Jacob’s Creek Double Barrel Shiraz 2016
When Jacob’s Creek released these concept wines, people were a bit dubious. After all, whisky is usually aged in former wine barrels. So this is like making chicken nuggets from […]
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Jacob’s Creek Reserve Shiraz 2016
The ubiquitous Jacob’s Creek Reserve Shiraz, mainstay of mid-week takeaway nights and pours by the glass in country pubs. Can’t argue with the consistency. Jacob’s Creek, Reserve, Shiraz, Limestone Coast, […]
Gartelmann Diedrich Shiraz 2015
This year the flagship is sourced from Orange and matured in French and American oak. Cleaned up at the 2016 and 2017 Orange Wine Shows winning the Trophy for Best […]
Gartelmann Sarah Elizabeth Chardonnay 2016
Barrel fermented in “new and one year old 500 litre puncheons and 300 litre hogsheads.” 10 months in oak with monthly lees stirring but no malolactic fermentation. This vintage the […]
Gartelmann Wilhelm Shiraz 2015
Abiding by Australian laws, only 85% of the grapes need to be from one area to have that on the label. In this case 86% of the grapes were grown […]
Gartelmann Benjamin Semillon 2017
Gartelmann are based on the eastern side of the Hunter Valley, in the Lovedale region, while the fruit for this Semillon from the dry grown, 77 year old Bainton vineyard […]
Di Giorgio Dolcetto Rosé 2017
I can’t imagine there’s a lot of dolcetto grown in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, but there’s around 30 wineries in Australia making dolcetto, usually there’s an Italian […]
Di Giorgio Chardonnay 2016
Natural ferment using 40% new and 60% old French oak. 8 months on lees with fortnightly stirring. Some parcels through malolactic fermentation. Work it, baby. Work.It. Di Giorgio Family Wines, […]
Di Giorgio Riesling 2017
Di Giorgio have their home in Coonawarra, but here they’ve obtained fruit from the Mount Gambier district, a little further south for this riesling. Their website still has the 2015 […]
Heartland Wines Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Matured in 80% French and 20% American oak for 12 months, and made from 20 year old plus wines. Winemaker is the busy busy Ben Glaetzer. Heartland Wines, Cabernet Sauvignon, […]
