Brokenwood Verona Vineyard Shiraz 2019
This is only rarely bottled as a single vineyard from this outstanding fruit source just across the road from the Graveyard vineyard. It delivers so
This is only rarely bottled as a single vineyard from this outstanding fruit source just across the road from the Graveyard vineyard. It delivers so
This is an excellent chardie from Victoria’s Beechworth. It’s made with the famous Mendoza clone that has been the mainstay of WA’s chardonnay. It’s tight,
The first thing you get on the nose is the initial stages of a light buttered toast development. It’s there but it’s still dominated by
This was a vintage that required kid gloves and an almost hand to hand combat with the weather thanks to its pesky rain events. But
The year had hardly begun when the fruit for this excellent semillon was locked and loaded. It was a cool lead-up but then things turned
The debate over whether the 2019 vintage topped its predecessor in the Hunter is one of those things wine geeks will spend hours mulling over.
While Beechworth might have built its reputation on great Chardonnay, there is no question that it also offers some thrilling Pinot Noir. This wine saw
Brokenwood, of course, have ventured beyond the borders of the Hunter and have established excellent vineyards in a number of exciting regions, perhaps none more
This is the top dog from the Brokenwood stable (does one use a stable for dogs?). ILR, released only after a long spell in the
A warmer year in the Hunter but one which gave us many wonderful wines. We won’t know for a few years, but the early mail
It is important to remember that this is the basic Brokenwood release, the standard, the bottom rung if you must. So you’d expect a decent
Another in the Crate series, offering terrific value and simple, delicious drinking, and my favourite of the range. After crushing and destemming into tank, a
It is a bird, it is a plane, no but it is a very respectable Central Otago Pinot Noir in a cask! Hey, it’s not
This superb expression of Eden Valley Riesling, which sells at a criminally low price, is in career best form in 2022. The colour is incredibly
This expressive wine is already showing its class with quite serious complexity. It is elegant and poised as it delivers bath salts, river stones and
This is the best vintage of The Steeple I can recall. The wine is drawn from a single 99-year old vineyard in Light Pass that
Pale golden with a touch of salmon pink, this wine opens up with fantastic complexity for the price with layers of powerful brioche, white strawberry,
While the Paradox Shiraz comes from the northern Barossa, famed for its bold styles, Yalumba purposefully take a gentle approach to make a more subtle
This immediately enticing and complete wine draws you in with its intriguing blend of ethereal aromas with more than a passing resemblance to fine Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
This wine combines thick Barossan Shiraz with hearty McLaren Vale Grenache from some exceptional sites to create a robust and powerful style. There is a
This attractive, quite early drinking style of Barossa Shiraz does exhibit good layers of complexity as it delivers soy sauce, black cherry and mulberry fruits
The bold, rich and classically styled Barossan delivers a high volume of fruit – chocolate covered blackberries, toasty oak, and baked earth provide a decadent
From the highly regarded Mattschoss Vineyard high up in the Eden Valley comes this powerful yet reserved Barossan showing its cooler climate origins as it
A couple of years in bottle has helped this Barossa Shiraz to settle into a good place and it delivers generously proportioned chocolate and sweet
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