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Reschke Bos Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: March 7, 2023

Cedar fragrances with a violet lift and nicely balanced chocolate/mocha palate with soy-like notes.

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Reschke Vitilus Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: March 7, 2023

A nicely aged chocolaty wine still showing some freshness and vitality.

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Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Spécial Club ‘Grand Terroirs de Chardonnay’ Extra Champagne France Brut 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

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Mount Avoca Cellar Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

An aged savoury style with a brick red hue, spicy tar characters and developed tannins.

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Mesh Classic Release Eden Valley Riesling 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

A powerful yet elegant style of riesling with a flavoursome generosity of developed citrus fruit characters carried by a persistent mineral profile with a lovely palate texture.

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Pol Roger Vintage Brut 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

Flinty green bean characters on the nutty nose and good concentration of fruit flavours with lingering secondary elements.

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Sidewood Chloe Adelaide Hills Cuvée 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

A full, fleshy and flavoursome sparkling with quince/citrus fruit, nice nuttiness and supportive acidity.

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Sidewood Isabella Rose Adelaide Hills Sparkling Pinot Noir 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

A generous full flavoured style with flinty toasty plum-like characters and good bead.

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Peter Lehmann Wines Margaret Barossa Valley Semillon 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

Delightful tight bright aromas just starting to show a hint of development. A classic semillon palate full of flavour with the oak and fruit in seamless balance.

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Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Semillon 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

A beautifully aged bright yellow semillon with many years left in it yet according to the judges. Lots of toasty warm and slightly jubey fruit aromas and flavours.

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Coolangatta Estate Individual Vineyard Wollstonecraft Shoalhaven Coast Semillon 2015

Posted: November 2, 2022

Ripe honeyed tropical bouquet and a seamlessly integrated oily textured palate.

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Gumpara Wines HEXEN Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015

Posted: September 3, 2022

Mushroom/leather-like secondary characters on the nose that is echoed on the soft palate with nicely building tannins.

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Majella Wines GPL68 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: September 3, 2022

Well-made old school style, still holding up well for a 7-year-old. Leafy notes dominate the red fruit.

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Seville Hill TRE Yarra Valley Sangiovese Merlot Cabernet 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Beautiful aged medium bodied chocolaty/peppery wine with red/black fruit elements.

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Sidewood Estate Chloe Cuvee Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Nicely aged sparkling with toasty toffee aromas and full flavoured palate.

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Anderson & Marsh Cantani Alpine Valleys Blanc de Blanc 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

A complex creamy sparkling with nice yeast autolysis, toasty development and a crisp finish.

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Yarravale Reserve Yarra Vale Barbera 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Silky smooth nicely aged wine with earthy plum fruit and a good lick of toasty oak.

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Patrick of Coonawarra P Series Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Soft, complex and mature with a seamless balance of oak and tannins. Great drinking now.

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Plantagenet Aquitaine Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

A fully matured cabernet with subtle aromas and aged chocolaty oak/fruit flavours.

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GPL68 By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Super cool climate herbal style of cabernet showing a freshness of cassis and capsicum characters.

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Giesen The Brothers Marlborough Late Harvest Sauvignon Blanc (750ml) 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Gentle lifted botrytis aromas with a generous, well rounded and full-bodied palate loaded with fruit flavours.

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Trentham Estate Reserve Noble Taminga 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Fruity and floral nose with citrus notes and an elegant, sweet citrus flavour profile.

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Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Botrytis Semillon 2015

Posted: July 21, 2022

Pronounced honeyed varietal aromatics and a long, full-bodied, palate filling the mouth with flavour.

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Sidewood Isabella Rose Adelaide Hills Sparkling Rosé 2015

Posted: May 12, 2022

A serious wine, pinky/bronze in colour with an intense and complex bouquet. Palate is bone dry with a sherbet-like liveliness and a delicate savoury/herbal flavour profile.

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Bendbrook Wines Section 19 Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: May 12, 2022

A soft, mature classic that is rich with varietal fruit and earthy smoky cedar notes add complexity. Drink now.

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Bendbrook Wines Goat Track Reserve Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015

Posted: May 12, 2022

Mulberries and toasty oak on the nose and a balance of blackberry fruit and gentle oak flavours. Plenty of life in it yet!

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Morgan Simpson Wines Plan B McLaren Vale Mataro 2015

Posted: May 12, 2022

Nose still has lively fruit aromas. Soft and velvety in the mouth with lovely integration between the sweet fruit, tannins and acid. Aging well.

