Cradle of Hills Row 23 Single Vineyard Shiraz 2014
What of Row 22 and Row 24? Must be a very long row here.
View ArticleInkwell Deeper Well Shiraz 2012
Deeper Well. Sometimes when you look at words in the English language, they start to look very strange. Deeper Well.
View ArticleChapel Hill House Block Shiraz 2015
Formerly known as The Chosen. The was selected as part of the Scarce Earth series.
View ArticleChapel Hill Road Block Shiraz 2015
Chapel Hill Road Block Shiraz, formerly known as The Chosen. This was also selected as part of the Scarce Earth project, and so carries the appropriate tag. Interestingly, notes on the way the Road...
View ArticleAustralia’s Most Expensive Wines: $250 Pinot Noir from Yering Station joins...
The price of Australia’s most prestigious wines – either by self-design or by sheer quality – is on a fast march. We have now reached a point where the extraordinary has become ordinary, or at least...
View ArticleBaily & Baily Venture Merlot 2015
It’s a “venture” between Woolworths and noted winemakers. Or so the label says. The name of the winemaker isn’t mentioned on the ‘product’.
View ArticleSellicks Hill Wines Dio Mourvedre 2013
Great spot they have down at Sellicks Hill. Well worth a visit if you’re in the Vales.
View ArticleSamuel’s Gorge Mourvedre 2015
Mataro is one of the hero grape varieties of McLaren Vale.
View ArticleInkwell Infidels Primitivo 2016
There’s a dish that used to be turned out at Billy Kwong – Crispy Skin Duck with Blood Plum Sauce – that I loved to eat, back in the day. I’m thinking this wine would go well with that dish.
View ArticleCoriole Sangiovese 2016
They do wonderful work with Sangiovese at Coriole. I’m tasting this alongside a few other Sangiovese, including a Brunello.
View ArticlePatritti Lot Three Single Vineyard Shiraz 2014
The Patritti family bought a property at Lot 3 Elliots Road in Blewitt Springs in 1960. By 1969 they’d planted 25 acres of shiraz on their land. This wine was matured in all-French, all-new puncheons.
View ArticleCoriole Picpoul 2017
Inspired, really, putting this grape in the ground in McLaren Vale.
View ArticleMaan Wines Shiraz 2015
Shiraz from the Seaview sub-region of McLaren Vale with a total production of 30 dozen. Says on the website that it’s 35% new French oak, and with a make this small, I can’t for the life of me work out...
View ArticleMr Riggs The Gaffer Shiraz 2015
The Gaffer, well it puts me in mind of Lord of the Rings.
View ArticleMarius Simpatico Shiraz 2015
Incredible wines in 2015 from the big man with the little site. Tasted twice now. Same impression.
View ArticleMarius Symphony Shiraz 2015
Quality tannin, and plenty of it, makes many a wine. Marius gets it, and with the Symphony, you most often cop the full philharmonic orchestra of tannin. Deep bows and rumbling timpani. Wonderful.
View ArticleLino Ramble Ludo Fiano 2016
One third of the wine sees skin contact, one third barrel fermented, one third stainless steel. Natural fermented, no fining or filtering, no additions. Winemaker Andy Coppard likes that with McLaren...
View ArticleLino Ramble Pee Wee Novello 2017
Nero d’Avola picked a touch earlier for freshness. It hangs out on skins for about 48 hours, then pressed off and fermented. From a biodynamic certified vineyard. Pretty simple stuff, per se. Great DNA...
View ArticleLino Ramble Ring O’ Rosie Pet Nat Nero d’Avola 2017
“Stirred like you stir your Coopers Sparkling Ale”. Proper pet nat making here; live wine in bottle, bottled on solids. “With sparkling wines made this way, I like that you should be able to taste...
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