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

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

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

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

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

Another absolute cracking wine from the Adelaide Hills, again with considerable maturation time in the cellar already under its belt....

From an Adelaide Hills vineyard planted back in 1983, the juice went to a 500-litre French oak puncheon for a...

Always a pleasure to see wines which have been held back for ageing before release (and worth noting that this...

Pretty and perfumed. Herbal with its skirt worn below the knees. Lime zest. Jasmine. Fresh meadows in winter, and tiny...

The Birdhouse range seem to inevitably offer terrific drinking and good value and perhaps none more so than this compelling...

The final blend for the estate’s prestige Cabernet release is a barrel selection, after spending fifteen months in French oak....

The estate’s prestige Chardonnay is an absolute cracker, even for Margaret River. The fruit, after overnight settling, was racked to...

Thoroughly appealing Margaret River Chardonnay, the fruit here was fermented in a mix of stainless steel (30%) and French oak,...

Such an underrated style, Margaret River Shiraz, and usually great buying. This one certainly is. The team split the fruit...

The various parcels here, in this famous blend, were kept separate for fermentation, which was with whole berries, and a...

Long gone are the days when the mere mention of Grenache on a label was toxic to winelovers. Today, Grenache,...

Excellent Eden Valley Riesling from a top-notch vintage at a good price. A pale lemon hue, this is all bright...

Peachy-salmon-pastel-pink in colour. If it had cheeks, I would squeeze them. It smells of mandarin, ripe peach, and watermelon; all...

What a thoroughly beautiful, elegant and refined McLaren Vale Shiraz. Perfumed aromas of red fruit and violets with complex floral...

A Pinot Gris from the Adelaide Hills that’s been made in a drier finer style more closely aligned to Grigio,...

A pretty darned good expression of this famous Sicilian variety. Combines a fresh zingy feel with deeper textured flavours of...

This is a rather delightfully friendly Chardonnay that offers plenty of flavour delivered with admirable restraint. Bright stone fruit nuances...

Lot 148 was the family’s first vineyard way back in the day. From what was a very good year, this...

Terrific value to be found in this delicious McLaren Vale Cabernet, from the Hut Block. The team like to use...