Posted: November 30, 2021
Estery soy sauce-like savouriness on the nose with dark rich tarry flavours.
Comments Off on Chateau Tour Boisee Marie-Claude (EcoCert) AOC Minervois Carignan Grenache Syrah 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Very deep red wine with quite intense raspberry-like fruit showing savoury complexity and a high level of tannins.
Comments Off on Domaine Tour Boisee Une Histoire De Famille (EcoCert) AOC Minervois Grenache Syrah Carignan 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A great drop,” enthused one judge. “Very powerful with great varietal expression of smallgoods and red berry characters.
Comments Off on Farm Hand ‘One Of A Kind’ Premium (ACO) McLaren Vale Sangiovese 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Black cherry bouquet with a licorice-like edge and a medium bodied palate with pretty red fruits and elegant oak.
Comments Off on Farm Hand ‘One Of A Kind’ Premium (ACO) McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Bright fresh citrus and hay-like characters leap from the glass. Very tight finely knitted palate with fine tropical fruit.
Comments Off on Farm Hand (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2020 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A bold ripe fruit style with lots going on. The primary fruit characters are layered with subtle oak and powerful acidity.
Comments Off on Farm Hand (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Merlot 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Pretty violet fragrances mixing with cherries and chocolate and refined richness on a firm palate. Has a fruit cake-like finish.
Comments Off on Farm Hand (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Inviting lifted floral fragrances with a good fruit driven palate, very varietal with good creamy length.
Comments Off on Farm Hand (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A rich savoury cabernet with inky varietal fruit showing light red berry notes.
Comments Off on Bumblebee (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A softly textured, uncomplicated and very well-balanced floral berry fruit driven style offering easy drinking.
Comments Off on Bumblebee (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Beautiful red and blue berry-like lift to the nose and a nice length of solid varietal fruit flavours layered with quality oak and with good tannin balance.
Comments Off on Indigo Organic Grape Growers Collective (ACO) Glenrowen, VIC Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A brooding bouquet of dark berries with some light oak notes. The palate is big and flavoursome with fine tannins.
Comments Off on Indigo Organic Grape Growers Collective (ACO) Glenrowen, VIC Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A young intense fruit driven style with interesting vibrant characters reminiscent of sour cherries
Comments Off on No Evil (ACO) South Australia Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A well-built wine,” noted one judge. Quite weighty with great length of pure cabernet fruit characters.
Comments Off on Portia Valley Wines Living River (ACO) Riverland Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Perfumed citrus nose with a hint of oak and a straightforward acid driven palate.
Comments Off on Portia Valley Wines Living River (ACO) Riverland Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Fruits of the forest type aromas and a sweet light berry palate. Good line of acid.
Comments Off on Portia Valley Wines Artist Series (ACO) Riverland Grenache Rosé 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lovely juicy red/purple varietal. Good berry and capsicum-like fruit balanced with chocolaty oak.
Comments Off on Wild Fox Wines Certified Organic (ACO) Riverland, SA Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A beautiful deep dark and brooding wine with a lift of menthol to the spicy red fruit nose. Soft in the mouth with good fruit flavours and firm tannins.
Comments Off on Raw Wine Estate Organic (ACO) Preservative Free Cape Jaffa, SA Merlot 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A fragrant lift of spicy fruit with hints of toffee-like sweetness. Very varietal palate; a beautiful example of this variety – all plums and flowers. “A wonderful wine!”
Comments Off on 919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Touriga Nacional 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A warm oily nose,” declared one judge. Hints of apple, peach and honeyed aromas. Nicely layered palate rich with pome fruit-like characters.
Comments Off on 919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Petit Manseng 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A bright lifted floral nose with perfumed notes and hints of peaches. Crisp and delicate in the mouth, very fruit driven with great texture and persistence.
Comments Off on 919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Vermentino 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Rich and inky style with nicely focussed varietal fruit expression. “A wine for ageing,” said one judge.
Comments Off on Z Wine Hilder Ancester Vine (ACO) Barossa Valley Mataro 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A bold extracted style of red with bright lifted fruit and some strong chewy tannins.
Comments Off on Z Wine Hilder Ancester Vine (ACO) Barossa Valley Mataro 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An attractive pinot varietal. Tight and elegant with some inky fruit notes.
Comments Off on Seresin Estate Leah (BioGro NZ) Marlborough Pinot Noir 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A complex honey, toast and citrus bouquet. Obvious but well integrated oak on the palate.
Comments Off on Seresin Estate Reserve (BioGro NZ) Marlborough Chardonnay 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big wine; tons of flavour. Smells of honeysuckle with toasty development. Great balance between the oak, fruit and age.
