Voyager First Nose - Cabernet Green leaves with dark fruits. Vanilla oak in the background with the leaves and dark fruits on top. Rather expressive for a $25 wine. Taste - Lush but dry fruit with a minty cabernet leafiness with it. Dark fruits always there and the most important thing is consistency. Its uniformed … Continue reading Budget(ish) Cabernet Taste off! Voyager Girt by Sea Cabernet Merlot vs Beresford McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon →

Big fan of the Bin 1, its an everyday shiraz. Lets see how their top tier Bin 0 goes Nose - Dried red fruits, blueberry pie with some vanilla cake. Its a bit drier and more savoury on the nose. Not a sweet nchoc vanilla Barossan fruit bomb. Taste - The first thing you notice … Continue reading My First Fathers Day! Bests Bin 0 Shiraz 2017 →

I have had the 2009 before and it was superb. Pretty excited for the 2018 Nose - This is from Aus? Doesnt smell like it. Smells Bordeaux. Lots of vegetable, dark fruits, mushrooms and cassis. Its extremely large on the nose and you could sniff it all day. Wonderful nose on it. Taste - Its … Continue reading Fraser Gallop Parterre Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 →

This was the red wine at our wedding. It was rich, dark and full of lush flavour. Excited to see how it has aged. Nose - Coffee, blackberries and blueberries. A bit of funk but a good kind of aged wine funk. Its a lot lighter than I expected. Taste - Took ages to open … Continue reading Head Wines The Contrarian 2015 →

Nose - Floral with a lot of citrus zest and I want to say coconut… 🤔 Taste - Zesty and full of lime juice with a touch of passionfruit. Some powdery tannins in the middle and it finishes of very dry. Went very well with Thai food and I think the dry zest would be … Continue reading Claymore Superstition Reserve Riesling 2018 →

Meant to be a terrific wine with seafood not your everyday chardonnay. Nose - Honey, pear, apple and some light notes of a madeira wine in there. Taste - Pear, honey, slightly sweeter and a nice amount of oak in there. I would never pick it for Chardonnay and the ageing process they have done … Continue reading Eloquesta Boy with Fruit Chardonnay 2015 →

Nose - Cabernet leafiness, cassis and a dry dark fruit finish. Taste - Its elegant and consistent. An amazing exceptionally long finish which lingers in your mouth. Its plums and coffee with some cassis but its not an overpowering wine. Its finesse and structure is what draws you in. Its top shelf grapes in this … Continue reading Wynns The Messenger Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 →

I have been testing my theory that 2018 is a year which fits my taste across the Barossa Valley. I have bought my usual Shiraz suspects in an attempt to see if its across the board. So far the Head wines, Kalleske, Gibson, St Hallet wines have all proved that. Last on the list is … Continue reading Grant Burge Filsell Old Vine Shiraz 2018 →

Big fan of this winery. Their standard house Pinot is my mid week Pinot. Nose - Its buttery, big, nutty and full of peach notes. Taste - Grapefruit and kiwi fruit. Some passionfruit and white stone fruits. Its a bit sour and flavours, although big and strong are not interwoven or consistent as I would … Continue reading Atonier Reserve Chardonnay 2018 →

Nose - Rich mixed red berries and blueberries with a cocoa powder wiff to it. Its light and lush, full of fruit. Taste - The mouth follows the nose. Its soft, lush and full voluptuous fruits. Its a crowd pleasing wine and one for short to medium cellaring. Its such a joy this wine and … Continue reading St Hallett Butchers Cart Shiraz 2018 →