Castle Rock Estate Riesling 2020
A big jump in alcohol from the excellent 2019 Riesling, but no change in price. Still marked as “Dry” on the sweetness scale on the rear label. Winemaker is the […]
Category Archives: Wine Reviews
Petaluma Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2019
The Piccadilly Valley is arguably one of the Adelaide Hills’ best sites for Chardonnay. This is oft-known as the Yellow Label. Made by Mike Mudge. Petaluma, Yellow Label, Chardonnay, Adelaide […]
Quiet Mutiny Venus Rising Pinot Noir 2018
Quiet Mutiny is Tasmanian winemaker Greer Carland’s own label. Charlotte Badger is the heroine of the Quiet Mutiny story and the good ship Venus was the ship she took command […]
Carillion Wines Block 22 Cabernet Sauvignon 2018
From fruit grown on a limestone reef in #Wrattonbully,the @CarillionOrange Block 22 Cabernet Sauvignon.
Cape Mentelle Trinders Shiraz Cabernet 2018
The Trinders label has always been the most “accessible” of Cape Mentelle’s red wine range. The Australian blend of Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon blended and balanced. Technically a blend of […]
Clandestine Vineyards Tempranillo Rosé 2020
From a single vineyard in Geographe, planted 1996. Cold pressed and free run juice. Clandestine Vineyards, Rosé Tempranillo, Margaret River, 2020 Coppery blush, more like a skinsy white. Chalky strawberry […]
Clandestine Vineyards Shiraz 2019
From the Endersby Vineyard in Blewitt Springs, McLaren Vale. Hand picked fruit and basket pressed (10% whole bunches). Matured in 2nd and 3rd use French oak for 16 months. The […]
Luke Lambert Crudo Rosé 2014
I’d been hanging on to this Rosé for a while. The Crudo Rosé caused a stir upon its release as being a no-holds-barred kinda wine. Not your sitting in the […]
Clover Hill Cuvée Rosé NV
Sparkling pink (well, medium salmon) and made from various vineyards through Tasmania. Méthode Traditionelle. A blend of 54% Chardonnay, 43% Pinot Noir and 3% Pinot Meunier. Aged for at least […]
Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Franc Shiraz 2018
This blend of Cabernet Franc (63%) and Shiraz (37%) from the ancient Wrattonbully soils. Terre à Terre, Crayères Vineyard, Cabernet Franc/Shiraz, Wrattonbully, 2018 Modern and polished direction from the Bizots. […]
