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Cassandra

Cassandra Charlick

Cassandra is an award winning Margaret River based wine, travel, and food writer and presenter, regularly contributing to publications including Decanter, Halliday Wine Magazine, Delicious, and Escape. She was recently awarded the IWSC Emerging Talent Award for 2024.
Yangarra Estate Shiraz

Yangarra Estate Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $38
  • 2025-2035
Sourced from six blocks – 50% sand, 50% ironstone. 13 months in older oak, destemmed, wild ferment and 50% whole...
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Yangarra Estate GSM 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $38
  • 2025-2033
43% Grenache, 34% Shiraz, 23% Mourvèdre. 50% whole berry retained and wild yeast, 8 months in oak, amphora and egg....
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Yangarra Estate Vineyard Old Vine Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 95
  • $50
  • 2025-2035
Blewitt Springs is sandy, it’s dusty and the Grenache from here reflects that. There’s a reason that Grenache lovers enjoy...
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Yangarra Estate Roussanne 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 93+
  • $38
  • 2025-2033
Basket pressed, wild yeast, no malo and lees stirred monthly for 8 months in older puncheons. Flinty, waxy deliciousness like...
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FarvieSyrah

Swinney Farvie Frankland River Syrah 2023

Red Wine - Syrah
  • 98
  • $150
  • 2025-2040+
55% whole bunch, wild ferment, 10 months in large-format seasoned oak. Like a Renaissance painting, this is multi-layered yet detailed,...
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FarvieMourvedre

Swinney Farvie Frankland River Mourvèdre 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 97
  • $150
  • 2025-2040+
66% whole bunch, wild ferment, 10 months in large-format seasoned oak. Gosh, there is so much vibrancy and concentration on...
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FarvieGrenache

Swinney Farvie Frankland River Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 97+
  • $150
  • 2025-2040
Bush vine Grenache, which delivers in style. 30% whole bunch, wild ferment, 10 months in large-format seasoned oak. Purity of...
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sagrantino

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Sagrantino 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 90
  • $55
  • 2025-2040
Sagrantino hails from the Umbrian region in Italy, where its tannic profile lends itself to wines that comfortably age for...
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tempranillo

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Tempranillo 2024

Red Wine - Tempranillo
  • 92
  • $35
  • 2025-2032
Plenty of vibrant fruit here! Tumbled strawberries, plum skin, spiced berries, boot polish, liquorice, choc dust, olive brine, saltbush. A...
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BrionisBlend

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Brioni’s Blend 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $35
  • 2025-2030
Who is Brioni, and what is her blend, you ask? Brioni Oliver is one of the 6th generation family members...
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Shiraz

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Shiraz 2023

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 94
  • $32
  • 2025-2030
Fleshy and bright on the nose, this is unadulterated McLaren Vale Shiraz. Red and purple berries, a bundle of spice,...
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corrinas

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Corrina’s Shiraz Cabernet 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Shiraz
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2025-2035+
A small batch, co-fermented field blend, made only in years when both varieties reach optimum ripeness at harvest. Remember the...
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RW

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards RW Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 95
  • $75
  • 2025-2035
A bottle of McLaren Vale Grenache is unquestionably one of the most in-demand Aussie reds. And with good reason. This...
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grenache

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Grenache 2024

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 92
  • $32
  • 2025-2030
A Grenache that falls into the light to mid weight category. If you are one that enjoys your Grenache with...
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mencia

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Mencia 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $35
  • 2025-2029
Unlike some of the other more recent Mediterranean varieties introduced to Australian vineyards, Mencia is easy to remember and pronounce,...
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Vermentino

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Vermentino 2024 

White Wine - Vermentino
  • 92
  • $28
  • 2025-2026
Small Batch number 17866. Like an early morning dive into the ocean, the nose is a refreshing dip into lime...
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anforefiano

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Anfore Fiano 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 95+
  • $55
  • 2025-2030
Only 800 bottles are produced of this Fiano with extended lees aging in 300L terracotta anfore (amphora); unfiltered and unfined....
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Fiano

Oliver’s Taranga Vineyards Fiano 2024

Other - Specialty
  • 94
  • $28
  • 2025-2028
Fiano is a variety that we are seeing more and more of on the shelves, and this is the perfect...
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SB Single Vineyard Chardonnay NV NEW

Smithbrook Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 89
  • $30
  • 2024-2028
Pemberton, single vineyard. Pemberton is cooler than Margaret River, yet the warm, dry conditions of 2023 saw lower yields from...
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SFE pinot gris

Strelley Farm Pinot Gris 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 89
  • $30
  • 2024-2025
Fruit predominantly East Coast (77%), Coal Valley (12%), Tamar Valley (7%) and Pipers River (4%). Inoculated yeast, stainless steel ferment...
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ET Metricup Road MR Rose NV

Evans and Tate Metricup Road Rosé 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 88
  • $25
  • 2024-2025
A Shiraz dominant Rosé with a few parcels left on lees for texture post-ferment. The remainder of the blend consists...
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DWE CabernetSauvignon HiRes

Deep Woods Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon
  • 94
  • $40
  • 2024-2030
Some wines just make you go “ah” as soon as you stick your nose in for a sniff. 2020 was...
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ET Metricup Road MR Chardonnay NV

Evans and Tate Metricup Road Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 90
  • $25
  • 2024-2027
A Margs Chardy that comes in under the $25 bracket is a rarity. This punches nicely in its weight category,...
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SB SV Pinot Noir NV NEW

Smithbrook Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 89
  • $30
  • 2024-2029
Pemberton, single vineyard. Rather plump fruited, red cherries with a tea leaf astringency. Dried earth fringes and hints of tart...
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