Posted: April 24, 2020
A mix of fruit and oak aromas with generosity of fruit on the firm palate that’s seamlessly balanced with the oak and mineral-like elements. 3-5
Comments Off on Robert Bowen Margaret River Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
An elegance of sweet cabernet fruit with pencil shaving-like oak characters and bold tannins.
Comments Off on Swings & Roundabouts Backyard Stories Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
A youthful and well-balanced style of wine that would go well with food. It has a complexity of red fruits and lush leafiness.
Comments Off on Heydon Estate WG Grace Margaret River Cabernet 2014 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
“A big rich wine from a strong vintage,” said one judge. Has elegant stonefruit and vanilla oak aromas with loads of intensity and power to the flavoursome palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Heydon Estate The Willow Margaret River Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
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Comments Off on Mr Riggs The Chap McLaren Vale & Coonawarra Shiraz Cabernet 2013 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
An elegant and intensely perfumed fruit nose and big powerful fruit palate with a beautiful acid drive and malo notes adding complexity. 5+
Comments Off on Thompson Estate The Specialist Margaret River Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
An elegant cabernet with menthol notes to the dark fruit fragrances and a youthful palate with an intense flavour profile.
Comments Off on Thompson Estate The Specialist Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
An excellent food wine that still has plenty of fruit evident. The nose is a fragrant mix of spices, cedar and stewed plums with a generosity of flavours on the soft palate.
Comments Off on Talisman Cellar Release Geographe Merlot 2009 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Sweet ripe melon bouquet laced with vanilla oak and lovely intensity of varietal fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Fermoy Estate Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
A wine that is a complexity of toasty/cedary oak layered with cola-like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Rosabrook Single Vineyard Estate Margaret River Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
A beautifully aged wine that still has a strong core of fruit with grainy tannins.
Comments Off on Evoi Satyr Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot Merlot Malbec 2013 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Excellent fruit intensity and generosity with bold tannins. Great with food.
Comments Off on Castelli il Liris Great Southern Cabernet Shiraz Malbec 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Loads of mocha-like oak on the nose with rich fruit flavours and slightly furry tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Silkwood Estate The Bowman Single Vineyard Pemberton Pinot Noir 2019 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Melon based bouquet with a hint of stonefruits and light oak notes. Nice crunchy palate with good primary flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Silkwood Estate The Bowman Single Vineyard Pemberton Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Powerful fruit and oak complexity to the nose with a pretty perfumed lift and juicy primary fruit flavours with a long finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Big, bold and flavoursome cabernet with attractive cassis-like varietal fruit, fine vibrant tannins and cedary oak.
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Rich raspberry aromas with savoury nuances and an attractive palate with sweet fruit and green tannins.
Comments Off on Woody Nook Gallaghers Choice Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Sarsaparilla and cola-like characters lift off the nose and the palate is dark and brooding with sweet fruit flavours and a big powerful tannic backbone and long finish.
Comments Off on Singlefile Wines ‘The Philip Adrian’ Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Toasty candied bouquet and an intense and lingering fruit driven palate. 5+
Comments Off on Singlefile Wines Single Vineyard Family Reserve Denmark Chardonnay 2018 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Still unfolding, this firmly structured red was estate-grown, hand-picked and barrel-aged for 20 months. Bright ruby, with ripe cherry, plum, spice and nut flavours, good tannin backbone and a perfumed bouquet, it’s well worth cellaring to 2022+. $55
Comments Off on Folding Hill Orchard Block Bendigo Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Finely scented, ruby hued red, matured for a year in French oak hogsheads (20% new). Still very youthful, with vibrant cherry, plum and spice flavours, fresh acidity and supple tannins. Elegant, savoury red, well worth cellaring to 2022+. $98 (A)
Comments Off on Dry River Martinborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Very classy, youthful wine, hand-harvested from 27 year-old vines and fermented in French oak barriques (80% new). Fragrant, slightly smoky bouquet, leading into a powerful, but refined and complex, wine with concentrated stonefruit and biscuity oak flavours, good acid spine…
Comments Off on Sacred Hill Riflemans Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Mouthfilling, supple, ageworthy red, hand-harvested in the Gimblett Gravels and matured for 16 months in French oak barriques (25% new). Full-coloured, with fresh, concentrated plum and black pepper flavours, a hint of liquorice, and good density and complexity. Still youthful,…
Comments Off on Sacred Hill Deerstalkers Hawke’s Bay Syrah 2016 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Powerful, robust red (15% alc/vol), matured for 14 months in French oak barrels (20% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Sturdy, sweet-fruited and firm, with berryish, spicy flavours, revealing excellent ripeness, complexity and depth. Certified organic. $65
Comments Off on Muddy Water Waipara Pinotage 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Fleshy and finely textured, with deep, peachy, slightly spicy flavours, gentle sweetness, lees-aging complexity and a very harmonious, rich, well-rounded finish. $65 (A)
Comments Off on Dry River Martinborough Pinot Gris 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Highly refined, ageworthy wine, fermented and lees-aged in French oak hogsheads. Full-bodied, with generous stonefruit flavours, mealy and biscuity notes adding complexity, fresh acidity, and excellent delicacy, depth and harmony. Made with a restrained winemaking touch, it should be at…
Comments Off on Dry River Martinborough Chardonnay 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
This deep ruby, highly fragrant and youthful red has a powerful presence. The bouquet is savoury and complex; the palate sturdy, with concentrated, ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours, integrated oak, fresh acidity and a long finish. Best drinking 2021+….
Comments Off on Wither Hills The Honourable Marlborough Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A long lively wine with a youthful fresh spicy bouquet showing slight smokiness and tasting of baked apples and candied honey melons. Great palate texture with lovely crunchy acidity.
Comments Off on Weingut Türk Ried Kremser Thurnerberg 1ÖTW Kremstal DAC Reserve Gruner Veltliner 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Powerful fresh herbal aromas with lots of apples and citrus flavours on the slightly creamy, very youthful and powerful palate.
Comments Off on Weingut Türk Ried Obere Kremser Sandgrube Kremstal DAC Reserve Gruner Veltliner 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Dense fruity bouquet with green notes and some spiciness. Substantial, well balanced palate rich with citrus and ripe pome fruit.
Comments Off on Weingut Bründlmayer Ried Langenloiser Loiserberg Kamptal DAC 1ÖTW Gruner Veltliner 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A subtle restrained style with the nose showing buttery melon aromas and has creamy lemon curd flavours. Great acidity!
Comments Off on Peccavi Wines Margaret River Chardonnay 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Rich creamy oak nose with subtle chardonnay aromas. The palate is balanced and complex with intense primary fruit flavours and nice nutty oak.
Comments Off on Peccavi Wines Margaret River Chardonnay 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Hints of olives and herbs both on the nose and the generous palate with a fine acid/tannin balance.
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A well-structured complex wine with some secondary characters showing through the primary fruit and oak quite evident.
Comments Off on Antiquarian Clare Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Very well aged wine showing lovely secondary fruit and chocolaty oak characters.
Comments Off on Mr Riggs The Chap McLaren Vale & Coonawarra Shiraz Cabernet 2013 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Lifted aromatics – almost herbal with a dash of white pepper and pretty, cool climate, floral flavours. Some great tannins.
Comments Off on Clarnette & Ludvigsen Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Very bright and generous purple fruit characters with lovely sweet vanillin oak integration.
Comments Off on Gumpara Mader Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A powerful ripe black fruited wine with firm grippy tannins dominating and lots of oak.
Comments Off on Singlefile Wines Small Batch Clonal Frankland River Syrah 2018 / 0 View / April 8, 2020