QWine Reviews

Cape Jaffa Anna's Blend 2015

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Chill hard and wash your worries away. A curious blend of barrel fermented Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon and Gewurtraminer. Although the per...

Yalumba Y Series Shiraz Viognier 2014

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Blueberry, raspberry, violet and sweet sugar plum aromas plus an ever so subtle aromatic lift from the Viognier. Black pepper spice runs t...

Angove Long Row Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

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Some hard going here. Deep and bold fruits, dark chocolate, blueberries and black olive. Flavours are coarse and come across disjointed,...

Singlefile Wines Single Vineyard Pinot Gris 2015

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Classy PG this. Very classy. Well integrated oak - 25% saw second use barriques for wild fermentation and was left for five months on le...

Cape Jaffe En Soleil Pinot Gris 2015

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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...

O'Leary Walker The Bookies' Bag Pinot Noir 2014

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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...

Singlefile Wines Single Vineyard Fumé Blanc 2015

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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...

Singlefile Wines Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2015

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This 60/40 blend comes from the Great Southern sub region of Denmark. Citrusy, melons and gooseberry. There's a slippery phenolic ch...

Ninth Island Sparkling NV

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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...

First Drop Wines Mother's Milk Shiraz 2014

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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...

Angove Long Row Chardonnay 2015

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White fleshed peach, lemons, tropical melon and pineapple husk aromas. Fresh with a youthful vibe and not bogged down by clumsy or chunk...

Hitchen Road Pinotage Rosé 2010

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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...

Jansz Premium Cuvée NV

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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...

Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Montepulciano 2015

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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...

La La Land Pinot Gris 2015

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Pretty aromas of white flowers, pears and peach skin. Good fruit highlighted by pear flavours. Some honeyed characters sneak up with a d...

Robert Stein Mudgee Reserve Chardonnay 2014

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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...

Huntington Estate Late Harvest Semillon 2015

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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....

Huntington Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2009

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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...

La La Land Malbec 2015

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Quite light and bright in the glass. Like the Tempranillo , there's not too much depth but drinkability factor is high. Black ea...

La La Land Tempranillo 2015

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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...

Robert Stein Semillon 2015

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Grassy, a smidge of gooseberry which seemed to flutter away, lemongrass, and squeeze of lemon. Quite thin to taste, edging on watery. So...

Yelland & Papps Second Take Shiraz 2015

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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...

Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Pinot Bianco 2014

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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...

O'Leary Walker Final Instructions Shiraz 2014

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David O'Leary's connection with the Adelaide Hills dates back to 1912 when his grandfather purchased a vineyard in Oakbank. The li...

Levantine Hill Colleen's Paddock Pinot Noir 2014

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Delicious and glorious. Sublime. For the inaugural release of this label, the best of everything has been thrown at it. And in true Leva...

Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Nero d'Avola 2015

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This oozes class and bargain factor. Crazy value for 15 bucks and a super example of an entry level Nero. Blackberries reign supreme sup...

Calabria Family Wines Private Bin Vermentino 2015

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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...

O'Leary Walker Hurtle Pinot Noir Chardonnay 2010

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There's so many fascinating stories behind the O'Leary Walker label. This sparkling is named after Nick Walker's great grandfa...

Leeuwin Estate Art Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

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Polished and pure. The fruit is bristling, deep and generous. Bay leaf, black fruits, black plums, savoury herbs, faint mint, some m...

Soumah Wild Savagnin 2015

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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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