De Bortoli Vinoque Heathcote Ridge Vineyard Grenache 2016
I was lucky enough early in the year to sit with Leanne De Bortoli and Steve Webber on their back deck, enjoying a couple of glasses of wine, when the […]
Gundog Estate Hilltops Shiraz No.1 2016
Sourced from the Freeman vineyard in the Hilltops region, north west of the Australian Capital Territory. Gundog Estate, Hilltops Shiraz No.1, Hilltops, 2016 12 months French oak maturation of which […]
Vin Vale by Shingleback
Exclusive to Coles Liquor stores: Vintage Cellars, Liquorland & First Choice. A change in livery too, from the 2015 to the 2016. Vin Vale by Shingleback, Shiraz, McLaren Vale, 2015 Inky, dark […]
Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Blanc 2017
These vines are getting to 20 years old and grown in rocky soils. Franco and the team have kicked another goal. Hoddles Creek Estate, Pinot Blanc, Yarra Valley, 2017 Apple […]
Claymore Wines Nirvana Reserve Shiraz 2013
Come as you are: doused in mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be. The line may be some 26 years old but Kurt is as relevant as ever […]
Claymore Wines Dark Side Of The Moon 2015
2017 has been a slightly crazy year. Buying a house and moving, training for my first marathon, a 4 week overseas trip that was 5 years in planning and a […]
Gundog Estate Wild Semillon 2017
I don’t think I can write a better intro to this wine than the one from Matt Burton, the winemaker at Gundog Estate: “A warm season delivered two parcels of […]
Gundog Estate The Chase Semillon 2017
Gundog claim this is their most “classical styled” Semillon. Sourced from the Somerset Vineyard in Pokolbin, “predominately from a 1969 planting, set over an old creek bed that runs through the […]
Gundog Estate Hunter’s Semillon 2017
Gundog are one of the “new” Hunter Valley producers with twin cellar doors in Canberra and the Hunter Valley, drawing fruit from both regions to create wines of critical and […]
Claymore Wines Bittersweet Symphony Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Maturation in older French oak. Claymore Wines, Bittersweet Symphony, Cabernet Sauvignon, Clare Valley, 2015 A somewhat pungent nose of vanilla bean paste and blackberry compote with shaved cedary oak. Moist […]
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