Huntington Estate Special Reserve Merlot 2016
From the leading Mudgee light that is Huntington Estate. Huntington Estate, Special Reserve, Merlot, Mudgee, 2016 A deep garnet in the glass with generous aromas: Plump blackberries and plums with […]
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Gundog Estate Shiraz 2017
A change in fruit sources for this wine, no longer being excusively sourced from the Dahlberg vineyard in Murrumbateman. The componentry looks like 30% Dahlberg ‘Bests’ clone, 36.5% Dahlberg SA1654 […]
Woods Crampton Riesling 2018
Made by Aaron Wood and Nicholas Crampton for the Fourth Wave Wine team. Hand harvested fruit and whole bunch pressed. Woods Crampton, Riesling, Eden Valley, 2018 Intense, yet restrained aromas […]
Mitolo Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
Serpico. A movie after a biopic of undercover New York police officer Frank Serpico. Al Pacino played the lead. I’ve no idea if the Mitolo family named the wine after […]
Mitolo G.A.M Shiraz 2015
Named in honour of the Mitolo children with an initial taken from each: Gemma, Alexander and Marco. French oak maturation with 70% being new and 30% used for 18 months. […]
TarraWarra Estate Pinot Noir Rosé 2018
Clare Halloran and Adam McCallum advise that 2018 was “definitely a more challenging vintage, heat and humidity combined to increase disease pressure early on, and warmer days and nights required […]
TarraWarra Estate Roussanne Marsanne Viognier 2017
TarraWarra Estate have only two rows of each of these vines that were grafted in 2006 to vines planted in 1995. From the excellent 2017 vintage, whole bunch fermentation in […]
TarraWarra Estate South Block Chardonnay 2016
Made with minimal adjustments in the winery: no yeast or acid additions. 10 Months in French oak of which 25% was new with the remainder being 1 and 2 year […]
Sandalford Shiraz 2017
Don’t forget people, Margaret River has Shiraz! Sandalford, Shiraz, Margaret River, 2017 New French oak maturation really pops the black/red fruit sweetness with an herbaceous, slightly meaty, pulpy tone […]
Longview Devil’s Elbow Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Maturation for 18 months in new and old (seasoned) French oak. Longview, Devil’s Elbow, Cabernet Sauvignon, Adelaide Hills, 2016 Upon opening, the oak makes for a sweet experience, but a […]
