Posted: November 2, 2022
Very developed semillon but in a good way. Gorgeous buttery toasty nose and a generosity of toasty citrus flavours with lovely bottle age characters.
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Posted: April 14, 2022
A beautiful wine, super complex with buttered toast and lemon curd-like characters showing a lovely, honeyed edge. A great drink with a long lingering toasty finish.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Toasty bouquet with a lemony lift and a flinty thread. Fabulous buttery lemon flavour profile with great toasty characters. “A very nice wine,” said one judge.
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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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Posted: December 10, 2019
Beautiful buttery aromas with a lemony thread. Great honeyed aged characters on the solid well-balanced palate. Excellent example of an aged semillon.
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Posted: September 4, 2019
Brooding chocolaty fruit cake of a nose. Great palate, very Portuguese in style, with good integration of the spirit.
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Posted: September 4, 2019
Very developed nutty nose and a complex somewhat maderised and tannic palate.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2007 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: July 3, 2019
Broad, sweet and luscious style with lifted chocolaty intensity to the leathery/cigar box nose and great mouthful of honey sweet fruit with good spirit selection.
Comments Off on Morris Wines VP Rutherglen Vintage Fortified 2007 / 0 View / July 3, 2019
Posted: November 7, 2018
Remarkably fresh for an eleven-year-old! A real “wow” factor to the nose with its pretty floral and citrus aromas and showing great balance to the crisp, clean and elegant palate.
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Posted: October 4, 2018
Very appealing complexity of developed nutty, roasted, buttery aromas. Lovely fine bead and a creamy palate layered with stonefruit flavours and great balancing acidity.
Comments Off on Champagne Deutz William Deutz Champagne Champagne 2007 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very complex yeasty toasty bouquet with soy-like notes and a perfumed strawberry lift. A big generous and developed palate with slightly sweet dosage level.
Comments Off on Charles De Cazanove Brut Tradition Champagne France Champagne 2007 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Very rich aged aromas – a lovely concentration of toasty citrus fruit and light kero notes. Aged honeyed palate that still has powerful varietal expression and some light acid. 5+
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Hunter Valley Riesling 2007 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: November 9, 2017
A tight, complex and “energetic” style with a delicate yeasty/nutty bouquet and hints of white fruit flavours on the palate. Oak evident and some great acidity.
Comments Off on Kreglinger Vintage Cuvée Tasmania Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2007 / 0 View / November 9, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
Complex toasty developed nose. Interesting development on the very rich orchard fruit filled palate with yeasty notes.
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Posted: June 30, 2017
Complex toasty developed nose. Interesting development on the very rich orchard fruit filled palate with yeasty notes.
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Posted: June 30, 2017
Complex but restrained aromas with an earthy lift. Very soft palate; zesty and fresh and showing lovely varietal fruit and tobacco oak.
Comments Off on McGuigan The Shortlist Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Rich golden hues and restrained slatey lemon bouquet. The velvety palate has great elegance and finesse and has lovely Granny Smith apple and citrus-like flavours. “Awesome!” 5+
Comments Off on Arras Grand Vintage Tasmania Methode Traditionelle 2007 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Appealing mix of glace lemon, honey and brioche-like aromas with a lovely complexity and length of rich toffee, roasted cashew and citrussy flavours. Well supported by the acidity. 5+
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Posted: June 16, 2017
Varietal, rich, lifted, intense nose. Some leafy notes. Bright, fresh and lively, holding age beautifully.
Comments Off on Ridgemill Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2007 / 0 View / June 16, 2017
Posted: June 16, 2017
Classic toasty/kero development to the nose and beautifully textured palate with loads of buttery flavours layered with very pure and delicate citrussy fruit.
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Posted: June 15, 2017
Leafy red berry aroma and good length
Comments Off on Sirromet Wines St Jude’s Rd Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A big dark mysterious developed pinot still has acid and tannins surprisingly intact.
Comments Off on Lime Rock Central Hawkes Bay Pinot Noir 2007 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Aged kero-like notes to the lemon butter nose and very sweet fuller style of palate with cumquat-like flavours.
Comments Off on Catalina Ridge Coonawarra Riesling 2007 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Light but complex nose smelling of lemons and brioche with similar characters on the palate.
Comments Off on Deutz Blanc de Blancs France Champagne 2007 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Aged apple aromas with rustic touches and soft, complex and well balanced palate.
Comments Off on Gatt Wines Single Vineyard High Eden Sparkling Shiraz 2007 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A beautifully aged sparkling. Plenty of toasty oak characters on the nose and nice creamy texture in the mouth.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Joy Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2007 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Holding its age very well. The wine has interesting chocolaty/licorice characters and fine tannins.
Comments Off on Le Buche Mememto Olivi Toscana IGT Sangiovese Shiraz 2007 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: May 14, 2017
Buttery toasty nose layered with lemon curd and coffee grind-like characters. Soft, gentle and viscous palate with generous toasty lemon curd flavours. Some nice oiliness developing.
Comments Off on Alkoomi Wandoo Frankland River Semillon 2007 / 0 View / May 14, 2017
Posted: May 14, 2017
Flinty lime cordial bouquet with hints of spice and showing a typical European like Hessian character. Delicious, generous and rich but gentle and elegant lemon curd like flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2007 / 0 View / May 14, 2017
Posted: April 28, 2017
“Full in your face nose – smells of dumplings”. Beautifully ageing toasty nutty palate.
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Posted: April 26, 2017
A fully developed deep dark earthy wine for drinking now. Toffee mocha characters on the nose with developed fruit flavours. 5+
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A wine that has elegance, freshness and complexity with loads of lovely yeast autolysis on the complex nutty nose. Lovely strawberry and cream palate. Fine mousse. Lemony acidity.
Comments Off on Champagne Philipponnat Grand Blanc France Champagne 2007 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Rich aged hues with lovely toasty development dominating the nose. The palate is lean, tight and long with excellent structure and a complexity of toasty/nutty fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Arras Grand Vintage Tasmania Sparkling 2007 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Big, solid and ripe with aged fruit aromas and masses of oak. Very good palate development with a long core of raspberry fruit characters. Drinking well now.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Streeton Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2007 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 3, 2017
A rich complex wine layered with still fresh fruit flavours layered with lingering aged honeyed notes and good line of acid.
Comments Off on Preston Peak Granite Belt Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2007 / 0 View / April 3, 2017