Posted: September 3, 2022
Nose is an earthy complexity of oak and black fruit. Palate is lively and oaky but there is lovely vibrant sweet fruit too.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Ripe plum nose complemented by soy/meaty notes. The palate is rich, dense and complex with masses of menthol characters layered with “chippy” oak and silky smooth tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Big rich and ripe shiraz with dark fruits edged with raisined notes and a strong oak influence.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Blue fruit bouquet with minty notes. Soft in the mouth with nicely focussed flavours.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Oak dominates the nose and palate but has nice berry fruit pushing through with soy/meaty complexity.
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Posted: December 10, 2019
Very young wine with a vibrant impact of powerful fruit. Good use of oak and stand-out acidity. Needs time to come together. 3-5
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Posted: December 10, 2019
A huge youthful oaky wine with years ahead of it. Some nice plump, sweet, dark plum fruit underneath the classy oak. It’s a wine with elegance, depth and freshness. 5+
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Posted: December 10, 2019
Dark fruit aromas; still quite vibrant. Soft and round in the mouth with plush fruit and cigar box oak.
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Posted: September 4, 2019
Riper style with inviting brooding chocolaty aromas and warming oak driven palate.
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Posted: September 4, 2019
A “serious” wine that should age very well. Attractive dark savoury chocolaty/licorice elements well integrated with heavily toasted oak. Has pastille sweetness and loads of character!
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Posted: November 7, 2018
A complexity of anise, licorice and dried plum aromas with a textured palate rich with loads of licoricey red fruit flavours. 5+
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Posted: October 4, 2018
Very concentrated colour and beautiful rich red fruit bouquet balanced by some classy oak. Velvety smooth in the mouth with generous sweet fruit flavours and subtle tannins. 5+
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Posted: October 4, 2018
Fresh toasty oak nose with some black fruits underneath. Oak dominates the rich full palate but it has well focussed fruit flavours underscored with chalky tannins.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
A full, fruit driven, wine – quite soft and developing nice licoricey characters with the oak still tending to dominate.
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Smelling of fruit pastilles with a lift of spices. The dark chocolaty palate is a touch syrupy with floral nuances. Needs time to gain complexity. 5+
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Posted: September 6, 2017
An aromatic medley of fruits-of-the-forest, spices and chocolate. The elegant palate has incredible balance and complexity, loads of beautiful fruit and exceptional tannins. 5+
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Savoury, stock cube characters mingle with the dark fruit fragrances. Intense concentrated palate has great power and balance and acid gives freshness to the fruit flavours. 5+
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Posted: September 6, 2017
Very young, medium bodied, jubey primary fruit style. Fresh aromas and vibrant spicy sweet flavours with ripe tannins.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
An interesting and different nose of perfumed confectionery fruit. Rich palate with hint of fruit sweetness and high level of tannins.
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Posted: June 29, 2017
Slight mocha characters to the nose and big, sweet, mouthful of mulberry and black fruit flavours with nice crunchy finish.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A big old Aussie style shiraz that has a powerful concentration of fruit pastille like varietal fruit seamlessly balanced with the oak.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Plenty of prune-like fruit characters matched with the cedary oak and good line of acid.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Good varietal expression with mulberry and boysenberry fruits, nice violet lift. Deft use of French oak, tightly wound but will benefit from time.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Sweet and “meaty” aromas with ripe plums, cherries and raspberries. “A good mix of red and black fruits,” noted one judge, who added that the wine had good balance and length with “soft and supple” tannins.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A well rounded wine with red and dark fruit aromas and flavours. The tight, medium bodied palate has cherry flavours supported by toasty oak.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A big blackberry fruit driven style with deep dense purple hues. Has some very classy nutty oak on the nose and good depth of slightly jammy flavours on full bodied palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
Great varietal fruit purity and concentration here just needs time to develop complexity. Lifted aromas and a velvety palate.
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Posted: April 5, 2017
A vibrant deep red wine with a bright blackcurrant bouquet; some olives and some violets. Impressive purity and concentration of varietal fruit flavours with a brooding tannin structure.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
Powerful smoky/leathery nose with some Ribena like fruit. Similar characters on the palate.
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Posted: April 4, 2017
A spicy oak driven style of shiraz showing genuine vibrant varietal fruit.
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