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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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Naked Run The First Riesling 2022

White Wine - Riesling
  • 92
  • $25
  • 2025-2032
This 2022 Riesling is starting to hit its straps showing some more expressive aromas of mandarin skin and lanolin with...
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Redman The Redman Cabernet Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Shiraz
  • 97
  • $90
  • 2032-2050
A classic in waiting, this 2021 Cabernet Shiraz is serene with all its pieces in their perfect place. Composed and...
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Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 94
  • $35
  • 20302040
This 2022 Cabernet is bold for Coonawarra but still holds its shape admirably. Powerful slaty blackcurrant aromas are lifted by...
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FIRST DIVIDE

Redman The First Divide Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 95
  • $33
  • 2030-2040
This stylish single vineyard 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is poised with a beautifully formed core of blackcurrant, graphite and dried herbs...
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Redman Coonawarra Cabernet Merlot 2021 

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot
  • 91
  • $28
  • 2026-2034
This open knit and approachable 2021 Cabernet Merlot blend delivers generous aromas of mulberry and dark earth with a dusting...
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Redman Coonawarra Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $24
  • 2030-2042
This immediately enticing 2022 Shiraz offers up a delicious mix of sweet and savoury with choc blackberry aromas lifted by...
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LAST ROW

Redman The Last Row Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $35
  • 2030-2042
Crafted with fruit off 80 and 100 year old vines, this ethereal 2022 Shiraz is something special and right now...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2023

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc
  • 91
  • $35
  • 2027-2030
This is a more delicate expression of the Crayeres vineyard thanks to the cool vintage which is not necessarily a...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Franc
  • 93
  • $35
  • 2035-2045
This young and tightly packed blend of Cabernet Franc and Shiraz teases with aromas of blackberry, and graphite with a...
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $59
  • 2028-2036
This quite charming and reserved 2022 Cabernet Shiraz is a little shy right now but feels adolescent rather than dilute....
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Terre à Terre Crayeres Vineyard Reserve 2020

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $90
  • 2032-2045
This dark and heavy set blend of 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz is brooding and sitting quiety for its time...
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Tapanappa B&V Vineyard Syrah 2021

Red Wine - Syrah
  • 92
  • $69
  • 2026-2034
This expressive and lively 2021 Mount Barker Shiraz is delightfully savoury with its reservedd layers of new leather and dark...
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Oates Ends Tempranillo Rosé 2024

Red Wine - Tempranillo
  • 95
  • $25
  • 2024-2026
Well if you are looking for a proper Rosé for this Spring and Summer then look no further than this...
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Wirra Wirra Dry Grenache Rosé 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 91
  • $25
  • 2024-2027
This serious and stylish 2024 Rosé is 100% Grenache and is a relatively full-flavoured expression offering up wild strawberry, floral...
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Harewood Estate Shiraz Reserve 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $50
  • 2024-2028
This reserved cool climate Shiraz delivers elegant and relatively complex aromas of black cherry and meat stocks with a faint...
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Harewood Estate Porongurup Riesling Museum Release 2014

White Wine - Riesling
  • 93
  • $50
  • 2024-2030
Impressively young, tight and vibrant, this 2014 Riesling is bursting with lime marmalade, and lightly honeyed toast aromas which retains...
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Blackwell

St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $25
  • 2027-2033
There is a lot to like here with generous waves of blackberry, Black Forest Cake and coconut-scented oak providing a...
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White Label Cabernet Sauvignon

Petaluma White Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 90
  • $29
  • 2025-2030
This finely tuned 2021 Coonawarra Cabernet delivers an attractive mix of leafy cassis aromas against a background of dark earths....
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Miamba Shiraz

Grant Burge Miamba Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $27
  • 2024-2028
This approachable and fleshy 2022 Barossa Shiraz is ready to go thanks to open-knit aromas of plum, dark cherry and...
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Kay Brothers Block 6 Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $125
  • 2028-2035
This open knit and generously flavoured 2021 Shiraz, made with fruit off vines planted over 130 years ago, ripples with...
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Tait Family Wines The Ball Buster Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $22
  • 2024-2027
This bold and oaky 2021 Barossa Valley Shiraz ripples with choc blackberry aromas that are fleshy, sweet and inviting. Coconut...
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Giant Steps Equate Chardonnay 2021 

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 95
  • $120
  • 2027-2038
This very serious 2021 Chardonnay is seamless and beautifully layered with nutty grapefruit and melon with flashes of florals and...
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Greenock Creek Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 90
  • $30
  • 2024-2026
This is showing some of the new angles coming from Greenock Creek and winemaker Alex Peel. Very approachable with raspberry...
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Greenock Creek Roennfeldt Road Grenache 2021

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 94
  • $300
  • 2028-2035
This inaugural vintage of Roennfeldt Road Grenache from 2021 is a typically dense style from Greenock Creek but also retains...
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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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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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Essential Champagne – Piper-Heidsieck Essentiel Blanc de Noirs NV

Angus Hughson
There are many facets to the role of Chef de Cave in a major Champagne house. At its heart is...
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