Reillys Wines Sangiovese 2016
Posted: March 7, 2023
Plum jam nose and almost raisin-like fruit characters on the palate with masses of tannins.
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Mosquito Hill Wines Southern Fleurieu Chardonnay 2016
Posted: March 7, 2023
Pleasantly matured, golden honeyed wine with nicely evolved flavours. Very drinkable!
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Lights Valley Colonel Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: March 7, 2023
Mature leathery edge to the lifted plum fruit varietal characters. Nice soft tannins.
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Firetail Margaret River Sparkling Chardonnay 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
A fresh and complex; toasty and flinty style with a racy acid drive. Many more years left in it yet.
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Jansz Single Vineyard Vintage Tasmania Sparkling Chardonnay 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Good core and concentration of citrus fruit with nice autolysis and aged characters.
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Pewsey Vale Vineyard The Contours Eden Valley Riesling 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Amazingly elegant, floral and fragrant for a six-year-old. Has complex layers of toast and brown lime flavours. Years left in it yet.
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Reillys Museum Release Clare Valley Riesling 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Great example of aged riesling aromas with a very flavoursome, seamlessly balanced and well-structured palate.
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Clover Hill Pipers River Tasmania Vintage Brut 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Nose is a nutty complexity of aromas with a juicy fruit palate and fine bubbles.
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Bangor Tasmania Blanc de Blanc 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
A remarkably fresh bouquet of peaches, apples and florals with poached fruit flavours, a nice mineral thread, lovely doughy autolysis and salivating acidity.
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Zonzo Estate Vintage Sparkling Yarra Valley Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
A very more-ish full flavoured upfront style that still has some primary fruit evident.
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Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Semillon 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Pithy lemon and grapefruit aromas and the high level of acid on the palate underpins the fruit.
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Coolangatta Estate Estate Grown Shoalhaven Coast Semillon 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Beautifully developed spicy/citrusy nose. Super seamless palate; great fruit, excellent acid and plenty of length. “Will be a ripper in another few years!”
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Coolangatta Estate Individual Vineyard Wollstonecraft Shoalhaven Coast Semillon 2016
Posted: November 2, 2022
Lovely toasty development to the warm citrus fruit nose. Great creamy lemon custard-like palate with an elegant toastiness and a long zippy fresh finish.
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Reillys Epitaph Clare Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A syrupy thick shiraz with Christmas pudding and licorice-like fruit characters. “Plenty going on here!”
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Reillys Stolen Block Clare Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A well-made old school style shiraz starting to show its age with blue/black fruit characters, charry oak and good concentration of tight and persistent tannins.
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Reillys Old Bushvine Clare Grenache 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Nose of dried apricots and figs with generous sweet flavours and age adding great complexity. Firm tannins and silky finish.
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Lou Miranda Estate Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Bright fresh lifted fruit/oak nose and good flavour density with oak derived tannins.
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E.Guigal Chateau d’Ampuis Cote Rotie France Syrah 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A delicate complexity of dark fruit, spices and pepper. Great palate shape with excellent line of oak and fruit derived tannins with good fruit underneath.
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Gumpara Wines HEXEN Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A lovely concentration of dark fruit, spices and meaty/bacon fragrances. Nice upfront fruit entry to the palate with building and persistent tannins and a slight dry finish.
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Gomersal Wines Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Lovely dark primary fruit bouquet that is laced with spicy oak. Great varietal fruit complexity with just a touch of malt. Still in very good condition.
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Kurtz Family Vineyards Schmick Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Soft, complex and well-developed wine that still has spicy red fruit characters evident.
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Patrick of Coonawarra Two Blocks Wrattonbully Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Pleasurable aromas reminiscent of red fruits and pressed flowers with an herbal element. On the palate the mouth-filling tannins support the rich soft fruit characters.
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Yalumba The Octavius Barossa Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A straightforward uncomplicated shiraz with fleshy fruit and pleasant maturing characters.
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Tenafeate Creek Judgement One Tree Hill Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A lighter style of shiraz showing good balance and structure and still offering bright primary fruit characters with some spiciness and slight minty notes.
