Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely lifted youthful varietal. Smells of raspberries and violets with some smoky oak. Intense concentration of minerally dark fruit flavours, cedary oak and tannins are still gritty. Needs time. 5+
Comments Off on Fermoy Estate Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Still a baby needing more time in the cellar. Slight mintiness to the nose and silky tannins – “An indication of quality!” 3-5
Comments Off on Taylors Wines St Andrews Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely dark minty varietal fruit here with excellent oak to balance and developing nicely. Floral fragrances and a plum/vanilla palate.
Comments Off on St Hugo Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Intense black fruit aromas with a sweet oak lift. The palate is dark and closed at the moment with very pure varietal fruit characters and excellent tannin definition. 5+
Comments Off on Koonara The Head Honcho Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developing “gently”. Powerful sweet/smoky cherry aromas and a choc mint-like palate. Good varietal expression.
Comments Off on Tidswell Wines Jennifer Limestone Coast Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Soft supple Medoc style, well put together complex amalgam of minty varietal fruit, oak and soy-like elements. Drink now.
Comments Off on Alkoomi Wines Icon Range Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon 2009 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A mature and complex wine with leafy varietal fruit characters, some cedar oak and nutty/leathery secondary notes.
Comments Off on Heydon Estate W.G. Grace Cabernet Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Earthy savory aromas and rich palate with warm lingering chocolaty flavours. “Yum!”
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Merlot 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Ageing savory earthy wine. Cough syrup like aromas and persistent varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Merlot 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“A bruiser of a wine” with a ripe confectionery fruit bouquet and huge ripe plumy palate with beefy notes and drying tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Kilikanoon Tregea Reserve Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A very classy Bordeaux style that is very well made and offers years of cellaring potential. The ripe red berry fruit is layered with tobacco/cedar oak and has high level of tannins.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Reserve Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Still a baby with all the elements moving together nicely. Powerful ripe plum-like fruit, lovely savory spicy oak and big mouthcoating tannins. “Will live for 20 years!”
Comments Off on Saltram Edward Salter Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big black tannic monster of a wine that needs at least 10 years according to one judge. Savory, dark fruit, olive like characters.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Coppermine Road McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very rich and still amazingly youthful with bright and intense sweet varietal fruit, fine soft tannins and balancing acidity. 5+
Comments Off on Majella The Malleea Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big wine made in the old school style with good concentration of dark earthy fruit.
Comments Off on Hedonist Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Intense red/purple wine – solid and dense with plenty of length of bright plum/raspberry fruit.
Comments Off on Gemtree Wines Obsidian McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Brambly fruit fragrances and a porty sweet palate with hints of spices and lavender.
Comments Off on Lowe Wine Zinfandel 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Interesting dark berry/graphite bouquet with similar characters echoed on the palate with its soft fine grained tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Capel Vale Single Vineyard The Scholar Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A nicely developing complexity of dark leafy varietal fruit with some berry notes and well handled oak. Shows a very high level of tannins with plenty of acidity left.
Comments Off on Coriole Mary Kathleen McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Beautiful green minty-like aromas and great flavour profile with firm tannins. Ageing well and drinking beautifully right now.
Comments Off on Pauletts 47/74 Handcrafted Clare Valley Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
More of a generic red, maturing well with oak dominating attractive sour cherry fruit.
Comments Off on Byrne Vineyards Limited Release Clare Valley Sangiovese 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A tight flinty style that according to the judges, “Needs years to uncoil but will reward with time”. 5+
Comments Off on Annie’s Lane Copper Trail Clare Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Soft and approachable with earthy elements over red fruit characters. “Very slurpable!”
Comments Off on Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Old school style. Big oak dominated nose; nicely balanced toasty sweet oak/ripe plum flavours.
Comments Off on Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big powerful style with oak tending to dominate the red/black fruits. Lovely soft finish.
Comments Off on Pauletts Andreas Clare Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A huge shiraz – dense purple in colour with a plum jam and chocolate nose and silky smooth palate. Well managed ripe fruit flavours with plenty of chocolaty oak to match.
Comments Off on Mollydooker Carnival of Love McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich and cedary on the nose; incredibly rich and jammy on the palate has acid and tannins to back it.
Comments Off on Mollydooker Enchanted Path McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Dense developed and slightly tarry; a nice combo of plum jam-like fruit and chocolaty oak.
Comments Off on Aramis The Heir McLaren Vale Syrah 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A massive dense purple/red wine with excellent varietal fruit characters, plenty of classy well balanced oak. “A classic”.
Comments Off on Gemtree Wines Obsidian McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Tarry aged characters evident on the nose. Smooth in the mouth, still showing fruit. Quite attractive.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2009 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Terrific intensity of cherry, coffee and cedar aromas and flavours with a good acid/tannin backing.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Reserve Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Estery fruit fragrances and a lovely elegant style of palate – long and understated. Very pleasant.
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An elegant, tight and spicy number with a lovely berry lift to the nose and a very varietal peppery fruit palate.
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Spearmint and thyme characters are obvious on the brooding nose. A big hit of really good blackcurrant fruit on the palate nicely matched by the oak.
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An oak dominated shiraz – classic in style but there is still plenty of fresh fruit characters to balance it out. Warming finish.
Comments Off on Hugo Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Savory fruit nose with a warm, oaky lift and strong fruit flavours with slight tarry development.
Comments Off on Brick Kiln The Ingot Super Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Well made rich, ripe, slightly porty style. Attractive spicy peppery notes on the nose. Good length of plum jam/toasty oak flavours.
Comments Off on Brick Kiln Single Vineyard The Grove McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Toasty characters to the jammy nose. Quite a drying and grippy palate with the fruit still obvious; holding up well.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big ripe jammy blackberry aromas with a hint of mint. Firm tannic palate, a tad drying with masses of varietal fruit and some warming alcohol.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Coppermine Road McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big robust and brooding blend with a complex layering of dark berry fruit characters, some malty-like elements, good charry oak and excellent drying tannins.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings McLaren Vale Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nice lift of blue fruit aromas; light peppery notes. Powerful malty oak on dark fruit palate.
Comments Off on Paxton Wines Cracker Barrels McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Savory characters to the nose with plum jam underneath. Soft, warm and slightly drying palate.
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton Centurion McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lifted nose with obvious oak and a crisp palate still holding its age well with a toasty, buttery citrus driven flavour profile.
Comments Off on Robert Oatley The Pennant Mudgee Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Elegant medium bodied shiraz of sweet fruit integrated with spicy oak and some savory Bonox like characters.
Comments Off on Optlmus The Terraces Block 2 Blackwood Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A nose of berry jam and vanilla oak with a spike of star anise like spiciness. Lovely palate sweetness with delicious fruit flavours and spicy oak to balance. 3-5
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Savory spicy oak characters on the nose and good length and concentration of cassis fruit with slightly savory, meaty elements. 3-5
Comments Off on Woody Nook Gallagher’s Choice Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Subtle savory aromas and an oaky palate but evenly balanced with classic cabernet fruit. 5+
Comments Off on Peccavi Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Aromas and flavours sitting in the darker fruit spectrum, layered with chocolaty oak and ripe tannins.
Comments Off on Optlmus The Terraces Block 3 Western Australia Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017