Posted: April 4, 2017
Full-flavoured, with fresh, crisp, tropical fruit flavours to the fore, a herbaceous undercurrent, and excellent balance and length. Described by one judge as ‘chalky’ and ‘minerally’. $27
Comments Off on Clifford Bay Villa Maria Reserve Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Tasty and tangy, this vigorous, medium-bodied wine has good intensity of melon, grapefruit and green capsicum flavours, with a slightly oily texture and flinty notes adding complexity. $28
Comments Off on Stoneleigh Rapaura Series Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Here’s proof that Marlborough sauvignon blanc can age well for several years. Hand-picked and fermented with indigenous yeasts in French oak casks, this is a fleshy, nutty, mouthfilling wine with concentrated, ripe tropical fruit flavours, rich, toasty and complex, and…
Comments Off on TerraVin Te Ahu Marlborough Rosé 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Racy, with crisp, strawberryish, gently spicy flavours, showing some flinty, toasty complexity. $28
Comments Off on Deutz Cuveé Marlborough Rosé 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pale, vivacious wine with a fragrant, toasty, complex bouquet and lively, citrusy, yeasty flavours. Fresh and youthful, with good acid spine and a finely balanced finish. $27
Comments Off on Deutz Cuveé Marlborough Blanc de Blanc 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely fresh toffee/candied orange-like aromas and good fresh muscatel/raisin sweetness on the young and stylish palate.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Topaque NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A plain simple sweet white style. Has light vibrancy and acidity. Needs more age.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Cordon Cut Pyrenees Sauvignon Blanc 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Great apricot characters dominate the nose and the palate that has great texture and length and good mouthfeel.
Comments Off on Lome Vineyards Bendigo Marsanne Viognier Roussanne 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Still fresh, tight and youthful. Some pungency to the primary fruit nose with lovely sweet oak. Sweet, soft and chewy in the mouth with a pretty good palate. Needs more time.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Inception Heathcote Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose is a lovely complexity of developing fruit and oak with a palate exhibiting great sweet peppery fruit flavours. “A very good drink,” said one of the judges.
Comments Off on A T Richardson Chockstone Grampians Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose is herbal, peppery and spicy with barrel ferment notes. The palate is lively and lifted with loads of big ripe fruit flavours and sweet gravelly tannins.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Progeny Heathcote Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Spicy fruit and oak combination of aromas and a sweet gravelly tannic palate with some slightly raw fruit characters
Comments Off on Clarnette & Ludvigsen Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big, sweet and chocolaty style with lovely length and depth of ripe varietal fruit with a generous fruit palate.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Malakoff Pyrenees Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Closed oaky nose, blackberry and oak palate and tannins underwriting the structure.
Comments Off on Mitchelton Heathcote Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Spicy herbal fruit aromas with peppery/bacon notes. Light palate – quite tannic but a good drink.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Estate Range Pyrenees Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A rich ‘luncheon’ wine. Quite porty and tannic with lots of sweet fruit and oak.
Comments Off on Tatiarra Vineyards Cambrian Heathcote Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A ripe inky blackberry fruit bouquet with some minty notes. Big solid palate with loads of sweet ripe fruit flavours and powerful gravelly tannins.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Pyrenees Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classy wine with delightful aromas of blackberry, pepper and sweet mint. Similar characters echoed on the palate. Has great texture and chewy gravelly tannins.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Section One Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A good concentration of inky, rich and ripe aromas and showing a solid core of fruit on a powerful tannic palate. Nice drink.
Comments Off on Clarnette & Ludvigsen Grampians Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lifted aromas of sweet blackberries, varnishy oak and some peppery notes. A good soft sweet palate with a black fruit spine.
Comments Off on Montara Gold Rush Grampians Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich and somewhat porty style. Pleasant earthiness to the nose and a palate that offers lovely mouthfilling flavours.
Comments Off on Black Estate Vineyard Bendigo Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Bright slightly stemmy/peppery fruit nose and sweet, porty, slightly alcoholic palate.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Inception Heathcote Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Slightly oily nose with bacon-like notes and big sweet flavoursome fruit palate.
Comments Off on Tahbilk Nagambie Lakes Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A dense, inky and slightly metallic character to the nose with a high acid palate but has plenty of sweet plum/cherry fruit.
