Maxwell Ellen Street Shiraz 2012
I can safely say that I prefer drinking the less expensive Maxwell reds to its higher priced offerings like this.
View ArticleMaxwell Lime Cave Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
There’s a substantial hit of oak here but the fruit wins the day; just.
View ArticlePaxton Quandong Farm Shiraz 2013
Biodynamically grown. Wild ferment. McLaren Vale shiraz.
View ArticleJericho Shiraz 2013
Winner of Best Shiraz $25-$50 at the 2014 McLaren Vale Wine Show. Grown in the Seaview sub-region of the McLaren Vale region. 415 dozen produced.
View ArticleShottesbrooke GSM 2013
A new wine for Shottesbrooke. Kind of wondered why they never had one. McLaren Vale. No GSM?
View ArticleD’Arenberg Derelict Vineyard Grenache 2010
Label refresh for d’Arenberg, and while I’m not sold on the icon wines like Dead Arm, I do like these from the ‘Artisans’ range in their bewildering array of wines.
View ArticleBondar Wines Violet Hour Shiraz 2013
They’ve bought the fairly famous Rayner vineyard, but not in time to make this wine. This comes from a vineyard in Blewitt Springs which they think shows a family resemblance to their Rayner, and the...
View ArticlePaxton Pinot Gris 2014
I like this Paxton pinot quite a lot. Pinot gris quite enjoys a sea view.
View ArticleBrash Higgins R/SM 2014
Third vintage of the special riesling, semillon blend. Dry-grown vineyard, all picked at the same time. One acre, planted in mid-1970s. Touch of raisining in the riesling too, resulting in a touch of...
View ArticleBrash Higgins ZBO 2014
Sourced from the increasingly popular Ricca Terra Farms in the Riverland wine region. A lot of avant garde producers getting fruit from the vineyard, particularly chasing down some of the more...
View ArticleBrash Higgins FRNC 2014
Brad Hickey had been watching this vineyard for a couple of years, and hadn’t really considered if it could work in McLaren Vale or not, due to heat there, but in 2014 the heat subsided, and the...
View ArticleInkwell Infidels Primitivo 2013
Bottle #2395 of 3000 bottles, and I can tell you it’s a good one.
View ArticleMitolo Sagrantino 2012
From Saperavi to Sagrantino. From Rochdale to Ocho Rios. 100 cases made.
View ArticleRichard Hamilton Centurion Shiraz 2013
Once known as Old Vine Shiraz, now known as 121 Year Old Vine Shiraz. It’s made from vines planted in 1892, and is matured in French oak only. I haven’t been much of a fan of previous releases but this...
View ArticleOlivers Taranga HJ Reserve Shiraz 2011
Of all the regions in South Australia, I tend to think McLaren Vale fared the best in 2011. Sometimes, even, this vintage has made better more interesting wines. Anyway, this was worthy of exactly no...
View ArticleHither & Yon Muscat Blanc 2014
A few wineries now repurposing (to use a particularly horrid word) Muscat Blanc in McLaren Vale.
View ArticleOchota Barrels The Fugazi Vineyard Grenache 2014
Just over 400 dozen of this wine are made, which I think makes it the ‘volume’ wine that underpins the Ochota Barrels range. Sourced from McLaren Vale and made in the Adelaide Hills by winemaker Taras...
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