Penny’s Hill The Experiment Grenache 2011
From an experimental “close-planted” collection of grenache vines in McLaren Vale. Hard season has produced a perfumed, delicate, nutty wine of more than a little seduction. It’s savoury but fragrant,...
View ArticleRusty Mutt Shiraz 2012
The name certainly made me do a double-take but the wine has something to offer.
View ArticleMitolo Jester Sangiovese Rose 2014
There’s nothing neutral about this rose from Mitolo. It certainly takes a stance.
View ArticleMitolo Jester Vermentino 2014
It’s been a pretty reliable performer over the past few years.
View ArticleChalk Hill Barbera 2013
McLaren Vale and Barbera could be increasingly a good thing. Delicious grape when done right.
View ArticleInkwell Blonde On Blonde Viognier 2014
#1595 of 2400 bottles. So much detail on the back label but it’s “just the facts ma’am.’ Dudley Brown, is one of the great intellectuals and stirrers in the Australian wine game. We share one trait,...
View ArticleRusty Mutt Catnip Viognier 2014
Roughly 90 percent of McLaren Vale vines produce red wines. Whites are a dying breed in the region. It’s food for thought. In any case – here’s a white.
View ArticleKangarilla Road Black St Peters Zinfandel 2013
Once upon a time in America the grape variety zinfandel was called Black St Peters. Hence the name for this Australian zinfandel grown in the McLaren Vale region.
View ArticleHither & Yon Nero D’Avola 2014
Won a trophy at the AAVWS for “Best Red Italian Varietal”, or more correctly, “Best Red Italian Variety”, and well done too.
View ArticleMaglieri Shiraz 2012
I should have gotten a voucher for a blow wave and mid-80s square-shoulder-pad, Hugo Boss suit with the last bunch of samples from TWE. Straight to the steak house and don’t spare the cheddar. Grunts...
View ArticleKangarilla Road Brierly Vineyard Montepulciano 2013
Goes through an extended maceration on skins. Is then matured in old French and American oak.
View ArticleKangarilla Road Organic Chardonnay 2014
I reckon “organically grown” isn’t a bad direction to go for the white wines of McLaren Vale generally; as a marketing point of difference or direction as much as anything. I know, I’m an ideas man.
View ArticleKangarilla Road Duetto 2014
Blend of vermentino and fiano. 20% fermented on skins (and kept on skins for eight weeks) in clay amphora.
View ArticleChalk Hill Sidetrack Shiraz Grenache Graciano 2012
Good to see Graciano making an appearance on wine labels.
View ArticleShingleback The Davey Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
It’s sub-titled “Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon” and it’s collected a range of Gold Medals on the wine show circuit, here in Australia and abroad.
View ArticleChalk Hill Sangiovese 2013
There must be a Chalk Hill somewhere near the winery, I’d guess.
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