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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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Greenock Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $55
  • 2025-2032
From Seppeltsfield, this 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is seamless and enticing thanks to its lifted leafy cassis aromas with well integrated...
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Greenock Creek Casey’s Block Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 88
  • $40
  • 2024-2028
This 2022 Shiraz is for the Greenock Creek true believers with its decadent fig, blackberry, and chocolate laced aromas with...
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Greenock Creek Stone Block Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $45
  • 2026-2033
This 2021 Shiraz from the Northern Barossa and Moppa is plush with its aromas of Kahlua, licorice and blackberry essence...
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Greenock Creek Alices Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $55
  • 2028-2040
This 2022 Seppeltsfield Shiraz is quite stunning and beautifully showcases the exceptional 2022 vintage. Powerful and rich but with enough...
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Gullyview Estate Albert’s Vermentino 2023

White Wine - Vermentino
  • 91
  • $30
  • 2024-2027
This reserved 2023 Clare Valley Vermentino is fine yet focussed with intense aromas of citrus pith and green apple with...
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Howard Park Margaret River Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $66
  • 2028-2036
This very impressive and youthful Chardonnay is 90% from the cooler Karridale subregion with the remainder from Wilyabrup which provides...
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Howard Park Museum Release Riesling 2018

White Wine - Riesling
  • 90
  • $44
  • 2024-2028
This exotic 2018 museum release Riesling is in peak condition as it radiates with salty, granitic aromas over a base...
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Howard Park Abercrombie 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 95
  • $150
  • 2028-2024
A curve ball from Howard Park Abercrombie in 2022 with a change in style in a quest for greater sophistication,...
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Angove Brightlands Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $125
  • 2026-2032
The best of both worlds with a blend of fruit from elevated and lower vineyards this evocative 2020 Shiraz is...
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Angove Angels Rise Vineyard Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $50
  • 2024-2028
This inaugural vintage of the Angels Rise Shiraz from Clarendon in 2020 is a reserved expression with elegant aromas of...
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Angove Warboys Vineyard Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $50
  • 2025-2032
This bold and rich 2020 McLaren Vale Shiraz is traditionally styled with lashings of plush chocolate and blackberry aromas with...
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Angove Angels Rise Vineyard Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $50
  • 2024-2028
This inaugural vintage of the Angels Rise Shiraz from Clarendon in 2020 is a reserved expression with elegant aromas of...
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The Chateau Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon NV

Château Tanunda The Château Bethanian Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 92
  • $40
  • 2027-2036
This 2022 Cabernet will appeal to fans of traditional Cabernet Sauvignon thanks to its sturdy structure and aging potential. It...
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Year Old Vines Cabernet Sauvignon NV

Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Vines Cabernet 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet
  • 91
  • $80
  • 2028-2035
This open knit 2021 Barossa Cabernet offers up fleshy aromas of blackcurrant and black olive with a seam of fresh...
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Terroirs of the Barossa Ebenezer District Shiraz NV

Château Tanunda Ebenezer Terroirs of the Barossa Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 91
  • $60
  • 2024-2028
This 2020 Shiraz is a good allround package full of flavour with admirable detail. It opens with layers of blackberry,...
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Terroirs of the Barossa Eden Valley Shiraz NV

Château Tanunda Eden Valley Terroirs of the Barossa Shiraz 2020 

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $60
  • 2024-2028
This straight forward 2020 Barossa Shiraz offers up plus aromas of dark chocolate and tar in an unashamedly ripe but...
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Château Eden Valley Tanunda Terroirs of the Barossa Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $60
  • 2027-2035
Lots to like here in this 2022 Eden Valley Shiraz bursting with fruit pastille, blackcurrant and blackberry topped by licorice...
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The Everest Shiraz NV

Château Tanunda The Everest Barossa Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 95
  • $330
  • 2029-2042
This deep and intensely flavoured 2020 Barossa Shiraz is a traditional style with wide appeal thanks to its lashings of...
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Château Tanunda 50 Year Old Vines Barossa Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $80
  • 2027-2035
This 2021 Shiraz opens with a generous serve of blackberry, kirsch and cola with leathery undertones. Compact and young, a...
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Château Tanunda 100 Year Old Vines Barossa Shiraz 2020

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $160
  • 2027-2036
This impressive and dexterous 2020 Barossa Shiraz boasts power and complexity in spades with rich dark chocolate, blackberry, cocoa, and...
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Year Old Vines Semillon NV

Château Tanunda 100 Year Old Vines Semillon 2023

White Wine - Semillon
  • 92
  • $80
  • 2028-2035
This 2023 old vine Barossa Semillon is restrained yet shows plenty of promise with wafts of lanolin, melon and beeswax...
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Gibson Burkes Hill Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 92
  • $85
  • 2025-2032
This embryonic young 2021 Eden Valley Shiraz offers up a more subtle and refined Barossa expression with its gentle waves...
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Alkina Old Quarter 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 92
  • $100
  • 2025-2030
This 2022 GSM blend has appealing generosity of meaty, spicy aromas underpinned by a rich base of fleshy plums. It...
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Alkina Polygon 3 2022

Other - Specialty
  • 95
  • $295
  • 2028-2039
This expressive 2022 Grenache is graceful with understated power. Black cherry and cocoa aromas are lifted by red licorice and...
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Stories

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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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