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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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 […]
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 […]
Pig in the House Organic Rosé 2017
Vigneron Jason O’Dea of Pig In The House (and Windowrie Estate) based just outside Cowra in the Central Ranges of NSW, says “Growth (in organic wine sales increasing from 13% in […]
Angullong Fossil Hill Rosato 2017
Angullong Wines are to be found in the foothills of Mount Canobolas of Orange, 3 hours west of Sydney. One of the more consistent producers from the area. Angullong, Fossil […]
The Thief? Shiraz 2015
I do like the tale from winemaker Tash Mooney on the origin of the name: This is the legend of my Great Great Grandfather, Walter who was an Australian settlor […]
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