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Pommery Cuvee Louise Brut Nature Reims Champagne France Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2004
Posted: November 2, 2022
Lovely freshness here with a bouquet of honey and vanilla and nicely focussed and well-developed flavours on the phenolic textured palate showing fine persistent bubbles.
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Pommery Cuvee Louise Parcelles Reims Champagne France Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2005
Posted: November 2, 2022
A classy wine that is still amazingly youthful with toasty honeyed aromas and fresh sweet fruit flavours balanced with lovely, aged characters. Nice acid line.
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E.Guigal Chateau d’Ampuis Cote Rotie France Syrah 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A delicate complexity of dark fruit, spices and pepper. Great palate shape with excellent line of oak and fruit derived tannins with good fruit underneath.
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Penfolds Grange Bin 95 South Australia Shiraz 2017
Posted: September 3, 2022
Nose shows lots of oak on top of the fruit with tarry oak and black peppery fruit filling the palate. Drying finish.
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Gumpara Wines HEXEN Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A lovely concentration of dark fruit, spices and meaty/bacon fragrances. Nice upfront fruit entry to the palate with building and persistent tannins and a slight dry finish.
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Gumpara Wines HEXEN Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 3, 2022
Mushroom/leather-like secondary characters on the nose that is echoed on the soft palate with nicely building tannins.
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Gralyn Estate Margaret River Shiraz Cabernet 2003
Posted: September 3, 2022
Beautifully aged blend with a rich complexity of dried fruits, potpourri and leathery characters and fine tannins.
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Paulmara Estates Areti Barossa Shiraz 2020
Posted: September 3, 2022
An inky wine with a nose that is big, dense and rich with aromas of blackcurrant, chocolate and coffee. Great depth and concentration of rich fruit cake-like flavours.
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Wolf Blass The Master Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
A powerful wine but also shows great restraint with delightful aromas and flavours of blackberries, coffee grounds and dark chocolate. It has it all!
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac Bordeaux France Cabernet Blend 2017
Posted: July 21, 2022
An excellent example of a medium bodied red that shows great intensity without the weight. Lovely mix of truffle, black pepper and minty characters. It’s all class!
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020
Posted: July 21, 2022
An intense purple fruit bomb of a wine with lifted aromas and soft generous flavours.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: July 21, 2022
Blueberry bouquet with earthy/forest floor complexity. Lovely palate; tight, elegant and complex with great length of savoury/meaty flavours and bold tannins.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: July 21, 2022
Inviting, beautifully poised, aromas of dark berries with spicy earthy characters. Excellent fruit flavours in the purple/blue fruit spectrum. One to put away!
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Gralyn Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Posted: July 21, 2022
A beautiful velvety smooth wine offering lots of everything – sweet fruit, good oak, lovely bottle age and an attractive savoury element.
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Gralyn Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2002
Posted: July 21, 2022
A fabulously aged cabernet that is drinking beautifully now. Obvious smoky/savoury/bacon bone characters on the nose that carry on to the palate.
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Gralyn Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2001
Posted: July 21, 2022
A very mature wine; still has a great colour and still in excellent condition with meaty/cigar box aromas and a beautifully evolved flavour profile.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Fragrant floral nose with leathery notes and a big, heavy and mature traditional style of palate.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Minty chocolaty nose with a lavender lift. Dry and tannic in the mouth; nice balance of stewed dark fruit flavours.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Broad dark fruit aromas with a violet lift and lovely berry fruit flavours with good length of grippy tannins.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: May 12, 2022
Lovely deep earthy/forest floor characters on the nose and a pleasant ripe fruit palate with good tannin structure.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019
Posted: May 12, 2022
Generosity of rich ripe aromas and a spiced plum palate still showing good acid freshness.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
Posted: May 12, 2022
Ruby red wine with a complex nose and a generous fruit cake-like palate. A well-made varietal.
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Champagne Deutz Amour de Deutz Champagne France Champagne 2011
Posted: December 3, 2021
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Pol Roger Blanc Des Blancs Gift Box France Blanc de Blanc 2013
Posted: December 3, 2021
Beautifully constructed wine showing wonderful length. Nice nutty nose with attractive flintiness. Palate is beautifully rounded and unctuous with apple-like freshness.
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Gumpara HEXEN Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015
Posted: December 2, 2021
A provocative mix of mature ripe varietal fruits and mocha elements – very good length and underpinned by lovely bacon bone-like oak and grippy tannins.
