Posted: April 4, 2017
A pretty wine with spicy succulent mulberry like fruit, nice complexity and elegant tannins.
Comments Off on Leopard’s Leap Culinaria Collection Grand Vin Western Cape Red Blend 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Dark and austere with dusty cigar box/black fruit aromas and a soft, complex chocolaty palate. Good for an 8-year old!
Comments Off on Rustenberg Peter Barlow Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Smells of cashews, melons and citrus with spicy elements. Quite oaky palate with biscuity/vanilla flavours and floral fruit notes.
Comments Off on Rustenberg Five Soldiers Stellenbosch Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Grassy/mineral bouquet; hints of nettles and a fine well balanced slightly green grippy palate.
Comments Off on La Motte Franschoek Valley Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A straightforward shiraz with dark plumy fruit, some savory touches and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Vineyard Reserve Limited Release Hunter Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lifted spicy oak fragrance with rich cherry flavours and some excellent tobacco/barnyard-like varietal elements.
Comments Off on Johner Estate Reserve Gladstone Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Reserved dark fruit aromas and a beautifully structured palate full of plum and cherry pie flavours. Slight acid end.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Ambassador Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely sweet oak covering the super sweet brambly fruit. Shows slight porty notes and some age toastiness.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Reserve Langhorne Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big, bold and very tannic wine with briary/berry fruit and plenty of oak derived chocolaty-like characters.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Reserve Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A huge rich wine with heaps of punch and interest. Toasty oak nose has ripe blackberries underneath with a dash of spice. Beautifully layered palate has fleshy ripe fruit with confectionery notes.
Comments Off on Fox Creek Old Vine McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely drinkable style with soft buttery varietal fruit with some upfront sweetness. Good depth of solid varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very good complexity of pear, peach, bacon and biscuit-like aromas which is echoed on the bold and nicely textured palate.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely toasty oak bouquet with underlying pear and peach fruit aromas. A very complex buttery and toasty oak palate showing plenty of ripe varietal fruit interest.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
This nose has both elegance and complexity mingling with fresh fruit fragrances. The palate is creamy and complex with a good textural edge and just a touch of sweetness.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Joy Adelaide Hills Sparkling Pinot Noir 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The upfront vanilla oak aromas have super rich powerful dark fruits underneath. Lots of lovely oak on the palate with plenty of ripe minty/berry fruit flavours to match.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An elegant seamlessly balanced wine with plum and prune like varietal fruit layered with dark earthy characters. Good oak use.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Merlot 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Excellent aged and complex wine with lovely yellow green hues. Smells of prunes and caramels with thick rich spicy fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Baileys Winemakers Selection Rare Old Glenrowan Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich wine with excellent use of oak and fruit with concentrated nutty musky aromas and nicely aged treacle-like palate that has been nicely refreshed.
Comments Off on Baileys Winemakers Selection Rare Old Glenrowan Topaque NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Orange marmalade bouquet with sharp herbal spirit lift. Fresh and sweet in the mouth with good flavour depth.
Comments Off on Saltram Mr Pickwick Rare Barossa Tawny NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Excellent deep amber hues with a complexity of marmalade and spicy aromas and an intense concentration of black treacle like flavours with excellent use of oak.
Comments Off on Penfolds Grandfather Rare 20 Years Old Tawny NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developed toffee and coffee characters on the nose and well balanced dried fruit flavours with subtle use of oak.
Comments Off on Millbrook Swan Valley Pedro Ximenez NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big toasty style of sparkling with a Crème brulee of a nose and delicious developed toasty/biscuity flavours.
Comments Off on K1 by Geoff Hardy Vintage Sparkling Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
An excellent style with complex musky/toffee aromas and a youthful, generously flavoured palate.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Tawny (New Bottling) Margaret River Fortified NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Candied fruit nose and generous fruit palate that is thick and velvety smooth in the mouth.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Classic Margaret River Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A simple style of tawny with subtle oakiness. Has fresh aromas of raisons and citrus with nice nuttiness. Beautifully aged palate has a seamless balance of nutty rancio flavours. Good acidity.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Tawny Margaret River Fortified NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developed prune-like bouquet with dusty notes and a thick sweet prune palate that has lovely warming spirit.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Artizan Rare Margaret River Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A well made wine with lovely peachy aromas seamlessly integrated with toasty oak showing a hint of bacon. Lean tight palate with good level of citrus/melon flavours. Good acid backbone.
