Posted: March 7, 2023
A well-structured wine with masses of fruit but kept nicely in check and balanced by the oak.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge, gutsy and flavoursome wine with peppered red fruit intensity, voluptuous plum characters and hints of Christmas cake.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Spicy, earthy and chocolaty with great tannins and background oak.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Flower-shop of a nose – very aromatic with a vibrant blend of juicy fruit flavours. High acid.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
A big rich and intense varietal. A big hit of black fruit and oak aromas and huge gutsy sweet fruit flavours with massive tannins.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Brooding spicy fruit aromas and flavours. Excellent balance of fruit, oak, tannins and acid.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Full bodied with evident sweetness, hints of roasted nuts and caramel touches.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Brooding dark fruit expression here with molasses-like aromas with leathery aged notes and a lusciously creamy palate with amazing age and good tannins.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Marmalade aromatics with sweet/spicy red fruit flavours. Good spirit selection.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Lovely pungency of flor characters on the nose melding with bread dough, nut and apple characters. A crisp uncomplicated palate. True to style.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Drying and tannic with attractive intensity of sweet, preserved fruit characters laced with spicy elements.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
A relatively drier style with subtle blackberry fruit expression, floral hints and spicy notes. “Very feminine,” noted one judge. Great blending and spirit use.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Confectionery berry bouquet and a huge dark rich berry fruit palate with good alcohol/tannin balance.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Intense aromas of cigar box, sandalwood, licorice and forest fruits. Full bodied palate has a complexity of dark inky fruit flavours and soft tannin backbone.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Attractive red berry bouquet with floral touches and hints of dried herbs. Long firm palate with a richness and persistence of varietal flavours.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Pungent, slightly perfumed, bouquet with a rich creamy palate exhibiting a subtle flavour profile.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
An elegant berry/brandy nose with a spicy lift and generous warming red fruit flavours on the balanced palate.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
A lovely example with a generous aged complexity of honeyed, butterscotch, dried fig and sticky date-like characters.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
A nicely ageing style; very elegant showing great complexity of sweet fruit, oak and caramel.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Very attractive lifted aged Christmas cake-like characters on the nose with great intensity of a very sweet complexity of interesting flavours. Has a lovely freshness to it.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Soft, fresh and enjoyable to drink with nutty green apple characters.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
A huge, intense but well-balanced style that has a brooding intensity of dark berry and plum fruit-like characters on the nose and on the long lingering palate.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
A hugely generous, warm and very inviting wine rich with ripe black fruit.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Toasty nutty lemon curd-like elements with hints of pineapple.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Spicy oak aromas and flavours with some red cherry fruit and fine tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Spicy on nose and palate with great purple fruit characters, hints of oak and angular tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Dense lifted stewed fruit fragrances and lovely depth of cherry/berry flavours with dusty oak and excellent acidity.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Vibrant lifted licorice and eucalypt characters to the dark cherry nose and also on the brooding sweet fruit palate that has a voluptuous tannin structure.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Nose more in the savoury spectrum with a cherry fruit lift and a firm tannic palate.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Dense inky style with big spicy berry fruit fragrances and a full flavoured fruit driven palate that’s sweet and juicy in the mouth with soft approachable tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Deep inky purple wine, bright fresh spirity nose and a rich and flavoursome fruit driven palate with a drying finish. “It is an elegant and feminine style.”
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Sweet Christmas cake-like aromas with some earthy/savoury elements and rich dark fruit flavours with lots of acid.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A massive wine with plenty of length, huge varietal “bigness” and muscular tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A big, rich and intense concentration of berries with dark chocolate emerging.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Aromatic, crisp and flavoursome. Nice nutty floral nose and excellent richness across the length of the palate with great flor expression.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A drier style with nice rich fruit cake characters to the nose and intense concentration of dark spicy flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Aged rancio richness to the nose with subtle fruit fragrances. Palate is a perfect balance of nuts, oak, acid, sugar and alcohol with toffee notes on the finish.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
This is a delightful complexity of butterscotch, dates, toffee, malt and figs. Great aromas and a really lovely palate showing excellent flavour depth and balance.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Attractive caramel and raisin aromas with a fruit cake-like lift. Fabulous fruit presence and power on the velvety smooth sweet palate with slight dusty tannins.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Luscious and sumptuous with lovely aromas and flavours of chocolate, berries and licorice.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Smells like a Christmas cake layered with aged toffee notes and has a dense and intense golden syrup of a palate bursting with flavour and finishing slightly dry.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Raisined aromas with a rancio lift and a complexity, intensity and balance of aged honeycomb flavours.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Subdued nose but the palate makes up for it with an absolute explosion of rich, lusciously sweet flavours perfectly balanced with the alcohol and tannins.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A well-made classic sherry style that’s complex and giving with nutty creamy aromas showing nuances of ripe apples and similar flavours layering the crisp and creamy palate.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Deep purple hues, dense chocolaty nose with hints of rose petals and an abundance of rich red fruit flavours with solid tannins and appropriate spicy oak.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Oak driven nose with berry fruit pushing through. Quite a tannic palate rich with flavour.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Typical varietal nose – all meaty and smallgoods-like, developing similar flavours. Good tannin/acid balance. Needs food!
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A reserved youthful style with a huge length of rich Cherry Ripe-like characters, some earthy notes and solid tannins.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Big and chocolaty with perfumed notes and drying tannins. “Needs a huge steak
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A well-made deep crimson wine that’s all dark and chocolaty with big tannins. “Needs a steak
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