Mayfield Jonty Met Otto Cabernet Franc 2023
Cabernet Franc doesn’t need to be rustic and dusty. Think Anjou style from cooler climes with red fruit and herbaceous qualities. Fruit matured for 12 months in older French puncheons, […]
Category Archives: Wine Reviews
d’Arenberg The Dead Arm Vertical 2019 – 2014
Another mea culpa here. I recently posted that after moving house (and states) a couple of times, I found find some un-reviewed samples stashed in the wrong area. For some […]
Quiet Mutiny Venus Rising Syrah 2023
The 4th release of the Syrah (Shiraz) from Greer Carland of Quiet Mutiny. Wild ferment, with some parcels whole bunch. 20% new French oak. Quiet Mutiny, Venus Rising, Syrah, Tasmania, […]
Gundog Estate Wild Semillon 2024
This is where the Gundog team like to have a little fun: Indigenous yeasts, some parcels clean fermented in tank (and retaining a little sugar to have the final wine […]
Gundog Estate The Chase Semillon 2024
Fruit from Brycefield, Keith Tulloch and Tinkler’s School Block vineyards in Pokolbin. All vineyards are light clay-loamy soils, the kind that Semillon likes sticking its feet into. Winemaking is also […]
Gundog Estate Hunter’s Semillon 2024
Gundog’s gateway to the world of Semillon. From selected vineyards through the Hunter Valley, and use of ‘recovered’ pressings and bottom fractions from other winemaking to enhance and build out […]
Yalumba The Tri-Centenary Grenache 2022
Sourced from the Ancestor vines (planted 1889) in the Yalumba Tri-Centenary block. Last vintage (the 2021), celebrated winemaker Kevin Glastonbury pushed the boat out with a 250 day post-ferment maceration. […]
Yalumba Vat-11 Grenache 2023
A new release for the Distinguished Sites range. Dry grown fruit sourced from the 58 year old vineyard Barossa Valley floor in the Marananga sub-region . Wild ferment and matured […]
Yalumba Vine Vale Grenache 2023
Part of the Distinguished Sites range. Sourced from two old blocks of 1949 and 1929 vines in the Yalumba Tri-Centenary block on the valley floor. For vintage 2023, the two […]
Yalumba Barossa Bush Vine Grenache 2022
Part of the “Samuel’s Collection” from the consistent Yalumba. Winemaker is Alexey Alon Dumbuay. Vegan friendly. Yalumba have just rolled to the 2023, but plenty of this vintage will be […]
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