Nightfall Libra The Balance Dry Red 2021
Speaks so much of Coonawarra with the red fruits and chalky limestone characters evident immediately. It’s a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot,
Speaks so much of Coonawarra with the red fruits and chalky limestone characters evident immediately. It’s a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot,
This comes off 60-year-old vines of the Old Bamboo Creek Vineyard in Greenock. The quality of the fruit allows a substantial mix of first-fill French
This gets a little less oak than the powerhouse 2018 and as a result it is a more elegant and stylish wine. It’s more medium
Always good to be able to access older wines, especially at such a very reasonable price. There are not many reds exceeding a decade in
These vines planted in 1865 are some of the most important in the Clare region. Remarkable that vines of this age can still pump out
Well, who doesn’t like Grenache. This is spectacular from the first take on the nose through to the finishing lick on the lips of a
The approach here is to ferment and mature 8 parcels of fruit separately. They go into aged French older oak puncheons with a small amount
A fine Barossa blend, this has a maroon/purple hue and a nose that offers spices, coffee beans, chocolate, bay leaves, mocha and cigar box notes.
Fragrant red fruits on the nose cry Grenache and the Bekkers’ wine is the real deal. Got plenty of kick here with the higher alcohol
This range has been one of my favourites since being introduced a few years ago. It aims to push comes boundaries especially in the winemaking
We have here a Chardonnay that speaks very clearly about where it comes from – WA’s Great Southern region – the vintage, a long ripening
The ‘Viper Vineyard’ (it does feel a bit like someone has been watching too much Kung Fu Panda with these names) provides grapes from the
For ‘The Tiger’, we move to a single vineyard in the Lowburn sub-region. A deep garnet in colour, the nose is wonderfully complex with notes
Always fascinating to see the Chard Farm Pinots, all Central Otago, all the same vintage and with similar winemaking methods but from four different vineyards
One of the most famous sub-regions in the Central Otago region is surely Bannockburn. This is a single vineyard Pinot, exclusively planted to clones 777
A barrel selection from the team’s oldest blocks of Shiraz, from their sites in the Barossa, this wine is only released when they believe the
A fine Barolo from one of the region’s most exciting districts that receives a lengthy maceration in a variety of casks. The family see it
Beautiful, perfumed aromatics showing liquorice, sweet damp earth and violets. The mouthfeel issilky and long with savoury tannins and vibrant acidity. Integrated oak offers another
If Tiers 1.5m Chardonnay hails from the “new” block of French Bernard clones planted in 2003, fruit for this Tiers Chardonnay is off the “old”
The Adelaide Hills 2023 vintage was the coolest of the four consecutive cool vintages since 2020. To quote winemaker, Brian Croser, the ’23 Chardonnays are
The vines here are of an unknown age, but the vineyard’s owners, the Osmond family, know that they are older than 140 years. Impressive. The
Serious stuff here, a Riserva from 2013, opportunities for wines like these become rarer every day. Notes of coffee beans, roses, dark berries, licorice, truffles,
Made from 100% Sangiovese, the estate offers a Riserva every year, believing that they have the fruit to do so. The colour is a deep
A rare beast, indeed; an IGT, only 400 bottles were made with many already sold. This was a true one-off as it has never been
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