A big price tag, a top vintage and a wine that comes finely layered and complex. It’s a youngster, that...

The 2023 Hell Hole Shiraz has a promising future with brooding aromas of blackberry and dark cherry which are bright...

This unusual 2023 blend of Shiraz and Marsanne is young, tight and vibrant with a powerful core of dark cherry,...

This approachable and stylish 2023 XYZ Shiraz is bursting with dark cherry, blackberry and cranberry aromas with a veneer of...

The 2019 Alexander Munro Semillon is well composed and just starting to come out of its shell with lemon and...

The Riposte team have dug into history to resurrect the halberd, a long-handled axe blade favoured by musketeers (among others),...

A single vineyard release from Tim Knappstein and Son (Nick) honing in on a single vineyard in the Kenton Valley...

This well-priced and quite serious 2023 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon is classically proportioned and ripples with blackcurrant and blueberry sharpened...

The 2022 Leston Shiraz, made with 5% whole bunch and a wild ferment, delivers a fleshy and approachable expression, with...

This delightful 2019 Chardonnay Pinot Noir blend which has had over 50 months on lees is poised and precise –...

This is a fabulous example of aged Mount Barker Riesling, still retaining some youthful vibrancy of citrus and stone fruit...

A forceful and focussed release of 2024 Riesling with lime leaf, lemon pith and stony aromas to open. Dry and...

This very impressive young 2022 Frankland River Shiraz is complex and understated with layered old leather, spice, earth and licorice...

The non-vintage Petit Jeté Blanc de Blancs shows impressive complexity for its price point with layers of brioche, citrus and dried...

The 2023 Abercrombie Cabernet Sauvignon shows its class from start to finish. It opens with beautifully poised aromas of cassis,...

This vinous non-vintage sparkling blend of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier is surprisingly serious although a little backward with...

Always an intriguing style with Barossa Ranges Shiraz semi-dried in the manner we see in certain Italian regions, known as...

Barossa Shiraz from a block planted back in 1905, this is fermented in 500-litre vats with wild yeasts, before two...

For grapes to make the cut for this wine, they must come from vineyards which outperform every year and which...

The barrels used here were largely ex-Chardonnay, which is an interesting twist. The vineyards which provided the fruit – there...

To form part of the components used for the Blonde, the grapes must again be from overperforming vineyards and they...

A wine which Alex sees as getting a head start on climate change, bringing in top Mediterranean varieties, although here,...

The fruit here comes from four old vineyards across the Barossa. The wine is designed for immediate gratification. The vineyards,...

The fruit here is sourced from the Trial Hill Vineyard near Pewsey Vale in the Eden Valley, at the relatively...