Howard Park Museum Release Mount Barker Riesling 2014
Howard Park have a program of museum release wines and with varieties such as riesling it provides a great opportunity to see the remarkable benefits
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Howard Park Museum Release Mount Barker Riesling 2013
At the time of release this was a wonderful riesling that captured the very distinctive regional spicy varietal characters that sit harmoniously with floral and
Robert Oatley The Pennant Frankland River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
This turned out to be a very good vintage in Frankland River, characterised by wines of wonderful elegance and smooth refinement. This is a classic
Robert Oatley The Pennant Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
A small volume wine of the highest quality. The fruit comes from both Wilyabrup and the more northern Yallingup, which brings a strong varietal leafy
Robert Oatley Finisterre Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Super deep colour is the first feature of this wine. Then powerful aromas of black fruits with a sort of coffee grinds, dark chocolate, and graphite
Robert Oatley Finisterre Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
A wonderfully expressive cabernet from the glorious 2018 Margaret River vintage. Powerhouse cabernet with a rich vein of blackcurrant fruit laced with dark chocolate and
Robert Oatley Finisterre Grenache 2019
The influence of the Blewitt Springs fruit sourcing in McLaren Vale is quite profound with this cracking good grenache. Not the round and opulent traditional style
Robert Oatley Finisterre Chardonnay 2019
This is a super example of the 2019 vintage, which was less opulent than the 2018, but with beautiful purity and expression of fruit. Sourced
Robert Oatley Signature Series Shiraz 2019
A soft and generous McLaren Vale shiraz with all the plump juicy fruit you expect from much of this region. Drifts more into the blue
Robert Oatley G-20 Grenache 2020
You gotta love McLaren Vale grenache, don’t ya. A delightfully friendly unoaked grenache made as a medium bodied style with lots of slightly spicy raspberry
Robert Oatley The Pennant Chardonnay 2019
Probably the best chardonnay yet under this label and a strong pointer to the quality of the ’19 vintage in Margaret River, especially for the
O’Leary Walker Seasonal Release Cabernet Shiraz 2020
The team at O’Leary Walker have cast their eyes farther afield in searching for fruit for this cracking little red. And they have successfully landed
Brown Brothers Patricia Chardonnay 2019
The really big leap forward for the Patricia range – if you take out the marvellous botrytis and sparkling wines – has been with chardonnay.
Schubert Estate The Gosling Shiraz 2016
This is a super concentrated and powerful statement of the Barossa. Rich dark chocolate and earthy plummy fruits with a splash of vanillin oak, coffee
Brown Brothers Patricia Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
These cabernets from Brown Brothers have over the years moved towards more complex wines of great elegance and varietal character. This is a classic case
O’Leary Walker Wines Seasonal Release Grenache 2020
At first glance you might think that owners and veteran winemakers David O’Leary and Nick Walker have decided for a life of pipe, slippers and
Moss Wood Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
This is getting just ridiculous. From the time the heavyweights of WA wine started to reveal their wines from the 2018 vintage it has been
Hare’s Chase Ironscraper Shiraz 2018
This is an awesome powerhouse wine displaying a distinctive regional or vineyard character. There’s minerality and liquorice with an earthy underlay. Intense and immensely powerful
Hare’s Chase Marananga Cabernet Shiraz 2017
This fits snuggly into the groove of Australian red wine with a combination that has worked so well, especially in the Barossa Valley. Smooth, concentrated
Hare’s Chase Marananga Shiraz 2019
This is a quite a modern expression of the Barossa Valley from this excellent subregion. It’s bright and brilliant with cherry and plummy notes. There’s
Pewsey Vale Eden Valley Riesling 2021
Year in and year out these wines from the Pewsey Vale vineyard continue to impress. It is of course from one of the great riesling
Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2019
Clonal influence is important here, with the dominant Mendoza clone supported by two others and contributing to the resulting mouthfeel and flavour profile. The intensity
Yering Station Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
Cabernet is often overlooked when considering what the Yarra Valley does well. But warmer vintages like this one, where the fruit has achieved ripeness and
Yering Station Reserve Shiraz Viognier 2019
Yering has been one of the champions of this style and continues to use the name shiraz viognier when others have dropped it. The two
