September 12, 2023

This richly flavoured 2019 Shiraz from vines over a century old delivers a hearty and complex core of fruit, with...

Château Tanunda 150 Year Old 1858 Barossa Field Blend 2018

This is a complete curio made from Grenache, Mourvèdre and Malbec planted in 1858. It’s brooding with inky, new leather,...

Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Shiraz 2019

This traditionally styled 2019 Barossa Shiraz is richly endowed with plush layers of chocolate and blackberry aromas with a solid...

Château Tanunda The Château Grenache 2022

This 2022 Grenache jumps out of the blocks with its perfumed cranberry and raspberry aromas plus a dusting of dried...

Yalumba The Tri-Centenary Grenache 2021

This fascinating expression of Grenache from vines planted in the nineteenth century has an almost Pinot Noir like feel; pure...

Yalumba Bush Vine Grenache 2021

This open knit and expressive 2021 Grenache shows generously proportioned aromas of red licorice, new leather and cranberry with subtle...

Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2019

This bio-dynamically grown 2019 Barossa Valley Shiraz offers up a wonderful core of fruit – old leather and baked over...

Rogers & Rufus Rosé 2022

Other - Rosé

This reserved dry 2022 Rosé has good subtlety and will build in bottle. Earthy, baked raspberry aromas with a savoury...

Elderton Command Shiraz 2020

The style is immediately Barossa and immediately Elderton. It is bold with the structure to support the power and intensity...

Elderton Barossa Shiraz 2021

This is one of the best examples of this wine I have tasted. It’s so soft and supple, with flavours...

Elderton Ashmead Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The season has allowed the wine to express and capture the true varietal characters of Cabernet with a dominant blackcurrant...

Elderton Helbig 1915 2021

This is a more recent addition to the Elderton stable. It captures the power and opulence of the Greenock vineyard....

Castle Rock Estate A&W Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir

This wine took a while to come around but it certainly delivered with brooding dark cherry, rhubarb, and potting soil...

Castle Rock Estate Diletti Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir

This ethereal 2022 Pinot Noir shows its whole-bunchy style with wafts of red cherry, star anise, rose petals and red...

Henschke Peggy’s Hill Riesling 2023

White Wine - Riesling

This fine and detailed 2023 Eden Valley Riesling entices thanks to its gentle waves of kaffir lime and spice backed...

Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Established in 1974, this is a brand that has been around for a while, the recognisable red label was on...

Leconfield Coonawarra The Sydney Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

‘The Sydney’ pays tribute to Leconfield’s founder, Sydney Hamilton. This is Leconfield’s flagship, a Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon, from fruit planted...

Leconfield Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

From a superb Coonawarra vintage, Leconfield continues to deliver in spades. I recall many years ago seeing some wines from...

Leconfield Coonawarra The Sydney Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

It is blindingly obvious that this is something special from the very first sniff. A great vintage, a top producer,...

Richard Hamilton Burton’s Vineyard Old Vine Grenache 2022

The fruit here was destemmed to avoid any hints of that stalky character – loved by some, detested by others...

Richard Hamilton Ghost Hill Shiraz 2020

A very fine McLaren Vale Shiraz, one which is excellent value. The wine saw a period of extended maceration on...

Richard Hamilton Burton’s Vineyard Old Vine Grenache 2022

Red raspberry, persimmon and ripe figs. A heady mix of baking spices, nutmeg, clove and dusty cinnamon. Fig leaf, rosemary...

Richard Hamilton Ghost Hill Shiraz 2020