Posted: April 26, 2017
Lifted sweet spice, floral/tarry fruit aromas. High acid/tannic palate indicative of the variety with a highlight of sweet fruit. 5+
Comments Off on Dal Zotto King Valley Nebbiolo 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A nose with leathery cigar-box like aromas with a complex, oak driven palate that is long and elegant.
Comments Off on Montara Chalambar Road Grampians Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Hints of soy and spices on the nose. Firm oaky palate. Good food wine for drinking now.
Comments Off on Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Beautiful spicy red fruit fragrances with fine spicy elements. Nicely textured palate with ever present sweet varietal fruit. Nice line of acid and a fine tannin profile.
Comments Off on Spring Vale Family Selection Freycinet Coast Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Ribena-like varietal fruit characters with undergrowth complexity, mild spices and fine tannins to balance. 5+
Comments Off on Spring Vale Cellar Release Freycinet Coast Pinot Noir 2008 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Interesting mix of barnyardy, cherry and violet aromas with similar characters on the firm palate.
Comments Off on Domaine Geanet Pansiot Pinot Fin Bourgogne Burgundy Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Dark fruit and toasty oak on the nose and a very big palate with intense varietal fruit flavours, ripe tannins and firm oak. 5+
Comments Off on Seville Estate Old Vine Reserve Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Leafy dark fruit bouquet with hints of toffee-like notes. Big rich palate with excellent balance between the lovely ripe fruit and well handled oak and showing savory bacon notes. 5+
Comments Off on Craggy Range Aroha Te Muna Road Martinborough Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Nose bright, minty and chocolaty. Very fine, elegant palate with persistent savory flavours.
Comments Off on Domaine Epis Macedon Ranges Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Gorgeous nose – stewed rhubarb, roasted nuts and delicate violets. Good varietal fruit intensity opens up along the length of the palate layered with fine tannins and caramel-like oak. 5+
Comments Off on Sirromet Le Sauvage The Wild Granite Belt Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Warm and earthy with dark fruits, some leathery notes and refreshing acidity. 5+
Comments Off on Pooles Rock Tasmania Pinot Noir 2011 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Deep garnet wine sitting in the savory spectrum. Smoky meaty nose with a fine light tannic palate that has dark fruit good oak handling and fresh acid.
Comments Off on Moorooduc Estate Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A lovely lifted spicy cherry bouquet and a palate that is packed with dense rich fruit flavours that flow through the palate and are layered with some charry oak and fine tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Eldridge Estate of Red Hill Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Gorgeous nose; stewed rhubarb, roasted nuts and delicate violet fragrances. Good varietal fruit intensity opens up along the palate with fine tannins and caramel oak. 5+
Comments Off on Foxeys Hangout Kentucky Road 777 Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Intense lift of dark fruit fragrances and a textured and well balanced palate with everything in check. It has lovely cool restraint of varietal fruit with a lean tannic spine. 5+
Comments Off on Home Hill Kelly’s Reserve Huon Valley Tasmania Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Toasty oak nose with restrained fruity notes. Cherry fruit on the palate supported by fine tannins sitting underneath.
Comments Off on Giesen Clayvin Single Vineyard Marlborough Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Hints of menthol and tar on the nose. Firm balanced palate with dense savory/tar flavours
Comments Off on Domaine Faiveley 1’er Cru Le Clos du Roy Mercurey Burgundy Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Sherbety lift to the plum/cherry bouquet. Silky smooth palate has good length of dark cherry flavours and nice woody notes.
Comments Off on Margrain Reserve Martinborough Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Bright cherry bouquet with a fragrant perfumed lift and some gamey notes. Lovely choc/cherry flavour profile with fruit freshness and attractive oak finish. 5+
Comments Off on Lowburn Ferry Home Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Savory soy/black bean characters on the nose. Drying spicy/floral palate showing some spritz. 5+
Comments Off on Giesen Single Vineyard Series Ridge Block Marlborough Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Smells of cranberries and cherries with a lovely lift of violets. The light varietal fruit dances across the palate with a firm but not grippy tannin profile. 5+
Comments Off on Lowburn Ferry Home Block Central Otago Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A very “together” wine. Nice minerality to the nose. Richly textured palate. Plenty of life left. 5+
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2009 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A beautifully concentrated and brooding style of shiraz. Nose shows some candied-like fruit aromas and there’s great depth of fruit flavours on the firm and grippy tannic palate. 5+
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
An elegant savory style – slightly closed needing time to fill out. At the moment the vanillin oak sits on top of the varietal fruit.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Ruby hued, with a hint of development, this Bannockburn red was French oak-aged for well over a year. The bouquet is fragrant, with a hint of dried herbs; the palate finely textured, with cherryish, plummy flavours, very gentle tannins, and…
Comments Off on Wild Earth Reserve Earth & Sky Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Still very youthful, this is a selection of two clones revealing notable individuality (clones 5 and 115), grown at Bannockburn and matured for 7-8 months in French oak barriques (24% new). Full, bright ruby, it is finely scented and vibrantly…
Comments Off on Wild Earth Special Edition Central Otago Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Floral and ruby hued, this very refined red was matured for almost a year in French oak casks (30% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Attractively perfumed, it is cherryish, spicy and nutty, with fresh acidity, a vague hint of…
Comments Off on Valli Waitaki Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
This bold, deeply coloured and sweet-fruited red is still very youthful. Matured for a year in French oak casks (35% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered, it is rich and fruit-packed, plummy and spicy, showing excellent concentration, structure and complexity….
