Richard Hamilton Little Road Shiraz 2015
Reliability is the name of the game with the Richard Hamilton range; particularly the reds. This shiraz sees both French and American oak.
View ArticleYangarra Roussanne 2016
From a series of plots, certified biodynamic. In the past this has been a belter of a wine, if not one of Australia’s best roussanne’s (not faint praise, a great white wine regardless).
View ArticleYangarra Viognier 2016
From the estate plantings, biodynamically farmed, hand picked and sent to winery to natural ferment. It hangs out in tank mostly but some older oak is also applied. It’s a good thing to drink, I...
View ArticleKangarilla Road Brierly Vineyard Montepulciano 2014
Single vineyard Montepulciano out of McLaren Vale. Aged in both French and American oak, none of it new.
View ArticleKangarilla Road Primitivo 2014
The press release referred to this grape variety by its Croation name of Crljenak, which had me scurrying off to Google. Not to mention zinfandel. Not to mention Tribidrag. In any case this is a red...
View ArticleYangarra Estate PF Shiraz 2016
“No additives were used in the wine’s entire production.” Preservative free. Certified biodynamic. All from a single block. “Whole berries were double-sorted before being lightly broken going into...
View ArticleBondar Wines Violet Hour Shiraz 2015
This is shiraz from the famed, noted Rayner Vineyard of McLaren Vale. Reputation and expectation, ey? In good hands here. A dynamic set of new release wines from Bondar. Mainlining McLaren Vale shiraz....
View ArticleBondar Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2016
Great to see shiraz and grenache side by side from the Rayner Vineyard. DNA of site, sure, but also a clear distillation of McLaren Vale and these varieties. Geez, such perfume from these grapes here,...
View ArticleMule Gateway Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
This is a McLaren Vale Mule in contrast to a Moscow Mule. Haven’t had a Moscow Mule in a long time though. Always a pretty decent, summery drink. This comes from a biodynamic vineyard and is produced...
View ArticleAphelion Berry Grenache 2016
Aphelion is micro-batch in terms of volume produced, but there’s still room to experiment and let us see the results, remarkably. A trio of wines under ‘Berry’, ‘Bunch’ and ‘Pressings’ labels, let’s us...
View ArticleAphelion Bunch Grenache 2016
Aphelion is micro-batch in terms of volume produced, but there’s still room to experiment and let us see the results, remarkably. A trio of wines under ‘Berry’, ‘Bunch’ and ‘Pressings’ labels, let’s us...
View ArticleAphelion Pressings Grenache 2016
Aphelion is micro-batch in terms of volume produced, but there’s still room to experiment and let us see the results, remarkably. A trio of wines under ‘Berry’, ‘Bunch’ and ‘Pressings’ labels, let’s us...
View ArticleWolf Blass Brown Label Classic Shiraz 2014
Love the label, so much. Retro feel, semiotics of the wine writ large too – old school styling in the glass. Less American oak these days, but the overall structure leans to traditional, “a modern...
View ArticleDodgy Bros Juxtaposed Grenache 2015
Old vine grenache. Indeed 90 year old vines growing in the Clarendon sub-region. Only 100 dozen produced. Matured in old – 8-year-old – oak too.
View ArticleYangarra Estate Shiraz 2014
These days, I more look forward to tasting Grenache (and Mataro) based wines from McLaren Vale, rather than Shiraz. Though, of course, there’s still a lot of excellent Shiraz being made there (from the...
View ArticleDodgy Bros Juxtaposed Grenache Tempranillo 2016
64% Clarendon (McLaren Vale) Grenache, 36% Kangaroo Island Tempranillo. 30% whole bunches, wild yeasts, no fining or filtering. 100 dozen.
View ArticleCurtis Family Vineyards Limited Series Grenache 2015
Don’t know much about this producer. I Googled around for price (nothing on bottle, or on their website) and it’s either $100 or $70. Let’s take the cheaper price…
View ArticleCurtis Family Vineyards Limited Release Shiraz 2015
Interesting pricing on these wines. I’ve never have guessed. Still, ‘Qui audet adipiscitur’, and all that.
View ArticleDodgy Bros Sellicks Foothills Shiraz 2015
The Dodgy Bros made 12 barrels of this McLaren Vale shiraz. A small percentage of these were large format barrels.
View ArticleDodgy Bros Juxtaposed Pinot Gris 2016
It’s from Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. It sees some oak. It’s bottled unfined and unfiltered. It doesn’t taste at all dodgy.
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