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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Petit Manseng 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

Toasty honeyed nose and complexity developing on the palate. “Would work well with lots of food!”

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Touriga Nacional 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

A fragrant lift of spicy fruit with hints of toffee-like sweetness. Very varietal palate; a beautiful example of this variety – all plums and flowers. “A wonderful wine!”

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Petit Manseng 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

“A warm oily nose,” declared one judge. Hints of apple, peach and honeyed aromas. Nicely layered palate rich with pome fruit-like characters.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Vermentino 2019

Posted: November 30, 2021

A bright lifted floral nose with perfumed notes and hints of peaches. Crisp and delicate in the mouth, very fruit driven with great texture and persistence.

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919 Wines Riverland Pale Dry Apera NV

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.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Topaque NV

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.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Tawny NV

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.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Muscat NV

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.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Durif 2017

Posted: November 30, 2021

Massive brooding aromas of chocolate and plums with a dash of spice. Intense and powerful sweet varietal fruit fills the mouth with flavour and is laced with silky tannins.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Petit Manseng 2019

Posted: November 30, 2021

Smells of baked apples with honey and spice! A heavy syrupy palate with flavours reminiscent of tinned pears.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Shiraz 2019

Posted: November 30, 2021

Aromas reminiscent of mulberry jam with tarry touches. Full bodied palate ripe with fruit and showing good use of oak.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Tempranillo 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

Warm, leathery and earthy on the nose with a Cherry Ripe-like flavour profile. Needs more time to evolve.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Sangiovese 2018

Posted: November 30, 2021

A complex savoury and meaty style that is ageing nicely and exhibits lightly perfumed nuances.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Touriga Nacional 2016

Posted: November 30, 2021

A nicely developed wine – all spices, berries and oak and still showing shadows of youth with plenty of life ahead of it yet.

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919 Wines (ACO) Riverland Tempranillo 2017

Posted: November 30, 2021

A long and balanced wine with excellent expression of tempranillo fruit. Loads of black cherry and chocolate characters and dusty tannins.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Durif 2017

Posted: January 11, 2020

Dark and inky with lifted aromas of plum jam. Intense minty raspberry flavours and firm tannins. Ageing nicely. 3-5

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Tempranillo 2018

Posted: January 11, 2020

Silky smooth style with strong acid structure and spicy mulberry fruit characters.

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919 Wines Pale Dry Apera Palomino Riverland Apera NV

Posted: December 10, 2019

Nutty honeyed bouquet with clean flor characters on the crisp drying palate.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Shiraz 2017

Posted: July 3, 2019

A solid dark red number with almost black hues. Chocolaty berry fruit expression on the nose showing good use of oak and big bold mouthcoating shiraz and classy oak flavours.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Touriga Nacional 2016

Posted: July 3, 2019

A big powerful red/purple wine with smoky/spicy dark berry aromas and a sweet dark fruit palate with vibrant length, grippy tannins and showing an attractive dash of pepper.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Sangiovese 2017

Posted: July 3, 2019

A meaty smallgoods-like bouquet with cherry-like notes and the savoury characters echoed on the palate with more cherry like elements.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Vermentino 2018

Posted: July 3, 2019

Elegant aromas and flavours of white florals and citrus with honeyed touches and a good line of acid to balance.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Petit Manseng 2017

Posted: July 3, 2019

A steely textured and complex wine. Creamy and fruity on the nose and silky smooth and seamlessly balanced on the palate with juicy fruit flavours and some oak complexity.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Petit Manseng 2017

Posted: July 3, 2019

Quite a savoury nose with earthy notes and interesting ripe peach persistence on the palate.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Touriga Nacional 2016

Posted: July 3, 2019

Spicy fruit cake and licoricey aromas and dark berry flavours with a savoury/herbal edge and chalky tannins.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Sparkling Durif NV

Posted: July 3, 2019

Deep dark wine. Intense stewed plum/Christmas cake aromas and flavours with well controlled sweetness. 3-5

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919 Wines Limited Release Riverland Vintage Fortified 2013

Posted: July 3, 2019

Plums, blackcurrants and chocolate lift off the spirity nose with more of the plums and chocolate on the palate. Great tannins, good bottle age and excellent spirit with a drying finish.

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919 Wines Reserve Collection Riverland Classic Tawny NV

Posted: July 3, 2019

Delicate yet powerful style with nutty rich complexity to the nose and well integrated brandy spirit. Attractive blend of age and fruit on the palate, showing nice freshness.

