Marchand & Burch Mount Barrow Pinot Noir 2024
Fruit from Marchand & Burch (Howard Park)’s Great Southern region Mount Barrow vineyard. 15% to 20% whole bunches. Matured in barriques (75%) puncheons (25%) with 25% new. Separate parcels are […]
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Marchand & Burch Mount Barrow Chardonnay 2024
Fruit from M&B/Howard Park’s Great Southern vineyard Mount Barrow, located at the bottom of the Mount Barker region. Handpicked fruit, natural ferment in French oak barriques, hogsheads and puncheons (40% […]
Angullong Fossil Hill Chardonnay 2023
From the rolling hills of of the Orange region in Central West, New South Wales. Winemaker is Jeff ‘Buddy’ Byrne. Angullong, Fossil Hill, Chardonnay, Orange, 2023 Very pale hue with […]
Cooks Lot Allotment 8888 Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
Former Chef Duncan Cook is based on the slopes of Mount Canobolas in Orange. The ‘Allotment’ range is the starting point for the wines. Cabernet is potentially the unsung hero […]
Yalumba Sanctum Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
Yalumba have some prized Coonawarra holdings. The naming comes from the Menzies Vineyard being in the Inner Sanctum of the Terra Rossa strip. The iconography on the label represents the […]
Yalumba Galway Vintage Shiraz 2023
A classic representation of the Barossa’s patchwork of soils, vines and terroir. Winemaker is Alexey Alon Doumbouya Yalumba, Galway Vintage, Shiraz, Barossa, 2023 Could this be from anywhere but the […]
Yalumba Barossa Shiraz 2024
Part of the “Samuel’s Collection” range. Matured for 10 months in 12% new French and Hungarian hogsheads and barriques. The rest in old puncheons, barriques and hogsheads. Winemaker is Alexey […]
Yalumba Eden Valley Roussanne 2025
Still one of the few single Roussanne bottlings in Australia. Sourced primarily from a single vineyard next door to the Yalumba winery (along with another Angaston vineyard an another in […]
Smith & Hooper Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2023
From the ancient soils of Wrattonbully (just north of Coonawarra), the Smith & Hooper wines are produced from the family owned Hill-Smith Family Estates. 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Merlot. […]
Gundog Estate Indomitus Rutilus 2024
Total switch up from the 2023. This is now a multi variety blend (while all being from Hilltops). Shiraz (57%) from Hudson, Freeman and Moppity, while the latter provides Tempranillo […]
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