Tasting young Cabernet sometimes feels more like crystal-ball gazing than a trip to pleasure town. I know we don't end up emptying many young Cabernet wines over dinner, either. But …
Don't call it a blend; it's a marriage. This Marriage feels old school, too, with a style that could have come from 2001. Indeed, the Paulmara Marriage Cabernet Shiraz 2021 …
The Peake. The big dog of the impressive Hickinbotham range. It's so far from ready that it's a waste to open now - like opening a young right bank Bordeaux …
On Monday, it was a flood of reviews on wines that didn't make the Australian Wine Review grade (which is a silver medal equivalent). But today, we have less snark, …
What were you doing at 12 years old? Besides listening to lots of Pearl Jam and Nirvana and watching cricket, I probably wasn't achieving much. But Sebastian Atkins-Davis is already four …
Great Margaret River Cabernet Shiraz is not a thing. You can blame the Shiraz component, which so often struggles with exact ripeness, but also the relative strength of Merlot and …
Let's get 2023 kicked off properly, hey? Not all wines can be great. Plenty are just ‘ok drinks’, and some are just bad… Here is a collection of 23 wines that …
The Terre à Terre reds are never short of impact, and this Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2020 has power for days. A blend of 81% Cabernet Sauvignon …
Too much. That's the challenge with both the latest Tapanappa Whalebone reds. This is a bit easier than the Merlot Cab, but still heavy-going, despite the obvious quality. From a warm, …
You know what I like about this new Zema Estate Saluti Cabernet Shiraz 2016? It tastes like a Zema red, just more luscious and more immoveable. Released to commemorate forty years …
If you had to pick a single wine style that is most highly coveted in the Graham household, it is the early drinking red. Pinot, Grenache, Gamay, some Tempranillo, a …
There is something very reassuring about the style of Yalumba's The Signature. Something unchanging. Stoic. Idiosyncratic, maybe, but also wholly assured. You know what it will taste like before you …
