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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.
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Oates Ends Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $60
  • 2028-2035
This 2021 vintage is a more herbal scented and supple vintage from Cath Oates with an almost claretfeel to it...
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Oates Ends Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 94
  • $60
  • 2030-2042
The 2022 Oates Ends Cabernet Sauvignon delivers lovely aromatic purity with fruit pastilles, cassis and just a touch of leaf...
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Handpicked Single Vineyard Wombat Creek Pinot Noir Yarra Valley

Handpicked Wombat Creek Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $90
  • 2026-2033
This lightly framed and alluring 2022 single vineyard Pinot Noir teases with wafts of dark cherry and star anise topped...
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Capella Vineyard Pinot Noir

Handpicked Capella Vineyard Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $90
  • 2029-2034
An ethereal 2022 single vineyard Pinot Noir, with subtle wafts of red cherry, Sichuan pepper, and raspberry, all fine and...
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Handpicked Collection Tasmania Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 93
  • $60
  • 2028-2035
This bright young 2022 Pinot Noir jumps out of the blocks with lavish raspberry, red licorice, rose petal and cranberry...
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Handpicked Collection Pinot Noir Mornington

Handpicked Collection Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 91
  • $60
  • 2025-2029
This seamless and pretty 2022 Pinot Noir is stylish and shows great finesse with creeping layers of cherry compote and...
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Meerea Park Hell Hole Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $60
  • 2023-2042
The 2023 Hell Hole Shiraz has a promising future with brooding aromas of blackberry and dark cherry which are bright...
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Meerea Park Terracotta Syrah 2023

Red Wine - Syrah
  • 95
  • $75
  • 2033-2045
This unusual 2023 blend of Shiraz and Marsanne is young, tight and vibrant with a powerful core of dark cherry,...
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Meerea Park XYZ Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $30
  • 2027-2035
This approachable and stylish 2023 XYZ Shiraz is bursting with dark cherry, blackberry and cranberry aromas with a veneer of...
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Meerea Park Alexander Munro Semillon 2019

White Wine - Semillon
  • 93
  • $65
  • 2025-2035
The 2019 Alexander Munro Semillon is well composed and just starting to come out of its shell with lemon and...
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Howard Park Leston Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 93
  • $52
  • 2030-2040
This well-priced and quite serious 2023 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon is classically proportioned and ripples with blackcurrant and blueberry sharpened...
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Howard Park Leston Margaret River Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $40
  • 2025-2031
The 2022 Leston Shiraz, made with 5% whole bunch and a wild ferment, delivers a fleshy and approachable expression, with...
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Howard Park Jeté Grand Vintage 2019

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $58
  • 2025-2038
This delightful 2019 Chardonnay Pinot Noir blend which has had over 50 months on lees is poised and precise –...
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Howard Park Mount Barker Riesling 2014

White Wine - Riesling
  • 94
  • $45
  • 2025-2035
This is a fabulous example of aged Mount Barker Riesling, still retaining some youthful vibrancy of citrus and stone fruit...
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Howard Park Great Southern Riesling 2024

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $36
  • 2025-2032
A forceful and focussed release of 2024 Riesling with lime leaf, lemon pith and stony aromas to open. Dry and...
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Howard Park Frankland River Scotsdale Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2027-2035
This very impressive young 2022 Frankland River Shiraz is complex and understated with layered old leather, spice, earth and licorice...
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Howard Park Petit Jeté NV

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $33
  • 2025-2028
The non-vintage Petit Jeté Blanc de Blancs shows impressive complexity for its price point with layers of brioche, citrus and dried...
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Howard Park Abercrombie Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 95
  • $160
  • 2032-2045
The 2023 Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon shows its class from start to finish. It opens with beautifully poised aromas of cassis,...
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Howard Park Jeté Premier Brut NV

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $44
  • 2027-2034
This vinous non-vintage sparkling blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier is surprisingly serious although a little backward with...
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Apogee Alto Pinot Gris 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $44
  • 2027-2030
The 2024 Alto Pinot Gris shows delicious purity of fresh pear florals and nectarine aromas, oak maturation adding volume and...
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Lyons Will Estate Riesling 2024

White Wine - Riesling
  • 91
  • $41
  • 2025-2032
The cool Macedon Ranges is not regularly thought of as Riesling heartland but there is certainly plenty of regional history...
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Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 95
  • $160
  • 2032-2048
Exceptional purity to the 2022 Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon as it radiates with blackcurrant, warm slate, gravel and earthy aromas. ...
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Château Tanunda 50 year old Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $80
This big and chunky 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon ripples with muscular chocolate and blackberry aromas with touches of tar and asphalt....
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Château Tanunda 50 year old Barossa Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $80
  • 2025-2032
This crowd-pleasing and plush style is well made with generous serves of mulberry, blackberry and chocolate with spicy oak. Fleshy...
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The Greatest Wine Book That You’ve Never Heard of – One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier

Angus Hughson
Pascaline Lepeltier is the sommelier at highly regarded Chambers restaurant in Lower Manhattan, New York, with a superbly crafted and...
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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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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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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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