Boschendal Groot Drakenstein Shiraz 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lifted pungent fruit aromas and ripe roasted characters on the palate; bordering on porty.
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Rustenberg Five Soldiers Stellenbosch Chardonnay 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Buttery toasty nose layered with ripe melon/peach fruit and some funky compledxity. Restrained nutty palate is covered in wood but there is some excellent fruit punching through.
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Aaldering Stellenbosch Pinotage 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Berries, plums and chocolate lift out the glass and the palate shows powerful ripe fruit flavours matched by big chewy tannins.
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Rust En Vrede Estate Stellenbosch Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
A clean, bright wine in excellent condition. It has a spicy berry fruit lift to the nose and a juicy fresh red currant palate with very firm tannins. Plenty of life left in it yet.
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Glen Carlou Grand Classique South Africa Cabernet Blend 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
A complexity and intensity of berry fruit and tannins with some bottle age characters.
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Plaisir de Merle Paarl Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Spicy/minty blackberry bouquet. Big rich chewy palate loaded with lovely fleshy cabernet flavours and a tannic finish.
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Santa Sofia Superiore Valpolicella Italy Ripasso Nebbiolo 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Barnyard like characters on the nose and simple palate with good weight and length.
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Famiglia Pasqua IGT Passimento Nebbiolo 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
A very concentrated mélange of clove, coffee, black fruit and olive aromas. Fleshy and juicy in the mouth with spice red cherry flavours layered with gamey elements, 5.
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Preston Peak QLD Sagrantino 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Subdued spicy chocolaty aromas and intense tannic palate full of spicy red fruit flavours.
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Myattsfield Vineyards Western Australia Mourvèdre 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Gamey notes to the spicy nose. Dense and brooding palate with a tannic finish.
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919 Riverland Tempranillo 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Aromas of mocha and plums, developing dark plum flavours, nice oak and drying tannins.
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Glandore Regional Series Hunter Valley Tempranillo 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
A herbal green nose with a hint of spice and savory chocolaty varietal palate with a powerful tannic drive.
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Paringa Estate The Paringa Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Green nettles and spicy oak on the nose and firm creamy palate with lots of flavour persistence and good use of oak.
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Bream Creek Tasmania Chardonnay 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Toasty spicy oak nose. Soft, round and creamy in the mouth and showing some ‘real’ age.
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Nocton Vineyard Estate Coal River Valley Chardonnay 2011
Posted: June 9, 2017
Cheesy minerally complexity to the melon/pineapple nose. Excellent fruit intensity on the palate with supporting oak.
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James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: May 14, 2017
A generous toasty buttery style developing nicely with citrus notes to the nose and juicy sweet mid palate. 3-5
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Gartelmann Benjamin Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: May 14, 2017
Toasty savory aromas showing nice secondary characters developing. Soft generous palate structure brimming over with buttered toast and lemon curd flavours. 3-5
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Wicks Estate Sparkling Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2011
Posted: April 28, 2017
Complex, nicely ageing nose with subtle florals underneath. Sound palate; good weight, balance and structure and subtle but delicious brioche/hazelnut flavours.
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Bowhouse Vineyard Apres Adelaide Hills Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2011
Posted: April 28, 2017
Pleasing fruit and yeast derived characters of cut apple and bready influence.
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Brygon Reserve Wines Old Vine Margaret River Chardonnay 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
A lovely restrained and elegant wine with great varietal fruit and subtle toasty oak. Good for its age with further ageing potential. 5+
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Brygon Reserve Wines Small Batch Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
A mix of leather and tobacco aromas on the savoury nose. Warm in the mouth and full of ripe black fruit flavours. 3-5
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Brygon Reserve Wines Private Bin Block 8 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Subtle blend of olives, tobacco leaf and minty aromas. Excellent palate; lots of cigar box oak. 5+
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Epitome Margaret River Chardonnay 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Nutty toasty complexity to the nose. Creamy in the mouth with sweet ripe peach flavours. 3-5
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Loveblock Bone Dry Marlborough Riesling 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Beautifully ageing riesling with toffee/brown lime bouquet and rich rounded and weighty palate with citrus sherbet -like flavours.
