Posted: June 15, 2017
Vibrant up-front mulberry aromas with savory elements. Big youthful palate with mouthfilling jubey fruit flavours. “Needs 10 years”.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Reserve William Henry Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A clean balanced wine with plenty of zip and lovely muscat-like aromas and flavours.
Comments Off on James Estate Little Sweet One Hunter Valley Sweet White 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A tight uncomplicated chardonnay with a lovely combination of oak and stonefruit aromas. Simple but seamlessly balanced oak/fruit palate has a long drying finish.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Chicken Shed Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A complexity of smoky bacon-like savory aromas with a ripe floral fruit palate that tends to be dominated by the vanillin oak.
Comments Off on Two Rivers Reserve Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A creamy fruit nose and a simple uncomplicated tropical fruit/oak palate. 5+
Comments Off on Mistletoe Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
An excellent, very well made wine with the potential to become a great wine. Has solid lemon fruit characters with a fine minerally line and supported by crisp acid spine. 5+
Comments Off on Allandale Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A crisp greener style – quite simple and needing more time to settle but has the potential to become a great aged semillon.
Comments Off on Allandale Old Vines Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Good off-dry drinking style with bright sherbety nose and slightly oily texture to the palate. Good drinking now. 3-5
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Almost green pea-like characters on the nose with a long strong and well balanced palate with slightly forward fruit characters.
Comments Off on Ernest Hill Cyril Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A big youthful wine with intense grassy/floral fragrances and a warming, upfront fruit, palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Midnight’s Promise Unwooded Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A lovely crisp clean semillon; sound and well balanced with good varietal fruit and lovely acidity to balance. Drinking well now or has excellent cellaring potential. 5+
Comments Off on Two Rivers Stones Throw Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sound leaner zesty style of semillon with flinty like fragrances and a long and drying citrussy palate.
Comments Off on RidgeView Generations Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A sweeter more dessert style with a concentration of apple juice like fruit characters. A sweeter wine made more in a dessert style with an intense concentration of apple juice like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Silvereye Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Smells of green apples with a fuller style palate loaded with powerful citrus/stonefruit flavours. Needs time to settle Plenty of potential.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Reserve Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A minerally style sitting at the green apple end of the spectrum. Has a very long life ahead of it indeed according to the judges.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Home Vineyard Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
An interesting complex combination of lychees and stonefruit with hints of ginger.
Comments Off on Topper’s Mountain Bricolage Blanc New England White Blend 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A simple sweet, well made wine – light bodied with good varietal characteristics.
Comments Off on Two Rivers Hidden Hive Hunter Valley Verdelho 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Intense sweet floral fragrances – “blatantly varietal”, according to one judge. Nicely balanced drier style palate. Good drinking now.
Comments Off on Cassegrain Edition Noir Hastings River Gewurztraminer 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Attractive passionfruit characters on the nose. Crisp palate with upfront fruit. Good acidity.
Comments Off on Topper’s Mountain New England Sauvignon Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Spicy berry fruit somewhat dominated by apricot characters from the viognier. A good drink – well balanced with firm acid backbone.
Comments Off on Bimbagen Hunter Valley Shiraz Viognier 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
A well balanced drier style with an abundance of strawberry fruit, bright spices and some herbal-like characters. Very moreish.
Comments Off on James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Rosé 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Alka Seltzer like nose and some nice fruit on the well balanced, nicely textured, palate.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers Limited Release King Valley Prosecco 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Starting to develop nicely. Lovely complexity of lifted creamy oak aromas and appealing peach/melon flavours with a tangy length.
Comments Off on Spring Mountain Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Elegant and grassy on the nose with hints of melon and lovely tangy freshness to the big rich palate.
Comments Off on Spring Mountain Hunter Valley Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 14, 2017
Black tarry nose, very intense, tarry, chewy, angular tannins. Brooding black fruits.
Comments Off on Clovely Estate Petit Verdot 2013 / 0 View / June 14, 2017
Posted: June 14, 2017
Still fresh and youthful, showing the complexities of 3 years in bottle. Toast and citrus. Very good.
Comments Off on Clovely Estate CMW Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 14, 2017
Posted: June 14, 2017
Inky crimson, perfect ‘rain on hot bitumen’ aromatics backed by sweet, dark brooding fruits. Big wall of tannins.
Comments Off on Ballandean Estate Messing About Saperavi 2013 / 0 View / June 14, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A gorgeous golden wine with a huge concentration of lusciously sweet, but not cloying, tropical fruit characters balanced by the refreshing acidity.
