Patina Wines Riesling 2016
Gerald Naef, winemaker most certainly takes his riesling cues from European styles, notably a little bit of Alsace. Patina Wines, Riesling, Orange, 2016 Retaining 7 grams per litre of residual […]
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Angullong Fossil Hill Barbera 2016
Gold medal winner at the 2017 Orange Wine Show and NSW Wine Awards. Whilst it isn’t quite from Piedmont, the cool nights of the Orange region make for a regional […]
Robert Stein Reserve Chardonnay 2016
100% Single vineyard from Mudgee. A few years ago, I wrote a little piece on the region after visiting for the first time. There was a thought then that Chardonnay […]
Robert Stein Shiraz 2014
The fruit for this wine comes from a range of blocks of Shiraz across the Stein vineyard. Hand picked, then fermented in traditional open fermenters. A combination of new and seasoned oak […]
Huntington Estate Special Reserve Shiraz 2013
Occasionally, I get caught behind in writing and this is one of those cases. Huntington Estate have just rolled over to the 2014 vintage, but by no means should that […]
Huntington Estate Shiraz 2013
Huntington Estate’s Tim Stevens reckons that Mudgee’s winemakers should “go with the tannins, not against them.” Sound advice. Huntington Estate, Shiraz, Mudgee, 2013 At 4 years of age, this current […]
Rowlee Wines Nebbiolo 2016
Sourced from vineyards sitting 950m above sea level on the slopes of Mount Canobolas in Orange, 3 hours west of Sydney. Striking packaging, that owl can watch you from across […]
Lowe Wines PF 500 Shiraz 2017
PF stands for Preservative Free and espouses David Lowe’s ethos. You can also throw in Biodynamic and Vegan for few more of your zeitgeist wine label bingo games. 500 ml […]
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 […]
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