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December 22, 2023

Dalrymple Single Site Pipers River Pinot Noir Mock

Dalrymple Single Site Pipers River Pinot Noir 2021

Pinot Noir - Red
This compelling 2021 single vineyard Pinot Noir is my favourite from the current releases which radiates with a strong savoury...
  • 93 points
  • $68~
  • 2024-2030
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Dalrymple Vineyards Single Site Swansea Pinot Noir Mock

Dalrymple Single Site Swansea Pinot Noir 2021

Pinot Noir - Red
This expressive and approachable 2021 single vineyard Pinot Noir delivers an impressive array of aromas ranging from raspberry, cherry and...
  • 92 points
  • $68~
  • 2023-2028
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Dalrymple Single Site Pipers River Chardonnay Mock

Dalrymple Pipers River Valley Chardonnay 2021

Chardonnay - White
This seamless 2022 Tasmanian Chardonnay delivers a more savoury expression with macadamia nut and nougat aromas with a faint smoky...
  • 92 points
  • $52~
  • 2024-2030
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Dalrymple Single Site Coal River Valley Chardonnay Mock

Dalrymple Coal River Valley Chardonnay 2022

Chardonnay - White
This refined and acid driven 2022 Tasmanian Chardonnay delivers a powerful core of citrus and pear aromas with exceptional purity,...
  • 92+ points
  • $52~
  • 2022-2030
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Dalrymple Single Site Coal River Valley Pinot Noir Mock

Dalrymple Single Site Coal River Pinot Noir 2021

Pinot Noir - Red
This shy but engaging 2021 Pinot Noir offers up a rich core of brooding aromas – freshly turned earth, warm...
  • 91 points
  • $68~
  • 2024-2028
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Jansz Vintage Cuvée 2019

Cuvée - Other
This generously proportioned vintage 2019 blend of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir offers up rich aromas brioche and white strawberry, with...
  • 93 points
  • $54~
  • 2023-2030
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Yalumba Winesmiths Pinot Grigio NO VINTAGE

Winesmiths Pinot Grigio 2L Cask

Pinot Grigio - White
This was my pick of the whites in these two-litre casks and I can assure anyone considering purchasing one that...
  • 89 points
  • $14~
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Yalumba Winesmiths Sem Sauv Blanc NO VINTAGE

Winesmiths Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2L Cask

Sauvignon Blanc - Semillon - White
Premium wine casks may seem like an oxymoron but the team at Yalumba/Winesmiths have more than achieved it. Whereas so...
  • 87 points
  • $14~
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Yalumba Winesmiths Dry Rose NO VINTAGE

Winesmiths Rosé 2L Cask

Other - Rosé
For me, Rosé in a two-litre cask, or I should say a Rose this good in a two-litre cask, was...
  • 89 points
  • $14~
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Yalumba Homefullness Shiraz Bottle Shot

Yalumba Homefullness Barossa Shiraz 2021

Red - Shiraz
This is a wine made in partnership with Forage Built, an organisation helping to fight homelessness, hence the name. From...
  • 91 points
  • $22~
  • 2023-2028
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Earthworks Cabernet Sauvignon No Vintage

Earthworks Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Red
As with the Shiraz, the wine sees a blend of French and American oak, and again, from a superb vintage....
  • 92 points
  • $20~
  • 2023-2031
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Earthworks Shiraz No Vintage

Earthworks Barossa Shiraz 2021

Red - Shiraz
A stunning value, generously flavoured Barossa Shiraz. The wine spent time in a mix of French and American oak and...
  • 93 points
  • $20~
  • 2023-2031
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Yalumba Winesmiths Sauvignon Blanc NO VINTAGE

Winesmiths Sauvignon Blanc 2L Cask

Sauvignon Blanc - White
The Yalumba/Winesmiths range of two-litre casks have lead the category in quality terms for so long that one wonders if...
  • 88 points
  • $14~
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Yalumba The Y Series Lighter Chardonnay No Vintage

Yalumba Y Series Lighter Chardonnay 2023

Chardonnay - White
A pleasant, fresh Chardonnay, following the trend of lower alcohol – down to just 7% here. Hardly more than a...
  • 87 points
  • $15~
  • 2023-2023
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Yalumba The Y Series Lighter Pinot Grigio No Vintage

Yalumba Y Series Lighter Pinot Grigio 2023

Pinot Grigio - White
Lighter alcohol wines are all the range, so no matter what the old dinosaurs may think, time to get on...
  • 88 points
  • $15~
  • 2023-2024
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Smith&Hooper Cab Sauv Merlot NV

Smith & Hooper Cabernet Merlot 2021

Cabernet - Merlot - Red
A controlled fermentation was followed by 11 months maturation in a mix of French barriques (of which, 9% were new),...
  • 93 points
  • $21~
  • 2023-2035
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YALUMBA The Steeple Shiraz No Vintage

Yalumba The Steeple Barossa Shiraz 2019

Red - Shiraz
A single vineyard (1.34 hectares) Barossa Shiraz from the sub-region of Light Pass, this was the vintage in which the...
  • 94 points
  • $80~
  • 2023-2035
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Yalumba Homefullness Shiraz Bottle Shot

Yalumba Menzies Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Red
A classic example of Cabernet Sauvignon from a top vintage and the famous Coonawarra region, this is excellent buying. Maturation...
  • 94 points
  • $60~
  • 2023-2038
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Yalumba Homefullness Shiraz Bottle Shot

Yalumba Octavius Barossa Old Vine Shiraz 2018

Red - Shiraz
A famous wine which, fortunately, does not receive quite the extended oak treatment it once did. From Barossa vines dating...
  • 96 points
  • $150~
  • 2023-2043
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SW IR

Sidewood Isabella Rosé 2015

Other - Rosé
A highly prized Sparkling wine locally and internationally, garnering a swathe of gold medals and topping those with a Platinum...
  • 95 points
  • $45~
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SIG CASS

Sidewood Cassandra Blanc de Blancs 2016

Blanc de Blancs - White
While the rest of the Sidewood Sparkling releases contain varying percentages of Pinot Noir, this is their varietal Chardonnay variation...
  • 94 points
  • $60~
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SW SAVB

Sidewood Sauvignon Blanc 2023

Sauvignon Blanc - White
Coming out of a cool vintage, this gives all the good Sauvignon stuff in spades. It’s a front-end loaded aromatic...
  • 95 points
  • $22~
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MAP CHD

Sidewood Mappinga Chardonnay 2020

Chardonnay - White
The 2020 vintage in the Hills was a challenge for many producers, offering a warmer season profile and in this...
  • 93 points
  • $45~
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SIG TF SHZ

Sidewood Ironstone Barrels The Tyre Fitter Syrah 2021

Red - Syrah
Sourced from another of the Sidewood Estate vineyards, this time in Echunga, where seven different Shiraz clones are nurtured. This...
  • 94 points
  • $50~
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