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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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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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Alexander Munro Semillon FS

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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Hell Hole Shiraz FS

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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Alexander Munro Shiraz FS

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 EV S

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 Shiraz S

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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Thistledown The Quickening Barossa Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $50
  • 2022-2027
This attractive, quite early drinking style of Barossa Shiraz does exhibit good layers of complexity as it delivers soy sauce,...
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Thistledown Bachelor’s Block Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $80
  • 2026-2035
The bold, rich and classically styled Barossan delivers a high volume of fruit – chocolate covered blackberries, toasty oak, and...
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Thistledown Where Eagles Dare Eden Valley Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $80
  • 2022-2032
From the highly regarded Mattschoss Vineyard high up in the Eden Valley comes this powerful yet reserved Barossan showing its...
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Pirathon Bronze Label Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 89
  • $28
  • 2022-2026
A couple of years in bottle has helped this Barossa Shiraz to settle into a good place and it delivers...
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 93
  • $76
  • 2025-2034
Here we have a real claret style – a highly pure and elegant Cabernet blend with a smattering of other...
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Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Merlot 2020

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 93+
  • $76
  • 2025-2034
The twin to the Ribbon Vale Cabernet Sauvignon, this is the Merlot dominant version with Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc...
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Moss Wood Amy’s 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 90
  • $40
  • 2023-2030
This bright and aromatic Cabernet Sauvignon blend is beautifully approachable as it delivers an elegant expression of Margaret River. It...
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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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One Thousand Vines PLC cover

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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Jansz Vineyard

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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PEN Winemaking Vintage WholeBunch Chardonnay Landscape

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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shotbyovis

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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YAL WINEMAKERS

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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