Posted: November 30, 2021
Ripe stonefruit aromas with tropical notes and a seductively creamy palate with hints of yeast autolysis. Very drinkable.
Comments Off on Robinvale Wines (Demeter Certified Organic & Biodynamic) North West Victoria Sparkling Chardonnay Kerner NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An easy drinking sweet and tannic style with attractive muscat fruit characters.
Comments Off on Golden Oak Sweet Apera NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely floral muscat bouquet with good length of tropical flavours on the smooth palate.
Comments Off on Golden Oak Australian Cream Apera NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Aged malty caramel bouquet and a palate that has complexity and age yet is still fruity.
Comments Off on Golden Oak Australian Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Soft and subtle tropical nose with a rich sweet palate that has a creamy texture.
Comments Off on McWilliams Royal Reserve Australian Sweet Apera NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A soft and creamy style with floral fruit showing some maderised complexity with a drying finish.
Comments Off on McWilliams Specially Selected Sweet Australian Cream Apera NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Easy drinking youthful style with spicy chocolaty nose and a creamy palate.
Comments Off on McWilliams Royal Reserve Australian Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive muscat fruit aromas and flavours. Nice sweet entry to the palate with a drying finish.
Comments Off on St Andrews Imperial Reserve Australian Cream Apera NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Aged liqueur style with mature spicy, honey/caramel bouquet and a huge concentration and intensity of creamy toffee-like flavours spiced with cinnamon nuances.
Comments Off on Carmine’s Tribute Rare (40 Year Old) SA Solera Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A bright fresh style with a sherbet-like fizz to it. Some autolysis on the nose and a creamy citrus driven palate with some complexity.
Comments Off on Yarran Riverina Cuvee Blanc NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lifted, light and simple apera that has excellent colour, is crisp and nutty, has a hint of nougat and is all underlined by some excellent flor characteristics.
Comments Off on 919 Wines Riverland Pale Dry Apera NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A great style – warm and generous with beautifully aged butterscotch, toffee, fig and date blend of aromas and flavours. “Luscious and yummy!” enthused one judge.
Comments Off on 919 Wines Riverland Classic Topaque NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good tawny coloured wine showing great balance, length and flavour profile. Attractive spiciness, nice aged fruit, good oak influence and nice rancio characters.
Comments Off on 919 Wines Riverland Classic Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A delightful style with rich raisined fruit cake-like bouquet lifted by some spicy attractiveness and leading to a luscious complexity of toffee, prunes and raisin flavours.
Comments Off on 919 Wines Riverland Classic Muscat NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A wine with an excellent tawny colour and showing lovely complexity and age. Subtle aromas of chocolate and spicy red fruit and an elegant chocolate/mocha palate. Great rancio.
Comments Off on Hayes Family Wines Show Reserve Barossa Valley Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Gracefully ageing tawny with great depth and richness. Nice rancio bouquet and lovely blend of flavours with an attractive brandy spirit lift.
Comments Off on Hayes Family Wines Very Old Rare Barossa Valley Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Spicy fragrances with hints of red fruits and an attractive straightforward palate.
Comments Off on Hayes Family Wines Old Grand Barossa Valley Tawny NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Almost caramel in colour with a beautifully aged toasty/honeyed bouquet showing hints of citrus rind. The palate is luscious, creamy and intense with oaky butterscotch flavours.
Comments Off on Whistling Kite Classic Riverland Petit Manseng NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Complex and concentrated dried fruit/Christmas cake-like aromas. Great palate – rich and focussed with nutty caramel/toffee flavours and excellent spirit selection.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Rutherglen VIC & Riverina NSW Muscat NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive floral muscat lift to the nose with hints of orange peel. The palate is lusciously creamy, sweet and complex and showing aged raisined fruit. Beautifully aged style.
Comments Off on Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy South Australia Muscat NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Some intensity of ageing floral fruit fragrances and a full flavoured creamy muscat palate with lightly raisined fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Rutherglen Estate Riverina Classic Muscat NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Very complex and beautifully aged Muscat with excellent green and yellow hues, an indication of quality, and brimming over with intense coffee/toffee and vanilla characters.
Comments Off on De Bortoli Show Riverina Liqueur Muscat NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A great dry red fruit nose and well integrated cassis and blackcurrant palate.