Comments Off on Valli Bendigo Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Showing obvious potential, this sturdy, concentrated red was matured for a year in French oak casks (30% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deep ruby, it is generous and savoury, with fine-grained tannins, layers of ripe, plummy, spicy, nutty flavours,…
Comments Off on Valli Vineyard Bannockburn Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
This deliciously rich and graceful red was matured for a year in French oak casks (33% new), and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deep ruby, it is full-bodied and supple, with fresh acidity and concentrated, vibrant cherry, plum and spice flavours,…
Comments Off on Valli Gibbston Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
This fragrant, silky-textured red was estate-grown at Tarras, in the Cromwell Basin. Barrel-selected, it is a very harmonious, ‘complete’ red, already delicious, with deep, ripe plum, cherry and nut flavours, savoury and lingering. Drink now or cellar. $64
Comments Off on Maori Point Reserve Central Otago Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Concentrated, finely textured Waiheke Island red, still very youthful. Rich black berry, spice, licorice and toasty oak flavours, with fine-grained tannins and excellent balance and length. Well worth cellaring. One judge scored it five stars. $65
Comments Off on Awaroa Melba Peach Syrah 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Full-coloured, Waiheke Island red with generous blackcurrant, plum, herb, spice and nut flavours. Slighty leafy, but shows very good depth and complexity. $65
Comments Off on Awaroa The Dan Cabernet/Syrah /Malbec 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Ageworthy, structured Waiheke Island blend of cabernet sauvignon (60%), merlot (25%) and malbec (15%). Full-coloured, with concentrated blackcurrant, spice and nutty oak flavours, braced by firm, ripe tannins. Best drinking 2019+. $65
Comments Off on Awaroa Requiem Cabernet Merlot Malbec 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Deeply coloured, Waiheke Island blend of merlot (70%) and malbec (30%), seasoned with toasty oak. Fleshy, concentrated, spicy and savoury, with good tannin backbone. $38
Comments Off on Awaroa Merlot Malbec 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Generous, ripe, savoury red with an array of cherry, plum, spice and toast flavours, showing very good depth. $60 (A, UK)
Comments Off on Martinborough Vineyard Martinborough Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Fragrant, ruby hued, savoury red. Generous, cherryish, slightly spicy flavours, showing good complexity, with hints of dried herbs and toast, and silky tannins giving gentleness to the palate. $54 (A, UK, US)
Comments Off on Palliser Estate Martinborough Pinot Noir 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Closed nose, some earthiness mingling with a hint of plums and berries. Good palate length, soft in the mouth giving a lasting impact of good clean fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Robert Stein Wines Kinnear Mudgee Shiraz Cabernet 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Lots of minty/eucalypt characters on the nose. Some rich chocolaty flavours on the palate well carried by the fine tannins. “Be great with lamb”. A keeper. 5+
Comments Off on Ross Hill The Griffin Orange Cabernet Merlot Cabernet Franc 2013 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
A very pleasant and appealing wine with powerful fruit aromas and rich spicy fruit flavours with an earthy element. 5+
Comments Off on Eden Road Wines Canberra Syrah 2013 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Good example of style with a powerful but elegant black cherry/spicy oak bouquet and a classic rich, full flavoured shiraz palate with nice line of acid. 5+
Comments Off on Sidewood Mappinga Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Coconut-like oak aromas overpower the varietal fruit. Oak dominates the sweet/tart flavours.
Comments Off on Rusty Mutt Vermilion Bird McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Great deep cherry red wines. Oak tends to still dominate the lifted fruit nose and there are powerful sweet fruit flavours under the spicy oak with powerful tannin structure.
Comments Off on Reillys Wines Stoneflower Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Fragrances of herbs, mint and cassis fruit. A dense palate rich with complex flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Highland Heritage Estate The Patrono Series Orange Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Great colour, generous smoky/minty nose and oak dominated palate with chewy tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Majella The Malleea by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Creamy jubey fruit aromas and sweet spicy flavours. Good balance between tannin and acid.
Comments Off on Mitolo Savitar McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Nougat like characters on the developed nose. Sweet upfront palate with chewy tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Mitolo G.A.M. McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Slightly closed herbal nose with subtle spiciness. Generous, slightly tannic, palate. Good fruit/oak integration.
Comments Off on Karrawatta Joseph Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Rich full flavoured wine with very attractive cabernet aromas. Palate is dense and tasty with slightly sweet/pungent fruit flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Karrawatta Spartacus Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
A bright, fresh and lively chardonnay with lovely light and lifted varietal fruit characters.
Comments Off on Karrawatta Anth’s Garden Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / April 20, 2017