Chateau Magnol Cru Bourgeois 2018
The 2018 Bordeaux vintage has been crowned exceptional if not legendary status thanks to a hot and dry Summer. Located just to the North of
The 2018 Bordeaux vintage has been crowned exceptional if not legendary status thanks to a hot and dry Summer. Located just to the North of
One whiff of this wine and I was instantly transported back to Northern Italy thanks to its mix of exotic yet savoury fruits. Surely someone
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You can just feel the potential in this wine. Fruit tightly coiled over a backbone of firm acidity with superb length and balance, but it
I was not expecting this from Hentley Farm – garganega; one of Italy’s most famous indigenous white grape varieties popping up in the Barossa Valley,
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Wild chamomile and lemon blossoms lead into aromas of intensely concentrated yellow nectarines, and a mound of lemon rinds – the muddled flesh, pith and
After the slightly tough 2020 vintage there is no doubt that the Knappsteins would have celebrated 2021 with its brightness and purity of fruit, as
Legendary winemaker Tim Knappstein made his name with classic, ageweorthy Clare Valley Riesling. So no great surprise that his new Riposte label is going down
Garganega is a variety with so much history from the Veneto in north-east Italy. It’s so exciting to see Australian winemakers give this variety a
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Fermented in seasoned oak barrels, this is from the Mount Crawford vineyard in the Southern Barossa Valley. Lemon pith aromas, chamomile tea with bees wax
This is a new wine from a small patch of vines in the newly acquired Mount Crawford vineyard in the cool hills of the southern
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