Serafino Sharktooth Shiraz 2013
McLaren Vale shiraz matured in French (70%) and American oak.
View ArticleAphelion Mataro 2016
Mataro from Blewitt Springs. 130 six packs produced. My eldest son, Charles, loved the label.
View ArticleAlternatus Rose 2017
Rose is new to the Alternatus range. It’s made with grenache (36%), tempranillo (26%), vermentino (18%, interestingly) and equal parts graciano and carignan.
View ArticleAlternatus Tempranillo 2017
The Alternatus range (by Angove) is about Mediterranean varieties, released young and (hopefully) fresh.
View ArticleJauma Tikka The Cosmic Cat Shiraz Grenache 2017
This is an 80/20 blend of shiraz and grenache, but that’s just the means to get a juicy, bright, fresh, young red into your glasses. Farmed by Fiona Wood, made in an old sandstone ‘shed’ by James...
View ArticleJauma Chenin Pet Nat 2017
Chenin blanc is the white variety that underpins the white-ish wines of Jauma, based in the Adelaide Hills, but predominately farming vineyards in McLaren Vale with gun viticulturist Fiona Wood. The...
View ArticleHugh Hamilton The Oddball Saperavi 2015
Georgia’s home-grape of saperavi seen through the eyes of Hugh Hamilton in McLaren Vale. It certainly has an ‘Aussie’ twang to it. There’s a ‘reserve’ version too called ‘Oddball The Great’, which sits...
View ArticleHugh Hamilton Oddball The Great Saperavi 2015
Georgia grape variety saperavi taken to flagship status here – from a single vineyard (Church Vineyard) in McLaren Vale. Feels like it has had everything thrown at it, including a lot of Australian...
View ArticleCoriole Redstone Shiraz 2016
A beautiful estate is Coriole. A little fairy dust in the air there, perhaps.
View ArticleBekkers Grenache 2016
The 2015 had me in knots but not so with this 2016 Bekkers Grenache. It sees 20% whole bunches, is fermented wild, and all goes into old, large-format oak.
View ArticleShingleback Vin Vale Shiraz 2016
Exclusive to First Choice, Vintage Cellars and Liquorland stores in Australia.
View ArticleThe Other Wine Co Grenache 2017
Despite it being around for an eon, McLaren Vale and grenache are on the ascendency. The BitCoin of the Aus wine world, or something like that. From Adam Wadewitz (Shaw + Smith) et al.
View ArticleDune The Empty Quarter 2016
A GMCS (grenache, mourvedre, carignan, shiraz) from Blewitt Springs in McLaren Vale. From Peter and Sexy Boy Duncan Lloyd, the next generation of Lloyd following Mark of Coriole. May their legacy go...
View ArticleLino Ramble Ludo Fiano 2017
I played the game Ludo through the 1980s, but never realised the game dates all the way back to the 19th century. I hope this fiano is named for it.
View ArticleCoriole Barbera 2016
What great things Coriole have done for Australian wine with their championing of Italian grape varieties. Barbera first went in the ground at Coriole in 1998, as the back label tells us. A vision...
View ArticleRed Knot Classified Shiraz 2016
This is heartier – and sterner – than you’d expect a $19 red to be.
View ArticleGemtree Subterra Shiraz 2016
In the spirit of amphora buried in fields of ‘ancient winemaking’ (ref Georgia and the natural wine movement), here is a single barrel of shiraz buried in the vineyard of Gemtree. Biodynamic farmed....
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