Posted: July 4, 2018
Varietally pure with dark brooding fruit, charry notes and “sensible” use of oak with earthy tannins.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Obvious cool climate style with its peppery menthol characters, blue fruits and textured tannins. Will improve with age.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Big and chunky with dark cherry and forest floor characters and showing some age. Solid tannins.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Feral Fox Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A bigger richer style. Nice yeasty complexity and good flavour profile.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A soft, warm and generous wine with oak tending to dominate and complex malo characters.
Comments Off on Sew & Sew Contour Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Lightly aromatic. Slightly closed nose, nice palate texture and some phenolics – but in check.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Beginning to develop slightly figgy/honeyed aged characters. Palate has depth, length and warmth with good acidity.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A well made wine made for ageing. Quite austere at the moment but with some secondary characters just starting to evolve.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Has lovely freshness with some great apricot, ripe peach and honeyed characters. Shows plenty of potential for ageing.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Fresh, lively and floral on the nose with flavoursome green apple length to the palate.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Another generous style but also shows some restraint. “Keeps you wanting more!”
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2017 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Pretty floral fragrances and an herbaceous varietal palate with nice acid zestiness.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Light aromatics, some grassiness with a guava-like edge and tight line of acidity.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Very nicely put together wine that packs a good punch of pinot gris flavours. Good minerality.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Faint strawberry characters edged with nice yeast autolysis. Searing acidity on the flavoursome palate holds it all together.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Leafy violet nuances on the nose and appealing flavours of plums and chocolate on the soft juicy palate.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Gentle floral lift to the nose and attractive peachy flavours. Great example of this classic Italian style.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Austere and slightly rustic with earthy/beetroot-like notes. Some herbs; some spices. “Quite different!”
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Ripe fruit nose with a big oaky lift. Great balance and persistence of dark plum, blackberry and cedar flavours with a lovely line of acid.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
More of a savoury style with a lovely salmon pink hue and tons of flavour with some very good texture on the back palate.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A clean fresh style with light lemon peel-like fruit and just a dash of white pepper.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Light, lifted and citrussy style. Mouth-wateringly fresh thanks to loads of acidity.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A very appealing and pretty wine with light herbal varietal characters and powerful, mouth-watering citrus-like, acidity
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Good honest wine showing dark brooding fruit with loads of minty characters. Needs more time to reach its best
Comments Off on Karrawatta Dairy Block Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
A touch light, lean and elegant with little, if any, oak influence. Very light fruit. “But what’s there is good.”
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Fume style with spicy oak aromas and tropical fruit edge to the palate. A well integrated style – adds interest to the line-up.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Some buttery, toasty, honeyed characters developing here giving the wine lovely richness.
Comments Off on Fox Gordon Princess Adelaide Hills Fiano 2016 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Developed brioche-like aromas and an upfront stonefruit palate with secondary notes developing. Still very youthful needs more time to evolve and shine.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A generous richer style of wine with great freshness, texture and depth.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Described by one judge as a, “Bright, fresh bistro quaffer” with its lovely varietal fruit characters.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Layers of interest running through this wine. Some very nice toasty oak, plenty of yeast autolysis and attractive aged characters.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Nicely balanced wine for a 5-year old. Lovely yeasty richness with some fruit still evident and secondary notes adding complexity.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A good example of a modern chardonnay. Some fruit, some funkiness and a “thoughtful” finish.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Super interesting wine with delicate old oak characters, some spices and some herbs.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A modern style; fresh and clean – light and inoffensive with sweet hints of strawberries.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Bold, rich and concentrated and showing an extra level of flavour with good supporting spicy oak. Just needs more time to evolve.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Very inviting elegant stonefruit nose. Soft and rounded in the mouth with good concentration of fruit flavours nicely supported by the acidity. Has real style and plenty of finesse!
Comments Off on Penfolds Max’s Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Lively and fresh with an appealing crisp peach palate showing layers of complexity.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Some great sweet pinot fruit on the nose and quite a tannic palate with a powerful mouthfeel.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Smoky oak dominates the nose and the palate has light tropical appeal with toasty notes.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Musky bouquet with a slightly perfumed lift and lovely persistence of citrus/fresh herbal flavours. An elegant wine.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Winemakers Select Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2017 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Simple Turkish Delight/rose petal bouquet and an appealing, varietally correct, palate.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Crimson red wine with lovely dark fruits, some earthiness and has a big tannin profile.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Bright appealing floral fragrances with tropical notes and a well balanced zesty citrus palate that is both elegant and vibrant.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Confectionery candy floss-like nose and a sweet fruity palate with a good mouthfeel and lovely long tight finish.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Quite a leafy style with decent cassis/dried herb flavours, tight tannins and a persistent finish.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Very good wine with loads of character. Smart spicy oak mixes with good briary fruit. Just needs time to come together.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A nose of green peas and passionfruit with quite a weighty style of palate that has good depth and length of passionfruit flavours.
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