Cool-climate Adelaide Hills Cabernet. High-end red fruits, subtle red currant and brick-dust notes. Medium-bodied palate, subtle oak, fine tannins. Medium-term...

Another wine from the portfolio which provides cracking value, this Cabernet has twelve months maturation in older puncheons. The colour...

Cool-climate Adelaide Hills Shiraz, elegant and stylish. Cherry and plum aromas with subtle spice and pepper. Smooth, integrated palate, silky...

2022 was yet another excellent vintage in the Adelaide Hills region. The name for this wine comes not from the...

The team refer to this particular block as Block 28. It is populated by clone D4V2. Maturation is for around...

From the outset, this impresses. Aromas are a mix of roasted coffee, dark chocolate, plum and a spicy, earthy note....

From the Barossa Valley, where the regional character is immediately evident. The nose has an earthy mix of plums, cherries...

Impressive dark, dense purple hues. Starts quietly with a lilting scent of Aussie bush notes, black fruit, smoked meats, vanilla...

A ripe and nicely concentrated Frankland River Cabernet with immediate drinking appeal. The secret, if there is one, is the...

It might be suspicion only but one feels that our venerable old Barossa producer, Yalumba, may have felt that, as...

The oldest vines used for this quintessential Barossa/Eden Valley Shiraz date back to the 1850s and the vines have an...

A blend of Eden Valley and Barossa Shiraz, the key to this superb wine is the old vines and careful...

We might be yet to learn who is to be honoured with the 2023 Signature, but whomsoever it is should...

The vines for this iconic Coonawarra Cabernet were planted back in 1975. The wine sees a year and a half...

From a single vineyard, just 1.3 hectares in size, located in the Light Pass sub-region of the Barossa, and from...

This one is also well known for the extraordinary length of post ferment maceration.  One of the early examples of...

From a two acre block in the Yalumba Tri-Centenary vineyard where the vines were planted in 1889. This could easily...

Restraint and complexity are the calling cards here, with suave notes of bay leaf, fine cedar, blackcurrant pastille, vanilla paste,...

The quintessential Australian blend shows its worth nicely here. Plum, redcurrant, sandalwood, black pepper and blackberry lead the charge. With...

From some of the oldest Shiraz vines in the world, dating back to 1854. Bordering on opaque, with a deep...

A lot of oak at the fore initially — unsurprising given its 16 months in French barriques, 24% new. Cedar,...

Elegant and restrained, showing class from the outset. Dusty cedar, cassis and blood plum open before unfurling into tilled earth,...

Syrah, or Shiraz, from the Frankland River region has certainly established itself has one of the most exciting styles of...

Wine critics are completely unbiased and have absolutely no favourites at all. First line of the wine writers’ creed. Unfortunately,...