Primo Estate Merlesco Merlot 2017
Haven’t been a big fan of Primo Estate’s Merlesco over the years.
View ArticlePrimo Estate Zamberlan Cabernet Sauvignon Sangiovese 2016
“Newly fermented young Sangiovese and Cabernet Sauvignon is pumped over the dried grape skins from the JOSEPH Moda for additional fermentation. The wine is then pressed and barrel aged.” Oak used is...
View ArticleDune Bonaire Rose 2017
Duncan and Peter Lloyd are the sons of Mark Lloyd of Coriole and this is their own winemaking deal. Here we have carignan and shiraz contributing to a rose wine. Single vineyard, Blewitt Springs, oak...
View ArticleCoriole Vita Reserve Sangiovese 2014
Tasting this alongside a couple of 2012 Brunello di Montalcino, and there’s a similarity in some respects, yet it smells very different.
View ArticleSomos Tintito 2016
One of those wines where the varieties don’t matter, it’s built to be thirst-quenching, so to speak, and sits in the lighter, ‘you can chill me’ red wine spectrum. Indeed, the varieties are...
View ArticleHickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard The Revivalist Merlot 2015
The vines were planted in 1976 and 1989. The grapes were left on skins for three weeks. It was basket pressed before going into French oak (Bordeaux coopered) for 15 months.
View ArticleNoon Winery VP 2016
The first “VP” made by Noon since the 2006 release. Made with Langhorne Creek shiraz.
View ArticleNoon Eclipse Grenache Shiraz 2016
Noon’s Eclipse is a grenache-dominant McLaren Vale red with small inputs from shiraz and, oftentimes, graciano. This release is made using 87% Grenache, 5% Shiraz and 8% Graciano, all estate grown.
View ArticleTwo Hands Lily’s Garden McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
It’s one of the originals of the Two Hands range.
View ArticleLino Ramble Vinyl Shiraz 2017
Perky Shiraz, and by the beard of Coppard!, I suspect 2017 is going to be a good vintage for McLaren Vale.
View ArticlePaxton Jones Block Shiraz 2015
Biodynamic farmed from a single vineyard on the Paxton estate. Grows up in French and American oak barrels. Paxton have been a leading light in showing biodynamic (certified) viticulture can be done to...
View ArticleGemtree Ernest Allan Shiraz 2015
Certified organic viticulture. Matured for 18 months in French oak, and it feels like that’s a pretty large element in the style of the wine.
View ArticleGemtree Obsidian Shiraz 2015
Formidable presence on a table with its foreboding dark capsule, weight, height, strong and bold font size and style. The deep notes of a double bass.
View ArticleD’Arenberg Bonsai Vine Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2015
It sees both French and American oak but all of it is old and to be honest, there’s little evidence of oak flavour here.
View ArticleSerafino Reserve Grenache 2016
Old vine McLaren Vale grenache from the Blewitt Springs sub-region. French and American oak but all of it is old/no new oak.
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