D’Arenberg The Dry Dam Riesling 2015
Includes some Adelaide Hills grapes nowadays, though I’m not sure for how long that’s been: we’ve been a little sparse with our reviews of McLaren Vale Riesling.
View ArticleUnited Cellars Own Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Made by Joe Grilli of Primo Estate. The wine buyer for United Cellars has a preference for Cabernet Sauvignon from McLaren Vale over its Shiraz.
View ArticleBrash Higgins CBSV 2014
Fruit for this cabernet sauvignon comes from the estate vineyard, Omensetter. It’s in conversion to organic (to be certified 2017). Brad Hickey makes a range of wines from McLaren Vale, and further...
View ArticleSerafino BDX 2013
Blend of McLaren Vale cabernet sauvignon, merlot, carmenere and cabernet franc.
View ArticleBurns & Fuller Shiraz 2014
Last year’s release was from the Lower Murray and McLaren Vale; this year it’s out of Langhorne Creek. It’s a product of Fourth Wave Wine. [/private]
View ArticleBeresford Estate Blewitt Springs Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Sub-regional cabernet sauvignon. 15-ish months in a combination of French and American oak, new and used.
View ArticleCoriole Picpoul 2015
So much wine out there, and Picpoul is said to be a classic match with oysters. I’ll take their word for it: oysters are gross. I tried the 2014 as a tank sample, but I believe this is the first...
View ArticleCoriole Vita Reserve Sangiovese 2012
The basic Coriole Sangiovese is so good, that you’d have to think twice before paying more than twice the price for a reserve version.
View ArticleCoriole Mary Kathleen Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2012
Not sure why we don’t have a review of the 2012 Coriole Cabernet Sauvignon. The 1992 was the first vintage, and I remember buying that bottle on release, then drinking it with pleasure maybe a decade...
View ArticleChapel Hill Reserve 2014
A special wine for 150 years of Chapel Hill’s building. Turn a certain age, a special wine pops out. I like it. I reckon there used to be a ‘Reserve’ range back in the day, revived for this. It’s 70%...
View ArticleTwo Hands Lily’s Garden McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013
I might be wrong, but I don’t see much activity for Two Hands in Australian wine circles. Locally, in Sydney, I don’t see the wines on lists much, anywhere. I’m probably looking in the wrong places,...
View ArticlePaxton Tempranillo 2015
Mattinson is our TWF resident champion of locally grown Tempranillo. Organically (biodynamic) grown.
View Articled’Arenberg The Dry Dam Riesling 2008
A re-release of the 2008, it seems. No review on WineFront of it previously, so away we go! Warm year that year, as we recall.
View ArticleBrash Higgins R/SM 2015
Riesling and semillon hop into bed. Co-fermented from neighbouring vines in Kangarilla, McLaren Vale. Reared in old barrels. Not much of this made.
View ArticleChapel Hill Hill Block Shiraz 2015
Part of a winery exclusive range, and great for people with a bit of a stutter.
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