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.
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Logan Ridge of Tears Mudgee Shiraz 2022

Macerated red and black berries, some sweet wood spice and vanilla, potpourri plus bonfire smokiness and gunflint. It’s rather seductive...
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Logan Ridge of Tears Orange Shiraz 2022

Winemaking is similar (almost identical) to the Mudgee Ridge of Tears Shiraz, but the Orange fruit shows more vibrancy with...
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Logan Ridge of Tears Riesling 2023

For a 2023 wine, this is rather forward in colour, but the nose and palate more than make up for...
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Logan Ridge of Tears Chardonnay 2022

A touch of lanolin, wet stone, fresh cut pineapple, ripe peach, lemon skin and cooling spice with a crushed, blanched...
Vasse Felix Chardonnay

Vasse Felix Chardonnay 2023

Always a great value Chardonnay with plenty of great winemaking resources at play. The nose is powerful; preserved lemon, nashi...
NV Howard Park Museum Riesling x

Howard Park Museum Release Riesling 2014

This is sitting at 11 years of age, five years further than the current museum release. The nose releases charry...
NV Howard Park Museum Riesling x

Howard Park Museum Release Riesling 2019

If only more producers would release their aged Rieslings via a museum program like Jeff Burch has done since 1986....
Riddoch The Winegrower Shiraz

Riddoch Coonawarra The Winegrower Shiraz 2022

Ripe, bold yet perfumed at the same time. There’s a bit of cedary oak, but it doesn’t dominate. Red plums,...
Riddoch The Representative Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Riddoch Coonawarra The Representative Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022

66% Cabernet, 33% Merlot. Savoury and very ripe red fruits with some dried herb and aniseed flower perfume. Sundried tomato,...
MOSSWOOD White Elsa

Moss Wood Ribbon Vale Elsa 2024

Pillowy and nougatine on the nose, with marzipan and vanilla bean laced apricot, custard apple, feijoa and pear skin. Tropical...
The Other Wine Co Adelide Hills Pinot Gris ml [HR]

The Other Wine Co. Pinot Gris 2024

Adelaide Hills fruit fermented on solids in foudre, old oak and stainless steel prior to four months on lees. Pear...
SF LR The Philip Adrian Cabernet Sauvignon

Singlefile Philip Adrian Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Well, this is a spectacular opening. Plush and pillowy on the nose, there’s no shortage of intensity. Cedar, crushed aniseed,...
SF GS Riesling ()

Singlefile Single Vineyard Mount Barker Riesling 2024

A nose that draws you in with toasty hints of melted butter and honey, jasmine, roast lemon, and vadouvan and...
SF LR The Pamela Riesling

Singlefile The Pamela Riesling 2023

Bottle 3165 of 3582. Fruit for this exquisite West Aussie Riesling is from the Misery Hill vineyard in Porongurup. Granite...
SF GS Rose

Singlefile Rosé 2024

Singlefile has a great reputation and with good reason. Across the board, their wines are consistently well-made from excellent fruit....
MMAD Chenin Blanc [HR]

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Chenin Blanc 2023

The first words that come to mind? Heaven. Chenin Blanc is a variety that has so much to offer when...
MMAD Rose [HR]

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Rosé 2024

A field blend of Grenache, Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc, from the sandy soiled Blewitt Spring Vineyard first planted...
St Hallett Sacred Ground Shiraz

St Hallett Sacred Ground Shiraz 2022

Purple fruit, lush and dense, yet sitting in more of a mid-weight category than some of the bigger wines of...
Yangarra Estate Shiraz

Yangarra Estate Shiraz 2022

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

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

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

Basket pressed, wild yeast, no malo and lees stirred monthly for 8 months in older puncheons. Flinty, waxy deliciousness like...
FarvieSyrah

Swinney Farvie Frankland River Syrah 2023

55% whole bunch, wild ferment, 10 months in large-format seasoned oak. Like a Renaissance painting, this is multi-layered yet detailed,...
FarvieMourvedre

Swinney Farvie Frankland River Mourvèdre 2023

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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