Vanguardist C’est Facile Grenache 2016
25% “whole bunch, delicate handling, old oak, gravity racked and bottled.” Only 250 dozen. From the winery’s website: “A small amount of destemmed and hand plunged fruit was used, as well as an...
View ArticleWirra Wirra The Angelus Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Sourced from a number of sub-regions/vineyards. The packaging, is very good.
View ArticleAngove Family Winemakers Family Crest Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
McLaren Vale cabernet with attitude.
View ArticleKoomilya Shiraz 2014
There’s going to be a lot of PR-lead “journalism” around the release of these new wines/labels from Steve Pannell, almost all of it using the exact same “quotes”. Suffice to say that Steve first walked...
View ArticleKoomilya DC Block Shiraz 2013
One of the goals of winemaker Steve Pannell with these Koomilya wines is to “illustrate what I’m hoping modern McLaren Vale shiraz will be, which harps back to a tradition of what it looked like in the...
View Articled’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2013
Direct from the d’Arenberg website: “Small batches of grapes are gently crushed and then transferred to five tonne headed down open fermenters. These batches remain separate until final blending. Foot...
View Articled’Arenberg The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
The vineyard runs alongside Coppermine Road and rarely crops above one tonne per acre. The grapes are “basket pressed and transferred to a mixture of new and used French oak barriques to complete...
View Articled’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings 2013
Made using grenache (67%), shiraz (28%) and a dollop of mourvedre (5%).
View ArticleChapel Hill The Parson Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
McLaren Vale cabernet. The wine formerly known as The Parson’s Nose.
View ArticleChapel Hill Road Block Shiraz 2014
The artist formerly known as The Chosen. No longer The Chosen, just a Road Block. Although I assume this is from a block by the road, it makes me think of the corporate gibberish that brings to life...
View ArticleWirra Wirra RSW Shiraz 2014
Here, in a glass, is the dilemma Australian red wine so often presents.
View ArticleKnown Pleasures Shiraz 2015
Made by Steve Flamsteed at Giant Steps. It’s from the Gateway Vineyard; a biodynamically-farmed vineyard in McLaren Vale.
View ArticleChapel Hill Gorge Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
Formerly known as ‘The Chosen’. Grown on a vineyard planted in 1993.
View ArticleChapel Hill House Block Shiraz 2014
The idea of single vineyard or separate parcel wines is not necessarily that they be better, but they be different/individual in character. Of course, when there’s a price premium the buyer expectation...
View ArticleNow By Paxton Shiraz 2016
The “Now” stands for Natural Organic Wine. It’s natural, organic and preservative free; all of which are intertwined of course.
View ArticleKangarilla Road Shiraz 2015
Kangarilla Road prides itself on the reliable, consistent nature of its shiraz. And fair enough too. It’s aged in a combination of French and American oak.
View ArticleKangarilla Road The Devil’s Whiskers Shiraz 2014
Single vineyard shiraz out of McLaren Vale. All French oak.
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