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Banyandah Macedon Ranges Pinot Gris 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Layered and interesting with a hint of development and fresh pear and apple fruit characters.

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Trentham Estate La Famiglia Murray Darling Pinot Grigio 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

An attractive wine with lifted estery aromas and bright citrus fruit flavours with crisp acidity.

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Brangayne of Orange Orange Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Ripe, long and well balanced with some sweet/sour characters and delicate floral notes.

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Sileni The Straits Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Pretty floral/citrus aromas and sweet upfront lightly tropical palate with good acid balance, slight grippiness and alcohol warmth.

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The Wine Society Premium Selection Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Lovely green gooseberry aromas and complex herbal palate with light tropical persistence.

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Ninth Island Northern Tasmania Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A different style with glace fruit notes to the herbal nose and spicy mouthfilling flavours.

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Gotham Clare Valley Riesling 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Already developed and toasty wine but enjoyable and ready for drinking now.

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Eden Hall Eden Valley Riesling 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Nice toasty development on the nose and very limey upfront flavours with toasty notes.

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Jacob’s Creek Reserve Barossa Riesling 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A fine delicate style with a floral lift to the nose and loads of fresh citrus/floral flavours.

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Tomich Icons of Woodside Q96 Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A mellow bouquet of melons and oak and well integrated varietal oak/peach palate.

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Heritage Estate Petite White Muscat a Petits Grains Granite Belt Muscat 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Described as, “A painted lady”, by one judge. Elegant and fruity with a perfumed/rose petal bouquet and great flavour persistence.

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Trentham Family Reserve Tasmania Chardonnay 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Toasty sweet nutty aromas and soft and flavoursome palate offering a lovely long lingering mouthful of nutty citrus flavours. 3-5

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Trentham La Famiglia Murray Darling Nebbiolo 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A Chianti like quaffer with a fresh fruit bowl of a nose and sweet berry fruit palate with super drying tannins.

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Barristers Block The Bully Wrattonbully Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Seamlessly integrated aromas and an elegant and youthful palate with some stylish sweet vanillin oak matched by spicy plum fruit.

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Leconfield McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Raw, lean and green style of shiraz with some well integrated flavours of youthful oak and spicy berry fruit.

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Leconfield Coonawarra Merlot 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Huge ripe bouquet smelling of black cherries and plums with violet overtones. Pristine, velvety smooth, palate with nicely retained spicy plum flavours. Excellent oak to balance. 5+

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Crush Western Australia Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Interesting! Has a smoky/fruit salad nose and austere green herbaceous flavours. 3-5

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Craggy Range Gimblett Gravels Vineyard Hawke’s Bay Chardonnay 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Light fruit nose overlaid with walnuts. Interesting peachy palate developing toffee notes.

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Ryder Clare Valley Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Pleasant fruit cake-like characters on the nose and lovely rich sweet plum and toasty oak flavours with a touch of tar.

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Ryder Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Nice fresh varietal lift to the sweet fruit nose. Tightly structured palate with lovely fresh fruit and balancing oak. Just needs time.

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Stockman’s Ridge Wines Rider Orange Pinot Noir 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A classy style of pinot with lifted varietal fruit aromas and elegant stalky dark fruit flavours showing spicy notes.

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Beresford Beacon Hill South Australia Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Rich ripe tropical bouquet and slightly warm, off-dry palate that’s balanced and long.

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Bream Creek Tasmania Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Nettle vibrancy to the melon nose with flinty mineral elements. Long seamlessly integrated palate – soft in the mouth – with flinty cut grass flavours and lingering acidity.

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Kirrihill Wines Vineyard Selection Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Pretty florals on the nose and silky smooth palate with sweet tropical fruit flavours with good acid backbone.

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Majella Coonawarra Riesling 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Smells of orange blossoms with a long flavoursome gooseberry palate and some toasty notes developing.

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Lost Buoy The Edge McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Another wine with lovely purple hues. Solid mocha oak and blackberry bouquet. A tight palate with great tannin structure and texture and big hit of sour cherry flavours.

