Golden Oak Sweet Apera NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
An easy drinking sweet and tannic style with attractive muscat fruit characters.
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Golden Oak Australian Cream Apera NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely floral muscat bouquet with good length of tropical flavours on the smooth palate.
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Golden Oak Australian Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Aged malty caramel bouquet and a palate that has complexity and age yet is still fruity.
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McWilliams Royal Reserve Australian Sweet Apera NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Soft and subtle tropical nose with a rich sweet palate that has a creamy texture.
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McWilliams Specially Selected Sweet Australian Cream Apera NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
A soft and creamy style with floral fruit showing some maderised complexity with a drying finish.
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McWilliams Royal Reserve Australian Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Easy drinking youthful style with spicy chocolaty nose and a creamy palate.
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St Andrews Imperial Reserve Australian Cream Apera NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive muscat fruit aromas and flavours. Nice sweet entry to the palate with a drying finish.
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Carmine’s Tribute Rare (40 Year Old) SA Solera Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Aged liqueur style with mature spicy, honey/caramel bouquet and a huge concentration and intensity of creamy toffee-like flavours spiced with cinnamon nuances.
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919 Wines Riverland Pale Dry Apera NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lifted, light and simple apera that has excellent colour, is crisp and nutty, has a hint of nougat and is all underlined by some excellent flor characteristics.
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919 Wines Riverland Classic Topaque NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
A great style – warm and generous with beautifully aged butterscotch, toffee, fig and date blend of aromas and flavours. “Luscious and yummy!” enthused one judge.
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919 Wines Riverland Classic Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good tawny coloured wine showing great balance, length and flavour profile. Attractive spiciness, nice aged fruit, good oak influence and nice rancio characters.
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919 Wines Riverland Classic Muscat NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
A delightful style with rich raisined fruit cake-like bouquet lifted by some spicy attractiveness and leading to a luscious complexity of toffee, prunes and raisin flavours.
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Hayes Family Wines Show Reserve Barossa Valley Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
A wine with an excellent tawny colour and showing lovely complexity and age. Subtle aromas of chocolate and spicy red fruit and an elegant chocolate/mocha palate. Great rancio.
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Hayes Family Wines Very Old Rare Barossa Valley Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Gracefully ageing tawny with great depth and richness. Nice rancio bouquet and lovely blend of flavours with an attractive brandy spirit lift.
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Hayes Family Wines Old Grand Barossa Valley Tawny NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Spicy fragrances with hints of red fruits and an attractive straightforward palate.
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Berton Vineyards Reserve Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
A delightful melange of glazed citrus, ripe pineapple and apple pie aromas. A creamy palate with complexity and length of apple pie flavours.
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Canobolas Smith Orange Cabernet V.P. 2005
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nicely aged commercial style that is all stalky, cassis, capsicum and chocolate.
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Deakin Estate Victoria Moscato 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
A sweet lightness of peach and nectarine fruit. Still very fresh. More spatlese in style.
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Koonara Flowers for Lucy Mount Gambier Moscato 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
A light pink with a rose garden of a nose and a fresh floral palate with earthy notes.
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Trentham Estate Cellar Reserve Murray Darling V.P. Shiraz 2016
Posted: November 30, 2021
Vibrant spicy peppery berry nose and seamlessly balanced palate, has certain elegance.
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Trentham Estate Reserve Murray Darling Noble Taminga 2014
Posted: November 30, 2021
Excellent combination of lifted fruit, honeyed bottle age and citrusy notes.
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Whistling Kite Classic Riverland Petit Manseng NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Almost caramel in colour with a beautifully aged toasty/honeyed bouquet showing hints of citrus rind. The palate is luscious, creamy and intense with oaky butterscotch flavours.
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Talijancich Wines Swan Valley Pedro Ximenez Liqueur 2007
Posted: November 30, 2021
Intense liqueur nose that is all aged honey, spices and caramel. The luscious creamy palate has a rich and inviting complexity of honey, blackberry and plum flavours.
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Saddler’s Creek Rutherglen VIC & Riverina NSW Muscat NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Complex and concentrated dried fruit/Christmas cake-like aromas. Great palate – rich and focussed with nutty caramel/toffee flavours and excellent spirit selection.