Comments Off on Seresin Estate (BioGro NZ) Marlborough Chardonnay 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Interesting style developing intriguing secondary characters with some zesty acidity.
Comments Off on Clos Henri (BioGro NZ) Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A pretty wine. “Reminds me of strawberries and cream at Wimbledon,” said one judge!
Comments Off on Rosnay Organic (OFC) Cowra Sparkling Rosé 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A gracefully ageing semillon with an intoxicating toasty honeyed nose and with beautifully developing flavours showing ripe citrus notes and steely elements.
Comments Off on Rosnay Organic (OFC) Cowra Semillon 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
The nose is a sweet perfumed mix of berries and spices with earthy notes. Good use of oak on a well constructed, rich and flavoursome, purple fruit palate.
Comments Off on Rosnay Organic Freedom (OFC) Cowra G.S.M. 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Resinous red fruit nose with mocha notes and a candied lift. Juicy in the mouth not complex but very drinkable.
Comments Off on Minimum (ACO) Central Victoria Sangiovese Syrah Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A butter bomb.” Rich and rounded with ripe fruit and well-handled oak.
Comments Off on Minimum (ACO) Central Victoria Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A light bouquet reminiscent of rosewater. Palate has balance of sweetness and acidity.
Comments Off on Temple Bruer Organic Wines The Agonist Moscato (NASAA) Riverland White Frontignac 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lovely rich and powerful drink with beautiful red berry and plum-like fruit sitting on a bed of firm tannins with excellent use of oak and drying finish.
Comments Off on Temple Bruer Organic Wines The Agonist (NASAA) Riverland Shiraz Mataro 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely regional example of cabernet. Very cool climate spicy red fruit compote of a wine with an abundance of oak.
Comments Off on Temple Bruer Organic Wines The Agonist (NASAA) Eden Valley Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A perfect varietal blend with an intense minty choc bouquet layered with berries and plums and great complexity to the palate with long drying tannins.
Comments Off on Temple Bruer Organic Wines The Agonist (NASAA) McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lots going on here. A powerful nose and a perfectly ripe, very flavoursome and very varietal palate.
Comments Off on Macaw Creek Organic (NASAA) Mount Lofty Ranges Riesling 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nose exhibits soft florals over some steely citrus fruit with crisp acidity surrounding more of the steely citrus fruit on a long, lingering and balanced palate.
Comments Off on Macaw Creek Organic (NASAA) Mount Lofty Ranges Riesling 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A great style smelling of berries, chocolate and spices. Lovely long palate full of peppery fruit with mouth coating tannins and a good level of oak.
Comments Off on Macaw Creek Organic (NASAA) Preservative Free Mount Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A pretty, lifted floral nose with spicy hints and a dry red palate showing subtle oak use.
Comments Off on Domaine Francois Crochet (EcoCert) Sancerre Rouge AOP France Pinot Noir 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big, somewhat extracted, but seamlessly balanced, fruit driven style. Some earthiness to the nose and warm and fleshy in the mouth with firm tannins.
Comments Off on Hayes Family Wines Estate Blk 3 (ACO ‘In Conversion’) Barossa Valley Mataro 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Not overly varietal but offers light easy drinking with candied red fruit characters.
Comments Off on Hayes Family Wines Estate Blk 2 (ACO ‘In Conversion’) Barossa Valley Grenache 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A ripe varietal cabernet with a big hit of red fruit, lots of chocolaty oak and firm dusty tannins.
Comments Off on Rosily Vineyard (ACO) Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Light floral fruit bouquet with toasty oak notes. Lively freshness to a palate that is full of shiraz fruit.
Comments Off on Rosily Vineyard (ACO) Margaret River Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A complex nose with floral fruit integrated with the oak. Creamy ripe fruit palate with subtle oak.
Comments Off on Rosily Vineyard (ACO) Margaret River Chardonnay 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A nose of fresh nettles and lime zest with a crisp and refreshing palate that exhibits both finesse and elegance.
Comments Off on Rosily Vineyard (ACO) Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A style at the greener/herbaceous end of the spectrum with clean fruit and fresh acidity
Comments Off on Rosily Vineyard (ACO) Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nose is aged and oaky with a big powerful tannin structure to the palate. Has nicely ageing rich fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Avonmore Estate Reserve Single Vineyard (BDRI Certified Biodynamic) Bendigo Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A vibrant floral/plum style showing some development but still has freshness.
Comments Off on Robinvale Wines Bella Rose (Demeter Certified Organic & Biodynamic) North West Victoria Moscato NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive honeyed floral/citrus aromas and layers of intensely rich butterscotch-like flavours. Interesting wine.
Comments Off on Robinvale Wines (Demeter Certified Organic & Biodynamic) North West Victoria Kerner 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021