Australian Wines Archives

White Wine - Grüner Veltliner

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

Riddoch Coonawarra The Representative Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Merlot

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

Bloomfield Grüner Veltliner 2024

Described by Lauren Hansen as zesty, bright and textural. She nails the point of this wine in three words like...

Bloomfield Petit Verdot 2024

Red Wine - Petit Verdot

Freshly harvested wild red berries with shades of black currants and boysenberries. However, that distinctive note of iodine is the...

Bloomfield Mencia 2024

I have a soft spot for Mencia, and I must admit that I’ve spent about 5 minutes mesmerized by its...

Lenton Brae In Good Hands Chenin Blanc 2023

White Wine - Chenin Blanc

Every wine from Lenton Brae’s ‘In Good Hands’ range – the alternative range – so to say – has been...

Lenton Brae In Good Hands Syrah 2024

Red Wine - Syrah

If you look really closely at your glass, and squint – there is this beautiful purple hue just visible on...

Lenton Brae GSM 2024

Sweet tobacco. Pencil shavings. It’s spicy and layered like parfait. Vanilla, clove, cumin and tart plums. Soft, sappy tannins that...

Lenton Brae Wilyabrup Chardonnay 2023

Lush, waxy and rolled in sweet spices. The taste of this Chardonnay is how I would explain the colour gold...

Lenton Brae Southside Chardonnay 2024

Green apple skins, fresh citrus and kiwi. The wine runs into herbal territory. Fresh baby basil, washed rocks and pressed...

Lenton Brae Cabernet Merlot 2023

Red Wine - Cabernet - Merlot

Lenton Brae have a consistent style across the reds. From entry to the top. Plummy and generous. That’s the common...

Lenton Brae Cabernet 2023

Bay leaf, gravel dust and black fruit. It’s sticky and scrumptious. A very likeable and comforting Margaret River Cabernet. Black-skinned-cherries,...

Lenton Brae Wilyabrup Cabernet 2022

This style of Cabernet will never go out of fashion. Not when made like this. Abundant, succulent, ripe, generous and...

Paracombe Chardonnay 2021

The handpicked fruit for this excellent Chardonnay comes from an Adelaide Hills vineyard planted in 1983. It’s a beautifully rich...

Paracombe The Reuben 2018

A really beautiful medium-bodied blend of Adelaide Hills Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Shiraz. The fruit is concentrated...

Paracombe Shiraz 2018

A silky smooth example of a cooler climate Shiraz. It works so beautifully. Everything sits together so comfortably with the...

Paracombe Caretaker Cabernet 2018

A single vineyard Cabernet that shows the Adelaide Hills should not be overlooked for quality Cabernet. So much is happening...

Paracombe The Reuben 2018

A blend of Bordeaux varieties matured in French oak. Blackcurrants, dark cherry skin, bitter cocoa nib and chocolate dust. Prune...

Paracombe Shiraz 2018

A meeting of blackberries and wild raspberries, held by chocolatey oak and coffee syrup spice. There is a lacework of...

Paracombe Chardonnay 2021

A kaleidoscope of lemon citrus, kumquat and golden peach. Some sparkler flint and toasted coconut flakes lead to a creamy...

Paracombe Caretaker Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon

From vines, just 425 of them, originally planted in the Adelaide Hills back in the mid-90s, only 390 bottles were...

Paracombe Caretaker Cabernet 2018

Fall into a well of this wine and your senses would perish happy, the 2018 Caretaker Cabernet beckons you in...

Paracombe Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018