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Tomich Hill Hilltop Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A big spicy oak dominated pinot. Lovely perfumed/floral fruit fragrances with meaty notes and great palate weight and length with attractive varietal characters.

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Tomich Adelaide Hills Sparkling Blanc de Noir NV

Posted: May 12, 2022

Rose petal fragrances and rich creamy palate with pleasantly tart peach flavours lingering across the crisply finishing palate.

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Bendbrook Wines Goat Track Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

Great example of an Adelaide Hills shiraz that is soft, mature and very satisfying.

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Mt Bera Running with the Cows Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

An attractive, well-balanced and mature food wine that is savoury and earthy with herbal cherry characters.

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Mt Bera Wild & Free Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

Slightly leafy spiced plum nose and a tannic tarry fruit palate. “Great with tapas!”

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Mt Bera Boundless Horizons Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2019

Posted: May 12, 2022

Nicely evolved and complex style but still tight, fresh and spicy. “Demands food!”

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Mt Bera Wild & Free Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

A young tannic wine that is complex and meaty with cranberry fruit-like nuances.

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The Kings’ Creed Wine Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A lean amalgam of red cherry fruit with loads of vanillin oak. Needs time to settle.

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Fox Gordon The Dark Prince Adelaide Hills Nero D’Avola 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

A dry savoury food wine with a great lifted spicy berry bouquet and medium bodied palate full of stewed blackberry flavours and has long lingering tannins.

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Jericho Wines Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Spicy cherry cola nose and nice leafy palate rich with plum and cola flavours.

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Jericho Wines Adelaide Hills Fiano 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Lovely nose reminiscent of pear skins and orange blossom! The powerful palate offers a mouthful of appetising lemon/citrus flavours with tight crisp acid. Needs food.

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Jericho Wines Adelaide Hills Fume Blanc 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Spicy oak aromas with a palate brimming over with long rich oak dominated flavours.

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Artwine In The Groove Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Floral aromas and a slightly sweet, Germanic style palate. Complexity developing.

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Artwine Ti Amo Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Arneis 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

An interesting wine – soft, rich and complex with a bouquet garni of a nose and green apple palate with some savoury nuances. “Be great with shellfish!”

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Artwine The Real Thing Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Albarino 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Pristine herbaceous bouquet with a lift of lemons and a big savoury palate with a dry crisp finish. “Go well with pork dishes.”

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Artwine Saint Vincent Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

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Artwine Spanish Queen Reserve Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Albarino 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Sweet and spicy citrus aromas with a pleasingly dry savoury palate that follows.

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Taylors Jaraman Adelaide Hills Clare Valley Chardonnay 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A beautifully balanced and complex wine with ripe stonefruit and citrus fruit characters and restrained use of oak.

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Taylors Taylor Made Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

“Light in colour – big in flavour!” enthused one judge. This elegant and stylish cool climate pinot has beautiful varietal fruit, delicate spicy oak and earthy notes.

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Fox Creek Wines Adelaide Hills Pecorino 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A hint of citrus lifts off the nose with a bone-dry palate that has herbaceous complexity.

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Fox Creek Wines Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Delicate floral fragrances with simple straightforward varietal fruit flavours.

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Fox Creek Wines Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Lovely, honeyed peach bouquet with some secondary characters developing. A very smart nutty oak palate with some attractive stonefruit elements pushing through.

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Viveur Wines Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A mulberry tree of a nose with intense black fruit flavours; the essence of shiraz! The acid is racy, the oak subtle.

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Berrigan Wines Shining Rock Vineyard Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Floral perfumed fragrances and tight crisp peach and lemon flavours.

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Berrigan Wines Shining Rock Vineyard Adelaide Hills Sangiovese 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A fine food wine; a mix of dried herbs, sweet cherries and red licorice with earthy notes, supple tannins and a dry finish.

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NOVA VITA Firebird Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

Beautifully aged soft, warm and “cuddly” wine; an amalgam of sweet fruits and vanillin oak.

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Zonte’s Footstep Apple Betty Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Some lovely toasty oak and creamy fruit fragrances and a light Chablis-like palate with oak tending to dominate for now.

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Zonte’s Footstep Dusk Til Dawn Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Nose has a lift of honeysuckle, limes and passionfruit with a lean savoury palate.

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Cockfighter’s Ghost Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2018

Posted: May 12, 2022

A nicely ageing chardonnay that is subtle, delicate and very stylish with great varietal fruit and deftly handled oak.

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Sidewood Stablemate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Young and exuberant baby! Has a vibrant spicy cassis nose and bright sweet Ribena-like flavours with subtle use of oak.

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Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2020

Posted: May 12, 2022

A well balanced spicy cool climate shiraz that is stylish and still youthful.

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Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A gentle passionfruit bouquet with a floral lift and a lovely delicate, slightly green, tropical-like fruit palate.

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Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A sound, complex and traditional style with a subtlety of spicy passionfruit, melons and sweet oak.

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Hahndorf Hill Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2019

Posted: May 12, 2022

Dark purple wine with bright lifted dark fruit fragrances and a soft palate with plenty of mouth-filling spicy/beefy plum flavours. “A real winter red,” according to one judge.

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Hahndorf Hill Green Angel Adelaide Hills Late Harvest Gruner Veltliner 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A refreshing dessert wine with lime cordial-like nose and gentle sweet and spicy fruit palate with a crisp finish. Serve over ice!

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K1 Middle Hill Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2019

Posted: May 12, 2022

A typical herbaceous and somewhat grippy, cool climate shiraz with sweet lifted black fruits and nice coconut-like oak.

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K1 By Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Merlot 2020

Posted: May 12, 2022

“A true merlot!” All ripe blackberry and black licorice with lots of attractive oak.

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K1 By Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2020

Posted: May 12, 2022

Light spicy red berry nose and lightly perfumed strawberry palate with fine tannins.

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K1 By Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A purple wine with sweet, spicy and earthy dark fruit fragrances and a good varietal fruit palate. A great food wine.

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K1 By Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019

Posted: May 12, 2022

A delicate style that is true to its cool climate origins. It is long, serious and classy and is still fresh and lifted. Drinking beautifully right now. “Very, very good wine,” said one judge.

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K1 By Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Gruner Veltliner 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

Lightly floral herbaceous nose with an interesting rich and complex herbaceous palate.

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Nepenthe Pinnacle Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2019

Posted: May 12, 2022

A firm grippy oak driven wine with attractive red fruit characters. Just needs more time.

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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Pinot Rosé 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A lively, luscious and dry style with lifted red fruits showing floral/rose petal nuances and some lovely zingy acidity.

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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A crisp acid driven wine with simple lemon/lime fruit characters. “A seafood white!”

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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A young spicy cool climate varietal with lovely meaty/umami savoury characters.

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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2019

Posted: May 12, 2022

Leafy minty bouquet with a simple oak driven palate but in balance with red/black fruit characters.

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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2020

Posted: May 12, 2022

A very stylish and classy golden hued chardonnay with a nutty/quince-like bouquet showing honeyed notes and a well-defined, full flavoured, palate more in the savoury spectrum.

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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A charming varietal with pretty spicy melon and citrus aromas and flavours.

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Chain Of Ponds Section 400 Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

Posted: May 12, 2022

A big, rich, firm and complex grippy young wine with aromas of plums and licorice and flavours of stewed fruits.

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d’Arenberg Pollyanna Polly Adelaide Hills Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier NV

Posted: May 12, 2022

A rich and complex style with an ethereal peach bouquet showing some floral elements. Big bold and flavoursome ripe citrus palate with zesty acidity.

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