This cooler season in the Barossa supports a wine of medium body, but still generous fruit characters. Captures the classic...

The Block 1 Riesling is a single-site wine from some of the oldest vines in Western Australia outside of the...

Intensely pigmented – magenta almost. This is young, but so expressive. A core of black fruit, brambles and wild blueberry...

The Forest Hill Block 5 is one of the most underrated Cabernet Sauvignons in Australia. Each vintage I cannot believe...

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Malbec. The Cabernet/Malbec blend makes sense in WA, where Malbec does exceedingly well when treated with...

This is such a beautiful wine that it was honestly a shame to finish it. Like the 2012, it has...

The 2012 Estate Shiraz is a lovely wine from beginning to end. While it’s currently 13 years old, it only...

The Balgownie Cabernet vineyard is the original planting from 1970, so it locks in so much history into every bottle....

An equal part blend of Grenache and Sangiovese. This speaks of rosehip, steeped cranberries and strawberry shortcake. A maple leafiness...

I haven’t seen much Grenache coming out of the Nagambie area but I hope to see much more of it....

Nebbiolo is quickly becoming my favourite grape so I was chuffed to see Patch doing their own now. It’s quite...

Marsanne is such a great grape because, under the right conditions, it starts as something great and matures into something...

Cabernet Franc is a bit of a maligned or forgotten grape, usually overshadowed by its frequent blending partners, Cabernet Sauvignon...

What a thoroughly exquisite example of an old vine Barossa Shiraz. It comes from a single vineyard in Krondorf that...

A small patch of Barossa Shiraz, planted way back in 1865, provides the fruit for this stunning and deeply flavoured...

A vintage that kept everyone on their toes, picking occurred in early May, from House Block 4, the coolest of...

The ability to leave picking till early May meant a nice long hang time for the Old Block fruit, this...

This Bendigo Shiraz comes from a cooler vintage that presented a number of challenges to winemakers. In the end, though,...

This is a limited release wine from Passing Clouds that only sees the light of day when the seasons are...

This is a fascinating wine from the Bridgewater vineyard and, like the rest of the portfolio, receives 11 months in...

This was a fabulous vintage in Bendigo, like much of the rest of the east coast of Australia, and the...

At 15% alcohol, on paper it’s quite a monster but it actually comes across as quite a suave and charming...

Now this is a wine I could get my teeth into. It’s plush, powerful, shows finesse, refinement, and outstanding fruit...

Of the two Shirazes tasted, this is the more herbal and earthy one, with a lighter touch than its 14.5%...