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Taylors St Andrews Single Vineyard Release Clare Valley Chardonnay 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Beautifully complex oaky nose with lovely hazelnut overtones. The classy palate is very well structured and displays great depth of hazelnut and honeycomb flavours with great use of oak.

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Clarence Hill Adelaide Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A dense integration of cassis fruit and toasty oak on nose and palate. Drink now or cellar it. 3-5

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K1 by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Huge dense porty nose and big mocha and berry palate – youthful with nice integration of stalky/savory/cedary flavours. 5+

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Langhorne Creek Teroldego 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Dense purple, almost black, wine that’s young, strong and dry and needing some age.

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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy GSM McLaren Vale Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Lovely rich spicy confectionery nose with soft generous sweet and spicy fruit flavours. Drinking well now.

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Pepperwood Shiraz Jazz Capel Western Australia Shiraz Grenache 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A very youthful peppery fresh wine with lots of sweet red fruit and drying oak.

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Frog Belly Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Green Lantana bush like bouquet and a complexity of herbaceous flavours in the stalky green spectrum. Very well made. 3-5

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Fermoy Estate Margaret River Semillon 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

“Definitely smells like a mown lawn”, said one judge. The palate is stylish and seamlessly balanced and delivers developing soft creamy flavours with a firm finish. Drink now!

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Myattsfield Vineyards Dudley Perth Hills Durif 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A huge varietal “built for heroes”, according to one judge. Powerful nose and muscular palate.

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Myattsfield Vineyards Perth Hills Shiraz Mourvedre Viognier 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A simple pleasant quaffer with solid plum fruit well balanced with the oak.

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Oakover White Label Swan Valley Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Full developing melony nose and good savory palate with a light grassy/melon touch. 3-5

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Jane Brook Estate Shovelgate Vineyard Margaret River Malbec 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Pretty perfumed/violet aromas with a palate that has some well handled fresh oak complimenting the soft sweet spicy fruit.

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Mudgee Wines Mudgee Verdelho 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Sweet and simple with a melon pulp nose and good length of tropical fruit flavours with some grip and clean finish.

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Capel Vale Black Label Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Lovely dense purple wine with excellent rich blackcurrant and mulberry-like fruit characters seamlessly integrated with sweet fresh oak. Another one for the cellar. 5+

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Taylors Reserve Parcel Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A very classy, tightly structured, cabernet that offers excellent cellaring potential. Smells of blackberries with a hint of mint. Lovely depth of pristine clean varietal flavours. 5+

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Taylors Reserve Parcel Clare Valley Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Dense purple colour with beautiful and powerful mulberry/blackberry varietal fruit characters seamlessly integrated with some great charry oak, ripe tannins and excellent acidity.

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Taylors Eighty Acres South Australia Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A classic Aussie style. Excellent young nectarine and red berry-like varietal fruit with excellent oak integration.

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Eldredge Vineyards Blue Chip Clare Valley Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Very big ripe rich fruit cake like aromas with a hint of mint. Good cool climate palate structure with spicy varietal characters, ripe tannins and drying oak.

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Harcourt Valley Vineyards Heathcote Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Solid fruit/oak nose and very big jammy palate with a warming alcohol finish.

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Ernest Hill Reserve Andrew Watson Hunter Valley Tempranillo 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Dense purple wine with Cherry Ripe like aromas and more of a savory palate. “Give it 4-6 years”, said one judge.

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Drayton’s Family Vineyards Vineyard Reserve Pokolbin Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Closed, tight and lean and smelling of black olives with a very good savory style of palate.

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Ernest Hill Shareholders Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A traditional Hunter shiraz with savory/meaty fragrances and raspberry fruit peeking through and similar palate with tight tannins.

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RidgeView Impressions Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

A savory old fashioned style – be great with food. Tight closed aromas but loads of intense cherry like flavours with savory elements and good acid. “Has another 10 years yet”, said two judges.

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Midnight’s Promise Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013

Posted: June 15, 2017

Vibrant purple red colour. Lovely big lift of candied fruit fragrances underscored by bacon like oak nuances. Dark chocolaty characters dominate the big tannic palate.

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