Ingoldby Grenache Shiraz 2012
Medium-bodied and medium-quality grenache shiraz blend from Ingoldby in McLaren Vale. A Treasury Wine Estates brand.
View ArticleIngoldby Chardonnay 2012
Ingoldby Chardonnay is often just a little better than you’re expecting.
View ArticleCoriole Mary Kathleen Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2009
This is a worthy Reserve cabernet from Coriole.
View ArticleMitolo Jester Sangiovese Rose 2013
Its sub-title is “Giacomo” and according to the back label, “Giacomo Rose Jester celebrates the era where boredom was alleviated through humour and the banal through intellect”. Amen to that.
View ArticleMitolo Jester Vermentino 2013
New-ish variety but Mitolo is building a good reputation with its vermentino.
View ArticleWolf Blass Grey Label Shiraz 2011
Wolf Blass Grey Label Shiraz remains faithful to its fans, style-wise, but it’s not quite the oak-driven caricature it once was. That said, the 2011 vintage tested the friendship.
View ArticleSerafino Bellissimo Fiano 2013
Sourced from McLaren Vale vineyards. Fiano, the thinking person’s Australian vermentino. So strange they seem to go so hand-in-hand in Australia, it seems, with vermentino the wunderkind, yet fiano,...
View ArticleThree Dark Horses G+T 2013
Grenache and Touriga. The smart packaging, though I can’t find a bottle image, tells me: Whole bunches. Co-fermented. Wild yeast. Unoaked. Unfined. Unfiltered. And now I also fancy a Gin and Tonic....
View ArticleCoriole Nero d’Avola 2013
I see a red grape and I want it painted black. First release of this variety from Coriole I think? Southern Italian grapes in McLaren Vale? What’s not to like!
View ArticleThree Dark Horses Shiraz 2012
“Single vineyard shiraz from the Romano vineyard” in MeLaren Vale.
View ArticleSerafino GSM 2011
Grenache, shiraz and mataro blend. McLaren Vale. Made by Charles Whish. Comes with a fair amount of bling – gold stickers – on the bottle. Print on the stickers is too small for me to read but the word...
View ArticleSerafino BDX 2011
Blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, carmenere and cabernet franc out of McLaren Vale. Tough 2011 vintage.
View ArticleNoon Eclipse Grenache Shiraz 2012
Traditionally made with estate-grown grenache and shiraz but now with cabernet sauvignon and dolcetto too. Sealed with a screwcap. One of McLaren Vale’s most-loved producers – among those in-the-know....
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