Posted: December 2, 2021
Smells earthy and mushroom-like with ripe peach fruit underneath. Incredible length of fruit flavours nicely balanced by the oak with plenty of acidity to ensure ageing potential.
Comments Off on Yarra Yering Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Long, linear, refined and harmonious describes this wine with intriguing fruit characters interwoven with some excellent oak. “Very delicious,” said one judge.
Comments Off on Bird In Hand Ted Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Honeyed aromas with subtle quality oak in the background. Very savoury palate with lovely tight line of acidity and shy on fruit. Needs food.
Comments Off on Domaine William Fèvre Fourchaume Premier Cru France Chardonnay 2018 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Big toasty oak aromas with ripe citrus fruit and smoked meats and very powerful oak across the palate. A touch warm.
Comments Off on Domaines Leflaive & Associés Pouilly Fuissé France Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A really delicious wine with a complex mix of brioche and custard-like aromas and flavours reminiscent of Portuguese tarts with a crisp acid backbone.
Comments Off on Olivier Leflaive Puligny Montrachet France Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Nutty complexity to the nose with a slight funky edge. Generous palate developing nice, aged characters.
Comments Off on Chateau Des Quarts Pouilly Fuisse ‘Clos Des Quarts’ France Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Very lifted citrus sherbet-like aromas with gorgeous oak on the rich palate.
Comments Off on Domaine Faiveley Puligny Montrachet 1er Cru Folatières France Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
An oak driven style but has lovely purity, concentration and weight of lifted cherry fruit and beetroot complexity beneath. Slightly dominated by “muscular” tannins.
Comments Off on Jean-Marc Bouley Pommard France Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Stylish and complex wine showing certain elegance. Violets, red plum and cherry fruit characters with a “dark element” underneath. Quite tannic with a great long and lingering finish.
Comments Off on Jean-Marc Bouley Volnay Rouge France Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
A monster of a pinot – way too young and tannic at the moment. The fruit is at the very ripe end of the spectrum with good concentration of tobacco/cigar-like oak. Years ahead of it!
Comments Off on Géantet-Pansiot Gevrey Chambertin France Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Flinty characters lift off the spicy red fruit nose and the palate has a powerful and complex combination of cherry fruit, cedary oak and silky tannins.
Comments Off on Domaine Faiveley Nuits St. Georges 1er Cru ‘Les Porets Saint-Georges’ France Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Dark brooding and tightly wound pinot that needs more time to evolve. It has an intense concentration of dark cherry-like fruit with an earthy lift, lots of oak and tannins and an endless finish.
Comments Off on Domaine Faiveley Beaune 1er Cru ‘Clos de l’Ecu’ (Monopole) France Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nose is slightly developed but still a little shy with a solid palate holding up well for an eight-year old. Very approachable.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A youthful tightly wound wine with fabulous pure and powerful varietal fruit characters reminiscent of blueberries and plums with ethereal oak overtones. Will age well.
Comments Off on Yarra Yering Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely lifted, complex and mature aromas. Great palate bright with blackberry/cassis fruit and cola notes.
Comments Off on GPL68 by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A flawless wine,” according to one judge. Has a fragrant lemon meringue-like bouquet and the seamless and silky-smooth palate, “Moves through multiple dimensions of secondary characters”.
Comments Off on Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Grand Terroirs de Chardonnay Champagne 2012 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Citrusy nose with a toasty bread-like edge and flavours in the apple pie spectrum on the beautifully textured palate with tight mouth-watering acidity.
Comments Off on Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Fleuron 1er Cru Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2008 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“An utterly complete wine,” enthused one judge. Great balance and poise with a complexity of lemon marmalade and struck match-like characters with lovely acidity cutting through. $
Comments Off on Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2012 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Some lovely fragrant lemon blossom-like fruit characters here supported by a background of brioche-like yeast characters and laced with excellent mouth watering minerally acidity.
Comments Off on Pol Roger Champagne Brut 2012 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A powerful wine and yet it still shows restraint. Lovely combination of lemon sherbet and baked bread characters with mushroomy nuances. Has a tight acid drive. “Very drinkable.”
Comments Off on Jeeper Premier Cru Champagne Brut NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Beautifully focussed baked apple pie of a wine! It is ageing nicely and shows nuances of ginger and wooded spices with the acid building up along the palate.