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Takatu Matakana Pinot Gris 2015

Posted: April 14, 2022

Maturing superbly, this Matakana (north of Auckland) wine is a lovely mouthful. Light gold, it is mouthfilling, with rich stone-fruit flavours, slightly toasty, bottle-aged notes adding complexity, finely balanced acidity and a smooth, dry, persistent finish. $35

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Gatt Barossa Valley Sparkling Shiraz 2015

Posted: April 14, 2022

Lifted fruity nose with “serious” base material on the complex lifted and slightly sweet palate.

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Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Semillon 2015

Posted: April 14, 2022

Developed aromas of toast and marmalade with great depth of rich orange peel flavours with a crisp line of acid.

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Bream Creek Vineyard Tasmania Cuvee Traditionelle 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Nose and palate sitting in the preserved fruit spectrum. A nicely textured fuller style.

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Bream Creek Vineyard Tasmania Blanc de Blanc 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Super flinty, intoxicating nose – great yeast autolysis evident. Creamy palate loaded with delicious layers of yeast characters and primary fruit. “A joy to drink!”

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Sidewood Chloe Cuvee Adelaide Hills Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Complex wine with layers of nougat and marmalade-like characters. Nice overall flintiness to it.

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Colmar Estate Orange Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

An elegantly built wine with great floral citrussy fruit/yeast autolysis focus and drive.

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Pierre Gimonnet & Fils Cuvée Fleuron Brut 1er Cru France Blanc de Blancs Brut 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

“A tight, flinty, focused, elegant and confident wine,” according to one judge. Nose is like “Nutella on toast!” The palate has powerful hazelnut flavours and a beautiful acid drive.

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Blue Pyrenees Estate Late Disgorged Pyrenees Sparkling Rosé 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Nose has a lift of berry fruit with a softly textured baked apple-like palate.

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Black Stilt Waitaki Valley North Otago Pinot Noir 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

This single-vineyard red is released at five years old. Mature ruby, with a slightly leafy bouquet, it is medium-bodied, with very good depth of spicy, slightly nutty flavour, showing considerable complexity. Ready. $35

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Trentham Reserve Murray Darling Noble Taminga 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Honeyed stonefruit fragrances with nice floral elements. Fleshy mouth-filling sweet fruit flavours. Needs food!

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Taltarni Pyrenees Brut 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Rich tropical bouquet; nice citrus zestiness. Soft mouth-coating flavours, some nice complexity and a long finish.

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Bream Creek Vineyard Tasmania Cuvee Traditionelle 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Light yeasty citrus aromas with nice green apple elements and lovely brioche-like palate with citrusy fruit.

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Tahbilk Museum Release Nagambie Lakes Marsanne 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

Aged buttery toasty bouquet projecting marmalade nuances. Creamy palate still shows balance and persistence with spicy apple crumble-like flavours. Some acid.

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Yarravale Black Label Barbera 2015

Posted: December 3, 2021

A fruit driven nose with dried fruit-like flavour profile on a high acid palate.

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Gumpara HEXEN Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

A provocative mix of mature ripe varietal fruits and mocha elements – very good length and underpinned by lovely bacon bone-like oak and grippy tannins.

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Glenwillow Wines Reserve Bendigo Shiraz 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

Subtle baked fruit aromas and caramel-like maturity on the blue fruit palate. Still has good structure.

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Tempus Two Pewter Hunter Valley Semillon 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

Rich toasty honeyed aromas with typical kero aged notes and floral hints. An excellent lemony/honeydew palate with slight toastiness and great acid persistence.

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Midnight’s Promise Hunter Semillon 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

Still very primary, tightly focused and ageing gracefully.

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The Malleea By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Blend 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

An intense and beautifully structured style that shows the great ageing ability of wines from this region. Very attractive sweet leafy cassis fruit seamlessly integrated with oak.

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Robinvale Wines (ACO) North West Victoria Kerner 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

Developed buttery/toasty lime fragrances with aged peach/melon flavours but still has freshness.

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Flowstone Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Touriga 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

A well-balanced lightweight that still has freshness of fruit with good use of oak.

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Woody Nook Gallaghers Choice Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Posted: December 2, 2021

A six-year-old wine that is holding up well and still showing good cabernet fruit freshness.

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