Kay Brothers Amery Vineyards Basket Press Shiraz 2016
I opened this the other night and found it pretty reductive and a bit scratchy. Could have been me. Could have been the wine. Either way, a little time and a revisit was in order.
View ArticleCoriole Shiraz Willunga 1920 2016
Here’s a wine that also needs some time in bottle, or a good stint in a decanter. I suspect this may be cellar door only.
View ArticleKangarilla Road Primitivo 2015
Primitivo, also known as zinfandel, among other things. As a variety it always gives sweet fruit flavour its best shot.
View ArticleRiot Rose, wine in a can
McLaren Vale winemaker Tom O’Donnell is on to the wine-in-a-can movement in a big way: big on quality, that is. Personally I’m not yet at the stage where I’m shopping for wines in a can but I like the...
View ArticlePenfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz 2016
The trademarked one. From the McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Upper Adelaide and Wrattonbully regions. It spends 12 months in American oak, none of it new.
View ArticlePenfolds Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Every year the price rises, and every year we scoff. And yet the trend continues. It must sell. The grapes for this release were sourced from Coonawarra, Barossa, McLaren Vale, Padthaway and...
View ArticlePenfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
This was tasted in 2017 but a review seems to have been missed; for the record.
View ArticlePenfolds Bin 707 Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Cabernet sauvignon from Coonawarra, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley and the Adelaide Hills. 20 months in new American oak.
View ArticleSerafino Shiraz 2016
Serafino produces a range of shiraz wines each year; this is the estate version.
View ArticleSerafino Cabernet Sauvignon 2016
Serafino = Steve. As in Maglieri. If you’ve ever wondered. Maglieri is such a wonderful word to pronounce.
View Articled’Arenberg The Twentyeight Road Mourvedre 2016
It’s grown on a vineyard planted in 1918, which is quite remarkable. There beside Twenty Eight Road grow 3.6 acres of bush vine mourvedre.
View Articled’Arenberg The Custodian Grenache 2015
It would be an unfashionable choice but if ever there was a wine well-suited to an all-purpose wine list.
View ArticleChapel Hill The Parson Shiraz 2017
McLaren Vale shiraz at the more affordable/realistic end.
View ArticleChapel Hill The Parson Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2017
Nothing fancy but it’s a damn good drink.
View ArticleMitolo Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon 2017
I watched ‘Scarface’ again recently. Hadn’t seen it for years. Incredible performance by Al Pacino.
View ArticleHickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard Brooks Road Shiraz 2016
The Hickinbotham wines tend to combine powerful flavours with (comparatively) modest alcohol levels; i.e. they’re not overdone. There’s a best-selling novel to be written, set in the Australian Wine...
View ArticleHickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard Elder Hill Grenache 2016
Bush vine grenache from a block planted in 1962. 10% whole bunches. Matured in Burgundy-coopered barrels. 473 dozen made.
View ArticleHickinbotham Clarendon Vineyard The Peake Cabernet Shiraz 2016
Cabernet sauvignon (57%) and shiraz (43%) from a block planted in 1971. The shiraz spends 15 months in Burgundy-coopered French oak, 80% new. The cabernet goes into Bordeaux-coopered oak. 467 dozen...
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