Wirra Wirra Church Block 2014
Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz and Merlot and in the mists of time, once was from a single vineyard/block – Church Block.
View ArticleThomas Goss Shiraz 2014
It has its own website and works as a stand-alone, but it’s out of the Penny’s Hill stable.
View ArticleWirra Wirra Original Blend Grenache Shiraz 2015
The lineage of this Original Blend goes back over 40 years. It’s a seriously drinkable wine.
View ArticleView Road Wines Picked By My Wife Piccolo Rosso 2015
I think light to medium bodied red wines from Australia just suit our drinking/eating vernacular so much better than the concentrated, heavy hitters that our international reputation has been built...
View ArticleClay Pot Wines Pyrrha Mataro 2013
Ahh, nothing like pushing a corkscrew through a wax seal to find a screwcap, this one embellished with a ribbon that bridges the cap and down the neck. All wax required taken off to get at crownseal...
View ArticleJauma Ralph’s Dry Grown Grenache 2015
Winemaker James Erskine is righteous. He’s locked down expert viticulturist Fiona Wood as his grower, she’s farming everything organically, he’s making brilliant, vibrant wines without additions,...
View ArticleRockbare Tideway Shiraz 2010
McLaren Vale shiraz from the Seaview sub-region, matured in 100% new American oak. Sealed with a cork (which snapped as I extracted it).
View ArticleChapel Hill Bush Vine Grenache 2013
There is so much enjoyment to be had in the world of Australian grenache right now.
View ArticleMinistry of Clouds Grenache 2014
Fruit source is based around a 65-or-so year old vineyard in McLaren Vale and orchestrated to bottle by (former?) wine marketers Bernice Ong and Julian Forwood, based in South Australia. They’ve got a...
View ArticleFall From Grace Margarita Montepulciano 2015
Gill Gordon-Smith is a McLaren Vale based educator and retailer, who operates and owns the awesome Fall From Grace wine (and other stuff) store in Aldinga. The treasure trove shop is home to local...
View ArticleMitolo Angela Shiraz 2014
McLaren Vale shiraz matured in all French oak (10% new). Mitolo’s reds in general have been largely disappointing of late but this is a bright spark.
View ArticleMitolo 7th Son 2014
McLaren Vale blend of 48% grenache, 45% shiraz, 7% sagrantino. Mitolo hasn’t exactly rocked my boat of late but this is a release worth championing.
View ArticleBrash Higgins GR/M Grenache Mataro 2015
70/30 blend from Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. Only 190 cases made. By which, we commonly assume, 190 dozen were made – even if/when the cases are 6-packs.
View ArticleChapel Hill Sangiovese 2013
Seem to have come across a number of decent sangioveses recently. This one from McLaren Vale.
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