Brokenwood Poppy’s Block Semillon 2015
Brokenwood only produce single vineyard wines when they know they’re onto a good thing. Brokenwood, Poppy’s Block Semillon, Hunter Valley, 2015 Pale gold in the glass with green highlights. Aromas […]
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Brokenwood Kat’s Block Shiraz 2014
Sourced from a single block in the famous Graveyard Vineyard, named after Katrina Barry, assistant vineyard manager and all round great person. 2014 was an excellent vintage in the Hunter […]
O’Leary Walker The Lucky Punter Sauvignon Blanc 2016
Just in time for the Spring Racing carnival….but this gives a nod to the history of David O’Leary’s grandfather who purchased farmland at Oakbank, home to the famous Oakbank racing […]
O’Leary Walker The Bookies’ Bag Pinot Noir 2015
The Adelaide Hills are South Australia’s home of Pinot Noir. The fruit for this wine sourced off a vineyard planted in 1990. O’Leary Walker, The Bookies’ Bag Pinot Noir, Adelaide […]
Hentley Farm Riesling 2016
Hentley Farm are more well known for their lustrous and powerful reds from the Barossa Valley, but here we have their Eden Valley Riesling. Fruit harvested from vineyards at 400-450m […]
Bremerton Wines Old Adam Shiraz 2013
Part of the flagship range for Bremerton. Packaging is as solid as the wine, even if it is a somewhat confusing capsule…is it cork?? Is it a glass stopper?? Bremerton, […]
Bremerton Wines Walter’s Reserve Cabernet 2012
One of the premium wines from Bremerton. You’ll need your cork screw. Bremerton Wines, Walter’s Reserve, Cabernet Sauvignon, Langhorne Creek, 2012 Cork. 20 months new French oak. I had this […]
Lerida Estate Lake George Pinot Noir 2014
From the muddy banks of Lake George….which in all my years living in Sydney and driving to Canberra, didn’t have that much water in it. Still, the windmills are amazing. […]
Lerida Estate Lake George Cullerin Pinot Noir 2014
Grown on the slopes of the Cullerin Range at 700m. Note, they’ve just rolled onto the 2015s with an entirely new, much improved label. Lerida Estate, Lake George Cullerin, Pinot […]
Longview Whippet Sauvignon Blanc 2016
A whippet is probably a decent zoomorphic representation for Sauvignon Blanc. If zoomorphic can be used to describe wine. Longview, Whippet, Sauvignon Blanc, Adelaide Hills, 2016 Even though it has […]
