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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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Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 96
  • $110
  • 2028-2040
This is an immaculate Chardonnay and one of best Tiers vintages yet with every element in its perfect place. It...
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Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $59
  • 2027-2035
This is a Chardonnay that is screaming for the cellar, and at least three or four years thanks to its...
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Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 91
  • $49
  • 2023-2028
This beautifully pitched Adelaide Hills Chardonnay shows the quality of the 2022 vintage with its delicious purity of fruit. Pale...
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Greenock Creek Moppa Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 90
  • $30
  • 2024-2028
A bit of an old school Grenache here but there is nothing wrong with that. It radiates with ripe, fleshy...
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Greenock Creek Moppa Cornerstone Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2026-2033
A big step up from the Moppa Grenache with fruit for this wine sourced from Marananga. It kept building and...
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Greenock Creek Mataro 2022

Red Wine - Mataro
  • 91
  • $40
  • 2025-2033
This is a charming expression of Mataro that retains the Greenock Creek signature while allowing this often underrated variety to...
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Greenock Creek Block 3 Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $40
  • 2023-2029
Classically Greenock Creek in style, this is the kind of wine that fans of the brand have come to love....
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Greenock Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $55
  • 2025-2030
Black as night, this is more Greenock Creek than Cabernet with luscicous aromas of blackberry jam, baked earth and chocolate...
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Greenock Creek Fifteen Claims Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $120
  • 2024-2034
Something for everyone in the 2020 Fifteen Claims Shiraz in that it delivers a typically rich version of Barossa Shiraz...
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Greenock Creek Creek Block Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $300
  • 2026-2040
This decadent vintage of Creek Block delivers in every way with opaque colour in the glass and densely packed aromas...
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Elderton Ashmead Family Reserve #2 Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $80
  • 2030-2040
Ancestor Vines on show here as the wine delivers not only raw power but also exceptional shape and purity of...
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Elderton Barossa GSM 2022

  • 92
  • $35
  • 2025-2032
I really enjoyed this modern expression of Barossan Grenache blend. It showed that natural generosity of fruit seen in quality...
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LUDO Pearl Rosé 2022

Other - Rosé
  • 90
  • $39
  • 2023-2025
This is a bit of a halfway house, a little of the natural side thanks to wild ferments and low...
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Varney Wines Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2024-2029
Here we have a very classy modern Adelaide Hills Chardonnay. It’s not showy and packed with fruit but impresses more...
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Varney Wines Entrada Rosé of Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 89
  • $27
  • 2023-2026
A lovely gentle salmon pink colour is followed by a surprising volume of aromatics for a rosé. White strawberry and...
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Varney Wines McLaren Vale Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2025-2030
Premium fruit from Blewitt Springs and Seaview is written all over this wine although it still retains the casual Varney...
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Varney Wines McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $42
  • 2023-2029
Made from a mix of fruit from Clarendon, Blewitt Springs and Whites Valley, this is a well composed and sophisticated...
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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 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 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 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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Stories

Anselmi Lifestyle

Anselmi – Ahead of the Curve

July 16, 2025
Angus Hughson
Trailblazer is a term often thrown around in the wine trade. Yet, while there is certainly plenty of experimentation in...
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The Greatest Wine Book That You’ve Never Heard of – One Thousand Vines by Pascaline Lepeltier

April 14, 2025
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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Chasing Down Champagne

February 28, 2025
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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The Answer is, and Always was, Chardonnay

January 31, 2025
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

November 6, 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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Yalumba new releases including some surprises

May 14, 2024
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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