Tower Estate Coombe Rise Chardonnay 2012 (Hunter Valley, NSW)13%, Screwcap, $38 Personally I prefer Tower Estate's cheaper Hillside Vineyard Chardonnay this vintage, largely as the oak seems more integrated and the …
Soumah Single Vineyard Chardonnay 201312.7%, Screwcap, $35 The top Soumah Chardonnay and in resplendent form here. Handpicked, wild fermented, eight months on lees with some barrels allowed to go through malo. …
Ten Minutes by Tractor 10X Rose 2012 (Mornington Peninsula, Vic)13%, Screwcap, $28Pretty wine this. A genuinely lovely pink. More light Pinot Noir than dry Rosé, the nose softly pink pastel fresh …
An ode to Riesling + 30 years of Pauletts finest Riesling (I wrote a version of this at the beginning of the year for a lifestyle print article. The tasting notes …
Tahbilk 1927 Vines Marsanne 2004 (Nagambie, Goulburn Valley, Vic) 11%, Screwcap, $46.50 This is the most brilliant awkward wine I know. Brilliant on one hand, with a wondrous combination of fruit power and …
Soumah Skye Blox Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 (Yarra Valley, Vic)13.5%, Screwcap, $20 Skye Blox is the entry-level range for Soumah, pitched at just $20 a bottle and designed for easy drinking. The …
View Road Wines Sagrantino 2012 (McLaren Vale) 14.5%, Cork, $37 Now here is a new label to watch. Josh's 2012 Chardonnay impressed greatly and this Sagrantino follows closely behind. I only wish …
Patina Reserve Chardonnay 2008 (Orange, NSW)11.9%, Screwcap, $35There is 'tight' Chardonnay and then there is 'sparkling base masquerading as table wine'. This is the latter. A round of applause if you …
Rochford Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2013 (Yarra Valley, Vic)14%, Screwcap, $33 Handpicked, cold soaked, 20% whole bunches in the (wild) ferment, matured in 30% new oak, unfined and unfiltered. Quality Pinot …
Plantagenet Omrah Pinot Noir 2012 (Great Southern, WA)13.5%, Screwcap, $18.99Making Pinot Noir out of the Great Southern is tricky work. Actually, making Pinot Noir in the Great Southern isn't the …
Quartz Hill Syrah 2012 (Pyrenees, Vic)13.2%, Diam, $38 Intriguing wine this. A real slow-burner. Produced from a single vineyard high in the Pyrenees and has a real handmade feel to it. Lots …
Quorom Shiraz 2011 (McLaren Vale, SA)14%, Cork, $50 The quorom here is Nick Haselgrove, David Watkins and Warren Randall, with the last two the new owners of the old Boars Rock …
