Posted: July 4, 2018
Lashing of oak on the nose with subtle dark fruits. Very dry gravely tannins on the mouth-watering palate. “It needs a large steak!”
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Spicy herbaceous aromas and an attractive acid driven palate with sweet oak, fresh fruit and soft tannins.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Dense purple wine dominated by oak with some varietal fruit pushing through. Loads of tannins.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A fuller bodied refreshing wine with lovely texture and balance and attractive honeysuckle characters.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Quite lively with nice pear/lime fruit weight, fresh acidity and hints of bottle age developing.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
“A big, big wine!” Complex and generous; lots going on. The fruit is dark and inky, tannins ripe and lots of alcohol. 5+
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Posted: July 4, 2018
An intensity of mulberries, plums and chocolate on the nose and a “wonderfully giving palate” that is brimming over with ripe sweet fruit and nice level of spiciness. 5+
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A lovely deep purple wine with inviting warm and spicy/sweet fruit aromas with an earthy background. A big youthful palate with richness of fruit and oak. 5+
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Posted: July 4, 2018
A spice box of fragrances with violet-like nuances and a rich, intensely sweet, fruit palate with nicely structured tannins. 5+
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Posted: July 4, 2018
Meaty smallgoods aromas and a firm and youthful palate showing sour cherry-like flavours and lots of drying tannins.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
An elegant finesse to this refreshing wine that has a lovely balance of crisp citrus fruit, honeyed nuances and a slight grassy edge.
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Posted: July 4, 2018
An interesting style of wine with its steely citrussy aromas, floral lift and hints of cedar. Has loads of flavour on the crisp elegant spicy apricot palate.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
Nice musky fruit on the nose layered with nice mineral elements. The oak tends to swamp the varietal fruit purity on the palate.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
A massive, layered wine – very well structured with an astringent finish. “A wine of substance”, thought one judge.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
A very big and very well made wine that has plenty of oak lifting off the sweet fruit/red licorice nose. The ultra-ripe palate is warm and earthy and has a high level of alcohol.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
Ripe and jammy. Good length and intensity of delicious fig, raisin, dried blueberry, sweet oak, spice and chocolate aromas and flavours.
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Posted: March 2, 2018
A classic dry sherry style – quite simple but has great fino expression with attractive nutty, yeasty, iodine like elements.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
A youthful dark purple wine that’s built to last with a richness of dark fruits and new oak aromas and juicy acid driving through the complex dark fruit palate. 5+
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Posted: September 6, 2017
A lively Turkish Delight nose with the oak tending to dominate the simple and youthful black cherry palate.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Obvious age with aromas of butterscotch, caramel and malt. Unctuous palate has beautifully evolving spicy Christmas pudding-like flavours. 3-5
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Posted: September 6, 2017
A powerful and beautiful muscat that’s rich and luscious with Christmas cake-like aromas and flavours. Very good spirit and balancing tannins. True to style. 5+
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Bright amber/golden colour with a complex nutty “pudding” nose. Flavoursome and well constructed palate with great length, softness and balance and lovely warm clean spirit.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Sweetmeats, spices and ripe plums fill the nose. The palate is luscious and sweet – the spirit soft and warm. The wine has seamless balance, intensity and complexity.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Chocolaty berry fruit and some secondary maturation with very well integrated spirit.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
White port style with marmalade-like raisined aromas and a syrupy/toffee palate with the sweetness matched by the acid and spirit.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
“A beautiful aperitif style”, said one judge. “Very very good”, agreed another. Sweet nuttiness on the nose with hints of apples. Palate is long and creamy with a toasty finish and crisp acidity.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Full bodied oak driven style with perfumed black cherry fragrances. Firm and fleshy in the mouth with lovely berry fruit intensity and good oak in a supporting role.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
A huge concentration of chocolate and red plum aromas with spicy perfumed earthy notes. Big, bright and very long palate loaded with vibrant fruit and ripe tannins. 5+
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Very ripe, concentrated and flavoursome with supporting oak and tannins holding the wine together.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Elegant minty/forest fruit nose and a classy palate with sweet/sour fruit flavours that don’t stop!
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Austere inky berry aromas and deep dark berry fruit intensity on the well structured palate with good length of velvety tannins. 3-5
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Posted: September 6, 2017
A classy, elegant and well constructed wine that has dark inky fruit fragrances. Palate offers a big mouthful of prune-like flavours. Will benefit from cellaring. 3-5
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Licorice lifted fruit bouquet and gamey characters to the cranberry-like palate. Soft finish.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Licorice lifted fruit bouquet and gamey characters to the cranberry-like palate. Soft finish.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Lifted floral aromas and slightly resinous, well balanced, cherry flavours. “Shows good understanding of the variety”.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Lifted floral aromas and slightly resinous, well balanced, cherry flavours. “Shows good understanding of the variety”.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Spicy dry red. Slight leathery notes to the raspberry nose and sweet/sour fruit palate.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Spicy dry red. Slight leathery notes to the raspberry nose and sweet/sour fruit palate.
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Posted: June 15, 2017
A lovely rich, fresh and balanced wine loaded with ripe plum fruit and has sweet and sour elements.
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Posted: June 15, 2017
Super dark colour, brooding, chocolaty aromas and big warm palate with mouthfilling flavours.
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Posted: June 15, 2017
Minerally edge to the savory fruit nose. Crunchy apple/pear palate with nice phenolic grip. “An interesting wine”.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Beautiful buttery caramel bouquet with typical fish oil and tea leaf nuances. The stylish palate has lots of age but also exhibits a lovely freshness.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Gorgeous caramel, butterscotch, molasses and tea leaf characters on the nose. Luscious palate with lingering toasty caramel flavours balanced by tannins and alcohol.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
A very good vintage port style with excellent spirit lift to the nose and nicely integrated fresh fruit and clean spirit.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Both age and freshness on the nose and palate has clean spirit seamlessly integrated with elegant fruit and nutty oak.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Powerful flor yeast aromas; nutty and fresh with a bone dry palate that is elegant but also full of flavour with a drying finish. Excellent aperitif style
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Posted: June 9, 2017
An excellent lighter style of tawny that offers easy drinking and is showing some great aged/rancio flavours supported by some excellent warming spirit.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Cooked fruit nose developing leathery notes. Warming palate with cherries and spice from start to finish.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Aromas of mocha and plums, developing dark plum flavours, nice oak and drying tannins.
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Posted: June 9, 2017
Menthol characters dominate the nose and palate; savory fruits underneath and grippy tannins.
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