Cape Jaffa Anna's Blend 2015
Chill hard and wash your worries away. A curious blend of barrel fermented Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Gewurtraminer. Although the per...
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March 31, 2016
Yalumba Y Series Shiraz Viognier 2014
Blueberry, raspberry, violet and sweet sugar plum aromas plus an ever so subtle aromatic lift from the Viognier. Black pepper spice runs t...
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March 31, 2016
Angove Long Row Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Some hard going here. Deep and bold fruits, dark chocolate, blueberries and black olive. Flavours are coarse and come across disjointed,...
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March 31, 2016
Singlefile Wines Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2015
Classy PG this. Very classy. Well integrated oak - 25% saw second use barriques for wild fermentation and was left for five months on le...
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March 30, 2016
Cape Jaffe En Soleil Pinot Gris 2015
A trendy fella who is cool to hang out with - you know the type. The freshness is the first thing that strikes me here. A swirl of the g...
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March 30, 2016
O'Leary Walker The Bookies' Bag Pinot Noir 2014
It makes common sense to open the final sample from O'Leary Walker on the same weekend as the Great Eastern Steeple race which is held...
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March 28, 2016
Singlefile Wines Single Vineyard Fumé Blanc 2015
A new winery to me from the west. The sophisticated label caught the eye as did the weighty bottles. Fifty percent of this Sauvignon Bla...
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March 27, 2016
Singlefile Wines Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2015
This 60/40 blend comes from the Great Southern sub region of Denmark. Citrusy, melons and gooseberry. There's a slippery phenolic ch...
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March 27, 2016
Ninth Island Sparkling NV
A casual catch up with friends saw this appear on the table when one of them brought it along. The looks of disappointment were clear as g...
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March 27, 2016
First Drop Wines Mother's Milk Shiraz 2014
There's no gimmick to the name. Mother's Milk it is. Perceptions of heavy and bulky Barossa Shiraz can be thrown out here. Mediu...
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March 25, 2016
Angove Long Row Chardonnay 2015
White fleshed peach, lemons, tropical melon and pineapple husk aromas. Fresh with a youthful vibe and not bogged down by clumsy or chunk...
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March 25, 2016
Hitchen Road Pinotage Rosé 2010
I was given this as a gift recently and my interest levels spiked - New Zealand Pinotage! We don't see much Pinotage on Australian sho...
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March 25, 2016
Jansz Premium Cuvée NV
A reliable go-to. Year after year this doesn't fail. Clean, crisp and refreshing - an easy drinking fizz not overly dry and can ofte...
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March 23, 2016
Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Montepulciano 2015
Another beauty at a super price. Lots of plummy and juicy berry fruit plus some savoury action here. Red cherry adds a vibrancy whilst w...
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March 23, 2016
La La Land Pinot Gris 2015
Pretty aromas of white flowers, pears and peach skin. Good fruit highlighted by pear flavours. Some honeyed characters sneak up with a d...
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March 21, 2016
Robert Stein Mudgee Reserve Chardonnay 2014
Fermented in French oak 50% of which was new then aged for nine months. Oak has certainly played its hand here - a little too much perhaps...
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March 21, 2016
Huntington Estate Late Harvest Semillon 2015
It would be unjust to taste a sticky without food. My weapon of choice in this case was a baked New York cheesecake - it worked a treat....
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March 20, 2016
Huntington Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009
The vineyard on which the fruit is grown was planted in the early 1970's. This wine is always released at five years of age - and surp...
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March 20, 2016
La La Land Malbec 2015
Quite light and bright in the glass. Like the Tempranillo , there's not too much depth but drinkability factor is high. Black ea...
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March 18, 2016
La La Land Tempranillo 2015
Smooth and juicy fruit comes in the form of plums, mulberries and a sly touch of raspberry. A bit thin through the middle with a fair w...
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March 18, 2016
Robert Stein Semillon 2015
Grassy, a smidge of gooseberry which seemed to flutter away, lemongrass, and squeeze of lemon. Quite thin to taste, edging on watery. So...
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March 18, 2016
Yelland & Papps Second Take Shiraz 2015
50% whole bunch, 100% awesome. There's so much going on here and the interest is in the detail: 18 days on skins, 100% French oak of...
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March 17, 2016
Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Pinot Bianco 2014
There's a few reasons here which can have you believe that this Pinot Bianco is more Chardonnay like than Pinot Gris, one of its sibli...
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March 17, 2016
O'Leary Walker Final Instructions Shiraz 2014
David O'Leary's connection with the Adelaide Hills dates back to 1912 when his grandfather purchased a vineyard in Oakbank. The li...
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March 16, 2016
Levantine Hill Colleen's Paddock Pinot Noir 2014
Delicious and glorious. Sublime. For the inaugural release of this label, the best of everything has been thrown at it. And in true Leva...
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March 15, 2016
Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Nero d'Avola 2015
This oozes class and bargain factor. Crazy value for 15 bucks and a super example of an entry level Nero. Blackberries reign supreme sup...
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March 14, 2016
Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Vermentino 2015
Good refreshment doesn't need to cost a lot, and for fifteen bucks, this does the job and then some. Yellow flowers, lemon grass and...
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March 13, 2016
O'Leary Walker Hurtle Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2010
There's so many fascinating stories behind the O'Leary Walker label. This sparkling is named after Nick Walker's great grandfa...
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March 12, 2016
Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Polished and pure. The fruit is bristling, deep and generous. Bay leaf, black fruits, black plums, savoury herbs, faint mint, some m...
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March 09, 2016
Soumah Wild Savagnin 2015
Wild with personality. Struck match, creamy, burnt fig, pear skin. Plenty of aromatic interest - barrel ferments and solids can do that....
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March 08, 2016
Raidis Estate Wild Goat Shiraz 2013
Pure drinking pleasure. Steve and Emma Raidis just keep kicking goals and here's another example. Mint and eucalypt, rich vibrant fr...
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March 07, 2016
Yalumba Y Series Viognier 2015
There's no better Viognier on the market at the price point. Canned apricots, white fleshed peach, jasmine flowers, gingery spice an...
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March 04, 2016
Campbells Bobby Burns Shiraz 2012
Coming from vines planted in 1870, sweet plums and sweet oak get things going. Dense, concentrated and smooth delivery with African type s...
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March 04, 2016
Levantine Hill Mélange Traditionnel Blanc 2014
The inaugural release, it's a blend of Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Viognier. 100% barrel fermented in a mix of foudres, puncheons, h...
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March 03, 2016
O'Leary Walker First Past The Post Chardonnay 2015
This sits somewhere between the trendy new gen Chardonnay and the old school oak dominated type. And I like it - a solid wine. Nectarine...
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March 01, 2016
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