West Cape Howe “Hannah’s Hill” Cabernet Malbec 2016
West Cape Howe picked up Best the Star Cellar Door award for the second year in a row from Gourmet Traveller Wine. They’re located in the far reaches of the […]
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Brokenwood Shiraz 2016
2016 started wet through January before a dry February allowing colour and flavour to fully develop. The hand picked fruit for this wine comes from the esteemed Graveyard vineyard. Brokenwood, […]
Shingleback Triumvirate 2012
Triumvirate is a Latin word, coming from Roman times meaning the government of three officers or magistrates functioning jointly. Or in this case Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. Shingleback in McLaren Vale have a cellar club called The […]
Serafino Sharktooth Shiraz 2013
Form the Sharktooth Vineyard, just south of the Serafino winery. Matured in new and old French and American oak for 18 months. Charles Whish is the winemaker. Serafino, Sharktooth, Shiraz, […]
Serafino Malpas Vineyard Shiraz 2015
This single vineyard shiraz is part of the McLaren Vale Scarce Earth project. It aims to highlight the impacts of the geology of the region. The Serafino website still has […]
Serafino Reserve Grenache 2016
From fruit grown at Blewitt Springs where the vineyard is deep sand with ironstone and a clay layer. The Serafino website still has the 2013 vintage available for the same […]
Serafino Sharktooth Chardonnay 2016
The big daddy of Chardonnay from McLaren Vale’s Serafino. Racked into 300l oak barrels and wild fermentation. Partial malolactic fermentation and plenty of lees stirring whilst in oak. Charles Whish is […]
Shingleback John Foolery Viognier 2013
Shingleback in McLaren Vale have a deep museum stock, which is sent out to their club members during the year. This wine arrived as part of a sample of back […]
Margan Chardonnay 2017
Margan put a fair amount of work into this well priced chardonnay. 20% of the fruit fermented in new French oak for 6 months. Margan, Chardonnay, Hunter Valley, 2017 This wine […]
Margan Semillon 2017
Semillon. The Hunter Valley flagship grape. This one sourced from vineyards over 40 years old situated on the Fordwich Sill, a plug of red volcanic clay which runs through the […]