Comments Off on Garners Heritage Wines Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nice cool climate style of shiraz. Lots of drying oak matched with stemmy plum fruit.
Comments Off on Killercrankie Wines Bendigo Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The smoky bacon nose shows hints of cinnamon with lots of drying tannins dominating a slightly porty palate.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Old Vine Pyrenees Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The dense and jubey nose is loaded with powerful fruit aromas. The palate is dark, dense and sweet with excellent length of long lingering oak/fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Progeny Heathcote Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very flavoursome mid-weight commercial style with lovely sweet blackberry fruit and nice subtle use of oak. Slightly aggressive tannins.
Comments Off on Garners Heritage Wine Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oak dominated shiraz with attractive underlying plum fruit and good tannins.
Comments Off on Taltarni Estate Pyrenees Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Complex ripe plum like aromas laced with pepper and spice. A very elegant, low tannin style of palate with sweet blueberry fruit persistence. A really good drink.
Comments Off on Best’s Bin No. 1 Great Western Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Dense dark molasses like nose and very approachable, sweet and seductive fruit palate. Strong acid backbone with some obvious tannins.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Progeny Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An elegant and distinctly cool climate shiraz. Has fresh cherries, bell peppers, green herbal notes with a very good acid spine ensuring a long life.
Comments Off on McPherson Wines Don’t Tell Gary Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Charry oak on the nose tends to hide the fruit. Lean firm palate with smoky sweet flavours and medium weight tannins.
Comments Off on McPherson Wines Chapter Three Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very oaky, rich and flavoursome with ripe primary blueberry and plum fruit with some spice and pepper notes.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate St Ethel’s Grampians Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big sweet juicy shiraz with ripe concentration of plum and blueberry-like fruit layered with some obvious oak. Good length.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Inception Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely jubey sweet fruit; some spiciness and sweet sour notes. Very good commercial style.
Comments Off on Maygars Hill Central Victoria Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Light perfumed cassis bouquet and a sweet and elegant varietal fruit palate. Good commercial style will be popular with the punters.
Comments Off on Maygars Hill Central Victoria Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A very good solid, well made and very youthful wine. Has an abundance of lovely cassis and tobacco like varietal fruit characters. All it needs is some more time to open up.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Red Pyrenees Cabernet Blend 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely mature and very flavoursome oaky blend with a big solid chunky palate showing nice varietal fruit richness, plenty of drying tannins and a touch alcohol warmth.
Comments Off on Tahbilk Old Vines Nagambie Lakes Cabernet Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very classy. Rich and long with great oak, very ripe varietal fruit and hints of violets.
Comments Off on Black Jack Wines Bendigo Cabernet Merlot 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nice marriage between the oak and the jammy fruit. Very tannic – needs time to calm down.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Back Block Pyrenees Cabernet Merlot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A nicely aged oak dominated style that has some sweet ripe fruit underneath. Good drinking.
Comments Off on Mitchelton Central Victoria Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A good style – warm and sweet with blackcurrant and cassis fruit and charry oak tending to dominate. Needs time.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Some pretty classy blackcurrant/Ribena-like fruit characters with light spicy oak notes.
Comments Off on Sandhurst Ridge Bendigo Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oak tending to dominate the ripe fruit aromas with some lovely ripe fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Tahbilk Nagambie Lakes Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Ripe complex stewed fruit nose with some dusty musky notes. Very long, classy palate with bright briary fruit elegance. It’s fairly tannic and needs more time to really shine.
Comments Off on Montara Gold Rush Grampians Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Solid concentration of vibrant cassis varietal fruit with a minty edge. Still very youthful and fresh but drinking well now although will be better with some age on it.
Comments Off on Best’s Great Western Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely sweet fruit nose; a touch jammy with some good complementary oak. Elegant and classy palate full of stewed fruit flavours layered with slightly dusty-like oak.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Back Block Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Somewhat leaner style with savory oak tending to dominate the blend but there is some lovely sweet spicy black fruit beneath with a very good background of tannins.
Comments Off on Tahbilk Nagambie Lakes Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“In a class of its own”, said one judge. It has rich perfumed violet bouquet and lovely powerful fruity palate, almost porty. Still very youthful with good cellaring potential.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Estate Range Pyrenees Lagrein 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017