No immediate big pronouncements here, just a quiet insinuation of deep flavour that is part savoury, part citrus, part almond...

From Martingale Estate’s Gruyere district vineyard in Victoria’s Yarra Valley, there’s an exciting complexity from nose to tail in this...

The 2024 Carrodus Chardonnay is coiled spring ready to fire with a powerful core of mixed citrus rind and pith...

This is the first Chardonnay produced from a small block planted at Valleyfield in 2019. A very good Tasmanian season...

100% wild yeast and mature in 30% new French oak barriques for 10 months and a further 5 months in...

The $30 Filius Sauvignon Blanc label gets the same amount of consideration in wine making labour as does the top...

This boosts lemon rind and preserved apple skin, some safflower oil and canola. A hint at pine nut richness, some...

A mature Chenin from McLaren Vale, showing how wonderfully this variety, with its higher level of natural acidity, can age....

The Estate’s Faultline and Farrago blocks provided the fruit here, which was subsequently blended. The grapes underwent a gentle whole...

The Balnarring Vineyard enjoys considerable maritime influence from the Western Port Bay. The Vineyard was established in 1997 and the...

The Estate’s vineyard at Red Hill has three parcels of Chardonnay, the largest, which is 1.3 hectares, is the oldest...

The fruit for this flagship Chardonnay comes from a parcel which is just 0.1 hectares, situated within the oldest Chardonnay...

Cool climate styling from Victoria’s King Valley, there’s a vibrant nasal burst of freshly cut Williams pear with a little...

Grown in Victoria’s cooler King Valley region, built into an expressive, fuller Chardonnay style with unabated melon fruit characters, from...

A powerful wine, with plenty of gunflint and other smart winemaking things. It’s flashy at first glance, and bound tight,...

A multi-dimensional Sauvignon Blanc for serious drinkers. This wine’s understated beauty could be easily missed. Not by me though. Lemongrass,...

Reminiscent of the apricot bars in my school lunchbox, but make it sophisticated. Sweet yellow peach, pear and compressed green...

This is a well-made Sauvignon Blanc, full of lime skins, lemongrass and meadow flowers. The beauty of Flowstone’s Sauvignon Blancs...

I generally get the ick when people use the term “pizza wine”, but then again, some wines, like this Shiraz,...

The D’Aloisio Vineyard is to be found in the Seville township in the Yarra Valley, on red volcanic soil. It...

This vineyard is located in the Woori Yallock sub-region of the Yarra Valley, sitting at 180 metres above sea level....

Adelaide Hills Riesling lives in the shadow of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, but it doesn’t necessarily deserve that role. Here’s...

A Semillon exhibiting the best of both worlds – youthful, bright, drink now qualities but also featuring some terrific ageing...

Opens shy before cascading with complexity. Ground cinnamon, white peach, pink grapefruit and green apple lead before a swirl of...