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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.

M Burton Riesling 1

White Wine - Riesling
  • 94
  • $85
  • 2024-2032
I like Matt Burton’s give it a go attitude. Multi-vintage wines and throwing lots of different winemaking techniques to work...
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Dominique Roger Chene Marchand Sancerre 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $90
  • 2023-2027
A classic Sancerre with a beautiful mix of exotic guava and herbal aromas underlined by a strong minerality followed by...
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Becker Landgraf Gau Odernheimer Riesling 2020

White Wine - Riesling
  • 93
  • $65
  • 2022-2030
Something special here that delivers both power and finesse. The wine is immediately engaging asit delivers piering, focused aromas of...
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Ulrich Langguth ’12 degrees’ Gourmet Riesling Trocken 2020

White Wine - Riesling
  • 89
  • $40
  • 2022-202\
This fine example of an early drinking Riesling from the Mosel Valley is gently aromatic and offers up attractive slaty,...
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Becker Landgraf Trocken Riesling 2021

White Wine - Riesling
  • 90
  • $50
  • 2022-2025
This dry Rheinhessen Riesling displays plenty of power and impact offering up an array of exotic fruits including brown pear...
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Hentyfarm Pinot Noir 2019

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 91
  • $45
  • 2022-2025
There is a very specific style to Henty Pinot Noirs, which comes as no great surprise as the region is...
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Vignobles des 2 Lunes Apogee Pinot Blanc 2020

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $60
  • 2022-2024
This Alsatian Pinot Blanc starts a little shy but comes good with time in the glass. It opens up with...
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Vignobles des 2 Lunes Amélie Gewurztraminer 2016

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $80
  • 2022-2028
This exotic yet measured example of Alsatian Gewürztraminer offers up beautiful purity of fruit as it delivers lifted lychee, pear...
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Becker Landgraf Gau-Odernheimer Pinot Noir 2020

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 91
  • $65
  • 2023-2028
Looking for an introduction to German Pinot Noir, then your search is over with this example from Becker Landgraf classic...
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Dominique Roger Domaine du Carrou Sancerre 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $60
  • 2022-2024
This beautifully expressive and detailed Sancerre offers up poised aromas of chalk and citrus with a pine needle freshness. The...
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Dominique Roger Domaine du Carrou Sancerre La Jouline 2020

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $100
  • 2025-2030
This comes from a vineyard selection off Chene Marchand which has been given plenty of oak and, while not ready...
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Venica & Venica Talis Pinot Bianco 2021

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $80
  • 2022-2026
A superb example of Italian Pinot Bianco, or Pinot Blanc, this is a wine that delivers both subtlety and complexity....
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Blackstone Paddock Limited Release Chardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 90
  • $19.99
  • 2022-2026
This Margaret River Chardonnay offers impressive value thanks to its mix of fruit concentration and well handled oak. It is...
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The Little Wine Company Little Gem Shiraz 2018

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $60
  • 2022-2030
There is plenty to celebrate in this classy Hunter Valley Shiraz with all the pieces in place for a wine...
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Ulrich Langguth Feinherb Gourmet Riesling 2020

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2022-2030
Why 12 degrees – it’s the slope on the vineyard where fruit was sourced for this off-dry style, which I...
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Ulrich Langguth Piesporter Günterslay Auslese Riesling 2006

White Wine - Riesling
  • 93
  • $100
  • 2022-2027
Fantastic value here with a mature Auslese from a good year in peak condition. 2006 was a vintage chartacterised by...
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Lapis Luna Zinfandel 2020

Red Wine - Zinfandel
  • 90
  • $40
  • 2022-2028
This unique take on Californian Zinfandel, topped up with Sangiovese, offers the raw power you’d expect from the US of...
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Mezzacorona Maso di Mezzo Pinot Grigio Rosé 2020

White Wine - Pinot Grigio
  • 90
  • $30
  • 2022-2024
This is a sophisticated take on Italian Pinot Grigio Rosé that is savoury, subtle and very drinkable although don’t enjoy...
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Mumm Tasmania Brut Prestige NV

Other - Specialty
  • 90
  • $40
  • 2022-2025
An impressive start to Mumm’s new foray into Australia that is perfectly pitched and sure to appeal to Mumm fans....
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Penny’s Hill Skeleton Key Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $45
  • 2024-2030
This superb expression of McLaren Vale Shiraz illustrates the region’s more subtle side and provides exceptional value. Aromas are poised,...
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Penny’s Hill The Experiment Grenache 2021

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92
  • $45
  • 2025-2030
This weighty 2021 single vineyard Grenache impresses thanks to its sheer power of brooding fruit with pastilles, red liquorice and...
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Penny’s Hill Footprint Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $65
  • 2024-2032
Sourced from the best 10-12 rows of Shiraz off Penny’s Hill Estate vineyards, this is a decadent 2020 Shiraz with...
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Penny’s Hill McLaren Vale Touriga 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $30
  • 2022-2025
This impressive example of a user-friendly, unoaked Touriga is bursting with fruit as it delivers new leather, pastille and spicy...
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Penny’s Hill Malpas Road Merlot 2021

Red Wine - Merlot
  • 91
  • $27
  • 2023-2028
This McLaren Vale Merlot from 2021 is a generous and full-flavoured example of the variety bursting with blueberry, black olive...
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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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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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