Posted: June 9, 2017
Evolving mulberry/cedar aromas and an advanced mid-weight palate with firm tannins.
Comments Off on The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Huge oaky wine but has equally big jammy plum fruit to match. Lovely nose and a seamless, flavoursome and warming palate.
Comments Off on The Colonial Estate Exile Barossa Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A complex toasty nose with fresh green scented fruit underneath. Long creamy palate has excellent flavours and showing some age with nice lively acid backbone.
Comments Off on Henriot Souverain Champagne France Brut NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nice grassiness on the nose with marzipan notes and nicely structured apple/citrus palate.
Comments Off on Champagne Pierre Pailland Bouzy Grand Cru France Brut NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A wine with lovely intensity, fullness and age. Loads of rancio characters lift off the nose and the palate offers a big mouthful of intense toffee and chocolaty/mocha flavours.
Comments Off on Morris Rare Old Premium Rutherglen Topaque NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Dark and deep and showing extreme age and therefore high volatility. It has fabulous rancio and spirit and fresh young oak with excellent flavours length and dry finish.
Comments Off on Seppeltsfield Para Rare Tawny NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Very attractive deep red colour with excellent fruit lift to the nose and good balance of elegant fruit/oak flavours.
Comments Off on Howard Park Abercrombie Western Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A complex commercial style of chardonnay with a big oak contribution but there is plenty of soft creamy fruit sitting below.
Comments Off on Howard Park Allingham Western Australia Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Amazingly powerful and intense aromas and flavours here. It has endless sweet raisined fruit layered with coffee, chocolate and toffee elements.
Comments Off on Morris Old Premium Rutherglen Rare Liqueur Muscat NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Very deep green hues with wonderful marmalade and fig like aromas and a delicious complexity of fruit, wood age and tannins on the lusciously flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Morris Rare Liqueur Rutherglen Topaque NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Fine, restrained and delicate with a lovely lifted bouquet and a fantastic palate that starts sweet and finishes perfectly dry from the spirit and rancio.
Comments Off on Saltram Mr. Pickwick’s Rare Tawny NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Excellent tawny hues, quite an oaky and complex tawny with lovely aged/rancio aromas and a very rich and sweet palate showing good rancio purity.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Margaret River Swan Valley Tawny NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Excellent rancio lift obvious on the nose and delicious rich chocolaty fruit on the lusciously sweet palate that has a lovely long lingering sweet finish.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Artizan Rare Muscat Margaret River Swan Valley Muscat NV / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nice ripe berry fruit showing very good varietal expression matched with good length of intense rich tannins.
Comments Off on Flametree S.R.S Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Interesting medicinal/camphor-like aromas and a long fruit driven palate. Amazingly fresh.
Comments Off on Umamu Estate Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nice lift of redcurrant/plum fruit characters on the nose and firm elegant well integrated palate with plenty of flavours.
Comments Off on Xanadu Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A classy leafy green cabernet – silky smooth with a savory edge and fine dusty tannins.
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A dark riper style layered with some “stunning” ripe plumy fruit, lovely sweet tannins and subtle use of oak.
Comments Off on Singlefile Philip Adrian Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Fresh but subdued aromas. Long, seamlessly layered palate. Some development and warmth.
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A tight elegant chardonnay; an excellent style that has both complexity and freshness with strong peach/melon fruit seamlessly integrated with some obvious oak.
Comments Off on Xanadu Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
An attractive wine in the leafy/lantana-like spectrum with balance of fruit, acid and sugar.
Comments Off on Ridgeback Paarl Chenin Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Attractive style with a spicy sweet berry nose and crisp tight sweet/savory palate.
Comments Off on Beau Belle Cooper Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2014 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Licorice and spice on the nose with a soft, sweet, fruity palate.
Comments Off on Waverley Hills SMV Organic Tulbagh Shiraz Mourvedre Viognier 2010 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lovely wine with beautiful lifted bright cherry/plum aromas and showing fleshy fruit flavours on the juicy sweet palate with velvety tannins and some bottle age developing.
Comments Off on Rustenberg Stellenbosch Shiraz Blend 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Rich and complex with subtle earthy/plum bouquet and intense mulberry/plum flavours showing good balance and freshness.
Comments Off on Rust en Vrede Estate Vineyards Stellenbosch Syrah 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lovely fleshy/earthy/smoky style of shiraz with cherries and spices on the nose and a juicy concentration of sweet fruit on the slippery palate. Grainy tannin finish.
Comments Off on Beau Belle Cooper Stellenbosch Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Full ripe melon aromas and an austere palate. High acidity. Good food wine.
Comments Off on La Petite Ferme Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nice blackberry/wine gum vibrancy on the nose with excellent sweet beetroot like flavours and quite high level of acidity.
Comments Off on Ridgeback SGMV Paarl Red Blend 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A clean, bright wine in excellent condition. It has a spicy berry fruit lift to the nose and a juicy fresh red currant palate with very firm tannins. Plenty of life left in it yet.
Comments Off on Rust En Vrede Estate Stellenbosch Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2011 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Still looking good. Some earthy/forest floor complexity to the nose and long elegant earthy palate with berry fruit and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Rustenberg Peter Barlow Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Quite rustic on the nose with a long, seamlessly silky palate with elegant flavours.
Comments Off on Ridgeback Paarl Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Smells of plums and mulberries with a hint of Bonox-like yeasty characters. Powerful varietal fruit concentration and persistence on the palate.
Comments Off on Rust En Vrede Estate Vineyard Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A minty rhubarb nose with a lovely perfumed lift and a well balanced palate with plumy fruit and good level of acid.
Comments Off on La Petite Ferme Franschhoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Minty hint to the herbal nose and rich well structured gamey palate with very fine tannins.
Comments Off on Sirromet Wild NE Granite Belt Nebbiolo 2009 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A serious wine with savory and chocolaty fragrances and generous varietal fruit on the palate with a very fine coating of tannins.
Comments Off on Tenuta Carretta Garassino Barbaresco Italy Nebbiolo 2010 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Holding its age very well. The wine has interesting chocolaty/licorice characters and fine tannins.
Comments Off on Le Buche Mememto Olivi Toscana IGT Sangiovese Shiraz 2007 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Beautiful meaty/chocolaty bouquet and richly textured palate with some savory interest and fine, drying, mouthcoating tannins.
Comments Off on Tenuta Il Poggione Franceshi Italy Brunello di Montalcino 2009 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nicely integrated ageing aromas and balanced red berry palate with grainy tannins. “Drink up before it fades!”
Comments Off on Finca La Emperatriz Terruno Rioja Alta Spain Rioja 2009 / 0 View / June 9, 2017