Colonel & Merchant Shiraz 2016
Named after Colonel Light, who named the Barossa (incorrectly, but it still works). Exclusive to Woolworth’s BWS stores. Ironically there seems to be 2 naming conventions here: Colonel & Merchant […]
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Angullong Chardonnay 2016
Originally tasted blind as part of a line up of cool climate chardonnay. Angullong, Chardonnay, Orange, 2016 Crisp biscuit, mineral, rocky notes. Very light stonefruit but somewhat lifted. Good lines […]
Windowrie The Mill Chardonnay 2016
Originally tasted blind in a line up of cool climate chardonnay. Windowrie, The Mill, Chardonnay, Cowra, 2016 Fruity fig and banana lollies with white nectarine underpinned with waxy lemon rind. […]
Vinoque Greco 2016
Fruit sourced from vinous viticultural pioneers: the Chalmers family. Made by Steve Webber at De Bortoli. Vinoque, Greco, Heathcote, 2016 Caramel tones over granite with grilled citrus rind. Full palate […]
Passing Clouds Pinot Noir 2016
Part of a line up of pinot noirs for a blind tasting. Sourced from the Quarry Ridge vineyard in Kilmore, which is pretty much dead 60 kilometres north of Melbourne, […]
De Bortoli Villages Chardonnay 2016
Sourced from Dixons Creek, Tarrawarra and Woori Yallock. French fermentation (5% new), full malolactic fermentation with some lees stirring. De Bortoli, Villages, Chardonnay, Yarra Valley, 2016 Green hue at the […]
Longview Vineyard VISTA Shiraz Barbera 2016
New label from the Saturno family out of Macclesfield. VISTA apparently is an acronym for Varied Inclines Slopes Terrain & Aspects. Working on a couple of levels of course: vista is the Italian word for […]
Singlefile Chardonnay 2016
Class wine making and packaging are the hallmarks of the Singlefile wines. 30% new and 70% one year old French oak maturation for 7 months. Singlefile Wines, Chardonnay, Great Southern, 2016 Nougat like oak precedes grilled fig, light peach […]
Huntington Estate Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2016
Huntington Estate are certainly one of the leading lights in the Mudgee wine scene. I just wish they’d look to a change of labeling and bottle stock as the packaging […]
Stoneleigh Pinot Noir 2016
In a quick pinot noir blind tasting line up with a local wine maker, this one stood out well despite some initial reluctance. Wine maker is Jamie Marfell, a Marlborough […]
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