Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense purple wine with Cherry Ripe like aromas and more of a savory palate. “Give it 4-6 years”, said one judge.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Reserve Andrew Watson Hunter Valley Tempranillo 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Closed, tight and lean and smelling of black olives with a very good savory style of palate.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Vineyards Vineyard Reserve Pokolbin Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A solid red purple shiraz with tarry cola-like aromas. Palate is youthful and tight with tons of good oak and soft tannins. Needs lots of time – probably up to 10 years!
Comments Off on James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2009 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A lean chocolaty shiraz with eucalypt touches and a soft tannic spine.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Vineyards William Hunter Valley Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A real keeper made in a more savory style with a tight cassis nose showing a slightly peppery touch. The big powerful palate has a huge crunchy tannic structure. 5+
Comments Off on RidgeView Impressions Hunter Valley Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A solid red with an inky cassis bouquet edged with savory characters. Big rich mouthfilling tarry blackberry flavours are seamlessly balanced by soft acidity.
Comments Off on James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A savory style – long, complex and youthful with plenty of simple berry fruit characters. 5+
Comments Off on Allandale Matthew Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense inky purple wine with a powerful charry oak nose and solid rich palate offering a huge mouthful of flavour. Still very young and needs plenty more time in the cellar to reach its potential.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A traditional Hunter shiraz with savory/meaty fragrances and raspberry fruit peeking through and similar palate with tight tannins.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Shareholders Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A savory old fashioned style – be great with food. Tight closed aromas but loads of intense cherry like flavours with savory elements and good acid. “Has another 10 years yet”, said two judges.
Comments Off on RidgeView Impressions Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Vibrant purple red colour. Lovely big lift of candied fruit fragrances underscored by bacon like oak nuances. Dark chocolaty characters dominate the big tannic palate.
Comments Off on Midnight’s Promise Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Vibrant up-front mulberry aromas with savory elements. Big youthful palate with mouthfilling jubey fruit flavours. “Needs 10 years”.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Reserve William Henry Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A very good tawny with a great aged rancio nose – smells of figs and raisins. More of the fig characters on the chocolaty palate.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines Heritage Vines Hunter Valley Tawny 1978 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sound light fortified with a spicy spirit lift and a lovely mouthful of unctuous floral and raisin flavours.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Petite Muscat Hunter Valley Fortified 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A clean balanced wine with plenty of zip and lovely muscat-like aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on James Estate Little Sweet One Hunter Valley Sweet White 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A rich classic with nice minerally line, toasty/nutty oak, fresh varietal fruit and a long warming finish.
Comments Off on RidgeView Impressions Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A restrained, savory and youthful style – good food wine. Has tight pithy fruit, complimented by creamy lees and some funky notes.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A youthful and quite savory style of chardonnay with charred and smoky oak aromas and a leesy minerally palate exhibiting a good refreshing line of acidity.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Light stonefruit bouquet with upfront oak. Lean style of palate with subtle oak and good level of acidity. 3-5
Comments Off on Mistletoe Reserve Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Well made wine with lots of sweet vanillin oak characters on the nose which are echoed on the balanced, youthful and complex palate.
Comments Off on Gartelmann Sarah Elizabeth Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Closed, tight and lean and smelling of black olives with a very good savory palate.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines Vineyard Reserve Pokolbin Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A tight uncomplicated chardonnay with a lovely combination of oak and stonefruit aromas. Simple but seamlessly balanced oak/fruit palate has a long drying finish.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Chicken Shed Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A complexity of smoky bacon-like savory aromas with a ripe floral fruit palate that tends to be dominated by the vanillin oak.
