Nose - Peach, grapefruit and pears to finish off. Taste - Cashews and white stone fruits. Loads of stone fruits! The is plenty of peach, grapefruit alongside a nice nutty component holding back the sweetness. Its dry an delicious! Its probably not going to win a bunch of awards but it is an extremely enjoyable … Continue reading Logan Estate Chardonnay Mudgee 2019 →

Nose - Strawberries, dried herbs with some cream at the end. Taste - Sour raspberries and strawberries. Its light with a touch of spice and acidity to it. Pleasant wine to drink and I enjoyed it. I would drink it again but wouldn’t actively seek it out.

Made to be a generous stye using partial whole bunch open fermenting and basket pressing methods from vines from the 1950’s. All sounds very tempting. Nose - Some heat on the nose, black pepper with some blueberry pie. Taste - My expectations were high for this from other reviews so maybe its a little skewed. … Continue reading Longhop Shiraz 2019 →

Nose - Smells dark and rich, full of plums, blueberries and a bit of oaky choc vanilla flavours. Taste - Boom! Its a huge luscious wine and geez its easy to drink. It coats all parts of your mouth in velvety smooth Barossan fruit, and there is a lot of that fruit. Its rich plums, … Continue reading Sons of Eden Marschall Shiraz 2019 →

Halliday gave the 2018 96 points and its $20, that wasn’t available so lets see what the 2019 can do. Nose - 100% WA Cabernet on the nose, the leafy cabernet notes, dark fruits and some eucalyptus mintyness on the nose. Taste - Rather smooth and elegant with a good mix of dark fruits. The … Continue reading Ring Bolt Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 →

Nose - Blueberry and dark fruit pie, a touch of vanilla and plenty of Christmas pudding spice. Taste - It starts rather smooth with some dark tobacco, blueberries and dark chocolate. Some peppery spice here and there. Its a fairly consistent wine with a long lasting finish making you go back for more. Quintessentially McLaren … Continue reading Serafino Sharktooth Shiraz 2014 →

Nose - I wouldn’t pick this as Shiraz. Light blueberries with some olives, soy, bay leaf and white pepper. Its rather expressive and perfumed. Some Lavender and purple flowers on the nose throughout. Taste - Caramel?? Strangely enough. Mixed in with red and blue berries. Its savoury and not an oak rich sweet vanilla, chocolate … Continue reading Robert Oatley Signature Series Yarra Valley Shiraz 2019 →

Nose - Blueberry and chocolate pie, a touch of pepper on the nose and blackberries to cap it off. Taste - Its lush, polished, yet full of lovely fruit flavours. Seems soft on the tannins and an absolute joy to drink in the winter. Chocolate, blueberries, white pepper, blackberries with some vanilla and tobacco. Had … Continue reading Sorby Adams Jellicoe Shiraz 2017 →

Nose - A bit of ocean spray and blackberries. Its a bit quiet on this front. Taste - Oh wow this is smooth and polished, but polished in a good way. Sometimes the polished cabernets can be too worked in my opinion. Some minty coolness followed by dark fruits of mulberry and blueberries with some … Continue reading The other wine co. Kangaroo island Cabernet Franc →

I’ve mentioned this a few times and to my friends I think the 18 vintage across the Barossa is making some of the best Shiraz’s around. I’m not sure of the scores and I do not really care. For me, the wines are exactly how I like them. Stock up on 18 vintages before 2020 … Continue reading St Hallett Blackwell Shiraz 2018 →