Comments Off on Happs Fortis (500ml) Margaret River Touriga Nacional Tinta Cao Souzao NV / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: April 24, 2020
Still youthful, this distinctive red was hand-picked, matured for 15 months in French oak barrels, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deeply coloured, it is fragrant and supple, with concentrated flavours of plums and spices, a hint of olives, oak complexity…
Comments Off on Greystone Waipara Valley North Canterbury Syrah NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
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Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard Sparkling T Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot Noir NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Open lifted fruit bouquet developing toasty notes and a firm, fresh citrusy palate
Comments Off on Josef Chromy Roaring Beach Tasmania Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
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Comments Off on Azahara Victoria Sparkling Rosé NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Delightfully “old world” powerful and mature bouquet with a very flavoursome green apple palate showing citrus overtones and a buttery/butterscotch-like complexity. 3-5
Comments Off on Coppabella Cuvée Prestige Tumbarumba Sparkling Chardonnay NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Intense savoury plum nose; true to the variety with nicely developed sweet and sour fruit flavours with the residual sugar giving lovely lusciousness – good tannin balance.
Comments Off on Ekhidna McLaren Vale Sparkling Shiraz NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
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Comments Off on Gapsted Wines High Country King Valley Prosecco NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
A very refreshing green apple/citrus style of sparkling with a smooth fine bead.
Comments Off on Gallagher Wines Sparkling Duet Canberra District Sparkling Pinot Noir Chardonnay NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Very clean example with excellent spirit and lovely luscious fruit. The nose has a savoury element with some dried plum notes and a beautiful well integrated and lively palate.
Comments Off on Windy Creek Estate Swan Valley Ximenez NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Big rich sweet licorice style with a raisined nose. Velvety smooth in the mouth with good sweet fruit length.
Comments Off on Windy Creek Estate Swan Valley Liqueur Shiraz NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
Lovely brioche-like complexity to the nose with creamy fruit driven flavours. Crisp and youthful.
Comments Off on Howard Park Petit Jete Western Australia Sparkling Chardonnay NV / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Another rich fuller style with intense age and complexity. The nose has lovely aromas of vanillin-like oak and fruit with lingering dried fruit flavours. Good oak sweetness.
Comments Off on Martell XO Extra Old Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Rich golden Cognac with a complexity of oak and brandy aromas with coffee-nuances. Strong Cognac presence on the palate with complex fruit characters.
Comments Off on Camus XO Borderies Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Nose has sweet lifted brandy notes with sweet, complex and spirituous flavours.
Comments Off on Domaine Tariquet Pure Folle Blanche 15 ans Bas Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A slightly broader style with an oaky nose and sweet caramel flavours.
Comments Off on Domaine Tariquet VSOP Bas Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A pleasant, soft and elegant style with very good oak/spirit balance and lovely lingering fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Domaine Tariquet XO Bas Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Very attractive fruit cake-like aromas with a beautifully elegant palate that is incredibly rich and fantastically flavoursome with a long lingering finish.
Comments Off on Remy Martin XO Excellence Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A rich complex Armagnac with a big sweet complex bouquet and very powerful, slightly peppery, flavours on the long well-structured palate.
Comments Off on Janneau Grand XO Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A great Cognac style – deep amber hues and full, rich nutty, dried fruit fragrances. “Could smell it all day!” said one judge. Excellent depth and complexity of rich sweet flavours.
Comments Off on Hennesey XO Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A complex style with subtle brandy bouquet. Warm and sweet in the mouth. Good age.
Comments Off on Hennessy VSOP Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Nice age complexity on the dried fruit nose with spicy oak prominent on the palate.
Comments Off on Frapin VS Grande Champagne Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Attractive spicy/dried fruit aromas and elegant palate with sweet Cognac flavours.
Comments Off on Courvoisier VSOP Fine Cognac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Quite youthful yet complex and well-balanced product with sweet caramel, good oak and underlying fruit characters.
Comments Off on Delord XO Bas Armagnac Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Lovely coffee complexity to the nose with good age complexity on the palate.
Comments Off on Gelas Single Cast 16 Ans Double Matured Bas Armagnac Armagnac NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
A big complex oak driven brandy with a rich sweet woody bouquet and incredible depth and length of flavours with slightly drying oak tannins.
Comments Off on Sullivan Cove Single Cask XO Tasmania Brandy NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020
Posted: April 8, 2020
Quite a sweet and youthful fruit driven style. Fresh oak on the nose with light and lingering brandy flavours.
Comments Off on Twenty Third Street Distillery Renmark, Riverland Brandy NV / 0 View / April 8, 2020