Brash Higgins R/SM 2017
Riesling and semillon from the evocatively named Saddlebags Hill Vineyard in McLaren Vale. This is the sixth release of this wine. Co-fermented and matured in older oak barrels. I’d be hard pressed...
View ArticleBrash Higgins Nymph 2017
It’s funny how the internet works sometimes. Good label, funky colour, nice picture, upload to social media, watch that wine fly. Quite uncomplicated for a sect of wine enthusiasts. Better yet when the...
View ArticleBrash Higgins CINS 2017
From Lennon Vineyard which happens to be next door (across the road) from Omensetter, the BH estate vineyard.A side bar conversation with Tom Shobbrook resulted in winemaker Brad Hickey picking at 12...
View ArticleI am George The Fixer Shiraz 2016
Shiraz from both the Barossa Valley and McLaren Vale regions. Too much goodness. I see that GW didn’t really like any of the wines in this I Am George range but I liked a couple of them; this wasn’t...
View ArticleYangarra Estate Small Pot Clairette 2017
I’m not quite sure about the 2017 Roussanne, again, so I’ll leave that to either MB or CM, just in case I was having a bad hair day. Meanwhile I have no hesitation about this new cellar door only wine,...
View ArticleDodgy Bros Juxtaposed Shiraz 2016
Mainly Shiraz with a little Mataro. Splendid packaging.
View ArticleBrash Higgins FRNC 2017
Cabernet franc from Sommerville Vineyard. Picked on the cautious side of ripeness, to ensure freshness is on the wine’s side. All destemmed, plunged a bit, sent to old barrels. From nice dude Brad Hickey.
View ArticleBrash Higgins SHZ 2016
From Omensetter vineyard, and 2016 this was the first year as a certified organic vineyard. About 25% whole bunch in the ferment too. Typically bold flavoured but well balanced wines emerge from the...
View ArticleAphelion The Verdant Grenache 2017
The fascinating and worthy Aphelion wines roll around to another release, this time fine tuning the grenache iterations a bit, a whole bunch one, a destemmed one, one that is Grenache with a capital G,...
View ArticleAphelion The Aromat Grenache 2017
I can’t help but think of the Swiss all-purpose seasoning when I see the name of this wine. It’s kind of a chicken salt-MSG thing used on just about everything in home cooking in Switzerland. Aromat....
View ArticleAphelion The Confluence Grenache 2017
The meeting point between The Aromat (100% de-stemmed) and The Verdant (100% whole bunch) grenaches from Aphelion. Fr0m two vineyards instead of the ‘test case’ vineyard, one being 50-years-old, the...
View ArticleS.C. Pannell Basso Garnacha 2017
A conversation with Steve Pannell still rings in my head when I see his wines. His ideal for his wines is that they are drunk with gusto, with a currency that suits Australian climate, lifestyle,...
View ArticleSherrah Nero d’Avola 2017
Alex Sherrah is a winemaker at Coriole, now turning his hand to his whispering wine name, Sherraaahhhh. Perhaps also a verbalisation of how McLaren Vale winemakers say shiraz at times? Dunno, but I...
View ArticleLarry Tan Carignan 2017
A side project from Rob Mack of Aphelion, with some other friends (and their partners) involved. Hand picked McLaren Vale carignan, produced with nothing added, including no sulphur.
View ArticleCoriole Estate Shiraz 2016
I’m not sure if all the Shiraz grapes in this wine come from Seaview, though I suspect they do. It’s one of the best parts of the Vales for growing Shiraz grapes, in my limited opinion.
View ArticleCoriole Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Cabernet from the Vales is under-sung, I feel. I like saying that.
View ArticleMr Riggs The Truant Shiraz 2016
I don’t often (if ever) get excited over the wines of Mr Riggs but then, I rarely (if ever) get disappointed either. They walk a middle line.
View ArticleAphelion The Affinity Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2017
Grenache finds easy bed fellows with mataro and shiraz here. A new-ish release from the ever-excellent Aphelion. One of the most exciting emerging producers from Aus right now, showing a deft touch...
View ArticleCoriole Sangiovese Shiraz 2016
Not available from the Coriole website, it seems, but no doubt available some places.
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