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919 Wines Reserve Collection Riverland Classic Topaque NV

Posted: July 3, 2019

Brooding bouquet of figs, dates, caramel and burnt toffee with a thick luscious palate offering a powerful mouthful of malty fruit cake flavours, nutty rancio and a drying finish.

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919 Wines Reserve Collection Riverland Classic Muscat NV

Posted: July 3, 2019

Thick and luscious with brooding bouquet of rich ageing Christmas cake-like aromas and great length of intense nutty, prune and rancio flavours with oak tannins.

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919 Wines Reserve Collection Riverland Pale Dry Apera NV

Posted: July 3, 2019

Dominant and powerful presence of nutty/almond-like oak aromas with well textured, clean, fresh palate, showing good flor characters and nice mouthfeel.

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919 Wines Pale Dry Riverland Apera NV

Posted: March 7, 2019

Spicy blueberry nose with intense flor characters and a lean dry palate showing nice freshness.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Tawny NV

Posted: March 7, 2019

Nice nutty, honey sweet aromas with caramel notes and delectable upfront raisined fruit flavours. It’s quite sweet but has a balance of savoury characters.

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919 Wines Limited Release Riverland Vintage Fortified 2013

Posted: March 7, 2019

A subtle chocolate cake of a nose and a fresh and very youthful palate that has a lovely balance of raisined black fruits and tannins. “True to style,” noted one judge.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Tempranillo 2017

Posted: March 7, 2019

Lovely nose – smells of fruit cake. The flavoursome juicy fruit palate is well balanced by spicy oak and powdery tannins.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Touriga Nacional 2016

Posted: March 7, 2019

A well structured, weighty and quite savoury style that has a delightful upfront mix of berry fruit characters with a nice balance between the well handled oak and the fruit tannins.

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919 Wines Reserve Riverland Sangiovese 2017

Posted: March 7, 2019

Bright and ripe on the nose with a lean, “sophisticated” and seamlessly balanced palate.

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919 Wines Vintage Fortified Riverland Touriga Tinta Cao Durif 2009

Posted: November 7, 2018

Stalky earthy plum bouquet with a spicy spirit dominating the porty cassis palate.

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919 Wines Vintage Fortified Riverland Touriga Tinta Cao Durif 2013

Posted: November 7, 2018

Deep crimson colour with a ruby edge with plenty of spicy and sweet plum fortified characters.

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919 Wines Riverland Sparkling Durif NV

Posted: November 7, 2018

Funky plum fragrances with good plum fruit intensity on the seamlessly balanced palate with a drying finish.

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919 Wines Riverland Durif 2014

Posted: November 7, 2018

Ripe minty black fruit fragrances; some bottle age characters. A massive palate, huge structure, quite warm with intense flavours. 5+

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919 Wines Riverland Sangiovese 2016

Posted: November 7, 2018

Earthy tarry herbal/cherry nose and bottle development smoothing out the palate’s tannins.

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919 Wines Riverland Petit Manseng 2017

Posted: November 7, 2018

Aromas of stonefruits and citrus with a chalky element and a creamy flavoursome with lots of apricot characters, high level of acidity and good textured finish. 3-5

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919 Wines Riverland Vermentino 2017

Posted: November 7, 2018

Aromas of peaches and pineapples and lovely citrus and yellow fruit flavours on a rich vibrant palate.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Muscat NV

Posted: July 4, 2018

Lovely floral lift to the rich raisined nose and a charming delicacy of lifted fruit and rose water freshness on a palate that has amazing flavour depth and persistence.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Topaque NV

Posted: July 4, 2018

Smells of roasted nuts and has a toffee-like lift which follows through to a palate that is rich, powerful and nutty.

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919 Wines Riverland Classic Tawny NV

Posted: July 4, 2018

A vibrant, lifted and young tawny nose. Has rich and persistent flavours; complex yet fresh with buttery notes and fine long tannins.

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919 Wines Riverland Pale Dry Apera NV

Posted: July 4, 2018

Smells of bruised apples and stewed quinces. Soft and smooth in the mouth with melon/citrus flavours.

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919 Wines Riverland Vintage 2013

Posted: July 4, 2018

Complex leathery/chocolaty aromas with loads of blue fruit/plum flavours and a long life ahead of it yet!

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919 Wines Riverland Shiraz 2017

Posted: July 4, 2018

Lots of oak here but well integrated with the lifted dark fruit characters and pleasing tannins.

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