Vignobles des 2 Lunes Apogee Pinot Blanc 2020
This Alsatian Pinot Blanc starts a little shy but comes good with time in the glass. It opens up with quite classic chalky, citrus aromas
This Alsatian Pinot Blanc starts a little shy but comes good with time in the glass. It opens up with quite classic chalky, citrus aromas
This exotic yet measured example of Alsatian Gewürztraminer offers up beautiful purity of fruit as it delivers lifted lychee, pear and rosewater aromas that retain
Looking for an introduction to German Pinot Noir, then your search is over with this example from Becker Landgraf classic in style and feel. It
This beautifully expressive and detailed Sancerre offers up poised aromas of chalk and citrus with a pine needle freshness. The palate is then light weight,
This comes from a vineyard selection off Chene Marchand which has been given plenty of oak and, while not ready to drink quite yet, the
A superb example of Italian Pinot Bianco, or Pinot Blanc, this is a wine that delivers both subtlety and complexity. Exotic tropicals, chalk and citrus
This Margaret River Chardonnay offers impressive value thanks to its mix of fruit concentration and well handled oak. It is bolder than previous vintages thanks
There is plenty to celebrate in this classy Hunter Valley Shiraz with all the pieces in place for a wine that will age well. It
Why 12 degrees – it’s the slope on the vineyard where fruit was sourced for this off-dry style, which I preferred to the drier version.
Fantastic value here with a mature Auslese from a good year in peak condition. 2006 was a vintage chartacterised by lots of botrytis in the
This unique take on Californian Zinfandel, topped up with Sangiovese, offers the raw power you’d expect from the US of A but also manages to
This is a sophisticated take on Italian Pinot Grigio Rosé that is savoury, subtle and very drinkable although don’t enjoy it too cold or you
An impressive start to Mumm’s new foray into Australia that is perfectly pitched and sure to appeal to Mumm fans. Beautifully bright and fresh, it
This superb expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz illustrates the region’s more subtle side and provides exceptional value. Aromas are poised, focussed and slowly unwind to
This weighty 2021 single vineyard Grenache impresses thanks to its sheer power of brooding fruit with pastilles, red liquorice and black cherry aromas topped by
Sourced from the best 10-12 rows of Shiraz off Penny’s Hill Estate vineyards, this is a decadent 2020 Shiraz with lashings of chocolate, beef stock,
This impressive example of a user-friendly, unoaked Touriga is bursting with fruit as it delivers new leather, pastille and spicy violet aromas. It’s then chunky
This McLaren Vale Merlot from 2021 is a generous and full-flavoured example of the variety bursting with blueberry, black olive and violet aromas that are
This 2021 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon is typical of the McLaren Vale style with its deep colour and luscious fruits including blueberry, chocolate and liquorice
This very well priced example of the classic Margaret River blend shows the class of the 2022 vintage. Charming and complex, the wine still feels
This powerful and food friendly sparkling wine is showing the benefits of extended time on lees with its pale golden colour matched with expressive aromas
From the cracking 2020 vintage comes this bargain Cabernet blend that delivers in style. It opens with bright leafy aromas with plentiful fruit pastille and
This is not your classic Cabernet Sauvignon built for long ageing but it is beautifully pitched for an early drinking style and is sure to
Mid straw and showing a bit of colour for the 2022 vintage. There is an impressive mix of fruit from the classic stony and citrus
It is a rare miracle when two superb vintages go back to back, and, for Coonawarra, 2021 and 2022 may mark the moment in time
Henschke have now brought their premium wine releases together for release dates and vintage, which provides a good snapshot of the year, 2019 in this
There are many facets to the role of Chef de Cave in a major Champagne house. At its heart is honouring the house style while
Imagine being a premium Sparkling wine or Champagne producer. You spend years perfecting winemaking techniques and crafting quality wines to see much of your product
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
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