Kilikanoon Duke Reserve Grenache 2018
The wonderful light touch that is Grenache is fully on display with this cracking good wine. Sourced from old bush vines in Watervale it bursts
The wonderful light touch that is Grenache is fully on display with this cracking good wine. Sourced from old bush vines in Watervale it bursts
This is classy drinking for a wine at this price. Florals and dried herbs overlay deeper plummy dominant fruit notes. The medium bodied palate gathers
When you taste a wine like this you ask yourself, why more people don’t drink Riesling. It’s from Watervale in a very good year. It’s
It’s an interesting combination – Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Grenache – but it works. In fact, it works really well. The combination of older French
The approach here is to ferment and mature 8 parcels of fruit separately. They go into aged French older oak puncheons with a small amount
Fragrant red fruits on the nose cry Grenache and the Bekkers’ wine is the real deal. Got plenty of kick here with the higher alcohol
This range has been one of my favourites since being introduced a few years ago. It aims to push comes boundaries especially in the winemaking
Okay, so this is Barossa, but it is not a big, opulent, excessively tannic wine. It delivers with a degree of poise and control. Aromas
An impressive Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon. Aromas of blackcurrant and dark chocolate emerge on the nose with a faint minerally oyster shell lift. The palate is
A variety that continues to emerge as a single variety wine, with outstanding results. This comes from a vineyard in the Marananga subregion and displays
My oh my, we do love this guy. As with most of the Dandelion wines, a minimal winemaking approach has been adopted. Wonderful spicy aromas
Grenache, ah Grenache, this is why we love it. Brilliance and vibrancy from the start. Minimal winemaking with the wine seeing 10 months in French
This is sourced from a super plot of vines planted back in 1912 on a limestone bedrock with loam and quartzite. There’s a sense of
This is Barossa Shiraz with a certain fruity elegance within its medium weight frame. Lifted aromas with an almost cab mac character but there is
From the first take on the nose this exceptional McLaren Vale Shiraz had me. A largely minimalist approach has been taken here and the result
Yes, you read it correctly, this is Shiraz with about 6% Riesling. It’s a little different, but of course there are plenty of examples using
Oh boy does this one hang together beautifully. A classic Barossa combination that has proved to be such a winner over the years. Bright red
This is such a brilliant, pure, and vibrant Riesling from the Eden Valley. There is a slaty mineral quartz aroma with other notes of lime
I do like this variety, especially when it is so well handled as this. All manner of things releasing from the nose with chalk and
Crunchy and chalky vital Savvy from the Adelaide Hills. This is not one of those big overblown numbers but rather a wine with a taut
Bright and luminous, the nose has a honey and citrus influence with traces of white flower and bath salts. The palate is tightly controlled with
A smooth and plush Shiraz capturing the region perfectly. Loads of dark plummy chocolaty fruit with some wild spices happening. The palate is supple and
Oh yes, this is a perfect example of why this variety has become flavour of the month. It is exquisite in every aspect. Bright lifted
A medium weight, bright and quite racy Chardonnay from the Adelaide Hills. The oak treatment has been designed to gently underpin the fruit characters with
Hayes Family Wines is a relatively new name for the Barossa Valley, but its roots date back to the middle of the 19th century. The
It’s one of those weird twists. The Barossa Valley is renowned for its shiraz and one of the best has been Elderton’s Command shiraz, first
History may show that the Swinney Farvie Frankland River Grenache 2020 was the wine that redefined this variety in WA. And who would have thought
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