Posted: November 30, 2021
Slight confectionery raspberry-like varietal fruit creating good aromas and lots of flavour.
Comments Off on Lou Miranda Estate Master Piero Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
One judge compared this wine with a black forest cake! An oaky peppermint nose and good flavour intensity.
Comments Off on Pepper Tree ‘Robustum’ Premium Wrattonbully Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“Quite an out-there style,” said one judge. Lots of intense whole bunch characters.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Tinklers Hunter Valley Shiraz Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A clean uncomplicated medium bodied wine with cool minty characters mixing with red berry fruit.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A dense and still youthful wine with masses of powerful minty oak matched by the intense, rich and lively purple fruit varietal characters with iodine-like nuances.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big, rich, deep purple oaky wine. Has a powerful sweet plum cake of a nose and beautiful palate length, elegance and freshness. Give it more time.
Comments Off on Taylors The Pioneer Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
This highly seductive young red was grown at three sites in the Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay, and matured in an even split of new French oak barriques and a large French oak oval. Dark and purple-flushed, it is beautifully fragrant,…
Comments Off on Trinity Hill L’Eritage Gimblett Gravels Syrah 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An easy drinking “playful” wine. Attractive aromatic complexity with lots of ripe juicy fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Tamburlaine Organic Wines Marlowe – Act One (ACO) Orange Syrah Cabernet 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Aged liqueur style with mature spicy, honey/caramel bouquet and a huge concentration and intensity of creamy toffee-like flavours spiced with cinnamon nuances.
Comments Off on Carmine’s Tribute Rare (40 Year Old) SA Solera Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A wine with an excellent tawny colour and showing lovely complexity and age. Subtle aromas of chocolate and spicy red fruit and an elegant chocolate/mocha palate. Great rancio.
Comments Off on Hayes Family Wines Show Reserve Barossa Valley Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive combination of blackberry, licorice, plum and chocolate characters.
Comments Off on Trinity Hill Vintage Port Style Hawke’s Bay Touriga Nacional 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very dry style that still has freshness and good density of red berry and spicy fruit with good spirit use.
Comments Off on Trinity Hill Vintage Port Style Hawke’s Bay Touriga Francesa 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: April 24, 2020
Cherry and chocolate aromas with earthy/savoury nuances and bright blue fruit palate with subtle framing of spicy oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Moppity Vineyards Escalier Hilltops Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Another lovely understated shiraz that has lovely structure, texture and balance with good length and intensity of powerful dark plum-like fruit underscored with toasty oak.
Comments Off on Haselgrove ‘The Cruth’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Genuine shiraz fruit fragrances with musky tinges and an elegant fruity palate.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno ‘Bainton’ Hunter Valley Shiraz Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Loads of hazelnut-like characters on the nose backed by cherry fruit and chocolate. Delicious mouth-coating plum and berry flavours carrying all the way to the finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Seamless integration of chocolate, prunes and black cherry aromas with a lovely violet lift. Well-structured and well-balanced cherry and sweet spice palate with minty complexity. 5+
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
A wine that is a complexity of cedar oak and sour plum-like fruit characters with emery-like tannins.
Comments Off on Peccavi Estate Margaret River Merlot 2017 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Long, firm and refreshing style with a sandalwood like smokiness to the fruity nose. The rich well structured palate has oodles of rich yellow fruit, baked apple and marzipan like flavours.
Comments Off on Weingut Bründlmayer Ried Kammerner Lamm 1ÖTW Kamptal DAC Reserve Gruner Veltliner 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A bouquet of toasty oak, stonefruit and pineapple and a generous silky smooth palate with peachy-like fruit, delicate perfumed oak and the acid providing great overall length. 3-5
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Edward Andrew Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Nose has sweet lifted brandy notes with sweet, complex and spirituous flavours.
Comments Off on Domaine Tariquet Pure Folle Blanche 15 ans Bas Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A rich complex Armagnac with a big sweet complex bouquet and very powerful, slightly peppery, flavours on the long well-structured palate.
Comments Off on Janneau Grand XO Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Attractive spicy/dried fruit aromas and elegant palate with sweet Cognac flavours.
Comments Off on Courvoisier VSOP Fine Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Lovely coffee complexity to the nose with good age complexity on the palate.
Comments Off on Gelas Single Cast 16 Ans Double Matured Bas Armagnac Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Smells of beetroot and chocolate with a herbal lift and has more of the herbal elements on the fine tannin palate.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate St Ethels 1878 Vines Grampians Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: February 19, 2020
A perfect wine with deep magenta hues. Beautiful blueberry/mulberry intensity on the nose and good concentration of classy oak which is all echoed on the stunning palate.
