Posted: June 9, 2017
Red berry nose with slight meaty notes and a vibrant juicy fruit palate with good oak support.
Comments Off on Woody Nook Killdog Creek Margaret River Tempranillo 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Smells of the forest floor with hints of strawberries. Good length of jammy fruit flavours. Silky tannins.
Comments Off on Silkwood Leaf Pemberton Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Vibrant lifted ripe fruit/toasty oak nose. Soft red fruit palate with ‘rustic’ tannins and high acidity.
Comments Off on Millbrook Pemberton Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A compote of strawberry aromas and delicate flavours with a bright line of acidity.
Comments Off on Silkwood Pemberton Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Bright black cherry-like varietal fruit characters with some new oak evident and stemmy-like tannins.
Comments Off on 3 Drops Great Southern Pinot Noir 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A delicious old school style of chardonnay; seamless and slippery with excellent integration and complexity of fruit and oak characters. Lovely long lingering finish.
Comments Off on Millbrook Limited Release Western Australia Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A very well made wine with developed nougat-like characters on the nose and long stonefruit palate with subtle oak.
Comments Off on Thompson Estate Margaret River Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A complex, fresh and very rich style with a lovely lifted bacony oak bouquet and a tight oak palate with some great peach/stonefruit-like varietal fruit.
Comments Off on Talisman Gabrielle Ferguson Valley Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
An interesting, long, textured and layered wine. Powerful dried herb fruit with a lemony lift, barrel ferment and integrated oak and acid.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Great Southern Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lovely long seamlessly integrated flavoursome wine with a pleasant phenolic grip.
Comments Off on Sandalford Estate Reserve Margaret River Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Pungent style with a certain funkiness. Has some tropical/citrus fruit freshness and nice, well handled, oak adding complexity.
Comments Off on Killerby Margaret River Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Stunning concentration of citrussy/stonefruit aromas with similar characters on the very tight, dry palate showing bacony/spicy oak complexity and a nice ripe edge.
Comments Off on Xanadu Margaret River Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lovely big lifted complexity of powerful fruit aromas on the flinty nose and a very fine, seamlessly integrated, youthful palate with great purity of varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Paul Conti Margaret River Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Good integration of bright primary fruit and subtle oak with some development happening.
Comments Off on Gilberts Handpicked Mount Barker Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Creamy tropical nose and complex creamy palate that has balance and length.
Comments Off on Arlewood Estate La Bratta Margaret River White Blend 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A good drink in the stonefruit/tropical spectrum and starting to show some development.
Comments Off on Sandalford Estate Reserve Margaret River Verdelho 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A creamy nose starting to show some toasty development. Creamy in the mouth with high acid tones.
Comments Off on Yilgarnia Denmark Semillon 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lighter pale pink style. Some citrus and strawberries on the nose with delicate red berry flavours and tight acidity.
Comments Off on Saracen Estates Margaret River Rosé 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
An attractive wine in the leafy/lantana-like spectrum with balance of fruit, acid and sugar.
Comments Off on Ridgeback Paarl Chenin Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Big and rich and already showing some development. Ripe fruit aromas and a lovely toasty tropical palate.
Comments Off on Stellenrust Barrel Fermented Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Powerful aromatic bouquet with some lovely toasty oak nuances. The oak driven palate is long and layered with an abundance of varietal fruit to match the oak.
Comments Off on Spier 21 Gables Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Huge oaky influence with a nutty lift to the nose and a balanced palate; some sweetness.
Comments Off on Oldenburg Vineyards Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A big soft intensely rich style some honeysuckle notes on nose and a woody palate with an oily texture.
Comments Off on Laibach The Ladybird Western Cape White Blend 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Attractive grassiness on the nose with hints of tropical flavours on the mid-palate.
Comments Off on Lomond Vineyards Cape Agulhas Sugarbush Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
An attractive, elegant, perfumed style. Some phenolics and lots of acid.
Comments Off on Glen Carlou South Africa Sauvignon Blanc 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lovely fleshy/earthy/smoky style of shiraz with cherries and spices on the nose and a juicy concentration of sweet fruit on the slippery palate. Grainy tannin finish.
