Powerful and impressive array of aromatics here – stonefruit, cheesecloth, citrus and nougat. The fruit is very complete and saturating...

A very mineral release, more so than the 2018 that I reviewed last year. Sea spray, citrus salt, crushed rock,...

A pithy and bright aromatic opening, especially when compared to that of the Muntà l’è Ruma. This is more reticent...

From Wrattonbully fruit, a single vineyard, there was a quick pressing to avoid picking up too much colour, though there...

A heady mix of dried rose petals, dark cherries, and plump red currants that burst between your teeth, envelopes you...

I’ve said it before, but it’s worth repeating, Vermentino is proving to be a champion grape for Australia. This one...

A few whole berries included in the ferment here, which is in open vats with heading-down boards for three weeks,...

Named after the address of their winery, the fruit here comes from deep sandy loam soils in the Barossa and...

This is a seriously good Coonawarra Cabernet, young, perhaps, but with enormous promise. The wine is deep red in colour...

Another superb McLaren Vale Shiraz from the Mitolo team, the name here refers to a mythical dragon which, as does...

After tasting, I try and share the bottles with friends. This one, when one of my friends set eyes on...

One of the heavy bottle brigades – expect these to go the way of the dinosaurs as we move to...

Apparently, ‘Harena’ is an ancient Roman word meaning arena. In Roman times, their arenas were sandy stages for gladiatorial battles....

Wow, this is a good wine. Never mind the price because it would be a good wine at twice the...

Margaret River Cabernet at the top of its game. It has some help, just a smidge, from Malbec (3.8%) and...

The Margaret River stamp is strong on this one. It’s plush and round, filling the mouth in flavour and some...

Perfectly captures the purity of fruit and the kind of linear structure we associate with the Great Southern region. There...

Approximately one third whole bunches for this amiable vintage. Blackberry, Bing cherries and earthy Swiss Chard stem. Caper and olive...

Fermented on full solids in a combination of large format oak foudres, seasoned French oak puncheons, and stainless steel. It...

Top-shelf chardonnay from the West. Maybe it’s the vintage or the winemaking, but the ’23 offers a finer specimen of...

Made from the best barrels from the finest parcels of Shiraz. Heady aromas of tonka bean, blackberry bush, boysenberries and...

Blackcurrants, prune plums, Nyon olive. Carob and oolong tea. Wood ear mushroom, Madagascar vanilla and violets. Linear and supple on...

Sliced pineapple, white peach and Meyer lemon. Crème brulée toffee, apple friand, nutmeg and cinnamon. Elderflower and fennel seed. The...

Comes off some pretty old, ungrafted Barossa vines. It’s a most elegant and refined wine that shows another side to...