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Shanteh Wale

Shanteh cut her teeth at Sydney’s Award-Winning Quay restaurant where she worked for over a decade and was Head Sommelier from 2018 till 2022. She has been nominated for the Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year award on three occasions and claims that her experience as a Len Evans scholar as one of the highlights of her career. Shanteh hosts her own weekly podcast ‘Over A Glass’ with the Deep in the Weeds Network and spends her time writing for various publications and judging at numerous wine shows across the country.
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AIX Vin De Provence Rosé 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 93
  • $30
60% Grenache 20% Syrah and 20% Cinsault. Pink lady apple sorbet, cherry blossom and white raspberries. A hint of pink...
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PachaMama Riesling NV

Pacha Mama Riesling 2023

White Wine - Riesling
  • 90
  • $29
Sourced from the Mansfield site and into stainless steel. This is spring posy and garden day time wanderings. Passionflower, jasmine...
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PachaMama Pinot Gris NV

Pacha Mama Pinot Gris 2023

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $31
Sourced from two sites in the Alpine Valleys. 70% oak fermentation and lees stirred for 3 months. Pear nectar, glace...
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PachaMama Chardonnay NV

Pacha Mama Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 92
  • $37
  • 2024-2029
Fruit is from the Murramong Vineyard in Gruyere. Wild ferment in 15% new French puncheons. Lees stirring for 6 weeks...
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PachaMama Pinot Noir NV

Pacha Mama Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 92
  • $39
Fruit is from the Murramong Vineyard in Gruyere. 100% destemmed, short cold soak and after ferment racked to barrel of...
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PachaMama Shiraz NV

Pacha Mama Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 90
  • $31
Sourced from two sites in Heathcote in the northern end near Colbinabbin. Grown on red Cambrian soils and racked to...
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Medhurst Estate Vineyard Rosé 2024 

Other - Specialty
  • 91
  • $30
Palest pink coral in the glass. Bursting with a bramble of blackcurrants on the vine, cherry cola and cranberry juice....
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Medhurst Estate Pinot Noir

Medhurst Pinot Noir Estate Vineyard 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 93
  • $55
Morello cherries, pomegranate molasses and rosehip. Exotic asian spices of star anise, five spice and fenugreek seed. Oaks show maple...
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Medhurst Estate Chardonnay

Medhurst Estate Vineyard Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 95
  • $50
  • 2024-2029
A choir of citrus is the true champion of this wine. Grapefruit skin, lemon wedges and white peach fuzz. You...
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TamarRidgeGrandAssemblage PinotNoir ml FOP

Tamar Ridge Grand Assemblage Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 95
  • $180
  • 2024-2029
The very best parcel from the Kayena Vineyard, the wine is alive with forest berries. Collected blackberries, redcurrants and wild...
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MMAD Shiraz [HR]

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Spring Shiraz 2022

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 96
  • $75
A core of Bing cherries, Davidson plum and Kirsch. Olive tapenade, rosemary twigs and blistered eggplant skin. Cold press coffee...
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MMAD Grenache [HR]

MMAD Vineyard Blewitt Springs Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 96
  • $75
This vintage sees a step up in collected wild floral tones. Hyacinths, freesia and lilac. Alongside floats punnets of raspberries,...
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Shaw + Smith Sauvignon Blanc [HR] ()

Shaw + Smith Sauvignon Blanc 2024

White Wine - Sauvignon Blanc
  • 93
  • $33
Are you even a legit wine personage, if this wine is not within hands reach? THE go to Australian Sauvignon...
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Crittenden Zumma Chardonnay

Crittenden Zumma Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 93
  • $65
  • 2024-2027
80% malolactic fermentation in 60% new oak for 11 months. Butter toast, tinned peach and cut pineapple slices. Baked anzac...
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Crittenden Zumma Pinot Noir

Crittenden Zumma Pinot Noir 2022

Red Wine - Pinot Noir
  • 95
  • $65
  • 2024-2028
Matured in 15% new oak for 11 months and a further 15 months in bottle prior to release. The Zumma,...
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Crittenden Cri De Coeur Chardonnay

Crittenden Cri de Coeur Chardonnay 2022

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 96
  • $95
  • 2024-2034
50% went through malolactic fermentation in 40% new oak for 11 months. Zested lemons, cotton petals and crab apples. A...
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Hutton Reserve Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 95
  • $100
A slick but by no means inexpensive oak regime exists here at Hutton. A good thing too because the fruit...
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MLG LANGI SHZ

Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 98
  • $210
  • 2024-2034+
Sourced from the sacred Old Block site and matured in French barriques for 16 months of which 50% was new....
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Bradley Hutton Wildberry Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $90
  • 2024-2029
Single vineyard, indigenous yeats, barrel fermented and matured in French oak for 12 months. For a newly released wine this...
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Yering Station Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache
  • 93
  • $40
  • 2024-2029
93% Grenache and 7% Shiraz into small open fermenters for 12 days followed by 12 months in puncheos and barrels....
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MLG MAST SHZ

Mount Langi Ghiran Mast Shiraz 2021

Red Wine - Shiraz
  • 95
  • $100
  • 2024-2030
Matured in a mix of French barriques and hogsheads for 16 months of which 45% was new. Blackberries, blueberries and...
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Briar Ridge Ampelus Double Puncheon Chardonnay

Briar Ridge Ampelus Double Puncheon Chardonnay 2024

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 92
  • $50
What is immediate here is the spring posy of jasmine, freesia and tiny wild flowers. Billowing fresh linen and talc...
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Briar Ridge Block Chardonnay Orange

Briar Ridge Block 7 Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 94
  • $50
A meadow of yellow flowers. Dandelion, chamomile and canola. Ripe peach cheeks, mango slices and sparkler flint. Lemon curd on...
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Briar Ridge Briar Hill Chardonnay Hunter Valley

Briar Ridge Briar Hill Chardonnay 2023

White Wine - Chardonnay
  • 91
  • $50
Green toffee apples, kiwi and sliced ribbons of ginger. Nashi pear skin and lemon verbena. Oak uncoils on the palate...
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Stonier

Shanteh Wale
Stonier has long been a stalwart of the Mornington Peninsula, with its bottles gracing dining tables in restaurants, homes, and...
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Ten Minutes by Tractor

Shanteh Wale
Trahere is Latin for “to pull” or “to draw.” At Ten Minutes by Tractor, the bottling name signifies the drive...
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Giant Steps at Giant Steps

Shanteh Wale
The unveiling of the Bastard Hill Vineyard, like all Giant Steps ventures, was nothing short of impressive—from the gradient of...
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Rieslingfreak 2024 Vintage – A Triumph

Shanteh Wale
John and Belinda Hughes have devoted themselves to Riesling for decades. Their love is unwavering, and unlike many enthusiasts, the...
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The Cachet

Shanteh Wale
The Cachet is the Icon series from Chain of Ponds, representing the best-performing and most outstanding parcels from each vintage....
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Los Hermanos

Shanteh Wale
The Los Hermanos label is an ode to the cultures that drink a small glass of wine with every meal,...
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