This is intriguing in its complexity, restraint, and suave personality. The nose is initially demure, with subtle notes of blood...

This is excellent. The interplay of spice and fruit, the poise and restraint, the structure and length—it had me typing...

A royal wine, full of reference and wonder. Salted dark chocolate, violets, and tart dark fruit. It looks like Cabernet,...

Smoked cherry compote, swirls of mulberry and dark plum flesh. An overarching savoury note of Nyon olive and sage leaf,...

A Clare Valley and Coonawarra blend that leads with true regional typicity. Led by blackberries, Acai and stems of rosemary....

This is truly an iconic wine and a Barossa classic. Again, from the highly regarded Ebenezer sub-region, with the vines...

The great Aussie red blend from a top year and a producer nearing cult status. This is heavily Shiraz dominant...

I’ve been looking forward to this wine, ever since I tasted the previous vintage – both are superb Barossa years....

Year in, year out, this is always one of the Barossa’s most exciting Cabernets and this latest release is no...

Comes at you firm, dry and savoury, dressed in sinewy tannins. It’s definitely all about the structure at this early...

This is a savoury affair at heart. Notes of snapped twig, desiccated coconut, nutmeg, dried cherry, and Kirsch open into...

Another perfectly presented Shiraz under this label. Shiraz has been an important part of the Church Block story, present in...

What a thoroughly beautiful wine this is from one of McLaren Vale’s finest wineries. It’s about 60% Grenache and the...

Another excellent wine from this famous value-for-money brand. In the winery, each parcel is treated separately through fermentation and maturation...

This now has a little age and it’s starting to reveal some rather beautiful characters that comes with cellaring time...

De Bortoli have been using amphora for some years now and here is a perfect example of what it can...

De Bortoli have gone to Heathcote in Victoria to source the fruit for this wine. It’s a region that has...

This is a mighty good Grenache sourced from McLaren Vale. The colour is immediately bright with red and crimson hues....

The wonderful region of Langhorne Creek provides the Malbec for this excellent wine. The region over decades has excelled in...

This is one of the oldest properties in the Barossa and this wine came from some of those original vines...

Yes, there is still a Butcher’s Block in the old restored blue stone cellar door on the property. I like...

Cabernet Sauvignon (65%) takes the lead and with it comes some firm, structural tannins – a Cabernet speciality – nicely...

This superb 2021 Reserve blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Cabernet Franc has a strong Bordeaux Cru Classe feel with...

I opened the bottle, I tasted it, I drank a glass with dinner . . .  and then the next...