Comments Off on Jeeper Extra Brut Naturelle Champagne Brut NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Developed, nutty and bold with great persistence of ripe strawberry-like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Jeeper Grand Rosé Champagne Brut NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Delightful preserved lemon aromas with some toasty “goodness” and an excellent core of primary and secondary fruit characters on the long, silky smooth palate.
Comments Off on Jeeper Grande Reserve Champagne Brut NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Rich developed style showing great complexity and depth of lemon/citrus fruit that shows a marmalade-like edge and has refreshing acidity with a lingering finish.
Comments Off on Jeeper Grand Assemblage Champagne Brut NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A long, powerful and intense wine with lovely dark cherry and plum fruit characters and some very smart oak adding smoky/cedary complexity with very attractive tannins.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Icon Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nose is an aromatic mix of olive tapenade and blue fruits with an earthy edge. Soft and “welcoming” palate structure with lingering cool red fruit supported by vanillin oak. 5+
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lifted minty fruit bouquet and a well rounded spicy red fruit palate with understated oak.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dark cherry nose with sweet menthol and herbal lift. Beautifully balanced palate with enough acid to assure a long life ahead.
Comments Off on GPL68 by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An elegant, balanced and varietally pure deep purple wine with lovely lifted fruit characters with the slightly gravelly oak in a supporting role and some very elegant tannins.
Comments Off on Yarra Yering Dry Red Wine No. 1 Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec Petit Verdot 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely lifted spicy peppery nose and a complex cool fruit driven palate.
Comments Off on Trinity Hill Homage Hawkes Bay Syrah 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Big, sweet and rich with nice bottle age notes. Still has good fruit and shows great use of oak with furry tannins.
Comments Off on Genders Duncan McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely young red/purple wine – very true to the variety with excellent sweet cassis fruit definition on both the nose and palate and nicely wrapped up in nice grainy tannins.
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Icon Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Still very youthful on the nose with dark brooding berry fruit aromas and very sweet red fruit flavours filling the powerful palate with a slight oily texture.
Comments Off on Z Wine Plowman Dry Grown Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big, big wine with an abundance of purple fruit freshness and liveliness elegantly balanced by the well-handled classy oak. It has a long life ahead of it.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Platinum Label Medlands Vineyard Barossa Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A long, complex, brooding and very inky shiraz that has loads of interest and plenty of lovely fresh intensity of red berry aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Platinum Label Medlands Vineyard Barossa Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very mature wine – “A ten-year-old that still has lots going on.” But drink soon.
Comments Off on Cooper Burns Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A pretty wine with a pot pouri complexity. Still quite lively and delicious!
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A pretty wine – lovely depth of crimson hues with powerful fruit and oak aromas that follows through onto the velvety palate.
Comments Off on Haselgrove ‘The Cruth’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A warm, ripe and sweet dense crimson wine with a beautiful complexity of sweet fruit and powerful oak on the nose and the long, fresh and bright palate.
Comments Off on Tim Smith Wines TSW Reserve Barossa Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An attractive red fruit bouquet with a powerful mix of rich fruitcake and Cherry Ripe-like flavours.
Comments Off on Soul Growers Gobell Single Vineyard Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lots of toasty oak mingling with a powerful hit of fruit with mealy-like notes.
Comments Off on Soul Growers Hampel Single Vineyard Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A brightly coloured, hot and jammy wine with lovely depth and complexity from the seamlessly integrated oak and fruit.
Comments Off on Z Wine Plowman Dry Grown Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Smooth seamlessly balanced wine – a great “marriage” between the big juicy fruit and the classy oak.
Comments Off on Z Wine Poole Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A huge dense inky shiraz with plenty of flavour. Intense toasty oak dominates the blackberry fruit. Will live for a long time yet.
Comments Off on Z Wine Plowman Dry Grown Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A long, lingering and complex style that’s graceful and yet full of flavour. The oak plays a big role in the wine but it works well with the great varietal fruit.
Comments Off on Sandalford Prendiville Reserve Margaret River Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big wine with powerful oak, ripe red berry fruit and some ‘alert’ tannins.
Comments Off on O’Leary Walker Wines ‘Claire’ Reserve Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A velvety smooth uncomplicated wine with subtle aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Dairy Hill Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An intense wine showing grace and elegance with beautiful rich ripe spicy red berry fruit nicely balanced by the oak.
Comments Off on Frankland Estate Smith Cullam Frankland River Syrah 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lovely rich warmth of varietal fruit and gentle oak with soft velvety tannins.
Comments Off on Hemera JDR Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021