Scarborough Wine Co. Chardonnay 2017
Vintage 2023 has just started in the Hunter Valley, arguably the first anywhere in the world for the calendar year. Scarborough Wines are family owned and sentimental favourite in the […]
Vintage 2023 has just started in the Hunter Valley, arguably the first anywhere in the world for the calendar year. Scarborough Wines are family owned and sentimental favourite in the […]
Okay, you’re going to have to ignore the bottle image for this post. It reads 2019 and the regions aren’t quite right, but that’s all that’s changed. Down to brass […]
Offering 44 grams per litre of residual sugar, this “Off-Dry” has much lower alcohol due to the process of stopping fermentation early. Gundog Estate, Off-Dry, Semillon, Hunter Valley, 2022 Pale […]
Matt Burton and the team throw out the Hunter Sem textbook with this one. Indigenous yeasts, some parcels clean fermented in tank (and retaining a little sugars), other parcels kept […]
A change in fruit again this vintage with fruit from Brycefield and Tinkler’s School Block vineyards in Pokolbin. Both are light clay-loamy soils, the kind that Semillon likes sticking its […]
Harvests are starting in the Hunter Valley, so it won’t be long before 2023 wines are being released. Made deliberately in a more forward and approachable style (but guaranteed to […]
This flagship Shiraz is part of Carillion Wines “Origins” series and is sourced from the Tallavera Grove vineyard, planted in 1994 from cuttings taken from the lauded 100+ year old […]
Bryan Currie and the team let their hair down with this label. Pinot Noir fruit from high elevation Revee vineyard in Tumbarumba. 100% Carbonic maceration before fermentation completed in old […]
Not to be confused with the Hilltop Hoods, the Hilltops region is near Young, in central/south NSW. I can’t imagine there’s much Fiano grown there, most Fianos I’ve come across […]
From the cooler, higher elevation region of Hilltops near the township of Young around 5 1/2 hours from Pokolbin where Hungerford Hill are based. Hungerford Hill, Pinot Grigio, Hilltops, 2022 […]