Brand & Sons Old Town Single Vineyard Shiraz 2021
Thousands of words have been written about how smell has it all over taste when it comes to appreciating wine. Here is a wine that
Thousands of words have been written about how smell has it all over taste when it comes to appreciating wine. Here is a wine that
If the Brand name here looks familiar, it should be. Sam Brand’s dad, Jim, was owner and chief winemaker for Brands Laira before the family
Nero d’Avola is a variety hailing from Sicily, where the hot mediterranean climate coax out both rich fruit and spicy, savoury flavours. It makes perfect
This wine hails from the Three Ponds property, in the lower Hunter Valley. Made in the classic Hunter style using inert tanks and then bottled
This deliciously fine and detailed Hunter Semillon shows classic sunflower soap, lanolin, hay and citrus aromas that are piecing and fine. Quite textural in style,
Pale onion skin in colour, this elegant and fruit forward rosé shows attractive layers of raspberry and gently spicy aromas. Bone dry in style, its
Mid ruby in colour. Lots to like here with well composed blackberry and black cherry fruits with touches of leather and spice. Good initial impact
From the Ferguson Valley in Western Australia, south of Perth and just in from Bunbury, the Cabernet was planted in 1999 and the Malbec a
A very fine Chardonnay from the Ferguson Valley in WA, the grapes were whole bunch pressed and then fermented with wild yeasts in barrel. An
A fine example of the famous Rhone blend from the Ferguson Valley, the mix is 60% Grenache, 29% Shiraz and 11% Mourvèdre with ten months
An impressive Shiraz from a single vineyard in the Ferguson Valley in Western Australia, which faces Geographe Bay. Maturation was in oak, 30% of it
Makrut lime leaf, lemon zest and Johnathon apple core. A perfume of white lilies and climbing jasmine. A whack of lively green apple acidity and
Pineapple core, winter melon and white nectarine meets chalkboard duster, loofah and pumice stone. There is candied lemon, grated nutmeg and cinnamon powder. A lemon
A charming expression of Shiraz from the Frankland River, a region with so much Shiraz potential. Wild raspberries, kirsch and ripe boysenberries. Terra Cotta, autumn
Evocative. The wine recalls memories of afternoon walks at dusk, with the crackle of dried leaves underfoot, the sweet smell of baked soil from the
Blackberry bush, macerated mulberries and vanilla bean paste. Oak sits front and centre but with good weight and carry from some concentrated fruit. There is
From a close planted site within a stone’s throw from the winery. The Balhannah is always a distinctive wine. Old world in its bouquet garni
Planted in 1999, the Lenswood site sits at 500m in elevation. This is purely 114 clone in-bedded in loam over clay and shale soils. Potent
Whole bunch pressed, fermented in puncheons of which 30% were new before full malolactic fermentation and 10 months in oak. The 2021 vintage has you
It’s always great to see the incarnation of M3. I tend to think of this wine in a similar vein to how Champagne houses exemplify
The 2022 release of S+S Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir delivers all the pretty, delicate pristine red wild strawberries it’s known for but with added proportions
The 2022 Arinto is grown in the Riverland at Ricca Terra Farms who have made waves with their plantings of emerging varieties that bode well
Always with a mindset to think outside the box The Other Wine Co has once again hit it out of the ballpark and into the
The quality of this vintage is immediately evident. The fruit was sourced from the Ebenezer subregion and that brings a distinctive iron stone slightly rusty
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