Yarnbomb Shiraz 2012
New brand/release from Corrina Wright of Oliver’s Taranga fame. For more on the name Yarnbomb and Corrina’s take on it – as it applies to the wine – see the video here.
View ArticleRosemount Estate Balmoral Syrah 2012
According to winemaker Matt Koch “Over the past three years we have been reducing the amount of time in oak and the amount of new oak” in Rosemount’s Balmoral Syrah. “The wine now spends 8-10 months in...
View ArticleRosemount Estate GSM 2012
Rosemount Estate is getting its wines back in order. Less oak/better fruit is the major change of late.
View ArticleRosemount Estate Single Vineyard Series Shiraz Grenache 2012
This wine scooped the red wine pool at the 2013 Cowra Wine Show, and was a gold medal winner at the 2013 McLaren Vale Wine Show. It’s made from 40 year old vines.
View ArticleCoriole Estate Shiraz 2012
The first vintage incoming winemaker Alex Sherrah has seen through from budburst to bottling.
View ArticleClarendon Hills Astralis Syrah 2008
Likely a more famous wine overseas than it is at home.
View ArticleYangarra Estate Viognier 2013
I often wonder who buys and drinks all the viognier produced in Australia. Increasingly, I like the wines themselves. I just never think to reach for a bottle of viognier when it comes to the drinking...
View ArticleBrash Higgins GR/M Grenache Mataro 2013
‘Co-fermenting you get a hybrid’, says Brad Hickey, once was sommelier now is winegrower in McLaren Vale, ‘that’s what’s kind of cool about it, each year is for sure going to be different, exciting’....
View ArticleBrash Higgins SHZ 2012
The vineyard was planted in 1997 and has seen a shift in viticulture as Brad Hickey, winemaker of Brash Higgins, has honed his craft – now more hands on in it. A throwback to his first job in Australia...
View ArticleYangarra Estate Old Vine Grenache 2012
There’s both varietal and regional integrity dripping from this wine’s pores.
View ArticleHewitson The Mad Hatter Shiraz 2012
Grown on 50 year old vines. Matured in all French oak. Single Vineyard McLaren Vale shiraz. Production of 600-ish dozen.
View ArticleCoriole Lloyd Reserve Shiraz 2010
Sourced from a 2 acre block planted in 1919. Some new oak, around 30 to 40%, says incoming winemaker Alex Sherrah.
View ArticleAngove Warboys Vineyard Grenache 2012
Old vine McLaren Vale grenache. This is a considerable improvement on the disappointing 2010.
View ArticleD’Arenberg Original Shiraz Grenache 2011
Noting that we’ve somehow missed reviewing a couple of vintages (not sent), I chased up bottles of 2010 and 2011. Long been a fan of the Original.
View ArticleD’Arenberg Original Shiraz Grenache 2010
Demonstrates the great synergy between Shiraz and Grenache that happens in the McLaren Vale.
View ArticleSquid Ink Sparkling Shiraz NV
Produced by McLaren Vale III Associates. McLaren Vale Sparkling Shiraz. Awarded a trophy at the London Wine Challenge.
View ArticlePertaringa Understudy Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Has a splash of Petit Verdot (12%) and some Malbec (3%) in it, which is invariably a good thing.
View ArticleBrash Higgins CBSV 2012
CBSV sounds like an old computer coding call-sign kind of thing. I like it. Brad Hickey, winemaker and vineyard guy, talks about how he is kind of a wine producer in two parts – the amphora-fermented...
View ArticleLazy Ballerina Shiraz 2010
I’ve got a lot of time for wine grower/maker James Hook and the wines he produces under his Lazy Ballerina label. I’ve missed the chance to taste the past couple of releases but have loved some of the...
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