Berton Vineyards Durif 2019
From the Riverina district of New South Wales comes a wine more usually associated with the north east of Victoria. The grape was “discovered” by French botanist Fracois Durif in […]
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Yalumba Barossa Shiraz 2018
Part of the “Samuel’s Collection” range, but you’ll have to work hard to read the label to associate it with said range. Winemaker is rockstar Kevin Glastonbury. Matured for 12 […]
Yalumba Wyndy’s Last Stand Shiraz 2018
Yalumba aren’t short of wines in their collection (and that’s just the ones that they have as Yalumba, let alone the great HSFV stable), so here we see a new […]
Dalrymple Cottage Block Pinot Noir 2017
Sourced from the Cottage Block, a unique micro climate on the Dalrymple landscape, sheltered from cool breezes and retaining warmth. Around 30% whole bunch in the ferment with maturation in […]
Tyrrell’s HVD Vineyard Semillon 2014
HVD stands for Hunter Valley Distillery and the vineyard is grown on brown sandy clay loam, and first planted in 1908. Tyrrell’s, HVD Vineyard, Semillon, Hunter Valley, 2014 Delicate but […]
Tyrrell’s Belford Vineyard Semillon 2014
The 1933 planted Belford vineyard is dry grown and located quite some ways from the Brokenback range. It has the most broken down soil composition, which “is so fine it […]
Tyrrell’s Stevens Vineyard Semillon 2014
Sourced from the Stevens “Glenoak” vineyard and grown on a combination of light sand and red clay soils. The vineyard is dry grown with the earliest plantings recorded as 1911. […]
Dalrymple Tasmania Pinot Noir 2018
A blend of parcels of fruit grown at the home vineyards at Pipers River in Tasmania’s north east and the Coal River Valley just outside Hobart and also fruit from […]
Thomas Wines Belford Shiraz 2018
Only a recent addition to the Thomas Wines stable and with only 131 dozen bottled, this wine is exclusive to Thommo’s Wine Club members. The vineyard sits next to the […]
Thomas Wines The Dam Block Shiraz 2018
This tiny vineyard, grown on the great soils of Pokolbin Estate, sits just across from the vineyard that provides the fruit for the Kiss. The vineyard is finally mature enough […]
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