Dark and mysterious from the first sniff, packed with carob, blackberry compote, blueberry yogurt and chocolate-coated licorice, blue plums and...

A discerning mix of cloves and cooking herbs, nutmeg and carob, with a dusty, umami element of dried mushrooms and...

Macerated red and blackberries, potpourri, roasted coffee beans, black olive tapenade, bresaola and ironstone, juniper berries. This is the least...

There is a good dose of savoury and umami elements – soy sauce and dried mushrooms, bresaola – intertwined with...

Rich, opulent, smooth, seamless, and thoroughly engaging Shiraz from this excellent season in McLaren Vale. The nose is quite beautiful,...

Intense and coated, as in dark chocolate coated cherries dipped in alcohol, macerated violets, crème de menthe, mocha, cedar, woodfire,...

Vin brûlé kind of vibes from the get-go, with a warm, fuzzy feeling of orange peel and star anise, cloves...

I really do see the allure of Sauvignon Blanc. When it’s made like this. It reminds me of eating tropical...

For any newer drinkers following along, five years old is not ‘old’ for a Great Southern Riesling. It is a...

72 Sweet cinnamon, lemon balm and pencil shavings. This is an elegant, self-assured Chardonnay whose subtle beauty could easily be...

Hailing from two subregions of the Great Southern – Mount Barker and Porongurup – this 2025 release is notably floral...

It’s a burst of all things red fruit – a bountiful scoop of wild strawberry and cranberry, with red plum...

Yabby Lake has been venturing into the Coal River region since 2022. And as a result – wow, what an...

Rich and captivating to begin with, with a luminous, iridescent light of yellow peach and a dollop of cream, smoked...

The nose opens up delicately but steadily – first focus is on the lees work, then candied lemon and a...

Vibrant and peppery, it speaks of vivid purple colours – crushed violets, black cherry, blueberry yoghurt, boysenberry – with an...

Beautifully complex, with an alternating whiff of whole bunch – a little brambly, cinnamon-stick note surfacing, then gently plunging down...

There is a multidimensional space for more than one thing at once, with a bright, polished cherry deftly alternating with...

Grown on a narrow band of clay over stone in the Te Muna Vineyard, from vines now over 25 years...

A 79% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Franc, 7% Cabernet Sauvignon blend anchored by Merlot from Block 24 (clone 481), hand-harvested after...

Syrah from a heritage MS clone brought to New Zealand in the 1840s, planted in the stoniest reaches of the...

Here we have Alkina’s self-proclaimed ‘Village’ level Grenache, taken from a range of sites across the stable, some older and...

‘Stonefire’ is a tribute to the mother rock beneath the Alkina vineyard. Grenache comes from schist-rich sites and the ferrous...

Lovely restraint on show with an alluring perfume of black cherry, blueberry and blackberry melding with graphite, crushed rocks, clove,...