Ridgeback Paarl Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Quite rustic on the nose with a long, seamlessly silky palate with elegant flavours.
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Rust En Vrede Estate Vineyard Stellenbosch Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Smells of plums and mulberries with a hint of Bonox-like yeasty characters. Powerful varietal fruit concentration and persistence on the palate.
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Wildekrans Bot River Pinotage 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A soft juicy style of wine with a slight perfumed lift to the nose and lots of fleshy raspberry flavours on the mid-weight palate.
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Longview Saturnus Adelaide Hills Nebbiolo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A complex savory wine with sweet leathery characters and hints of coffee beans.
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Lou Miranda Estate Individual Vineyard Barossa Valley Sagrantino 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Interesting aromas; dark chocolate and charry oak. Nicely textured palate, lovely flavour profile, tight acid and mouthcoating tannins.
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Heathvale Vineyard The Belief Eden Valley Sagrantino 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Dark berry nose with a jammy edge and rich syrupy palate with firm tannin structure.
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Hollick Hollaia Wrattonbully Sangiovese Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nose is intense and savory. Palate has lovely concentration of coffee-like flavours edged with dried herbs.
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Cappa Stone Wines Sangiovese 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Smells of dried herbs and plums with a lean palate full of lifted red fruit flavours.
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Byrne Family Limited Release Clare Valley Sangiovese 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Great concentration of dark fruit, dried herbs and black olive aromas. Richly flavoured palate; long, generous and seamlessly balanced with lovely textured tannins. 5+
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Whistling Kite Biodynamic Wine Riverland Montepulciano 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Intense purple colour. Subtle ‘Cherry Ripe’ bouquet and soft generous spicy red cherry flavours layered with rich oak characters. 5+
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Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy South Australia Montepulciano 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Easy drinker with subtle floral fruit fragrances and fine mouthcoating tannins on the dark cherry palate.
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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Montepulciano 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A very dense flavoursome wine with earthy/floral fragrance and big firm palate with great length and persistence. The freshness of the acid is keeping the palate ‘shape’. 5+
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Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy Limestone Coast Lagrein 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
An intense beautifully balanced wine with spicy blackcurrant aromas and lovely dark berry/licorice flavours with drying tannins. 5+
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Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy Limestone Coast Dolcetto 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Intoxicating fragrances of spices, cloves, violets and blueberries. “Yummy” palate offering a mouthful of dark juicy cherry flavours with balancing acid and soft tannins.
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Art Wine Clare Valley Graciano 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Spicy brambly fragrances; leathery notes. Palate is fresh and bright with spicy/sweet fruit and generous mouthfeel
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919 Riverland Touriga 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Cooked fruit nose developing leathery notes. Warming palate with cherries and spice from start to finish.
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919 Riverland Tempranillo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Menthol characters dominate the nose and palate; savory fruits underneath and grippy tannins.
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Freeman Altura Vineyard Hilltops NSW Tempranillo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A drying savory wine with a chocolaty/berry nose and complex red berry palate.
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El Toro Macho Utiel Requena Spain Tempranillo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Simple spicy plum nose with a touch of spice and good varietal palate. Well focused tannins.
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Art Wine Clare Valley Tempranillo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Aged leathery characters developing on the stemmy/brambly nose. Ripe fruit palate has a stemmy edge and warm finish.
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Stella Bella Margaret River Tempranillo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Dark fruits and herbs on the nose with mocha highlights and warm/grippy sweet/sour palate.
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Gapsted Wines Limited Release King Valley Tempranillo 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
Savory nose; some age developing. Dry savory palate with tannins and fruit seamlessly integrated and bottle age adds complexity.
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Carlin de Paolo Terre Alfieri Italy Arneis 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A savory wine with citrussy notes and yeast autolysis adding to the complexity.
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Andreola Dirupo Superiore Brut Valdobbiadene Prosecco 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A well made, somewhat simple wine but has a lovely complexity of aromas and flavours which includes apple and citrus characters.
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Parous Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A complexity of blackberries and licorice on the nose and layers of flavour on the rich, creamy and silky smooth palate.
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