Comments Off on De Beaurepaire Coeur d’Or Mudgee Botrytis Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A powerful, classical and very drinkable desert wine loaded with dried fruit/marmalade complexity with mouthwatering astringency.
Comments Off on Vinifera Easter Mudgee Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Classic aromas here – all candied, musky and floral with lovely, perfectly balanced, orange marmalade fruit sweetness on the delicious palate.
Comments Off on Lowe Nullo Mountain Late Harvest Riesling 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Spicy briary bouquet and an intense and very pleasing palate. Alcohol a tad high but will integrate with time. 3-5
Comments Off on Moppity Vineyards Reserve Hilltops Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Beautiful velvety looking wine with lovely soft fruit aromas and a palate with a surprising amount of acid but it carries the sweet rich flavours across the length of the palate.
Comments Off on Cooks Lot Handpicked Allotment 8 Orange Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
“Very different nose from the rest of the shiraz here”, noted one judge. Rich, earthy, meaty and smoky with similar flavours on the amazingly complex, seamlessly balanced, palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Stockman’s Ridge Central Ranges Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lifted boiled lolly aromas with meaty complexity. A lighter textured palate with soft gentle fruit that carries right across its length. 3-5
Comments Off on Gardners Ground Canowindra Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lovely berry fruit style with hints of rhubarb and spice and showing a few green tinges but will settle into a very pleasing wine.
Comments Off on Centennial Vineyards Reserve Orange Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A delightful nose with complex varietal aromas showing an interesting meaty/earthy backbone. Masses of appealing berry fruit flavours on a lovely rich, well structured palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Moppity Vineyards Lock & Key Reserve Single Vineyard Hilltops Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Deep dark purple wine with a rich concentration of berry aromas showing oaky overtones. Relatively soft palate layered with delicious fruit flavours. A very good example of style. 3-5
Comments Off on Ross Hill Pinnacle Series Orange Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Ripe aromas with interesting watermelon like notes. Palate is a little light but has plenty of fruit and good level of alcohol. Drink early.
Comments Off on Moppity Vineyards Lock & Key Single Vineyard Hilltops Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Fabulous deep purple wine with dense dark fruit aromas. Attractive fruit on the palate. The high level of alcohol will soften with time. 5+
Comments Off on Moppity Vineyards Hilltops Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Cherries, berries and spices on the nose; very shiraz! “Palate is exactly what you would expect”, said one judge. Bright fresh fruit, gentle tannins and no excess alcohol. 3-5
Comments Off on Ross Hill Benny & Taylor Orange Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Rich, dense and compact varietal fruit expression here matched with generous tannins, lifted oak and high level of alcohol. 3-5
Comments Off on Robert Oatley Wild Oats Mudgee Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A bright and appealing cool climate style of shiraz with red berry fruits, some chocolaty notes and firm tannin backbone. 3-5
Comments Off on Robert Stein Reserve Mudgee Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
“Lots of oomph here”. Subtle aromas that will open up with time and generous fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Montrose Black Mudgee Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Dense purple hues with a slightly shy, for now, berry nose. The bright fresh palate has good varietal fruit impact, high alcohol and raw grippy tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Moppity Vineyards Eclipse Hilltops Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
An elegant but generous shiraz that is, according to one judge,” Balance personified”. A great package with a spicy briary bouquet and excellent intense varietal fruit expression on the palate.
Comments Off on Philip Shaw No. 89 Orange Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
The soft elegant berry fruit bouquet has a lovely delicate floral lift. The palate has plenty of length and offers a big mouthful of elegant varietal fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Centennial Vineyards Reserve Orange Shiraz Viognier 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Dried fruit characters on the nose with hints of leather and spice. Shiraz fruit obvious on the palate, no aggressive tannins and a rich fruit kick on the finish. “A great package”. 3-5
Comments Off on Burnbrae Mudgee Shiraz Viognier 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Brightly coloured with soft gentle spicy berry aromas and different types of characters on the palate. Pleasant dusty oak finish. 5+
Comments Off on Twisted River Cool Climate Central Ranges Shiraz Viognier 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Beautiful berries, forest fruits and chocolaty oak lift off the nose. A superb palate; fine and elegant with very good cabernet fruit impression and a fair bit of alcohol heat.
Comments Off on Pankhurst Wines Dorothy May Canberra District Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017