This is the fourth release of the French Wine Trial (FWT) sourcing Bordeaux Cabernet Sauvignon (56%), Merlot (41%) and Petit...

This excellent, long ripening season has certainly suited Petit Verdot, one of the later-ripening varieties. This is a beautiful wine;...

Freshly harvested wild red berries with shades of black currants and boysenberries. However, that distinctive note of iodine is the...

Perfumed and meaty — Italian cured beef kind of meaty. Bresaola, maybe? Black fruit, pressed violets, a lick of char....

A typical Bordeaux blend from a region that does the style wonderfully well, Margaret River. The blend is Cabernet Sauvignon,...

A complex Bordeaux blend from Margaret River, deep mauve in hue, and with pronounced aromatics, this has a long and...

A fine Bordeaux blend here, exhibiting a maroon hue. The nose has black fruits to the fore with tobacco leaves,...

A terrific version of the Bordeaux blend here. Crimson/cherry colour, the nose weaves through herbal notes, black cherries, cloves, coffee...

Blackberries, prune plums and juniper. Licorice root, anise and black peppercorn. An alluring perfume that teeters between sweet black fruit...

The Bass Hill Vineyard provides the fruit for many of the team’s top wines, both those which are straight varietals...

The fruit used here is from the Wallcliffe, Trinders and Crossroads vineyards, planted in 1970, 1988 and 2003 respectively. Fermentation...

To be precise this is a four-way partnership of grapes, revealing the little one percenters – quite literally – that...

These vines planted in 1997 are now reaching a level of maturity to supply fruit of excellent balance and concentration....

For anyone who thinks that Coonawarra is the home of elegance, check out this unique and punchy blend of 91%...

From the excellent Wrattonbully region, this is the quintessential ‘Bordeaux Bland’ with this mix of grapes. Another fine Limited Release,...

An interesting combination that comes together neatly. It’s soft and generous with delicious, sweet fruit balanced by a dry savoury...

Penfolds love an acronym, this one standing for French Wine Trial. The wine was made at Cambon la Pelouse with...

If you have a soft spot for a good cabernet blend, this will scratch it. A seamless entity, each grape...

Named in honour of Alexander Campbell Johnston, pioneer and founder of Pirramimma, the man who first planted grapes in this...

I really was not sure what I was going to find here as petit verdot is best known as a...

Fun Wine Fact: Une Rangée refers to the fact that in 2016 Whicher Ridge had just one row of petit...

Soft liquorice and late picked blackberries, dried red currants, black olive and thyme. This block was planted in 1995 from...