Red Wine Archives

A classic Clare Valley Shiraz, one which is already drinking well, but will also continue to provide pleasure and improve...

Mitchell McNicol Shiraz 2010

This is classic Clare Valley Shiraz extolling the virtues of time, though still with a youthful pop. High quality fruit...

Mitchell McNicol Shiraz 2010

Still going strong as a 14-year-old. How much longer can this Clare Valley Shiraz continue at such a peak level?...

XO Wine Co Small Batch Pinot Noir 2023

There was so much to love in this Pinot, from its complexity to its sapidity to its long length. With...

Knee Deep Third Rule Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

A cracking Margaret River Cabernet, enjoyable now, but a wine which has more than a decade of providing pleasure ahead...

Knee Deep Birdhouse Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Another very fine Margaret River Cabernet, only in the shadow of its elder sibling by virtue of that wine enjoying...

Knee Deep Birdhouse Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

A very fine Margaret River Cabernet which has spent a year in French oak, 15% of which was new, before...

Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz 2022

An absolutely cracking McLaren Vale Shiraz from a top vintage, what more could you want? Small batch ferment, eight days...

Arila Gardens Grenache Sand Gardens 2022

Red Wine - Grenache

Old vine Barossa Grenache continues to garner fans, so it should, as one of the great Aussie wine styles. This...

Arila Gardens Shiraz Ironstone and Quartz Gardens 2022

From the Moppa sub-region, this release might possibly top the spectacular 2021, it is a cracker. From a single vineyard,...

Schubert Estate Goose-Yard Block Shiraz 2018

There are some interesting figures attached to this Shiraz which help explain its style: 24 months barrel fermentation, 15.5% alcohol....

Schubert Estate The Gander Reserve Shiraz 2017

The producer is known for its larger-than-life style of Shiraz. The Gander is the pinnacle of such a style, the...

Monchiero Langhe Nebbiolo 2022

Red Wine - Nebbiolo

This is a fresh-from-the-boat Nebbiolo, bottled four weeks ago. It is an elegant example, and despite the warmer vintage, is...

Monchiero Langhe Nebbiolo Anfora 2022

Red Wine - Nebbiolo

The wine was only bottled four weeks ago and is the second release of Anfora, from a minute production of...

La Kooki Local Knowledge Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

While smelling this Cabernet Sauvignon, I can’t help but picture myself standing on a rocky cliff somewhere in Margaret River...

Ghostgum Vineyard Pinot Noir 2021

A light to medium bodied pinot that captures so much about the Mornington Peninsula. There is a sense of vineyard...

Pimpernel Vineyards Shiraz 2020

A slow burn kind of wine, one that changes in the glass, evolves before your eyes, sucks you in. Co-fermented...

Pimpernel Vineyards Grenache Shiraz Mourvèdre 2020

Red Wine - Grenache - Mourvèdre - Shiraz

Brings to the glass everything you want and expect of a GSM – generous, sweet-fruited, plummy, spicy and easy-drinking all...

Pimpernel Vineyards Estate Pinot Noir 2021

A serious Pinot Noir at a serious price point. There is a density, a plushness and a level of complexity...

Montsable Reserve Pinot Noir 2021

The Reserve selection sees the best of the fruit selected for time in a mix of new and older French...

Montsable Pinot Noir 2021

From the Haute Vallée de l’Aude IGP in the Mediterranean region, the fruit undergoes gentle extraction by way of punching...

Wild and Wilder The Opportunist Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2022