Posted: March 7, 2023
An attractive leafy spicy nose showing a touch of tar and has a mouth-watering inky/herbaceous palate softly structured with drying tannins.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A big complex and savoury “butcher shop” of a shiraz with a high level of acid and tannins. Needs more time.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Another massive mature old school style that’s fleshy in the mouth with good acidity.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Very dense, somewhat extracted, yet perfectly balanced, blend driven by red fruits with chocolaty complexity.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Peppery herbal bouquet with a hint of violets and a big rich and juicy palate high in acid and tannins.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A complex wine in the savoury spectrum with some berries and tight tannins.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Stewed strawberry aromas with a pleasant, slightly sweet delicacy of dry red fruit flavours.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Nice aromatic bouquet; a creamy delicacy of honeysuckle and melon with plenty of apricot/honeydew melon varietal flavours.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A good balance of plums, spices and pepper with a nice level of oak.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Ripe blackcurrant aromas and flavours with spicy elements adding complexity,
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A nicely ageing and complex blend with rich and generous spicy plum varietal fruit characters, a hint of soy sauce and a drying herbal finish.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Well-structured wine with a generosity of rich spicy plum fruit and massive tannic finish.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Good varietal fruit characters of earthy peppery plums with leathery elements.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Good depth of ripe blackberry fruit nicely matched by persistent tannins.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
An earthy, herbal and oak driven blend showing a strong tannic finish.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A big rich style developing secondary characters with fruit in the melon spectrum.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
An intensely powerful traditional malo-driven style with ripe citrus fruit, subtle oak in the background and a crisp acid finish. Consumer friendly style.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A rich buttery nose with tropical fruit tingle aromas. Creamy in the mouth, showing some restraint with slightly sweet fruit and nice nutty oak.
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Posted: November 2, 2022
Crisp citrus lift to the nose and good length of sweet citrus flavours with nice acid backbone.
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Posted: November 2, 2022
Toasty fruit nose and a complexity of slightly sweet fruit flavours with good acidity.
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Posted: November 2, 2022
A complex yet elegant sauvignon blanc with lengthy fruit intensity and lots of passionfruit characters spiked with peach notes. Quite sweet but has the acid to handle it.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
An interesting and funky charcuterie-like style with tight acid and silky tannins.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Interesting stalky nose balanced by savoury berry characters with upfront berry flavours seamlessly integrated with some beautiful oak and ethereal-like tannins.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A nicely integrated melange of varietal fruit characters here with a good tannic spine. Drinking well now.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
The nose offers a big hit of licoricey fruit and has a slightly lean and somewhat firm, but very interesting, palate.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Lifted perfumed berry fruit fragrances and a big rich palate with a high level of slippery tannins that continue to build.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A stylish classy young blend – very oaky, but good oak, and very tannic, for now, with a lingering finish.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A very young leafy green wine needing more time to settle. It has pretty, dark fruit balanced by the oak with grippy tannins.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Black as black with a purple rim. This is a big oak driven wine with fruit vibrancy, high acid and a drying finish.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Red fruit aromas with a savoury edge and minty notes. Long, lean palate but with well-integrated sweet varietal fruit.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A huge wine. “Could take a decade to soften,” according to one judge. Plenty of spicy berries on the nose and a complexity of oak and berry flavours. Has a long life ahead of it!
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Youthful cherry jam and chocolate aromas and a generous palate with pure varietal fruit flavours and persistent tannins. Will evolve in time into a classic aged grenache.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A huge deep red jammy fruit style with some beefy/savoury elements – “Not for the faint-hearted,” according to one judge. The grippy tannins complement the vanillin oak.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Old world funky fragrances with a spicy fruit lift. Slight residual sweetness carries the ripe fruit flavours.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A dark intense and inky wine that is big for a grenache and looking good for its age. Has an abundance of ripe jammy fruit with nice charry oak and huge chewy tannins.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Pretty perfumed candied fruit aromas and up-front sweetness on the richly textured palate. Good stonefruit flavour intensity with gentle spices and mouth puckering acidity.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Dark and inky style with rich powerful black fruit characters, some spices and pepper and moderate tannins that build. 5+
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Interesting savoury/umami characters to the nose and a full flavoured red fruit palate with mouth-coating tannins.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Bright purple fruit aromas leap out of the glass and the massive palate fills the mouth with fruit cake-like flavours. “The complete package!”
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Coppermine Road McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Big and chewy wine with cherry cola, prune and herbal-like characters.
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Posted: July 21, 2022
Soft savoury wine with a herbal/menthol lift to the nose and a chocolaty palate with big chewy tannins. “Yum!”
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Posted: May 12, 2022
A rich and complex style with an ethereal peach bouquet showing some floral elements. Big bold and flavoursome ripe citrus palate with zesty acidity.
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Posted: May 12, 2022
A soft and creamy full-bodied peach/oak style. “Will be popular with many.”
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Posted: May 12, 2022
Quite a minty green nose with a straightforward oak dominated palate.
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Posted: May 12, 2022
Herbal characters prominent on the nose with soft plum and beetroot-like flavours and nice fresh acidity.
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Posted: May 12, 2022
A big wine with aromatic herbal red fruit nose and a very tannic palate. “Definitely needs food!”
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Posted: May 12, 2022
Very flavoursome golden wine with intense sweet musky melon aromas and a rich varietal fruit palate with great acid. Promises complexity with ageing.
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Posted: May 12, 2022
A subtle minty complexity of aromas and a firm drying tannic palate with stalky complexity. “An interesting time on skins,” suggested one judge.
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Posted: May 12, 2022
A density of cassis fragrances and an aged funky palate with lots of acid and lingering tannins.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
Pungent bouquet with a rose petal lift and herbal traces. Tart and crisp in the mouth with herbal berry flavours.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg Stephanie The Gnome With Rose Coloured Glasses McLaren Vale Rosé 2021 / 0 View / December 3, 2021