Vigneti Boveri Giacomo Piccolo Derthona 2022
It’s all about powdery green apple flesh and fresh cut lemon straight off, with the purity on display early. Delicate cinnamon spice and under-ripe white
It’s all about powdery green apple flesh and fresh cut lemon straight off, with the purity on display early. Delicate cinnamon spice and under-ripe white
The team offer this as their prestige release – Cabernet from a cracking vintage which has spent two years in a combination of new and
From Wrattonbully fruit, only free run juice is used here, in a mix of new and older French oak barrels, with native yeasts. The wine
A single vineyard Chardy from Wrattonbully fruit, which was fermented in tank on lees, with occasional batonnage. A very pale yellow, the aromas swirl around
From Wrattonbully fruit, a single vineyard, there was a quick pressing to avoid picking up too much colour, though there is the merest hint of
The ultimate love-it-or-hate-it style of wine. The fruit here is from South Australia, presenting as a deep purple/maroon. This is plush with choc/cherry notes, plums,
So, so spicy! There’s the sweet baking spices that spill from Nanna’s pantry and a burst of Sichuan pepper. The fruit is plump but so
A heady mix of dried rose petals, dark cherries, and plump red currants that burst between your teeth, envelopes you from the first pour. There’s
Wow, there is such evocative aromatic intensity in this local example of Grüner Veltliner – a variety that hails from Austria and that Riesling lovers
I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating, Vermentino is proving to be a champion grape for Australia. This one comes from the Riverland, a
A few whole berries included in the ferment here, which is in open vats with heading-down boards for three weeks, then fifteen months in older
Named after the address of their winery, the fruit here comes from deep sandy loam soils in the Barossa and enjoys some time maturing in
This is a seriously good Coonawarra Cabernet, young, perhaps, but with enormous promise. The wine is deep red in colour and bright with fresh fruit
Quality McLaren Vale fruit here, which spent a lengthy period in French oak, a proportion new. Deep maroon hue, the nose gives us delightful chocolate
From the legendary Coonawarra region, the wine saw extended time in French oak, a significant percentage of it new. Crimson red in colour, the nose
The name Kindred has links to Orcas and who among us doesn’t love killer whales, although I am a little hazy on their relationship to
An attractive pale garnet hue here for this appealing Yarra Pinot. Spices, red fruits, redcurrants, dried herbs, and warm earth with notes of game and
The Yarra Valley has established a most deserved reputation for some of this country’s best Pinot Noir. This one kicks off with notes of undergrowth,
Another very fine Yarra Chardonnay, although this one is a little more muted at this stage. Under cork so that may be playing a role
Stunning stuff from the Yarra Valley, the juice undergoes a wild fermentation before spending nine months in French oak barrels, 20% new oak. The colour
This wine, from a vineyard in the Sellicks Road sub-region of McLaren Vale, spent 14 months in a combination of 60% French and 40% American
This wine, from a McLaren Vale vineyard, spent 13 months in a mix of older French (80%) and American (20%) oak hogsheads. A garnet red,
Another superb McLaren Vale Shiraz from the Mitolo team, the name here refers to a mythical dragon which, as does the wine, offers “power, polish
After tasting, I try and share the bottles with friends. This one, when one of my friends set eyes on it, was rejected immediately in
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