Posted: March 7, 2023
Perfumed red berry bouquet and crunchy sour cherry fruit intensity on the youthful palate.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A nose of green apples with an herbaceous note and a brooding delicacy of green fruit flavours.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A nose of red fruits and rose petals with a big fruit pastille palate and a soft tannin spine.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Briary bouquet with tarry leathery notes and intense layers of flavour on the beautifully structured palate with plenty of acid and great tannin length.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A big wine that needs time to settle. Inky black olive bouquet and nice palate.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
A balanced complexity of blackcurrant fruit, cedar oak, pepper and spices, held together by fine tannins.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Ruby red wine with a rich peppery chocolaty bouquet and a very dry tannic palate with sweet and spicy red and black berry fruit flavours with pleasant acidity.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Perfumed/spicy blackberry nose and nice mid-weight palate with mouth-coating tannins.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Still a baby with subdued green fruit/sweet oak nose. Great palate shape and fine integration of acid and tannin.
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Posted: March 7, 2023
Gentle fragrances of Turkish Delight with a very delicate palate. A real crowd pleaser.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
Big dense nose; slight prune-like character with a big firm and earthy palate and good length of fruit.
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Posted: September 3, 2022
A big heavy style with aromas of dark chocolate and cherry brandy. The young spicy oak tends to dominate the sweet fruit for now with the tannins and acid in balance.
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Posted: December 3, 2021
A crisp lightweight style with a floral edge to the cherry-like fruit.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Just a suggestion of red fruits on the nose with more of the same on the fleshy palate. Good drive of fine tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
An interesting complexity of fragrances with a seamlessly balanced and flavoursome spicy plum palate with olive notes.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A sweet and lifted blue fruit nose with those similar characters echoed on the solid and well balanced palate. The fruit shows quite a spicy and savoury edge.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A very complex and flavoursome style with a lovely leafy blackcurrant bouquet. Silky smooth in the mouth with plenty of oak integrated with the savoury red fruit.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A dense, dark and brooding style that’s all sour cherries, cranberries, spices, fresh herbs and florals tightly wrapped in acid.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
An elegant wine; bright, spicy and peppery with a freshness of dark varietal fruits. “Love it!” declared one of the judges.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Dark fruit aromas with a potpourri lift and generous palate bright with fruit flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Beautiful ripe black berry fruit on the nose and the nicely controlled palate.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A well-made, warm, chocolaty classic. Excellent purple colour with an abundance of blackberry fruit on the nose and palate. Great depth of flavour.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A huge, hot, mouth-filling, black bombshell of oak and sweet fruit. Amazing intensity of black forest cake-like aromas and flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A bright, nicely focused and “Well thought-out wine”. Generous amount of ripe fruit layered with plenty of oak.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A racy linear wine that is tight, bright and fresh with savoury mulberry characters and green herbal overtones.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A big, bold, riper chocolaty/cigar box style of wine that needs decanting.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Nose is a rhubarb, black fruit and chocolate compote of aromas with a plum jam palate and crisp acid spine.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Blue fruit fragrances with a violet-like floral lift and a firm, weighty and soft tannin palate.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A meaty style. Has soy sauce and beef bone characters evident with some plums.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Dark brooding blue and black fruit nose with aged red fruits adding complexity. Soft and generous in the mouth with a complex spectrum of fruit flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Nice weight and complexity of red fruits, licorice and malt with chewy tannins and crisp acidity.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Subtle dark fruit bouquet with a light violet note and developing fruit flavours.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
A soft generous style of shiraz with black cherries, violets and rose petals lifting off the nose and lots of ripe fleshy fruit filling the mouth with flavour.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Good varietal definition. “A red fruit affair,” according to one judge. Has some gamey complexity and silky tannins.
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Posted: December 2, 2021
Lolly-like aromas with a floral lift and nice oak on the palate that supports the fruit well.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A well integrated and nicely balanced varietal showing some honeyed development and linear acidity. “A wine with poise!”
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely intensity of reserved lemon aromas and flavours with hints of tinned pears.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A delicacy of lemons and pears on the nose with an aromatic lift. Elegantly structured palate with restrained minerally citrus flavours and a lemon zest-like finish.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Tightly focussed wine with a lifted complexity of berry fruits, nougat and baked apples with a long crisp finish.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Ripe and inky on the nose with some spiciness. Good depth and concentration of earthy and savoury dark fruit flavours with some lovely approachable tannins.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Toasty oak bouquet; some stewed fruit notes and a soft savoury palate with a dash of pepper.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Vibrant purple wine. A powerful complexity of lifted chocolaty blueberry aromas and pure plum-like varietal fruit and sweet oak flavours with seamless integration of acid and tannins.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A dark brooding old school style with “mountainous” tannins. Needs years! 5
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A classy deep purple wine more at the savoury end of the spectrum with distinctive umami characters on the nose and an attractive black fruit flavour profile.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A good example of an ageing shiraz. Interesting smoked meat, plum and liqueur elements.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Classic aged McLaren Vale shiraz aromas with long lingering black fruit flavours laced with rich liqueur-like layers and edged with tar and cedar-like notes.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A full flavoured wine soft in the mouth and bright with ripe lifted varietal fruit.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A citrus lift to the nose with some zippy citrus fruit nuances on the palate.
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Posted: November 30, 2021
Nose brimming over with dried peaches, honey and citrus peel. The palate is elegant despite the rich flavour components. 3-5
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Posted: November 30, 2021
A greener style with an attractive herbaceous lift to the nose and lingering herbaceous complexity to the palate.
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