Domaine Naturaliste Le Naturaliste Cabernet Franc 2020
This 2020 Cabernet Franc shows strong typicity as it radiates with a dense core of licorice, blackberry and cedary tones with a touch of lift.
This 2020 Cabernet Franc shows strong typicity as it radiates with a dense core of licorice, blackberry and cedary tones with a touch of lift.
This 2022 Chardonnay made 100% from the Gingin clone is a powerful and modern expression offering nectarine and mango aromas with a strong line of
This 2022 Chardonnay steps up a notch with French clones grown in the cooler sub-region of Karridale. Lovely finesse on show as it delivers chalky,
This Mâcon-styled Chardonnay is a picture of elegance and refinement with its gentle layers of citrus, nougat and florals with a well placed whisper of
This 2023 Polish Hill Riesling is embryonic and finely tuned, with expressive aromas of musk, spice and blossom. The palate is then compact and focussed,
Layers of reserved power in this 2023 Eden Valley Riesling with its stony, pear, spice and floral aromas showing good overall focus. Lovely balance and
This pretty and finely detailed Watervale Riesling delivers precise and youthful aromas of river pebbles, lime pith with touches of bath salts and spice. Feather
This vintage Pinot Meunier has a delicious delicacy with aromas of toast, wet stones, citrus and white strawberry. Very much a finer style in a
Immediately engaging thanks to excellent upfront volume of hay and honeydew melon with touches of lanolin which offer an impressive start. It then delivers a
This gently fragrant 2021 Pinot Noir offers up fleshy aromas of raspberry compote, tobacco and spice, nicely framed by French oak. Dry, and mid weight,
There is much to enjoy in this 2021 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon which shows the elegance of the vintage. It opens with layers of graphite
This bright and vibrant style is built for early drinking with its lifted guava, passionfruit, honeydew melon aromas with faint grassy tones. Slick and seamless,
This bold expressive blend made with fruit from Frankland and Margaret Rivers delivers powerful black olive tapenade, blackberry, gravel and dried herb aromas with a
This intensely aromatic and bold 2022 Margaret River Chardonnay delivers powerful almond, nectarine peach skin fruit with a rich spicy French oak backbone. An impressive
The cool and challenging vintage is on show in this 2021 Merlot. It delivers subtle and pretty aromas of graphite, gravel and just ripened blackcurrant
This full-throttle and bold 2021 McLaren Vale Shiraz offers a rich array of aromas with classic blackberry and chocolate topped by coal fire and sweet
This 2021 Shiraz offers up rich and polished aromas of chocolate, blackberry, and fruit pastilles with toasty oak in support. Great upfront intensity, and retains
This 2022 Chardonnay is an undersated style but delivers layers of fine complexity. Grapefruit, peach skin and pear aromas are nicely integrated with savoury oatmeal
The spicy side of the Barossa on show here in this wine with wild ferments and 62% whole bunches. It is immediately appealing thanks to
A unique style of wine here, having seen 23 months in oak. But before you imagine a wine piled high with coconut and vanilla, have
This 2022 single vineyard Cinsault, rare for the Barossa, is a delightful epxresion with fruits of the forest aromas topped by layers of charcuterie with
This hazy 2022 Barossa Roussanne is a wild ride with aromas of apple pie and peach stone, with touches of florals and old oak in
This old vine 2022 Grenache is unfiltered with wild yeast ferments and is a retro-modern expression, delivering with subtlety rather than power. It opens with
This multi-larered Polish Hill riesling from the excellent 2023 vintage shows a powerful and composed core of aromas with classic lime and spice joined by
It is a rare miracle when two superb vintages go back to back, and, for Coonawarra, 2021 and 2022 may mark the moment in time
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McLaren Vale is a region that is going from strength to strength. Our McLaren Vale Wine Guide 2022 includes over 150 wine reviews plus essays from Angus
2020 is looking like a very interesting vintage and the south-east (Coonawarra and Wrattonbully) could be the standouts, although many of the wines need time
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