Posted: May 2, 2018
Slightly pungent passionfruit bouquet with those passionfruit characters obvious on the palate.
Comments Off on Signature Wines Coordinates Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nose is fresh, lifted, zesty and floral and has a sweet rounded lime palate with hints of rosehips and wrapped in crisp acidity.
Comments Off on X By Xabregas Fig Tree Great Southern Riesling 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Powerful pungent spicy dark fruit mocha oak. Obvious oak influence on the palate but marries well with the juicy varietal fruit.
Comments Off on La Bise The Kiss Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nice lift of tropical fruit aromas with more tropical characters on the tight crisp palate.
Comments Off on La Bise Italian Kiss Adelaide Hills White Blend 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
The nose is lifted and spicy with youthful, slightly tart, blue fruit flavours with soft tannins.
Comments Off on La Bise French Kiss Adelaide Hills Red Blend 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Lifted tropical fruit nose with subtle buttery edge and a bright fresh melon/peach palate.
Comments Off on La Bise The Kiss Mt Lofty Ranges Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Excellent meaty/toasty savoury bouquet with the meaty characters carrying through to the full bodied ripe fruit/oak palate with slightly angular tannins.
Comments Off on Totino Estate Wines Francesco Reserve Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Delightful leafy green blackcurrant bouquet. A great palate – simple and balanced with a rich intensity of cassis flavours, hints of olives and good use of oak.
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek One Tree Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Inky/spicy aromas with powerful violet elements. Interesting well balanced palate with lovely flavours in the riper fruit spectrum and long soft but assertive tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek One Tree Hill Petit Verdot 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Lovely nose; smells like a spice box with plenty of blue fruit characters and has big rich dark chocolaty flavours with warming finish. 5+
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Basket Press One Tree Hill Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Easy drinking style with plenty of personality. Has lifted aromatic savoury fruit characters, long soft tannins, some oak and good acidity.
Comments Off on Paulmara Estates The Melee Barossa Valley Sangiovese Shiraz Malbec 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
An ethereal red fruit bouquet with a sweet, simple, fleshy and nicely maturing palate.
Comments Off on Paulmara Estates De Nero Barossa Valley Nero D’Avola 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
The bouquet is floral, fragrant and perfumed with dark brooding briary flavours. Nice oak complexity, soft tannin structure and good level of acidity for a long life. 3-5
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Tomich Hill Valley Barossa Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Good varietal aromas with hints of marmalade and lovely pear/apple flavour combination with some residual sweetness. 3-5
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Tomich Hill Adelaide Hills Pinot Grigio 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Smells of lemons and rock melons with light grassiness. Has attractive varietal flavour profile balanced by the acidity.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Tomich Hill Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A clean simple and well balanced style with peach, melon and citrus fruit characters.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Park Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Grassy tropical fragrances. Attractive complexity of capsicum/stonefruit flavours. Drying finish.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Park Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Fresh tropical aromas with just a hint of oak and a crisp, high acid, palate with melon/peach fruit flavours nicely supported in the background by the oak and lees.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Cloudbreak Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nettley green melon bouquet and a tight, well presented, green fruit palate.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Cloudbreak Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A great pinot nose! It’s all strawberries, cherries, leather and spice with a good transfer of pinot characters to the excellent palate with flavour richness and complexity and fine tannins.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A clean and lifted spicy bouquet showing gravely notes with hints of lychees. Slight oily on the palate with spicy flavour profile and good length of zesty crisp acidity.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Subdued nose and a lean austere Bergamot/lime palate with tight line of greenish acidity.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Riesling 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Big toasty oak nose and full flavoured butterscotch-like palate with overt toasty oak characters and citric crispness.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Slight funkiness to this savory style showing good varietal fruit characters and crisp acidity.
Comments Off on Tomich Wines Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Grigio 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Attractive spicy herbal varietal nose and a red berry palate with mouth puckering finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Nebbiolo 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A lean and green youthful cabernet with powerful cassis varietal characters.
Comments Off on Capel Vale Regional Series Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Dark brooding briary bouquet and a bright aromatic, full bodied, palate tasting of red berries and has nice piquant acidity.
Comments Off on Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Slightly developed oily character to the nose with a flinty citrussy element which is echoed on the long bright white peach palate.
Comments Off on K1 by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Big upfront confectionery fruit aromas with a menthol lift and lovely lingering ripe fruit flavours. Oak tends to dominate.
Comments Off on K1 by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Lifted cranberry bouquet with slightly tarry aged characters starting to develop. Full bodied palate, great length and depth of musky floral flavours. 5+
Comments Off on K1 by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A complexity of briary fragrances with rhubarb-like notes and hints of fruit cake. Nicely textured palate with spicy dark fruit flavours and silky tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Pertaringa Regional Series McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
The nose is lifted, leafy and minty. Good palate structure showing plenty of length and depth of ripe cabernet varietal flavours with drying dusty tannins in support.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Rifle & Hunt McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A “polished” wine with complexity of briary fruit and malty mocha characters on the nose and very well balanced and stylish palate showing great flavour persistence. 3-5
Comments Off on Pertaringa Over The Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Rich, generous and full flavoured style developing dark charry complexity to the blue fruit/forest floor like varietal fruit characters. Excellent oak and strong tannins.
Comments Off on Reillys Dry Land Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A lovely wine smelling and tasting like a Christmas cake with some rich meaty characters evident and a nice peppery lift. It has drying tannins, savoury oak and a long finish.
Comments Off on McLaren Vale III Associates Four Score McLaren Vale Grenache 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Very dark spicy fruit aromas verging on licorice. A bright fresh palate rich with dark fruit flavours and some silky smooth tannins.
Comments Off on McLaren Vale III Associates The Descendant of Squid Ink McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Bright floral/sweet fruit bouquet with fresh honeysuckle-like flavour profile and a zesty citrus crunch to the finish.
Comments Off on Salena Estate Wines Ink Series Riverland Vermentino 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A funky, complex and well worked style. Some citrus fruit and light residual sugar.
Comments Off on Salena Estate Wines Silhouette Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Interesting aromatics of ripe and fleshy fig, blueberry and nutmeg characters. A rich fruit pudding of a palate with long lean tannins and a crisp acid finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Artwine Leave Your Hat On Clare Valley Montepulciano 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nutty oak complexity to the nose but the oak is subservient to the fruit on the flavoursome palate. A real crowd pleaser. 3-5
Comments Off on Reschke Coonawarra Fume Blanc 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Slightly porty notes to the intense sweet cassis fruit nose and lovely blackcurrant juiciness on the warming palate with its fine tannins and as one judge described as “Salivating acidity”.
Comments Off on Koonara Wanderlust Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A complexity of sweet briary fruit and spicy oak aromas; hints of pencil shavings. Attractive maturation characters on the palate mingling generous plum fruit and crisp acid. 3-5
Comments Off on Koonara Angel’s Peak Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A fresh simple style of light oak, spicy fruit and nice tannin and acid softness.
Comments Off on Heathcote Winery Cravens Place Heathcote Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A beautiful elegant shiraz with an abundance of long, intense and slightly green, slightly lean, blue fruit varietal characters. Good oak and tannin complexity. 3-5
Comments Off on Heathcote Winery Mail Coach Heathcote Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018