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Angus Hughson

Angus is an award-winning wine writer and the Founder and Publisher of Winepilot, the Australian Editor for leading international publication VINOUS with Antonio Galloni based in New York City and the Co-Publisher of The Australian Ark with over 15 years of publishing, writing and judging experience.
NV BV Shiraz

Greenock Creek Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2026-2033
The 2021 Greenock Creek Shiraz is generously proportioned yet retains its composure as it delivers bold and ripe aromas of...
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gcbasket

Greenock Creek Basket Press Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 91
  • $30
  • 2026-2031
This initially fruit forward 2024 Grenache bursts with raspberry coulis and red liquorice aromas with a little dusty oak adding...
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Arras Blanc de Blancs Vintage

Arras Blanc de Blancs 2016

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $136
  • 2025-2030
The 2016 Arras Blanc de Blancs is fine and restrained with both minerality and complex autolytic tones. It opens with...
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Arras GVintage ml

Arras Grand Vintage 2015

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $120
  • 2025-2034
This charming 2015 Arras Grand Vintage is a step up on the 2016, with greater power, energy, focus and length....
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OENOTRI

Purple Hands Oenotri Montepulciano 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $80
  • 2026-2034
This 2023 Oenotri fermented in amphora is a big step up on the standard bottling with old fashioned cola, and...
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Ancestor Vine Shiraz

Purple Hands Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $120
The Planta Circa 2023 Shiraz is quite seductive and a very different take on the classic style with its fine...
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Barossa Shiraz()

Purple Hands Shiraz 2023 

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 88
  • $40
  • 2025-2028
This is quite a fresh and fruit forward expression of Purple Hands Shiraz with plush dark plum and chocolate aromas...
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Planta Circa Grenache NV

Purple Hands Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 95
  • $120
  • 2035-2044
The Planta Circa 2024 Grenache is a beast; strong, muscular, focussed and far from ready to enjoy. It only hints...
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Barossa Grenache

Purple Hands Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2025-2035
The Purple Hands 2024 Grenache offers up delicious purity of fruit and approachability with waves of charming dark cherry, dark...
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Wirra Wirra Woodhenge Shiraz No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Woodhenge Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $40
  • 2024-2028
One for old school McLaren Vale fans, this 2022 Shiraz delivers robust aromas of cocoa, bitumen and licorice with a...
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WIRRA WIRRA Farmer's Heart Grenache No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Farmer’s Heart Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 91
  • $28
  • 2025-2028
This stylish Farmer’s Heart Grenache is an unashamedly lighter style but carries it off well with layers of watermelon, cranberry...
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Wirra Wirra Whites Valley Cabernet Sauvignon No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Whites Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $50
  • 2026-2035
This single vineyard 2023 Whites Valley Cabernet Sauvignon is a refined expression bursting with bright aromas of mint and milk...
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WIRRA MVCG CAB SAUV NO VINTAGE

Wirra Wirra MVCG Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $28
Varietal typicity leaps from the glass in this 2023 MVCG Cabernet Sauvignon thanks to fragrant leafy, cedar and red currant...
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WIRRA DRY GRENACHE ROSE No Vintage

Wirra Wirra Grenache Rosé 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 90
  • $28
  • 2024-2026
This 2024 Grenache Rosé is pretty to look at and quite serious at the same time with its refined aromas...
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Shiraz M Burton

Gundog Estate M Burton Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 96
  • $80
  • 2030-2044
There is something very alluring about this M Burton 2023 Canberra District Shiraz, which has had three hundred days on...
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Shiraz

Gundog Estate Canberra Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $45
  • 2026-2033
This gently weighted 2023 Canberra Shiraz displays essence of Shiraz aromas with licorice, plum skin and spice in a generous...
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Marksman's Shiraz

Gundog Estate Marksman’s Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $80
  • 2028-2040
Sorry, but this 2023 Markman’s Shiraz hits the mark with its youthful core of blackberry and wood smoke aromas with...
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Riesling M Burton

Gundog Estate M Burton Riesling 2023

White Wine - Riesling
  • 94
  • $50
  • 2027-2038
This is one of my favourite new wave Rieslings in the country and the cool 2023 vintage has delivered beautifully....
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Rare Game Shiraz

Gundog Estate Rare Game Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $80
  • 2028-2040
This classic 2023 Hunter Valley Shiraz has power and refinement with a beautiful mix of smoked meats, red earth, plum...
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secco

Freeman Secco 2018

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $55
  • 2025-2035
A standout vintage for this partial Amarone style that is packed with aromas of chocolate shavings and dried figs with...
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seppeltsfield centenial para hero

1925 Seppeltsfield Para Vintage Tawny

Other - Specialty
  • 97
  • $$1800 (100ml)
  • 2025-2045
This miraculous wine, from 1925, shows impressive vitality with the liquid raisin aromas topped by old mahogany and dusty old...
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Mud House Pinot Noir

Mud House Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 86
  • $25
  • 2025-2026
The 2022 Mud House Pinot Noir is at the peak of its powers, with soft plummy fruit now giving way...
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SW Auburn Chardonnay

Small Wonder Auburn Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 92+
  • $52
  • 2029-2035
This inaugural vintage of Auburn 2023 Chardonnay is impressive offering up strong typicity with tangy and exotic white peach, nectarine...
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SW Auburn Pinot Noir

Small Wonder Auburn Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $52
  • 2025-2032
This quite delectable young 2023 Tassie Pinot Noir is understated and beautifully composed with dark cherry and almost chocolatey aromas...
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Stories

Jansz Vineyard

Chasing Down Champagne

Angus Hughson
You have to hand it to French marketing, particularly when it comes to Champagne. It is a giant region; 34,000...
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PEN Winemaking Vintage WholeBunch Chardonnay Landscape

The Answer is, and Always was, Chardonnay

Angus Hughson
Imagine having a crystal ball twenty years ago and peering into the future of Australian wine. At the time, Robert...
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shotbyovis

Margaret River Wine Show 2024

Angus Hughson
Change was in the air at the 2024 Margaret River Wine Show as last year’s Chairman Nick Ryan had moved...
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YAL WINEMAKERS

Yalumba new releases including some surprises

Angus Hughson
Travel around the world and what you notice is many great international wineries have parcels of old vintages for sale....
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Page Canon Camden Park Label

Australia’s First Vintage – 1792

Angus Hughson
The earliest days for the Australian wine industry were not easy. Cuttings first had to successfully make the long trip...
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Coonawarra Siding Summer Ockert Le Roux

Red Earth Rising

Angus Hughson
It is a rare miracle when two superb vintages go back to back, and, for Coonawarra, 2021 and 2022 may...
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