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Brand’s Laira Of Coonawarra One Seven One Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Tight, lively and quite delicate style with lovely lifted dark fruit characters perfectly balanced by the oak and tannins.
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Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A great example of cabernet! Beautifully aged, smooth and seamlessly integrated wine. Lovely varietal characters of herbal blue fruits with attractive velvety tannins.
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The Malleea by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Blend 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Nice red fruit richness here with some secondary characters, eucalypt notes and good acid line.
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Zema Estate Family Selection Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Subtle red fruit nose and a palate that is silky smooth in the mouth with good flavour power and tight vibrant acidity.
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Zema Estate Family Selection Coonawarra Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
A well-aged dark brooding and licoricey wine supported by a charry oak background, soft tannins and still has good acidity.
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Koonara Wines Dad’s Shadow Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 3, 2022
Good wine with cranberry-like fruit tartness, some grippy tannins and has a nice zing to it.
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Taltarni Vineyards Vintage Brut Pyrenees Chardonnay Pinot Noir Pinot Meunier 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Bright yellow hue, yeasty peach nose and tart dry stonefruit/apple palate.
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Bream Creek Vineyard Cuvee Traditionelle Tasmania Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Nutty butterscotch bouquet with hints of apples and “true Champagne” characters on the elegant, intense and beautifully balanced palate.
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Watkins Cellar Reserve Currency Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Dark, sombre and serious with silky oak characters and persistent secondary characters mixing with the fruit.
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Yarravale Reserve Yarra Vale Tempranillo 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Prunes and raisins obvious on the nose with developed savoury/meaty flavours.
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Yarravale Reserve Yarra Vale Sangiovese 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Very savoury style – all prunes and spices with fine acid line and powdery tannins.
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Yarravale Reserve Yarra Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Ripe, spicy fruit fragrances and aged sweet fruit flavours layered with vanilla oak.
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Glenwillow Wines Reserve Bendigo Shiraz 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Aged, warm and balanced with earthy ripe fruit nose and slight sweet and spicy/herbal palate.
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Glenwillow Wines D’Yandoit Bendigo Nebbiolo 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Caramel and spices lift off the nose and shows earthy touches. The gracefully ageing palate is spicy and savoury and very varietal with balancing tannins.
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Reillys Barking Mad Clare Valley Cabernet 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A sumptuous dark brooding number that’s ageing beautifully and has an intensity of prunes and spices on both the nose and palate with a good backbone of drying tannins.
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Reillys Museum Release Clare Valley Riesling 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
This wine is a delicious merger of buttered toast, brown limes and jasmine. The nose is toasty and nutty and the delicious palate has beautifully aged characters.
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Wolf Blass Platinum Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A classic blockbuster of an Aussie cabernet – all dark berries, bitumen and herbs. Still amazingly fresh and will reward with further cellaring.
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Heartland One Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A lovely, aged wine – very old school, brick red in colour with intense aromas and flavours of mushrooms, red currants and cigar box oak.
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Patrick of Coonawarra Home Block Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A big oak driven style seamlessly integrated with an abundance of blackcurrant and blackberry fruit to carry it. “The complete package,” said one judge.
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Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A lovely, elegant style with an attractive subtlety of varietal characters.
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Yalumba The Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Confectionery cabernet – quite fresh for its age with good complexity. Drink now.
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Geoff Merrill Wines Parham McLaren Vale Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge powerful wine – all earthy and chocolaty. Very old school.
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Jaeschkes Hill River Clare Estate Limited Release Clare Valley Fortified Shiraz 2016
Posted: July 21, 2022
Rich plum nose with some leathery aged notes and a sweet full-bodied palate.
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Geoff Merrill Jacko’s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 12, 2022
A rum and raisin chocolate bar of a wine – it’s rich and mature with a big firm tannin structure and a lingering finish.
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Beresford Estate McLaren Vale Grenache 2016
Posted: May 12, 2022
Chocolaty nose with a peppery lift and a mature and complex, “antique shop” of a palate with big tannins.
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