Posted: April 5, 2017
The nose is a lovely complexity of dried fruits and spices – like a Christmas cake! Palate is thick, intense and slippery in the mouth with rich toffee and caramel flavours.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Excellent muscat that’s sticky with age. Lovely blend of aged characters and sweet spices on the nose. Delicious lip smacking concentration of warm flavours.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Aromas of sultanas with a pleasant maltiness. Nicely balanced and flavoursome palate. Has good freshness.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A spicy caramel-like nose and a long warm muscat fruit palate with some lovely rancio complexity.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
An older slippery sweeter style of muscat that’s all dark and chocolaty on the nose and hot and grippy in the mouth.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Lovely lush fruit cake-like bouquet with a slight malty touch. More of the fruit cake characters on the lovely creamy palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Musky nose with slight menthol touch and a simple grippy Turkish Delight-like palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Impressive dark tarry/toffee bouquet layered with dried fruit-like elements. The generous palate has luscious sweet raisined fruit flavours with some delicate spiciness.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
This tokay has a deliciously dark, tarry and savoury bouquet with masses of intense, thick black molasses-like flavours wrapped in warming spirit.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A lighter style with a fresh and vibrant bouquet and a lush bright spicy fruit palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Malty honeycomb aromas coupled with orange peel elements. Very pleasant, balanced palate with lingering spicy, raisined flavours.
Comments Off on Morris Classic Liqueur Rutherglen Topaque NV / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
The nose is “an Earl Gray tea box”, according to one judge with spices and raisins. Warm lingering mouthfilling flavours.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A fresh style with a malty nose showing hints of citrus rind. Rich spicy raisined palate.
Comments Off on Buller Wines Fine Old Rutherglen Tokay NV / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Nose described as, “a mix of tea and honeycomb”. Luscious, balanced simple fruit palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
“This is yummy!” enthused one of the panel. It has a nutty rancio bouquet layered with coffee grind elements. Great flavour length and balance on quite a dry palate.
Comments Off on Morris Cellar Reserve Grand Rutherglen Tawny NV / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Spicy raisined fruit aromas with similar characters echoed on the medium length palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A fruitier style showing good flor characters. Pretty spirity grapey fragrances and a lovely dry nutty palate has great freshness.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
“Nose smells like a Monte Carlo biscuit”, thought one judge. Nicely balanced fruit/oak palate.
Comments Off on Morris Bin No 186 Rutherglen Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Nose shows hints of roast lamb, herbs and leather. Palate is rich with lovely fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Pretty ripe varietal fruit with nutty oak integration and some grippy tannins. Nice big wine.
Comments Off on Baileys Varley Glenrowan Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A very pretty feminine style of shiraz with a floral fragrances and spicy red fruit flavours. Good tannin/oak support.
Comments Off on Baileys Organic Glenrowan Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Pleasant floral red berry aromas and a warm and flavoursome palate with nice varietal fruit evident. Good drinking.
Comments Off on Ciavarella King Valley Shiraz Viognier 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Simple blend with lolly-like berry aromas and attractive blue fruit palate with good oak balance and nice tannins.
Comments Off on Morris GSM Rutherglen Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Pretty aromatic bouquet with a lean lightweight palate. Viognier influence obvious.
Comments Off on Scion Vineyard Estate Grown Rutherglen Durif Viognier 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A lush fruit nose without being over-the-top and jammy. Soft well structured palate has a nice savoury fruit profile.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Lovely dark berry fruit bouquet with a long generous palate that has an excellent seamless balance between the sweet fruit, the oak and the grainy tannins.
Comments Off on Anderson Storyteller Rutherglen Durif 2013 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Big, warm and slightly aggressive style. Plums and spices on the nose. Sweet fruit flavours with drying tannins.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Complex durif. Impressive toasty, rhubarb, beetroot nose and lots of oak and grippy tannins on the palate. Nice fruit in there too.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Bold dark fruit freshness on the nose and big cherry palate with fine mouthcoating tannins.
Comments Off on St Leonards Vineyard Wahgunyah Cabernet Franc 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Good estery berry/plum nose and a rich oaky palate firmly structured and brimming over with bold fruit flavours and drying tannins.
Comments Off on King River Estate King Valley Saperavi 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Brooding fruit nose with a dash of black pepper. Full on sweet fruit palate – big, rich and intense. Great example of the variety.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Interesting and different! Smells like fruit-straps and has a slurpy and flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Morris of Rutherglen Bin No 80 Rutherglen Blue Imperial 2013 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Herbs and leather on the nose. Big tannic palate with attractive berry flavour profile.
Comments Off on James & Co Beechworth Sangiovese 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Bright in colour with a floral/berry nose and a voluptuously rich juicy fruit palate balanced by the acid and tannins.
Comments Off on Anderson Rutherglen Tempranillo 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Ripe dark fruit nose with a good lick of oak. Savoury chocolaty palate with grippy, mouth puckering tannins.
Comments Off on Rutherglen Estates Single Vineyard Rutherglen Tempranillo 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A very attractive peppery/spicy red berry bouquet leading on to a seductively fleshy palate with juicy cherry fruit flavours .
Comments Off on Brown Brothers Banksdale Vintage Release King Valley Gamay 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Estery passionfruit aromas and nicely balanced berry palate with some oak influence.
Comments Off on James & Co Beechworth Sangiovese Rosé 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Simple, savoury and very enjoyable with hints of strawberries. Good acid backbone.
Comments Off on Gapsted Wines Tobacco Road King Valley Sangiovese Rosé 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Steely citrus drive to the nose and nice grip to the palate with its zingy gingery/lemony flavours. “Very more-ish”, said one judge.
Comments Off on Willem Kurt Alpine Valleys Vermentino 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Bright fresh integration of peach and melon fruit with nice oak. Palate is very crunchy and a little nutty with lovely melon and nectarine-like flavours underscored by the acid.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Nose is a blend of stonefruit, melons, leesy characters and some flintiness. Flinty palate shows lovely texture and balance with the acid carrying the varietal fruit flavours.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Very intense lifted tropical floral fragrances. Well balanced palate; flavours of apples and pears with a mineral spine.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A complex wine with overt lush stonefruit aromas, nice nutty notes and tropical hints. Powerful ‘slippery’ palate with good fruit flavours and vanilla oak influence. 5+
Comments Off on All Saints Estate Family Cellar Rutherglen Marsanne 2013 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Subdued bouquet; hints of lemon and honey with a mineral-like thread. Minerally and steely on the palate. Great flavour profile of melons, stonefruits and citrus. Good acid support.
Comments Off on All Saints Estate Rutherglen Marsanne 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Aromatic bouquet; quite peppery and spicy with a generous warm palate rich with spicy savoury flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Jones Winery & Vineyard Rutherglen Marsanne 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Aromas of honeysuckle, herbs and melon. Nicely textured flavoursome palate. Good acidity.
Comments Off on The Pond Northern Victoria Pinot Grigio Chardonnay 2015 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Very fresh citrus/pear bouquet with a bright fresh fruit palate. “Great with curry!”
Comments Off on Michelini Italian Selection Pinot Grigio 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Smells of fresh pears with a hint of lemon. Palate is tight and racy with green apple flavours.
Comments Off on Rutherglen Estates Rutherglen Pinot Grigio 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Nose has a heady intensity of pears and citrus. Simple, pleasant and very enjoyable palate.
Comments Off on Buller Wines King Valley Pinot Grigio 2016 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Intense complexity of bready/yeasty aromas and lovely lingering toasty nutty flavours – very Champagne-like.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers King Valley Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Meunier NV / 0 View / April 5, 2017