Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2022
This is an immaculate Chardonnay and one of best Tiers vintages yet with every element in its perfect place. It opens with beautifully precise and
This is an immaculate Chardonnay and one of best Tiers vintages yet with every element in its perfect place. It opens with beautifully precise and
This is a Chardonnay that is screaming for the cellar, and at least three or four years thanks to its current state which is wound
This beautifully pitched Adelaide Hills Chardonnay shows the quality of the 2022 vintage with its delicious purity of fruit. Pale in colour, it opens with
A bit of an old school Grenache here but there is nothing wrong with that. It radiates with ripe, fleshy fruits including fruit pastilles, licorice
A big step up from the Moppa Grenache with fruit for this wine sourced from Marananga. It kept building and delivering for a couple of
This is a charming expression of Mataro that retains the Greenock Creek signature while allowing this often underrated variety to shine. Classically reserved aromas of
Classically Greenock Creek in style, this is the kind of wine that fans of the brand have come to love. Deep coloured and chocolaty in
Black as night, this is more Greenock Creek than Cabernet with luscicous aromas of blackberry jam, baked earth and chocolate with the most gentle leafy/herbal
Something for everyone in the 2020 Fifteen Claims Shiraz in that it delivers a typically rich version of Barossa Shiraz while at the same time
This decadent vintage of Creek Block delivers in every way with opaque colour in the glass and densely packed aromas of black licorice, blackberry compote
Ancestor Vines on show here as the wine delivers not only raw power but also exceptional shape and purity of fruit. There is an impressive
I really enjoyed this modern expression of Barossan Grenache blend. It showed that natural generosity of fruit seen in quality Grenache but also impressive underlying
This is a bit of a halfway house, a little of the natural side thanks to wild ferments and low sulfur bringing in some nutty,
Here we have a very classy modern Adelaide Hills Chardonnay. It’s not showy and packed with fruit but impresses more with its restraint and subtlety.
A lovely gentle salmon pink colour is followed by a surprising volume of aromatics for a rosé. White strawberry and fresh raspberry aromas are topped
Premium fruit from Blewitt Springs and Seaview is written all over this wine although it still retains the casual Varney flair. Layers of primary fruit
Made from a mix of fruit from Clarendon, Blewitt Springs and Whites Valley, this is a well composed and sophisticated McLaren Vale Shiraz on the
One of the first modern wines to put McLaren Vale among the top handful of Australian wine regions was d’Arenberg’s 1967 Burgundy, a blend of
Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers offer a masterclass in blending with this Grenache made with fruit from four vineyards in Blewitt Springs (2), Kangarilla and the
This is a big step up from the Premier Chardonnay of the same vintage that jumps out of the blocks with piercing aromas of sherbet,
The cooler 2021 vintage has produced a fine and detailed example of Margaret River Chardonnay which displays elegance over power. Bright and composed, the key
This wine is beautifully pitched with exceptional winemaking to triumph in a cool season. Made with largely Burgundian clone 95 fruit with Gingin making up
A very special vintage of Diane Madeline, celebrating what would have been the 100th year for its namesake. A blend of 91% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4%
If you are going to open this wine up in the next five years give it some serious time in a decanter as it is
Over forty years is a long time in the world of Champagne. Very few wines make it past their second decade, let alone their fourth,
The Clare Valley’s historic Florita Vineyard at Watervale was the source of John Vickery’s exquisite Leo Buring DW series. Today the Barry family have returned
McLaren Vale is a region that is going from strength to strength. Our McLaren Vale Wine Guide 2022 includes over 150 wine reviews plus essays from Angus
2020 is looking like a very interesting vintage and the south-east (Coonawarra and Wrattonbully) could be the standouts, although many of the wines need time
The Artisans of Barossa Grenache Project offers a superb insight into how different winemaking techniques can radically alter the style and profile of Grenache. Picking
It modern times, negotiants have increasingly been seen as imposters in Burgundy. As small famous estate names have increasingly taken all the kudos, the negotiants,
It is not everyday you get to sit down with one of Australia’s Barolo experts and taste through a bunch of Barolo from a single
Cloudburst is an enigma wrapped in a mystery. It is one of the most unusual wine stories of the last 20 years. Establishing a vineyard,
It always a pleasure to taste the new red wine releases from Wynns Coonawarra Estate. With wines dating back as far as 1952, Wynns has
2021 Cornerstone Grenache – 92 Points This ripe and fleshy Grenache is packed full of fruit with layers of raspberry and red licorice aromas with
Viognier is one of the world’s most misunderstood grape varieties. The spelling and pronunciation do not help and all of us in the wine industry
Leeuwin Estate is an Australian masterpiece and represents the dream of coming ‘from nowhere to somewhere’. It is an accidental creation born from happenstance and
Despite a relatively long history in Margaret River, McHenry Hohnen Vintners, almost inexplicably, remains well and truly under the radar, and little known. While the
You could almost not find a harder place to grow grapes than Patagonia, on the southern tip of Argentina. Three to four degrees cooler than
Takahiro Koyama arrived in New Zealand in 2003 to study winemaking and while in the country starting working with acclaimed winemaker CP Lin at Mountford
After the China shock, it is fair to say that in the Treasury Wine Estates offices at Southbank in Melbourne the release of the new
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