Posted: May 12, 2022
An aromatic mix of spicy stonefruit and oak. Creamy in the mouth, plenty of oak with attractive savoury elements.
Comments Off on Inner City Winemakers Hilltops Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A crisp style that according to one judge, “Screams for seafood!” Enticing subtle apricot bouquet and great balance and texture to the peachy/yeasty palate.
Comments Off on Inner City Winemakers Hilltops Fiano 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Lifted hazelnut and floral aromas with a classy and complex savoury style palate.
Comments Off on Truffle Hill Pemberton Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A rich and complex wine with great balance and good cellaring potential. Yeasty/citrus/floral aromas and mouth-watering floral grapefruit flavours with crisp acid.
Comments Off on Yalumba The Virgilius Eden Valley Viognier 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A slightly stalky green fruit driven cabernet offering good cellaring potential. 5+
Comments Off on The Composer by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A grippy young wine with dark berry and cherry fruit characters supported by a good tannin structure.
Comments Off on Fox Creek Postmaster McLaren Vale G.S.M. 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big hit of chocolaty, cherry and licorice-like aromas with similar characters echoed on the well balanced, well integrated palate.
Comments Off on Fox Creek McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A stylish wine that is still youthful and lively. Has a lovely balance between the dark varietal fruit characters and the dusty oak. Still has plenty of acidity.
Comments Off on Fox Creek Short Row McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Big flavoursome oaky wine; some serious blue fruits, high acidity and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Nanny Goat Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A pungent varietal bouquet and a light minerally palate with intense sauvignon blanc flavours.
Comments Off on Catalina Sounds Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big, soft and oaky wine with lovely presence of dark cherry fruit and stewed blackcurrants, licorice elements seamlessly integrated with the cigar box oak.
Comments Off on Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A well-made clean green style of shiraz with a stalky/leafy bouquet that follows through to the palate and combines with some lovely spiciness. 3-5
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Stockhausen Signature Hunter Valley Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Oak driven, old fashioned, style but has an abundance of lovely flavours.
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Stockhausen Signature Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Aromas of capsicum, snow peas, cut grass and honey. Palate is both elegant and rich at the same time with a very lengthy finish. “Super interesting food wine.”
Comments Off on Briar Ridge Stockhausen Signature Hunter Valley Semillon 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Deep purple wine that is rich, inky and complex with a surprisingly perfumed/spicy fruit nose and flavours of blueberries, aniseed and spices with good tannin support. 3-5
Comments Off on Starrs Reach Vineyard Single Vineyard Riverland Mataro Durif 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big ripe wine – but not jammy. Lovely black and blue berry fruit bouquet with dark and crunchy tangy fruit flavours wrapped in vibrant acidity. More joven in style.
Comments Off on Kurtz Family Vineyards Unwooded Barossa Valley Grenache 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A soft and gracefully aged shiraz that is holding up very well. Smells of currants and kitchen spices with a mature and balanced integration of flavours. Amazingly fresh.
Comments Off on Wild Game Wine The Dame Coonawarra Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Complex aromas with a subtlety of spicy fruits. The beautifully mature and complex palate offers loads of rum and raisin chocolate bar-like flavours. Still has more life in it yet.
Comments Off on Wild Game Wine The Duke Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Nose is a mix of plums and cherries with a richness of plum and mulberry flavours and forest floor elements adding interest.
Comments Off on Sidewood Stablemate Adelaide Hills Cabernet 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Spicy perfumed oak nose and lean savoury palate; oak tending to dominate the fruit for now. Needs time.
Comments Off on Sidewood Mappinga Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A serious wine, pinky/bronze in colour with an intense and complex bouquet. Palate is bone dry with a sherbet-like liveliness and a delicate savoury/herbal flavour profile.
Comments Off on Sidewood Isabella Rose Adelaide Hills Sparkling Rosé 2015 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Blue fruit aromas laced with forest floor characters and has a warm and lively savoury/meaty palate with a long finish.
Comments Off on Sidewood Signature ‘Abel’ Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Lifted floral stonefruit aromas and a long and complex palate with lovely tangy fruit flavours. “Easy to enjoy.”
