Rich, opulent, smooth, seamless, and thoroughly engaging Shiraz from this excellent season in McLaren Vale. The nose is quite beautiful,...

Intense and coated, as in dark chocolate coated cherries dipped in alcohol, macerated violets, crème de menthe, mocha, cedar, woodfire,...

Vin brûlé kind of vibes from the get-go, with a warm, fuzzy feeling of orange peel and star anise, cloves...

It’s a burst of all things red fruit – a bountiful scoop of wild strawberry and cranberry, with red plum...

Vibrant and peppery, it speaks of vivid purple colours – crushed violets, black cherry, blueberry yoghurt, boysenberry – with an...

Beautifully complex, with an alternating whiff of whole bunch – a little brambly, cinnamon-stick note surfacing, then gently plunging down...

There is a multidimensional space for more than one thing at once, with a bright, polished cherry deftly alternating with...

Grown on a narrow band of clay over stone in the Te Muna Vineyard, from vines now over 25 years...

Here we have Alkina’s self-proclaimed ‘Village’ level Grenache, taken from a range of sites across the stable, some older and...

‘Stonefire’ is a tribute to the mother rock beneath the Alkina vineyard. Grenache comes from schist-rich sites and the ferrous...

Lovely restraint on show with an alluring perfume of black cherry, blueberry and blackberry melding with graphite, crushed rocks, clove,...

For those harbouring concerns that the 2023 vintage might not quite sit alongside other recent harvests, a wine like this...

This full-bodied McLaren Vale Shiraz is loaded with the typical juicy satsuma, plum, and red-fruit notes reflected on both nose...

The first thing you notice is the colour; so deep, dark, almost impenetrable. The aromas reveal dark plum and blackberry...

Here’s a McLaren Vale Tempranillo that really nails the style for current, delicious drinking. It’s soft and quite supple, with...

Maturation for this local example of Spain’s most famous variety was on lees and there is a small quantity of...

They say that anyone in the wine game must be quite mad and it seems that this wine harks back...

Not often that a ten-year-old Aussie red lands on the market, especially one which really is such good value. 2016...

Macedon in late autumn feels well suited to Cabernet Franc staying true to itself when handled with this kind of...

Macedon granite and clay, a vineyard planted in the early nineties for Virgin Hills, one of the sites that serious...

The fruit comes from the Rocky Horror vineyard and is a mix of clones, with the aim of emphasising fruit...

The aim with this wine is to produce a chilled red style. It’s bright, lively and youthfully presented, offering stacks...

The fruit is sourced entirely from the Rocky Horror vineyard using only clone 777. The nose is still quite closed,...

Cabernet – on the label unspecified so so potentially Sauvignon and Franc, though most likely the former given its upfront...