh red apple flavours and acid.
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Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Special Club ‘Grand Terroirs De Chardonnay’ Champagne France Sparkling Chardonnay 2014
Posted: December 3, 2021
Bright lemon curd bouquet with a hint of vegemite. Palate is full of vitality with mouth coating creamy flavours and great taunt line of acid with a lingering yeasty finish.
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Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Cuvée Fleuron Brut 1er Cru France Blanc de Blancs Brut 2015
Posted: December 3, 2021
“A tight, flinty, focused, elegant and confident wine,” according to one judge. Nose is like “Nutella on toast!” The palate has powerful hazelnut flavours and a beautiful acid drive.
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Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: December 3, 2021
Rich, succulent aromas of cassis blackberry, chocolate and licorice. Lovely balanced palate with concentrated plum and cherry flavours and nicely controlled tannins.
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Nightfall Draco Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: December 3, 2021
Choc mint and red fruit nose with light cedary oak. Palate shows nice layers of fleshy berry fruit, proud tannins and good acidity.
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Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Mataro 2018
Posted: December 3, 2021
Earthy chocolaty nose, woody plum palate and leathery maturity developing.
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Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Grenache 2018
Posted: December 3, 2021
Spicy malty fragrances and maturing sweet cherry/cola palate with grainy tannins.
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Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: December 3, 2021
Woody spicy nose; some plums and cherries. Earthy palate with good savoury length.
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Mitchelton Print Heathcote Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 3, 2021
Tarry dark fruit bouquet with spices, vanilla and some nuttiness. Big rich palate, well-structured with good depth of fruit flavours and grainy tannins.
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Tenafeate Creek Museum Release Judgement One Tree Hill Shiraz 2010
Posted: December 2, 2021
Ageing very well and still showing plenty of fruit that’s layered with rum and raisin chocolate characters. Has a long, grippy and drying palate rich with flavour.
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Monteperle Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
“Lots happening here,” noted one judge. Has crimson highlights, dark brooding fruit, loads of charry oak with meaty smoky notes and very grippy tannins.
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Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
A luscious luxurious wine that is a potent complexity of ripe black fruits and plum jam characters with loads of lovely oak, roasted spices and a hint of alcohol heat.
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Blue Pyrenees Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
A mocha-like bouquet with lots of toasty oak and lovely blueberry fruit underneath. Luxurious palate has an abundance of sweet fruit/oak flavours. Nice old school style.
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Z Wine [PLOWMAN] Dry Grown Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Slight candied notes to the blackberry aromas with more blackberries obvious on the palate with currant-like elements.
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Z Wine [POOLE] Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
A delight to drink with its dark brooding blueberry and black fruits, gorgeous oak, velvety tannins, and elements of spiciness. It has plenty of length, power and drive.
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