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Pinot Blanc 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A very interesting cool climate shiraz with medicinal black fruit characters and nice earthiness underneath. “Love to see it in five years!” said one judge. 5+
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A classy young thing that is an attractive mix of black and red fruits with plenty of spices, chocolaty oak and a great acid backbone with a lengthy finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Krinklewood Broke Fordwich Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Cool, stylish, light weight, oak driven style with some herbal notes and delicate orange blossom-like characters.
Comments Off on Krinklewood Broke Fordwich Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A serious young wine with a fruit cake-like nose and a long, lean and spicy palate with a tannic grip.
Comments Off on Cassegrain Wines Edition Noir Orange Hilltops Shiraz Viognier 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A classy, stylish and elegant cool climate merlot with spicy licorice aromas and herbaceous chocolaty flavours.
Comments Off on Cassegrain Wines Edition Noir Orange Merlot 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Pretty spicy/peppery nose. Palate has upfront acidity, some smokiness and a long finish.
Comments Off on Cassegrain Wines White Label Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A lovely nose of lychees and peaches with a broad tangy stonefruit/herbal palate showing a mineral thread.
Comments Off on Cassegrain Wines Edition Noir Hilltops Fiano Viognier 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A light and very elegant cabernet with restrained cassis fruit, some vanillin oak and obvious tannins.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Méthode Cab Eucalypt Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Medicinal notes to the blackcurrant nose with highly tannic/oaky palate with balancing acid. Time! 5+
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Méthode Cab Nouveau Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A full-bodied wine with plenty of sweet ripe fruit that is nicely balanced by the acid and developing interesting leathery aged characters with a peppery lift. 3-5
Comments Off on Cape Jaffa Wines Epic Drop Wrattonbully Mt Benson Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A rum and raisin chocolate bar of a wine – it’s rich and mature with a big firm tannin structure and a lingering finish.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Jacko’s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Spicy dark fruit fragrances and young intense palate. “Big in everything, including acid!”
Comments Off on By Merrill Saint Nic Fleurieu Shiraz Cabernet 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Yeasty herbaceous complexity to the nose with slightly green notes. Soft and creamy in the mouth. A very satisfying drink that is developing nicely.
Comments Off on UMAMU Estate Mac Ann Margaret River Sparkling 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Typical cool climate shiraz with a leafy mulberry bouquet and a dash of pepper and a vibrant inky concentration of flavours with oaky complexity. “Very polished wine!”
Comments Off on UMAMU Estate Margaret River Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A big tannic wine with spicy and licorice-like characters on the nose and palate edged with some dried herb elements.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines McLaren Vale Mourvèdre 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A full-bodied flavoursome wine with zesty citrus fruit, some floral and fresh herbal elements.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Wines Clare Valley Riesling 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Tarry characters obvious on the nose followed by a savoury palate with tart acidity.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic McLaren Vale G.S.M. 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A well-integrated, seamlessly balanced, refreshingly zippy style. Floral peach, savoury and herbal elements with racy acidity.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Lovely balance between the butterscotch and barley sugar-like aromas with a very syrupy sweet palate rich with flavours in the chocolate, caramel and black tea spectrum.
Comments Off on Galway Pipe Australia Grand Tawny NV / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A mature old-fashioned style of shiraz exhibiting dried fruit-like characters with chocolaty nuances.
Comments Off on PRESS + BLOOM McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Simple fruity and spicy style of wine – true to style. Ribena and mulberries lift off the nose and it has a cool dark fruit palate. Offers great cellaring potential. 5+
Comments Off on PRESS + BLOOM McLaren Vale Montepulciano 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Attractive style – all bright and fresh with attractive dark fruits and chocolaty/molasses characters adding complexity. 5+
Comments Off on PRESS + BLOOM Barossa Valley Mataro 2021 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Chocolaty nose with a peppery lift and a mature and complex, “antique shop” of a palate with big tannins.
Comments Off on Beresford Estate McLaren Vale Grenache 2016 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
An uncomplicated varietal that is all spicy blue fruits, black pepper and cedar oak with lovely bright acidity.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A fresh and lively wine intense with sweet and spicy dark fruit characters with a Ribena-like character to the finish.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Developed licoricey aromas with a savoury chocolaty palate. Nicely maturing “old school” wine.
Comments Off on Beresford Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Seamlessly balanced wine with great aged complexity. Prune/black cherry fruit characters with smoky oak.
Comments Off on Beresford Estate McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022