Hits the mark and deserves big ticks all round whether it’s a question of structure, overall quality, fruit concentration, ability...

The 2025 vintage is showing some deeper and darker blackberried fruit, Acai, plum and Bing cherries. There is a cool...

The Ashton Pinot Noir is such an intoxicating wine and one that provides allurement in its aromas and further textural...

Fruit is from the Griffins Road vineyard thanks to Pat Griffin’s early plantings in 1990, despite vines disappearing in the...

Fruit is from the 1997 planted Walsh Block through the ambitious friendship of Norm Latta and Frank and Kerry Walsh....

Fruit is from the Schaefer family growers, where vines went into the ground in 2017. Pinot Noir is planted on...

This comes from a single handpicked vineyard near Ballarat, so it’s a cool climate wine. It was all wild fermented,...

There’s a lot of thinking going on here and a focused mindfulness in this top-shelf Adelaide Hills Pinot from Tim...

Sourced from the Adelaide Hills, this is a marvellous testament to clever winemaking and viticulture in what was quite a...

The Adelaide Hills region in 2025 saw a very dry, warm and early vintage, after several cooler years (everything being...

Ethereality and litheness define this wine once given time to blossom in the glass. Pale and translucent ruby garnet. It’s...

Brilliant purple-red hues capture the eye. Lifted, lively scents of cherry, wild raspberry, plum, black liquorice, dried herbs perfectly capture...

Sourced from vineyards on clay/limestone soils in the south of France, this is from the House of Jean Loren. A...

Comes alive in cherry and spice and that’s probably enough to make me want to buy a bottle, but let’s...

Western Australian Pinot Noir is no longer simply a curio or the answer to a trivia question. Rather, it is...

A deep, vibrant crimson purple. Paringa Estate Pinot is never short on colour or flavour and from the outset, the...

Top of the Paringa Pinot tree and everything steps up a notch; structure, fruit concentration and tannins, adding to the...

This oozes class from the outset, albeit still in the nerviness of youth. Dark cherry, red berries, plum, nutmeg, forest...

Sidewood Estate is somewhat obsessive about its collection of Adelaide Hills Pinots – clonal delineations, site variations and winemaking inputs...

Pale ruby with garnet edges. Smoky and spicy on the nose, with pomegranate, red plum, Bing cherry, rosewater, cassia bark...

10% whole bunch, 15% new oak. There’s some brooding depth to the perfume from the outset that draws you into...

Whisson Lake should be a household name, and yet their under-the-radar vibe somehow adds to the appeal. Mystery and intrigue...

The nose is redolent of potpourri, burnt orange peel, nutmeg, thyme and briar intertwined with dried, yet poised, cranberry and...

The bleeding heart of pomegranate is met with sumac, soft red wild flowers and some sandalwood incense. A touch of...