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Saddler’s Creek Riverina NSW Botrytis Semillon 2015
Posted: November 30, 2021
A beautifully aged wine with well developed bottle age. Dried apricot-like bouquet; rich and creamy in the mouth with a complexity of dried stonefruit flavours.
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Ulupna Royal Phoenix Goulburn Valley Fortified Shiraz 2010
Posted: November 30, 2021
Ageing complexity of chocolate, spices and berry fruits and drying tannins.
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Hickinbotham Of Dromana Mornington Peninsula Noble Sauvignon Blanc (375ml) 2017
Posted: November 30, 2021
Complex aromas; all dried fruit and botrytis which follows through onto the attractive, clean and complex palate.
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Allandale Hilltops Botrytis Viognier 2017
Posted: November 30, 2021
Soft and creamy with complex bottle development mixing with apricot botrytis characters.
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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy South Australia Muscat NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive floral muscat lift to the nose with hints of orange peel. The palate is lusciously creamy, sweet and complex and showing aged raisined fruit. Beautifully aged style.
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K1 by Geoff Hardy Autumn Harvest Adelaide Hills Riesling 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very inviting style. Lovely honeyed intensity to the nose with pleasant apricot notes and full flavoured apricot palate. 5+
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Rutherglen Estate Riverina Classic Muscat NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Some intensity of ageing floral fruit fragrances and a full flavoured creamy muscat palate with lightly raisined fruit flavours.
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De Bortoli Show Riverina Liqueur Muscat NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
Very complex and beautifully aged Muscat with excellent green and yellow hues, an indication of quality, and brimming over with intense coffee/toffee and vanilla characters.
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De Bortoli Deen De Bortoli Riverina Botrytis Semillon 2017
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very complex, elegant and well-made wine with lovely vibrancy of glazed fruit/marmalade-like aromas and flavours with hints of figs and lemon-like notes.
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Happs Fortis (500ml) Margaret River Touriga Nacional Tinta Cao Souzao NV
Posted: November 30, 2021
A great dry red fruit nose and well integrated cassis and blackcurrant palate.
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Happs Pale Gold Margaret River Semillon Marsanne 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
A complex nose with honeyed notes and seductively long, fresh and beautifully balanced citrus peel/orange flavours.
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Happs Late Picked Margaret River Verdelho 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lightly coloured with floral citrus aromas and nicely integrated flavours on the palate. 3-5
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Happs White Fuchsia Margaret River Verdelho Semillon Viognier 2017
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lighter style, still fresh with jasmine-like aromatics with similar flavours.
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Mr Riggs The Elder McLaren Vale Fortified Shiraz 2016
Posted: November 30, 2021
Spicy red berry nose and a simple, light and well-balanced tannic palate.
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Mr Riggs Sticky End McLaren Vale Viognier 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very well-made wine with tropical fruit aromas and some botrytis evident that is echoed on the long creamy palate.
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Domaine Tariquet Dernières Grives Côtes de Gascogne Petit Manseng 2017
Posted: November 30, 2021
An attractive straightforward wine with some pleasant botrytis characters.
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Vineyard 28 Geographe Moscato Rosa 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Inviting lifted floral fragrances and a clean fruit driven palate with good acid/sugar balance.
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Trinity Hill Vintage Port Style Hawke’s Bay Touriga Nacional 2016
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive combination of blackberry, licorice, plum and chocolate characters.
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Trinity Hill Vintage Port Style Hawke’s Bay Touriga Francesa 2016
Posted: November 30, 2021
A very dry style that still has freshness and good density of red berry and spicy fruit with good spirit use.
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Truffle Hill Cane Cut Pemberton WA Riesling 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Floral apricot bouquet with butterscotch nuances. Palate has good fruit to acid balance with a citrus fig-like complexity.
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Gapsted Wines Limited Release Alpine Valleys Vintage Touriga 2018
Posted: November 30, 2021
The nose has an inviting lift of berries and spices with a complexity of juicy blackberry fruit flavours and showing good spirit selection with a nice drying tannic finish.
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Gilbert Orange Late Harvest Riesling 2013
Posted: November 30, 2021
A soft lightweight fruity style with nice underlying botrytis on the nose and palate
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Hollick The Nectar Coonawarra Botrytis Riesling (375ml) 2019
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lifted citrus/lemon fruit fragrances. Good sugar, acid and tannin balance on the palate with zesty citrus flavours and botrytis notes.
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