Comments Off on Beau Belle Cooper Stellenbosch Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Vibrant salmon pink colour, amazing freshness on the nose and fleshy fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Strandveld First Sighting Elim Shiraz Rosé 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Blood plums on the nose with a floral lift and lovely fleshy palate with a good tannin kick.
Comments Off on La Petite Ferme Franschhoek Merlot 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Attractive spiciness to the berry/plum bouquet with good chewy flavour persistence on a somewhat austere palate.
Comments Off on Guardian Peak Western Cape Merlot 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A subdued nose with a long and nicely textured palate showing subtle flavours.
Comments Off on Aaldering Stellenbosch Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Ripe toasty tinned peach-like characters on the nose and a big rich palate with lovely brioche-like yeast autolysis and flinty slatey acidity. Made in a Meursault-like style.
Comments Off on Glen Carlou South Africa Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Full ripe melon aromas and an austere palate. High acidity. Good food wine.
Comments Off on La Petite Ferme Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Leafy herbal bouquet with a spicy lift and simple but well made spicy/stalky palate.
Comments Off on Stellenrust Since 1928 Stellenbosch Pinotage 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Bright chocolaty nose and long slippery plum/mulberry palate with a long tannin backbone. 5+
Comments Off on Spier Signature Western Cape Pinotage 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Raisined fruit aromas – soft and charry in the mouth with rich fruit and tannin persistence
Comments Off on Zonnenbloem Stellenbosch Pinotage 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Elegant leafy/spicy aromas with slight meaty notes which is echoed on the austere palate.
Comments Off on Beyerskloof Western Cape Pinotage 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nice blackberry/wine gum vibrancy on the nose with excellent sweet beetroot like flavours and quite high level of acidity.
Comments Off on Ridgeback SGMV Paarl Red Blend 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A minty rhubarb nose with a lovely perfumed lift and a well balanced palate with plumy fruit and good level of acid.
Comments Off on La Petite Ferme Franschhoek Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Not a complex wine but it’s well structured with some yeastiness, citrussy fruit and bright acid.
Comments Off on House of Cards The Royals Margaret River Blanc de Blancs 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A lovely fragrant complexity of plums, spices, tar and violets lift out the glass while the rich, plump flavoursome palate shows a powerful tannic backbone.
Comments Off on Cordero di Montezemolo Langhe Nebbiolo 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lifted floral nose and good depth of cherry flavours. Excellent tannin/acid structure. 5+
Comments Off on Trentham La Famiglia Murray Darling Nebbiolo 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Spicy oak bouquet and oak driven palate with ripe fruit and powerful grainy tannins.
Comments Off on Lou Miranda Estate Individual Vineyard Barossa Valley Sagrantino 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Nose of leather and spice with vibrant juicy cherry/raspberry palate. Some obvious oak.
Comments Off on Gibson Discovery Road Barossa Tempranillo 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Spicy oak and cherries on the nose with obvious oak on the beautifully textured palate with its lovely chalky tannins.
Comments Off on La Curio New World Order McLaren Vale Sangiovese 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lovely soft easy drinking style – deep purple colour with dark fruit and black olive elements.
Comments Off on Renzo Masi & C. Rufina Chianti 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lifted cherry berry bouquet and ripe cherry flavours with pretty hints of violets.
Comments Off on Vigna Bottin McLaren Vale Sangiovese 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
Interesting funky fragrances and soft, mid-weight palate with cherry flavours and light tannins.
Comments Off on Nicholson River Winery Gippsland Sangiovese 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
A dense rich cherry and chocolate style of wine with lovely lifted floral aromas, firm tannins and a good oak drive.
Comments Off on Whistling Kite Riverland Montepulciano 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017
Posted: June 9, 2017
An easy drinking style with nice balance of black olive, strawberry and violet varietal characters.
Comments Off on Handcrafted by Geoff Hardy Langhorne Creek Primitivo 2013 / 0 View / June 9, 2017