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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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Bekkers Syrah Grenache 2021

Red Wine - Grenache - Syrah
  • 95
  • $90
  • 2028-2036
One of the first modern wines to put McLaren Vale among the top handful of Australian wine regions was d’Arenberg’s...
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Bekkers Grenache 2021

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $90
  • 2026-2032
Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers offer a masterclass in blending with this Grenache made with fruit from four vineyards in Blewitt...
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Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay

Vasse Felix Heytesbury Chardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $110
  • 2026-2035
This is a big step up from the Premier Chardonnay of the same vintage that jumps out of the blocks...
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Vasse Felix Chardonnay

Vasse Felix Chardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 91
  • $45
  • 2025-2029
The cooler 2021 vintage has produced a fine and detailed example of Margaret River Chardonnay which displays elegance over power....
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Juniper Cornerstone Wilyabrup Chardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $60
  • 2027-2035
This wine is beautifully pitched with exceptional winemaking to triumph in a cool season. Made with largely Burgundian clone 95...
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Cullen Wines

Cullen Diana Madeline Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 94
  • $160
  • 2028-2040
A very special vintage of Diane Madeline, celebrating what would have been the 100th year for its namesake. A blend...
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Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 93
  • $96
  • 2030-2040
If you are going to open this wine up in the next five years give it some serious time in...
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Passel Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 91
  • $48
  • 2023-2030
2018 does it again in this beautifully pitched Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon. Deeply coloured and it opens up with your...
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Passel Lot Reserve Syrah

Passel Estate Lot 71 Reserve Syrah 2018

Red Wine - Syrah
  • 92
  • $65
  • 2023-2028
Margaret River is not particularly well known for its Shiraz but this wine jumps out of the blocks and grabs...
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Meerea Park Alexander Munro Semillon 2016

White Wine - Semillon
  • 93
  • $60
  • 2023-2028
From the famed Braemore Vineyard, this elegant and poised Semillon is drinking younger than most with attractive layers of hay...
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Meerea Park Hell Hole Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $60
  • 2026-2032
2021 was not the easiest Hunter vintage but Meerea Park have still managed to deliver a modern food style with...
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Meerea Park Alexander Munro Shiraz 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 96
  • $115
  • 2025-2037
This is an evocative and expressive Hunter Valley Shiraz thanks to a glorious mix of red currant, black cherry, leather...
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Henschke Louis Semillon EV S

Henschke Louis Eden Valley Semillon 2021

White Wine - Semillon
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2023-2029
This 2021 Semillon, 9% of which has been aged in seasoned oak, shows an attractive array of melon, lanolin and...
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Henschke Roeslein Eden Valley Barbera 2021

Barbera - Red Wine
  • 90
  • $37
  • 2023-2026
I am fairly sure that this is the first vintage of straight Barbera from Henschke, although it does come off...
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Henschke Tappa Pass Barossa Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $123
  • 2027-2035
Opaque in colour, this wine shows ripe and generous fruit although still in that more understated Henschke style. It opens...
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Henschke Innes Vineyard Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris 2022

White Wine - Pinot Gris
  • 91
  • $37
  • 2024-2026
This Adelaide Hills Pinot Gris is pretty and perfumed as it delivers lifted pear, musk and spice aromas with impressive...
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Dice by Dicey Central Otago Pinot 2021

  • 91
  • $110 (2L)
  • 2022-2023
It is a bird, it is a plane, no but it is a very respectable Central Otago Pinot Noir in...
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Heggies Eden Valley Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 93
  • $26
  • 2022-2035
This superb expression of Eden Valley Riesling, which sells at a criminally low price, is in career best form in...
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Mesh Eden Valley Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $35
  • 2022-2032
This expressive wine is already showing its class with quite serious complexity. It is elegant and poised as it delivers...
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Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $80
  • 2025-2036
This is the best vintage of The Steeple I can recall. The wine is drawn from a single 99-year old...
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Jansz Late Disgorged Vintage Cuvée 2014

  • 93
  • $60
  • 2022-2026
Pale golden with a touch of salmon pink, this wine opens up with fantastic complexity for the price with layers...
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Yalumba Paradox Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $50
  • 2022-2030
While the Paradox Shiraz comes from the northern Barossa, famed for its bold styles, Yalumba purposefully take a gentle approach...
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Thistledown The Distant Light Grenache Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz
  • 97
  • $125
  • 2024-2038
This immediately enticing and complete wine draws you in with its intriguing blend of ethereal aromas with more than a...
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Thistledown The Distant Light Grenache Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Grenache - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $125
  • 2022-2032
This wine combines thick Barossan Shiraz with hearty McLaren Vale Grenache from some exceptional sites to create a robust and...
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Stories

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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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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Henschke Single Vineyard Release Current Releases Vinolok Square

2019 Henschke Releases

Angus Hughson
Henschke have now brought their premium wine releases together for release dates and vintage, which provides a good snapshot of...
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