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Patrick Aged Coonawarra Riesling 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
A lovely drink with toasty lemon curd nose and delicious citrus driven palate with a hint of botrytis-like characters.
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Paddy Borthwick Right Hand New Zealand Pinot Noir 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
This rare wine (70 cases) was estate-grown in the Wairarapa and made by Paddy Borthwick, an ‘intuitive, impulsive’, right-handed vigneron. Showing light, slightly developed colour, it is fairly similar to its Left Hand stablemate (above), but slightly more herbal, in…
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Paddy Borthwick Left Hand New Zealand Pinot Noir 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Estate-grown in the Wairarapa, this rare wine (70 cases) gave left-handed winemaker Braden Crosby the chance to express his ‘logical, precise’ approach. Bright, light ruby, it is a ‘feminine’ style, with plum, cherry, spice and nut flavours, showing good complexity…
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Pooles Rock Tasmania Pinot Noir 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Warm and earthy with dark fruits, some leathery notes and refreshing acidity. 5+
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Bream Creek Tasmania Pinot Noir 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Light bodied lolly-like fruit with good spice fragrances and softly balanced palate. 5+
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Ridgeview Impressions Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Tight, youthful and slightly closed nose. Light, well structured, palate with good length of flavour. Will shine with more age. 5+
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James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Good old style Hunter shiraz with smoky oak dominating the nose. The palate is soft and elegant with berry cherry flavours and a relatively soft finish. 3-5
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Pokolbin Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
A beautifully concentrated and brooding style of shiraz. Nose shows some candied-like fruit aromas and there’s great depth of fruit flavours on the firm and grippy tannic palate. 5+
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James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Dense berry aromas and flavours layered with earthy notes and cigar box oak.
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James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Merlot 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
A lighter style with soft merlot fruit aromas and earthy plum flavours.
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Topper’s Mountain Wild Ferment New England Tempranillo 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Spicy fruit nose with slight mintiness. Intriguing palate; intense varietal flavours with some earthiness. “Needs meat”, said one. 3-5
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Pokolbin Estate Ken Bray Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Developed honeyed nose with very ripe intense fruit aromas. Rich concentration of tropical fruit flavours balanced with tight acid. Delivering perfect drinking right now!
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James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: April 26, 2017
Intensely fruity and ripe tropical wine with lovely golden hues and light honeyed age starting to show. Drinking very well now but has many years left in it yet for cellaring.
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Walter Wines Federation Hill Mudgee Cabernet Shiraz 2011
Posted: April 20, 2017
A berry bouquet with a tinge of eucalypt. Very elegant palate structure with aged earthy cedary flavours and strong tannin profile.
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Coolangatta Estate Wollstonecraft Shoalhaven Coast Semillon 2011
Posted: April 20, 2017
Very good fragrant lemon varietal expression to the nose. Opens up on the palate to fruit pastille-like flavours with touch of honey. Gentle finish. Has many more years left in it yet. 5+
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Loveblock Bone Dry Marlborough Riesling 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
Fleshy, ripe and rounded. Citrusy and toasty, with a complex, faintly honeyed bouquet. Maturing gracefully. $25 (A)
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Echelon Spy Valley Marlborough Methode 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
Lively, with good depth of citrusy, slightly nutty flavours and a dry finish. Some old oak barrel notes and well-judged acidity. $37
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RidgeView Impressions Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
Ageing gracefully with subtle leathery aromas and intense powerful butterscotch palate.
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Poole’s Rock Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
A complex nose with a delicate lift of citrus blossom. Amazing flavour intensity on the palate, crisp acidity and great complexity of secondary characters evolving.
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Pokolbin Estate Ken Bray Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
Developed honeyed aromas and an aged toasty palate with hints of botrytis. At its peak.
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Tyrrell’s Wines Stevens Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Semillon 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
A classic Hunter semillon drinking beautifully now but has years of cellaring potential ahead of it. An awesome palate offering a huge whack of developed toasty citrus flavours.
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Pokolbin Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz Viognier 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
Powerful spicy raspberry nose with an apricot element. It’s long, lush and creamy in the mouth with plump fruit flavours.
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Topper’s Mountain Wild Ferment New England Tempranillo 2011
Posted: April 5, 2017
Full bodied and balanced with lifted spicy red fruit aromas and lively dark berry flavours.
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