Wirra Wirra Mrs Wigley Grenache Rose 2014
Blessed are all forms of rosé wine. We don’t discriminate based on colour around here.
View ArticleBekkers Syrah Grenache 2013
Pedal to the metal on a rolling start; so it seems for Toby and Emmanuelle Bekkers and their eponymous wine project. Husband and wife, celebrated viticulturist and winemaker, respectively. This is...
View ArticleWirra Wirra Amator Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
I think this is a cellar door only special kind of wine, with fruit grown biodynamically, and with a view to not adding much in input or external influences of flavour to the wine. That being said,...
View ArticleDodgy Bros Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2013
Those Dodgy Bros bros are pretty interesting, colourful characters; well, at least for me they are. This one comes with a sticker that says ‘ICE CREAM’ and ’70% Butter Pecan, 18% French Vanilla, 12 %...
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Footbolt Shiraz 2012
Surprising for such a bolter of a wine, so widely enjoyed and found, that it’s released two or so years old (even given it’s probably found its way to review late). Amongst the raft of d’Arenberg...
View ArticlePepperjack Scotch Fillet Graded Shiraz 2013
Pepperjack Shiraz steps out of the Barossa, and into McLaren Vale, in search of a higher specced release. Wars have started over lesser moves.
View ArticleMarius Symphony Shiraz 2004
Last reviewed near enough to three and a half years ago, I’ve been tracking the evolution of this wine under screwcap as a pet project. I believe this is my last bottle. The label bears the scars of...
View ArticleChapel Hill Mourvedre 2013
I love winemaker Michael Fragos and his long curly hands-up-in-the-air-these-here-are-crazy-times-Boom-Crash-Opera hair. Simon Black at Montalto is his only real competitor, in the Soul Glo’d locks...
View ArticleClarendon Hills Brookman Syrah 2012
I’m pretty sure this is pre-release so let’s just tuck this one in the memory bank. I’ve tasted a number of Clarendon Hills wines from 2012 and they’ve got some extremely good gear in the shed.
View ArticleRichmond Grove Limited Release Shiraz 2012
Price is of course full RRP. No doubt you’ll find it at a better rate if you look around.
View ArticleYangarra GSM 2013
The blend for 2013 is 49% grenache, 29% shiraz and 22% mourvedre. Fermented wild, spends time in older oak.
View ArticleYangarra Estate Roussanne 2014
There’s a bit of thought gone into these wines from Yangarra. Says on the back label “Grown on a 2 acre block on ironstone gravelly sand. Hand picked and whole berry pressed using basket press. 30%...
View ArticleYangarra Estate Old Vine Grenache 2013
They stuck the trade label over the barcode, which makes Mattinson positively stream through his ears, so I could not scan it into Wineosphere, but luckily, time passes, and if you’ve done it once, you...
View ArticleBekkers Grenache 2013
If I had two of the letter K in my name, I’d be tempted to place them ‘back to back’ too. I’m tasting from bottle number 0359, though I don’t know how many of them were made. Can confirm, of course,...
View ArticleYangarra Estate Viognier 2014
362 cases made. Looking back, I see the 2011 was around 12%, with 2012 and 2013 being more weighty. In 2014, the scales are running backwards again. This Viognier has no trouble seeing its…feet.
View ArticleFirst Drop Nacional 2013
This comes from a McLaren Vale fruit source. Really like the packaging on this wine, but was tasted without that knowledge. Semiotics of this sleek wine label suggests fun, bright, cool, drink me....
View ArticleLongline Blood Knot Shiraz 2012
75% McLaren Vale, 25% Adelaide Hills. Sees a small percentage of whole bunches and no new oak.
View ArticleLa Curio The Dandy Shiraz 2012
La Curio wines is the love child of long time McLaren Vale winemaker Adam Hooper. This ‘The Dandy’ seems to be an expansion of the core range of wines, if I am not mistaken. Spends around 20 months in...
View ArticlePieri Occasione Shiraz 2012
I’d like to think the Pieri behind this wine is a direct descendant of Pieri, the great Italian geometry mathematician. Geometry and wine. Likely the label would be a bit more orderly if so....
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