Yalumba The Steeple Shiraz 2019
This bio-dynamically grown 2019 Barossa Valley Shiraz offers up a wonderful core of fruit – old leather and baked over over a rich bed of
This bio-dynamically grown 2019 Barossa Valley Shiraz offers up a wonderful core of fruit – old leather and baked over over a rich bed of
This reserved dry 2022 Rosé has good subtlety and will build in bottle. Earthy, baked raspberry aromas with a savoury earthy edge, plus touches of
This wine took a while to come around but it certainly delivered with brooding dark cherry, rhubarb, and potting soil aromas lifted by a classy
This ethereal 2022 Pinot Noir shows its whole-bunchy style with wafts of red cherry, star anise, rose petals and red licorice, which add layers in
This fine and detailed 2023 Eden Valley Riesling entices thanks to its gentle waves of kaffir lime and spice backed by chalk and bath salts
This well pitched 2021 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon displays crystal clear aromas of blackcurrant and pastilles with a mix of fresh and dried herbs. Dry
This slightly unusual take on Eden Valley Riesling is always worth seeking out. Wild yeast ferments and some lees ageing adds impressive details to the
This 2013 aged Riesling shows all you would expect with toasty, mandarin skin aromas with a nice line of vibrant lime juice keeping the package
This piercing vintage of 2023 Eden Valley Riesling delivers a concentrated core of Rose’s Lime and bath salt aromas, with exotic florals adding an attractive
This flowing 2021 Barossa Shiraz shows the generosity of the vintage although with that Hewitson style thanks to open ferments. There is approachability to the
This 2021 Barossa Shiraz is very user-friendly with approachable layered aromas of mulberry, cherry and dried herbs with gently sweet oak in support. It amps
This free-flowing 2021 Barossa Shiraz delivers a bold entrée of blackberry, mulberry and baked earthy tones in an expressive package, sweet coconut oak adding plenty
This 2023 Eden Valley Riesling displays attractive complexity to start with rocky and spicy elements before building a solid core of lime. Textural with good
This impressive 2018 Barossa Shiraz delivers robust and youthful aromas of chocolate, blackberry and licorice, a sweet oak backbone well placed. A big dense style
A very interesting take on the classic Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon blend with a little Chardonnay in the mix. It initially delivers nettles, hay
This 2022 Tempranillo is a controlled edition, gently fragrant cooked raspberry, plum skin, violets and spice – a fascinating expression with lovely youthful vibrancy to
This 2020 single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon is beautifully poised and controlled, with a strong regional signature. Blackberry, blackcurrant and gravel aromas are topped by a
This 2022 shows fantastic definition and has an almost Leeuwin Estate shape. Pungent grapefruit, melon, nectarine fruits, dried flower spice with a blanket of tight,
This 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon blended with 13% Malbec, 1% Petit Verdot and 1% Merlot is forceful in its delivery of of graphite, blackcurrant, ink and
Quite a classic Western Barossa Shiraz from 2021 with a dense core of muscular fruit and tannins – roasted meats, baked earth, blackberry and chocolate
This crowd pleasing Shiraz is quite decadent with its big dollops of licorice and tar aromas to start before layers of dried sage and spice
This 2021 Moppa Shiraz is seamless and shapely as it opens with rich aromas of sage, bay leaf and fruit pastilles which are already very
A very well pitched claret style Cabernet Shiraz which opens with blackcurrant and graphite aromas with a dusting of chocolate and sage. Mid-weight in style
Excellent drinkability to this 2021 Touriga Nacional blend with a nice mix of sweet and savoury as it opens with vibrant aromas of blackberry and
Henschke have now brought their premium wine releases together for release dates and vintage, which provides a good snapshot of the year, 2019 in this
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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
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