Comments Off on Penfolds Reserve Bin 14 A Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lemony peachy elements to the nose with toasty touches. Elegant palate with good fruit, chalky acidity and powdery tannins.
Comments Off on Penfolds Cellar Reserve Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Toffee sweet fragrances on the nose with a lovely spicy perfumed lift. It has a super succulent thick palate with deliciously long spicy prune flavours and a long lingering and very fresh finish.
Comments Off on Morris Old Premium Rare Liqueur Rutherglen Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very structured savory style with loads of tannins. Gamey/soy-like aromas and good length of varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard Icon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big complex nose; lots of black cherry fruit with nice hit of oak. Ripe balanced berry fruit palate showing very good length with mid palate sweetness, lovely oak and herbal notes.
Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard I777 Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Interesting wine – good savory/rhubarb fragrances. Long, balanced and weighty palate with velvety mouthfeel.
Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard I777 Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Clean fresh style with fresh ripe nectarine fruit mingling seamlessly with the toasty oak.
Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard Q96 Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Upfront forward style that is loaded with melon, peach and fig-like characters showing a lovely honeyed development balanced by good level of acidity.
Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard Q96 Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A huge wine with treacley maturity to the nose and some nice nuttiness. Super concentrated thick luscious citrus peel flavours with hints of cinnamon and almond.
Comments Off on Morris Old Premium Rare Liqueur Rutherglen Topaque NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A lovely nose that one judge thought was reminiscent of mature wedding cake! Very generously flavoured unctuously thick flavours, very sweet and showing lots of age.
Comments Off on Buller Wines Calliope Grand Rutherglen Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Gorgeous nose – reminiscent of black forest cake! Lovely ripe rich palate, excellent weight, full of flavour and developing nicely and all wrapped up in the spicy peppery oak.
Comments Off on Paracombe Somerville Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Almost black in colour with simple red fruit nose and sweet, simple and well balanced palate.
Comments Off on 919 Limited Release Vintage Riverland Blend 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nicely aged aromas and developed fruit flavours with good tannins and some ‘rustic’ notes.
Comments Off on 919 Limited Release Vintage Riverland Touriga Tinta Roriz Tinta Cao Shiraz Durif 2006 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Likely to be long-lived, this dark, powerful, concentrated red was matured for a year in French oak casks (40% new). Sturdy and sweet-fruited, it is still youthful, with dense blackcurrant, plum and black pepper flavours, finely structured tannins, and a…
Comments Off on Obsidian Reserve Waiheke Island Syrah 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Dark, with a fragrant, peppery, spicy, earthy, savoury bouquet. Rich, ripe plum, spice and dried herb flavours, strongly seasoned with oak, and good texture and complexity. $70
Comments Off on Giesen Single Vineyard Selection Clayvin Marlborough Syrah 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Mouthfilling and savoury. Still fresh, with cherry, plum and nut flavours, good complexity and a firm finish. $52 (UK)
Comments Off on TerraVin Hillside Reserve Marlborough Pinot Noir 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Refined, elegant red with rich cherry, plum, dried herb and spice flavours, showing excellent vigour and length. $55
Comments Off on Villa Maria Single Vineyard Southern Clays Marlborough Pinot Noir 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Concentrated style, mouthfilling and very deeply coloured, with deep, ripe cherry, plum and spice flavours and a firm finish. Described by one judge as ‘slightly stern’, but another as ‘rich, ripe, balanced’. $55
Comments Off on Villa Maria Single Vineyard Attorney Organic Marlborough Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lovely, youthful, fruit-packed red, deeply coloured, with rich, vibrant, plummy flavours and a finely textured finish. Weighty, savoury and persistent. $55
Comments Off on Villa Maria Single Vineyard Taylors Pass Marlborough Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big, solid and ripe with aged fruit aromas and masses of oak. Very good palate development with a long core of raspberry fruit characters. Drinking well now.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Streeton Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2007 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classic big old barrel oak style underscored with ripe dark developed berry fruit characters, subtle earthy development and quite a high level of acidity.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Streeton Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2008 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Inky berry and oak fragrances and a palate offering a sweet indulgence of mouthcoating flavours.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate D’Orsa Heathcote Shiraz 2009 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big solid and mature style of shiraz with ripe concentration of spicy/licorice aromas and a drying and inky palate with lovely weight and length of fruit flavours. Time!
Comments Off on Montara Chalambar Road Grampians Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Blackberries, spices and pepper lift off the nose and has a big sweet tannic palate.
Comments Off on A T Richardson Hard Hill Road Great Western Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017