Posted: April 4, 2017
A big, rich and very oaky wine; a classic Aussie style – with Cherry Ripe like fruit characters. Has good cellaring potential.
Comments Off on Bellevue Esatate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A well structured wine, great colour with excellent rich red berry fruit, good spicy characters, nice tight oak and gamey tannins.
Comments Off on Australia Felix Premium Barrel Reserve Wrattonbully Cabernet Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Buttery bottle age bouquet but still very fresh with a toasty creamy palate and lingering flavours.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Hummingbird Series Margaret River Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Light Chablis style. Melon/peach fruit, very tight oak and toasty age. Drinking well now.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Small Batch Oak Aged Margaret River Chardonnay 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lots of toasty, honeyed characters here mingling with bottle age complexity.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Private Bin Block 3 Margaret River Chardonnay 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A very flavoursome, old fashioned style, not a classic but very good with lovely ripe peachy fruit, toasty oak complexity and honeyed bottle age.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Gold Label Vintage Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2011 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fresh red berry bouquet with subtle vanilla oak. Lovely earthy blackcurrant flavours. Quite sweet. Well handled oak.
Comments Off on Andrew Garrett Vintage McLaren Vale Sparkling Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A well made, medium bodied wine with light estery varietal fruit characters.
Comments Off on Australian Felix Shiraz Sagrantino Swan Hill Shiraz Blend 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Varietal, rich and long with excellent depth of purple hues and bright lifted dark fruit aromas. Very pleasant palate with deep core of blackberry fruit and powdery tannins. Years ahead of it!
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Winemakers Choice Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Soft sweet rose petal bouquet with a very sweet strawberries and cream palate. Crowd pleaser.
Comments Off on De Beaurepaire Rylestone Cabernet Rosé 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Delicate musky perfumed bouquet. Very varietal palate with good citric backbone.
Comments Off on Centennial Southern Highlands Gewurztraminer 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Excellent rich fruit and toasty nutty oak aroma complexity with a big toasty palate.
Comments Off on The Outlaws South Eastern Australia Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Ripe grassy semillon fruit characters, some oak and attractive bottle age developing.
Comments Off on The Outlaws South Eastern Australia Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A fume style. Smoky oak nose and developed buttery honeyed fruit palate.
Comments Off on Brygon Estate Meadowbrook South Eastern Australia Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Complex creamy bouquet with lemon melon fruit and nutty oak. Loads of flavour on the rich and beautifully poised palate.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Lions Lair Reserve Collection Western Australia Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Ripe fruit salad nose and a passionfruit palate with citric elegance.
Comments Off on Strategy South Eastern Australia Chardonnay 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oaky complexity to the slightly honeyed aromas. Loads of rich honey/peach flavours.
Comments Off on Strategy South Eastern Australia Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pale pink wine with delicate aromas and flavours offering pleasurable Summer quaffing.
Comments Off on The Blackwood Rushy Creek Blackwood Valley Shiraz Rosé 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Elegant and stylish with lovely rich ripe cherry/licorice fruit, perky acidity and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on The Blackwood El Toro Rojo Blackwood Valley Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
The complete package. Great colour intensity, lovely rich choc/mint bouquet and long, elegant and varietally expressive palate with intense ripe flavours without being over-the-top.
Comments Off on The Blackwood Captain James Blackwood Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very oaky but has plenty of fruit to match and lovely tannin balance with firm acidity.
Comments Off on The Blackwood Sir Henry Blackwood Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Pungent grassy varietal fruit with an herbaceous lift, some flinty acidity and an attractive minerally character.
Comments Off on St Johns Brook Single Vineyard Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Nose of blackberries, dusty oak and violets with a simple red fruit palate and powdery tannins.
Comments Off on St Johns Brook Single Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Fine dusty chocolate aromas with well defined varietal flavours and lovely tannins.
Comments Off on St Johns Brook Single Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Excellent purple/red wine with a good solid core of dark berry fruit balanced with the sweet oak, tannins and acid.
Comments Off on St Johns Brook Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Light, bright and fresh with fleshy fresh peach aromas and lovely palate delicacy with appealing pear flavours.
Comments Off on Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Fiano 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A stunning wine that has great length of beautiful rich ripe and rounded spicy raisined aromas and flavours and yet it exhibits lovely freshness and has a certain elegance.
Comments Off on Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big rich chocolaty nose and ripe, lively and flavoursome palate with a long drying finish.
Comments Off on GMH by Geoff Hardy Family Selection South Australia Red Blend 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Citrussy nose with floral complexity and fresh creamy stonefruit palate with interesting nuances.
Comments Off on Yilgarnia Unoaked Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A nose of freshly cut grass – very varietal with hints of limes which is echoed on the alert palate.
Comments Off on Yilgarnia Semillon 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich green pea and asparagus-like aromas and a big, rich, yet elegant, palate loaded with tropical/citrus flavours, great mouthfeel and lovely crisp acidity. 5+
Comments Off on Yilgarnia Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Light fresh fruit salad nose; big tropical fruit palate with simple citric finish. Excellent quaffer.
Comments Off on Yilgarnia Sauvignon Blanc 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Combination of lifted asparagus, grassy and pear-like aromas. Elegant palate with fresh fruit salad flavours and great acid balance.
Comments Off on Thompson Estate Margaret River Vineyard Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Rich fruit cake of a nose and supple red fruit palate with some nice oak to balance.
Comments Off on Thompson Estate Margaret River Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A good solid cabernet developing well with nice varietal fruit intensity.
Comments Off on Thompson Estate Margaret River Vineyard Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“So old, so beautiful”, said one judge. “Incredibly intense and long – and lasts and lasts and lasts”. Caramel/molasses aromas and a luscious raisined palate.
Comments Off on Carmine’s Grand Reserve South Eastern Australia Muscat NV / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Amazingly fresh inky black wine that offers a huge mouthful of flavour from the excellent intense dark brooding varietal fruit that has plenty of oak to match. Needs lots more time.
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Estate Reserve McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lifted fresh estery raspberry nose and soft, well balanced, vibrant palate with some savouriness.
Comments Off on Red Knot Pink McLaren Vale Rosé 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A nicely structured varietal with Christmas cake-like fruit and mocha oak.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill G&W McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A stylish wine, excellent green hues, ripe melon/cashew nose and big, rich, flavoursome palate, soft in the mouth with great texture.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Wickham Park McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A great nose – a complexity of melons, peaches, toast and cashews with a beautifully structured palate showing excellent texture and lovely complexity of fruit/oak flavours.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Reserve McLaren Vale Coonawarra Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A clean well structured wine with simple spicy raspberry-like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Gate Block Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Bright red wine with cherry/berry fruit, malty oak and gamey mid-weight tannins.
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very classy chardonnay with peaches and melons and nice oak on the nose. Soft and creamy in the mouth with toasty complexity and great acid balance.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Lime juice aromas; subtle floral notes. Light, fresh, fruity palate, some tropicals and zingy acid.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Semillon 2015 / 0 View / April 4, 2017