The Lane Vineyard Lois Sparkling Blanc de Blancs NV
A beautifully pitched Adelaide Hills Sparkling Chardonnay for a bargain price, this wine is all about delicacy and detail in a crisp and early drinking
A beautifully pitched Adelaide Hills Sparkling Chardonnay for a bargain price, this wine is all about delicacy and detail in a crisp and early drinking
A deal of mystery surrounds this vineyard, and there’s only a tiny volume that comes into the Sordo family’s hands. What results is absolutely magical,
Even in the middle of Summer, there is still a distinct chill in the night air at Dalrymple in Tasmania’s Pipers River. It’s unsurprising that
The Zerk sisters once again deliver the goods. This is an enticing medium bodied red that gets me excited. It entices with open arms, offering
Inky and dense with blackberries, cassis, brooding violets and dark, bittersweet flourless chocolate cake. There’s an earthy, slatey minerality. Just a small amount of Viognier
A bouncing, bright, cherry-infused delight of a rosé. It’s hard to expect anything less from a grape that hails from the Iberian Peninsula. This has
Starts with a sunny fruit entry in subtle shades of citrus and apple. Vermentino never shouts, but is nevertheless highly effective in delivering unadulterated, immediate
This is the scent of spring, of apple blossom, citrus and just a hint of the fruit power to come. It is fragrant and enticing.
Grenache has shown itself to be a champion variety of McLaren Vale and this beauty is a prime example. It smells like intensely perfumed roses
Mencía is a Spanish variety hailing from the northwest that shows juicy fruit with a lovely savoury, spicy, herbal undertone. The label tells us the
This is what summer smells like: fleshy fresh chunks of honeydew and rockmelon, juicy mandarin and pink grapefruit segments, lemon blossoms in the cool of
Vermentino is emerging as one of the white Italian varieties perfectly suited to the tastes of Australian wine lovers – vibrant, and easily paired with
For me, the emergence of Australian Grenache is the most exciting trend in wine today – not just here in Australia, but around the globe.
If great Grenache from McLaren Vale and other Aussie regions is currently the hottest thing on wine shelves, delicious, fresh, dry Rosé is close behind
Apparently, 2022 was the year that Hugo and Kingsley confirmed that Vermentino berries ‘tasted good’. I have no idea who Hugo and Kingsley are but
Fiano is perhaps the most exciting of the new white varieties we are seeing from Italy and abroad. From the Campania region of Italy, this
Built for a marathon with a measured and balanced approach. Speed is not an option here. Neither is the historic McLaren Vale predilection for heavy
It’s thought this wine contains fruit from eight to ten of Sordo’s crus, including the Grand Cru Villero and Monprivato which weren’t bottled individually until
From the Commune of Monforte d’Alba, and unsurprisingly the fragrant notes have the sense of purple flowers with a woodiness, maybe even some minted feels.
Another of the more esteemed Sordo trio from the Castiglione Falletto commune, this tells us so much about the individuality of each of the vineyards.
From one of the most revered vineyards in the commune Castiglione Falletto, this is so captivating from the start; the first essential sentence in what
As expected from this vineyard within the commune of Castiglione Falletto, this is a darker and richer variation on the Nebbiolo varietal theme, floral but
A wine made specifically for esteemed Barolo expert and importer David Ridge, designed essentially as an everyday style and hitting above the mark in all
Another of the cru from the Novello commune, we see here a lot of what fascinates in the Barolo realm. Aromatics are black cherry with
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