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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.

Common Molly McLaren Vale Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 88
  • $27
  • 2022-2024
These are the first releases of a new side project from Auld Family Wines. They are unashamedly made for a...
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Common Molly Barossa Valley Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 90
  • $27
  • 2022-2025
These are the first releases of a new side project from Auld Family Wines. They are unashamedly made for a...
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Kirrihill Wines Partner Series Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $25
  • 2024-2032
This is a significant step up from the standard Kirrihill Riesling and offers fine and detailed aromas of bath salts,...
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Kirrihill PartnerShiraz

Kirrihill Wines Partner Series Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $30
  • 2024-2030
This well made and hearty Clare Valley Shiraz is a powerful red wine with style as it delivers a generous...
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Kirrihill Shiraz Clare Valley

Kirrihill Wines E.B. Gleeson The Squire Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $65
  • 2026-2035
Kirrihill have made a name for themselves in the value stakes but wines like this show that they can also...
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Maxwell Wines Small Batch Grenache Blanc 2021

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92
  • $42
  • 2022-2025
This is a ripe and exotic expression of Grenache Blanc, delivering heady aromas of apricot, preserved lemon and melon fruits....
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Maxwell Wines EOCENE Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $70
  • 2024-2031
This tightly wrapped, brooding McLaren Vale Shiraz offers up a dense core of powerful fruits with blackberry aromas well supported...
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Vasse Felix DHJ1 CHardonnay 2021

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $75
  • 2025-2032
This 2021 single vineyard Chardonnay, made only from Gingin clone, from the cooler Wallcliffe zone opens up with beautifully savoury...
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Pikes Traditionale Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 93
  • $27
  • 2022-2032
Exceptional value here in this Clare Valley Riesling which punches well above its weight with serious intensity of lime pith...
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Pikes The Merle Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 95
  • $55
  • 2024-2035
Fabulous purity and poise, and quite different to Pikes Traditionale, the 2022 Merle is a sleek little number that slowly...
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Precious Little Grüner Veltliner 2022

White Wine - Grüner Veltliner
  • 90
  • $25
  • 2022-2024
A beautiful introduction to the variety, this Grüner Veltliner amps up its renowned spicy side thanks to cooler climate origins...
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Brown Hill Fimiston Reserve Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $50
  • 2022-2030
This elegant and subtle Shiraz shows good intensity of fruit with layers of mulberry, black pepper and violet aromas with...
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Brown Hill Ivanhoe Cabernet

Brown Hill Ivanhoe Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 91
  • $50
  • 2022-2028
There is plenty to enjoy in this elegant exmaple of Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon with its crystal clear typicity as...
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Nightfall Coonawarra The Lion Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 93
  • $120
  • 2022-2032
Quite a classic Coonawarra expression here – poised and precise – as it delivers impressive layers of dried herbs, blackberry...
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Chateau Tanunda The Chateau Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $40
  • 2023-2028
Quite an elegant expression of Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon thanks to its Eden Valley origins which offers up layers of blackberry...
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Chateau Tanunda The Chateau Single Vineyard Bethanian Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $40
  • 2023-2030
From close to the old township of Bethany comes this traditionally styled Barossan with its chunky fruits and feel, which...
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Chateau Tanunda Old Vine Heritage Release Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2024-2032
This attractive and traditionally styled Barossa Shiraz was made with fruit off old vines with 18 months maturation in a...
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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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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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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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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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