Comments Off on Z Wine Poole Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / February 19, 2020
Posted: December 10, 2019
The nose is a lovely soft concentration of blackberry, cola and spices with a big palate full of nicely ageing red fruit flavours and some up-front tannins.
Comments Off on Reis Creek Chairman Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Very attractive red/dark cherry fruit characters nicely supported by toasty savoury oak. Some complexity developing. Needs more time to reach its best. 5+
Comments Off on Aus Provenance Nightfall Draco Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Simple mature lightweight style with juicy earthy red fruit, roasted/toasty notes and mineral thread.
Comments Off on Sirromet Wines Granite Belt Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot 2014 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Dark and powerful with oak playing a big role and fruit in the ripe spectrum.
Comments Off on Villa Maria Ngakirikiri Hawkes Bay Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A big old-fashioned style of cabernet with beautifully evolved varietal fruit. “Stunning!”
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A lovely velvety smooth wine filled with aged cedar/cigar box and sweet fruit characters.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Bright crimson wine with dark berry bouquet supported by sweet dusty oak. An oak driven palate but plenty of sweet fruit to match.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Very distinctive menthol characters on the beautifully lifted red berry nose. Oak is quite dominant on the lovely fresh palate. Just needs more time to integrate. 3-5
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Still a baby, this Gimblett Gravels red was matured for 15 months in French oak ovals and barriques. It has deep, purple-flushed colour and a highly scented, peppery bouquet. Mouthfilling, vibrantly fruity and supple, with deep plum and black pepper…
Comments Off on Trinity Hill Homage Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2017 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Lovely dusty herbaceous fruit aromas with lingering dark fruit flavours, attractive oak sweetness and silky tannins.
Comments Off on Taylors The Visonary Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
An inky wine, smells of briary fruits and licorice bullets. A weighty palate layered with dried plums, cherries and chocolate with a supple tannin backbone.
Comments Off on Taylors The Pioneer Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Classy beautifully structured wine with dark chocolaty fruit with an herbal edge and hints of dill cucumber. “Very stylised by the oak regime used,” said one judge. Very fresh.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A mature cabernet with lots of stylised oak and sweet fruit sitting underneath.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A beautiful mature cabernet that has plenty left in it yet! Has strong cigar box characters with remnants of sweet varietal fruit still evident. Soft finish.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Excellent maturity and complexity here with lovely amalgam of berry fruit/oak aromas. Palate is very tight with sweet red fruits, hints of leafiness and drying tannins. Time!
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Icon Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Big oak lift here with varietal fruit characters in the blue fruit spectrum. A big tannic palate with plenty of mouth-filling flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Brand & Sons Icon Barrel Select 11 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A beautifully aged wine, mature in colour with powerful cassis fruit/cedar oak concentration and power. 5+
Comments Off on Aus Provenance Nightfall Single Vineyard Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Alert cool climate cabernet with pretty pristine varietal characters and excellent oak complexity.
Comments Off on Yarra Yering Agincourt Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
A light, young, well-made and uncomplicated wine with pretty lifted estery fruit.
Comments Off on Yarra Yering Dry Red No 1 Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Malbec Petit Verdot 2016 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Mature bouquet with mocha-like tertiary characters. Perfumed dark fruit flavours and subtle oak in support. “Has balance and beauty!”
Comments Off on GPL68 by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Complex mix of fresh and mature aromas. Excellent length and structure to the palate with pristine varietal flavours laced with charry oak and interwoven with secondary elements.
Comments Off on GPL68 by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: December 10, 2019
Nose is a fragrant mix of dark berry fruit and smoky/cedary oak. Powerful, warm, oak driven palate with toasty caramel flavours and big tannic finish.
Comments Off on Taylors The Visionary Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / December 10, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A nicely matured cabernet showing good aged tertiary characters but still has plenty of alluring fruit characters evident and nicely integrated with the cedary oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Grande Reserve Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Set for the long haul, this fragrant, youthful red is a blend of cabernet sauvignon (72%), merlot (23%) and cabernet franc (5%), matured for 18 months in French oak barriques (62% new). Deeply coloured, it is full-bodied and fresh, with…
Comments Off on Thomas Legacy Waiheke Island Cabernet Merlot Franc 2013 / 0 View / September 4, 2019