Serafino Sharktooth Shiraz 2009
This shiraz from Serafino comes from the Sharktooth Vineyard, named after “the giant fossilised Magalodon tooth found there in the 1980s”. This brute is an ancestor of the Great White Shark, and...
View ArticleKangarilla Road St Peters Zinfandel 2010
Black St Peters is another or earlier named for zinfandel. Quite like it as a name though why Kangarilla Road have deleted the ‘black’ I’m not sure.
View ArticleChapel Hill Bush Vine Grenache 2011
The predominant parcel of grapes that features in this wine is sourced from vines that were planted back in 1926. The remaining grapes are from vines that were planted in 1952 and 1958. And how did...
View ArticleInkwell Wines Road to Joy Shiraz Primitivo 2011
Road to Joy eh? Come let us rejoice in Shiraz 86% and Primitivo 14%. Opened a bunch of wines from vintage 2011 in South Australia and this was a good one. Hark.
View ArticleShottesbrooke 1337 Muscat 1987
A muscat from 1987, grown on vines that have long since been ripped up and replaced by the dictates of fashion. They’re not building them like they used to, so to speak. In the longer scheme of things,...
View ArticleMeantime GMT 2011
Meantime is a new venture between Dudley Brown (Inkwell) and Paul Henry (Thousand Candles, former head of Wine Australia etc). Two wines, both made with (presumably) McLaren Vale grenache, mataro and...
View ArticleMeantime GTM 2011
The team behind “Meantime” – Dudley Brown and Paul Henry – say “Our minimalist approach followed our belief that if any wine starts life with a potential for expression, the more you ‘do’ to it, the...
View ArticleRed Knot Shiraz 2012
Red Knot Shiraz usually presents as an overtly fruit-sweet, jammy red – but they’ve toned back the style of late.
View ArticleInkwell The Infidel Primitivo 2011
Matured in 30% new American oak for 18 months. Small production.
View ArticlePenfolds St Henri Shiraz 2009
St Henri Shiraz: a long-time favourite of wine enthusiasts. Indeed, a wine with a history which pre-dates Penfolds Grange. Exactly how far it pre-dates Grange no one quite knows, though every couple of...
View ArticleInkwell Blonde on Blonde Viognier 2012
Blonde on Blonde eh. Well it’s certainly pretty racy.
View ArticleNatural Selection Theory tasting, retrofit from 2012
I buried these tasting notes from late 2012 only to pick them out in nostalgia when thinking about my departed friend, jongleur, creative soul, musician, poet, wild man Sam Hughes. The NST mob visited...
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings 2009
There are so many words, in such small type, on the back labels of the D’Arenberg bottles that I’m sure no one could be bothered. No idea why they still do it. Ironstone Pressings is a grenache,...
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2009
D’Arenberg’s The Dead Arm Shiraz is matured in new and used French oak, and some used American oak as well. It’s always been a ‘big end of town’ red and in this style it’s almost always good.
View ArticleMayhem & Co Small Berries Shiraz 2012
McLaren Vale shiraz, grown on 40 year old vines and wild yeast fermented. 30% new oak. Released as a frisky youngster.
View ArticleNugan Estate Matriarch Shiraz 2006
High octane shiraz from McLaren Vale. All-new French and American oak for 24 months. Knife and fork optional, but recommended.
View ArticleS.C. Pannell Grenache 2011
What ho! Possibly one of the best grenache molesters in this country, is Mr Pannell.
View ArticleScotchmans Hill Estella Shiraz 2010
Nice sort of name. Great Expectations for this wine though, I don’t harbour. Modest ones, perhaps.
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