Huntington Estate Special Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Bravo to wineries such as Huntington Estate to hold back releases to showcase what semi-mature prospects they can be. 18 months in French oak barriques (40% new). The bottle image […]
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Robert Stein Shiraz Nouveau 2017
A new release from the talented team at Robert Stein lead by 3rd generation (and award winning) winemaker Jacob. The “Nouveau” labelling giving a nod of winemaking intention towards early […]
Robert Stein SRG 2017
The SRG stands for Semillon, Riesling and Gewürztraminer and is a reinvention of one Robert Stein’s oldest blends. Current winemaker Jacob Stein says it best with his comments: “My grandfather […]
Huntington Estate Barrel Fermented Chardonnay 2017
Only 2 small words: “barrel fermented” just under the vintage year separate this packaging from Huntington Estate’s other chardonnay. Not that easy to spot if you’re quickly scanning the shelves. Anyways: […]
Huntington Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
2013 was a welcome return to more normal conditions after the cold wet years of 2011 and 2012. Huntington Estate are just about to roll over to the 2014. Huntington […]
Huntington Estate Special Reserve Semillon 2016
Sourced from nearly 50 year old semillon vines. Scored Top Gold at the 2017 Mudgee Wine Show. Does Mudgee rival the Hunter Valley for quality semillon? Huntington Estate, Special Reserve, Semillon, […]
Margan Breaking Ground Barbera 2016
New livery for the Breaking Ground releases from Margan. Understated class, somewhat similar to the winemaker. I’ve mentioned the back story before but I do like telling the story: The […]
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 […]
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