Comments Off on Two Rivers Reserve Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A creamy fruit nose and a simple uncomplicated tropical fruit/oak palate. 5+
Comments Off on Mistletoe Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Upfront stonefruit aromas with nutty notes. Straight forward stonefruit/tropical palate. 5+
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Over The Hill Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A very good, sound Hunter semillon with delightful pale green hues. Still amazingly youthful for a five-year old with green apple-like fruit characters and lively acidity to balance it all. 5++
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Phil Swannell Hunter Valley Semillon 2009 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A fabulous classic ageing Hunter semillon that is still very young, crisp and lively with lovely freshness of lemon curd like characters. Could go another 10 years according to one judge. 5+
Comments Off on James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2009 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Lovely touches of fresh lemon tart aromas – nose still quite closed. Palate is young, lean, tight and crisp with good length of lemon pith like varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines Susanne Hunter Valley Semillon 2010 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A mere baby – still very young with, according to one judge, up to 15 years ahead of it yet. Lovely long finish.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines Vineyard Reserve Pokolbin Hunter Valley Semillon 2010 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A richer fuller style with lemon curd like characters and age adding complexity. 3-5
Comments Off on Allandale Winemaker’s Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2010 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Minerally aromatics with some toasty honeyed age developing. Nicely aged palate with lots more life left. 3-5
Comments Off on RidgeView Generations Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2009 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A restrained youth that needs lots more time in the cellar – up to 10 years according to one judge. Honeyed nose and nicely concentrated flavours with a good acid spine.
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Ken Bray Hunter Valley Semillon 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Rich, spicy bouquet with slightly honeyed characters. Big and soft in the mouth with a powerful hit of varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Phil Swannell Hunter Valley Semillon 2011 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
An excellent, very well made wine with the potential to become a great wine. Has solid lemon fruit characters with a fine minerally line and supported by crisp acid spine. 5+
Comments Off on Allandale Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A crisp greener style – quite simple and needing more time to settle but has the potential to become a great aged semillon.
Comments Off on Allandale Old Vines Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Good off-dry drinking style with bright sherbety nose and slightly oily texture to the palate. Good drinking now. 3-5
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Almost green pea-like characters on the nose with a long strong and well balanced palate with slightly forward fruit characters.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Cyril Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A big youthful wine with intense grassy/floral fragrances and a warming, upfront fruit, palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Midnight’s Promise Unwooded Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A lovely crisp clean semillon; sound and well balanced with good varietal fruit and lovely acidity to balance. Drinking well now or has excellent cellaring potential. 5+
Comments Off on Two Rivers Stones Throw Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sound leaner zesty style of semillon with flinty like fragrances and a long and drying citrussy palate.
Comments Off on RidgeView Generations Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sweeter more dessert style with a concentration of apple juice like fruit characters. A sweeter wine made more in a dessert style with an intense concentration of apple juice like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Silvereye Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Smells of green apples with a fuller style palate loaded with powerful citrus/stonefruit flavours. Needs time to settle Plenty of potential.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A minerally style sitting at the green apple end of the spectrum. Has a very long life ahead of it indeed according to the judges.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Home Vineyard Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Lovely nose reminiscent of lemon sherbet which is followed by a long, fine, off dry palate with a slightly oily texture and good line of acidity. Has great future potential. 5+
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Phil Swannell Hunter Valley Semillon 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A big bold semillon with plenty of length. Tight green apple nose and similar characters on the palate with its fresh acid backbone.
Comments Off on Gartelmann Benjamin Hunter Valley Semillon 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
An interesting complex combination of lychees and stonefruit with hints of ginger.
Comments Off on Topper’s Mountain Bricolage Blanc New England White Blend 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A simple sweet, well made wine – light bodied with good varietal characteristics.
Comments Off on Two Rivers Hidden Hive Hunter Valley Verdelho 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A good powerful varietal with a ripe nose that smells of fruit salad with similar characters echoed on the palate.
Comments Off on Gartelmann Jessica Hunter Valley Verdelho 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Intense sweet floral fragrances – “blatantly varietal”, according to one judge. Nicely balanced drier style palate. Good drinking now.
Comments Off on Cassegrain Edition Noir Hastings River Gewurztraminer 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Lifted quince like aromas with an attractive stonefruit palate. Good drink, true to style.
Comments Off on Bimbagen Hunter Valley Vermentino 2014 / 0 View / June 15, 2017