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Penfolds Grange Bin 95 South Australia Shiraz 2016
Posted: December 2, 2021
A great wine; a distinctly oaky style showing fantastic length and intensity and well matched with massive amounts of sweet fruit and plenty of tannins. “A monster!”
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Paul Jaboulet Aine La Chapelle Hermitage France Syrah 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Elegant perfumed briary fruit bouquet with forest floor fruit notes. Layers of bramble fruit flavours with attractive spiciness, loads of beautiful oak and great tannin structure.
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E.Guigal La Landonne Cote-Rotie France Syrah 2016
Posted: December 2, 2021
Funky savoury/soy nose; excellent depth and intensity. Oodles of structure to the palate with flavours reminiscent of bacon fat and fruits of the forest and hints of cola and raisins.
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Henschke Hill Of Grace Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: December 2, 2021
Amazing aromas ranging from plums to prunes with a hit of licorice that follows through to the warming and still youthful palate with everything in perfect harmony.
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Z Wine [HEIN] Ancestor Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Delicate fragrances of fruits of the forest. Generous length and persistence of sweet fruit flavours and lovely tannin structure. “A wine for the long haul,” suggested one judge.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Deep plum coloured wine – still very youthful, has intense aromas of black fruits and spicy oak with coffee-like accents. Palate rich with sweet and peppery varietal fruit.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
A distinctively cool climate style with an elegance of spicy meaty aromas and generous core of dark fruit flavours on the palate seamlessly integrated with the oak.
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1847 Wines Grand Pappys Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: December 2, 2021
Attractive nutty leathery development to the nose with amazing length of sweet plum/prune fruit flavours showing a savoury backbone and very well handled oak.
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1847 Wines First Pick Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
A gamey/meaty style with smoky nuances. Lovely palate length, great fruit weight, gorgeous oak with nice chewy tannins and ageing beautifully.
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Gralyn Estate Margaret River Shiraz Cabernet 2001
Posted: December 2, 2021
A beautifully matured wine. “Makes you think of a comfortable old leather chair,” suggested one judge. It is generous and brooding and drinking very well right now.
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Chateau Mouton Rothschild Pauillac France Bordeaux Blend 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
An intense cedar chest of oak with varietal fruit sitting underneath and nice drying tannins.
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Chateau Lafite Rothschild Pauillac France Bordeaux Blend 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
A very concentrated and complex wine but still a tad closed with a subdued cigar box of a nose and an elegant and tightly structured palate.
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Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Posted: December 2, 2021
A big, mature, old style chocolate cake of a wine. “A real curio.” Still has a hint of freshness.
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Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
Posted: December 2, 2021
A ripe sweet fruit nose and rich fruit cake-like palate. “Still travelling well!”
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
Big chocolaty lift to the nose and a huge and complex concentration of cassis and blueberries on the lively and warming, but elegant, palate.
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Bec Hardy Wines Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: December 2, 2021
A beautiful wine that is a complexity of cigar box-like oak and sweet cabernet fruit with the palate still showing excellent freshness.
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Z Wine [HILDER] Ancestor Vine (ACO) Barossa Valley Mataro 2020
Posted: December 2, 2021
Good varietal fruit lift to the nose, all spicy and grape-like with an excellent depth of jubey fruit on the palate laced with solid chewy tannins.
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Z Wine [HILDER] Ancestor Vine (ACO) Barossa Valley Mataro 2019
Posted: December 2, 2021
Light jubey fruit bouquet and lovely richness of ripe berry fruit flavours with subtle us of oak.
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Z Wine [HILDER] Ancestor Vine (ACO) Barossa Valley Mataro 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Intense beetroot/cassis aromas and ripe sweet fruit palate with lovely tannin structure.
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Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Quite a tannic and savoury style with spicy perfumed lift to the nose and a long lively dark fruit palate.
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Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Shy licorice-like aromas and good depth of dark berry fruit flavours with oak in support.
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Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Earthy cassis fruit fragrances and a lively, slightly grippy, fruit palate with a crisp acidity.
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Pertaringa Tipsy Hill McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Posted: December 2, 2021
Confectionery fruit fragrances and a chocolaty palate with a core of red fruit.
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Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018
Posted: December 2, 2021
Lovely, sweet dark fruit richness with nice weight of chocolaty oak, some dense tannins and nice line of acid.
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