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Old Plains,
Ready, but will keep,
Made from the few remaining parcels of old vines in the Adelaide Plains planted by Italian immigrants after World War II, this wine shows excellent concentration. Blueberry compote and violets on the nose develop into a rich palate dominated by brambles, mulberries and dark chocolate. A final peppy acid kick provides a long and fresh finish.
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
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Moss Wood,
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Classically Australian Semillon straight off the bat – lime zest, beeswax and even a touch of hay. Very taut on the palate with the citric element continuing to dominate at this stage but I expect the lanolin note and density will come through with some additional age. Very zippy at the moment, but this will mellow and flesh out over time. Another fine example from Moss Wood and further proof you can look beyond the Hunter Valley for Semillon. Drink 2018 to 2022+.
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Crittenden Estate,
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Oggi, which means “today” in Italian, is something of an annual experiment. As chief winemaker Rollo puts it, “Oggi is our opportunity to show people what we are trialling in the winery from day-to-day and year-to-year.” The 2015 Oggi is a blend of three traditional Italian varietals: Fiano, Arneis and Vermentino. Made very similarly to a red wine, with extended gross lees maturation, the wine has textural complexity and generous body. The nose, palate and finish are bursting with crisp orchard fruit, honeysuckle and beeswax. Each bottle bares a unique label, reflecting the individuality of its contents. Drink now to 2020.
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Penfolds,
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Sourced solely from Coonawarra, this is opulent and heady on the nose, but the French oak is much more reserved than on other cuvées. It immediately reminds me of the great Syrahs of the Northern Rhône – dark, dense fruit, along with a seriously compact mid-palate, all of which point to this being very impressive in the years to come. Beneath the surface, the acidity hums away keeping everything in check. The finish is fine, persistent and mouthcoating. For me, this is the dark horse and the value pick of the 2017 releases. Drink 2019-2030.
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Michael Hall,
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Sang de Pigeon (pigeon’s blood) is a nod to winemaker Michael Hall’s former life as a jewellery valuation expert. It’s the trade term for the finest rubies, invariably from the Mogok stone tract in Myanmar. Matured in French oak barrels for 20 months and, slightly unusually, blended with 15 percent Eden Valley Shiraz, for an extra element of freshness, the wine is bottled without fining or filtration. Bright-fruited, The nose is vibrant with plenty of ripe fruit and a hint of savoury spice. On the palate, red plums, cherry stone and more warming characters such as mocha, cinnamon and tobacco balance the ripe tannins and fresh acidity. The wine is given an extra dimension by a chalky mineral core. Drink now to 2025.
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Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
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Powell & Son,
Ready, but will keep,
The Barossa Valley Shiraz is sourced from mature Barossa Valley vineyards (20+ years old) with the majority located along the region’s North-Western ridge in Marananga and Seppeltsfield as well as Lyndoch Valley in the Southern Barossa.
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Barossa Valley Shiraz reveals pronounced blackberry, dark chocolate and black currant notes over hints of black earth, charcoal, licorice and a hint of violets. Profoundly rich and concentrated on the full-bodied palate, it has some delicious savory/olive tapenade notes emerging, supported by firm, ripe tannins and finishing with great length. Retailing at around $25 and with 1,500 cases available, snap this beauty up while it lasts! Drink 2017–2027.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate 229, 28th February 2017
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Barossa Valley Shiraz reveals pronounced blackberry, dark chocolate and black currant notes over hints of black earth, charcoal, licorice and a hint of violets. Profoundly rich and concentrated on the full-bodied palate, it has some delicious savory/olive tapenade notes emerging, supported by firm, ripe tannins and finishing with great length. Retailing at around $25 and with 1,500 cases available, snap this beauty up while it lasts! Drink 2017–2027.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate 229, 28th February 2017
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Michael Hall,
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Produced from fruit grown on a single site in the Piccadilly Valley in the Adelaide Hills.This cool climate site produces elegant and refined wines. Minimal new oak use (15%) allows the fruit to be at the fore in this wine. Crunchy red fruit and sour cherry are underpinned by an almost truffley, earthy minerality. Florals, fresh acidty and delicately-crafted tannins complete the picture.
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Penfolds,
For laying down,
Marananga is a refined yet powerful wine: it jumps out of the glass with powerful red and dark fruit, chocolate, coffee, bacon and vanilla. The palate of blackberry, red cherry and raspberry is layered with chocolate, vanilla and oak through a long, focused finish. Sixteen months in French and American oak shows itself a little forward now but will integrate fully with one to three years of ageing. Drink 2019-2030.
Mike Jordan, Private Account Manager
Mike Jordan, Private Account Manager
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Penfolds,
For laying down,
This has a classic 389 nose – black fig, blackcurrant, mint, anise, buttered toast and black pepper. There’s excellent balance between the Cabernet and Shiraz – neither overwhelms the other. The silky structure comes courtesy of the Cabernet, while there is plenty of flesh on the bones from the Shiraz. There is a long black-fruited finish. This year definitely lives up to the “baby Grange” moniker and it is no surprise that this is collected for future enjoyment year in, year out. Drink 2022-2030+.
Fergus Stewart, Private Account Manager
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Cullen Wines,
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87% Cabernet Sauvignon, higher than in the past, blended in typical Bordelais style with 11% Merlot and a single percent each of Cabernet Franc and Malbec. There is a firm Cabernet driven cassis note that is immediately obvious on this great Margaret River homage to Bordeaux. Fine grained tannins frame the structure with plenty of plummy red and black fruit. There is an impressive persistence to the blackcurrant and mint edged finish. Lots to like!
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Penfolds,
Ready, but will improve,
RWT stands for “Red Winemaking Trial”; trialled, tested and approved, but the name has stuck. Purple with an inky core, it displays aromas of spiced plums, cardamom and peppered steak, alongside a gentle cedar note. Broad-shouldered initially, the ripe tannins disperse across the palate as flavours of blueberry, blackberry and cinnamon dance on the tongue. Complexity here is derived from French oak, while a savoury character comes across the back of the palate with a bloodied meatiness. Suave and sophisticated, the 2015 RWT is coming together nicely and I expect it to reward in its early stages of development. Drink 2019-2030+.
Chris Lamb, Private Account Manager
Chris Lamb, Private Account Manager
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Penfolds,
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A wine that is contemporary in feel and yet has deep historic roots within the story of Penfolds, the single-vineyard Magill Estate is singing this year. The nose is complex and inviting, with a melange of blackberry, damson and hints of mocha, thyme and beef fat. The palate is precise, svelte and medium-bodied. The French and American oak is absorbed beautifully into the rich fruit. Great acidity gives a moreish, tannic (filigree) bite at the end – full of spice and coffee notes. This is a rich succulent style of Shiraz, and yet with great coolness, purity and length. A wonderful expression of terroir. Drink 2021-2030+.
Stuart Rae, Commercial Manager
Dark purple. Very dense. Rich and very high toned. Sweet and with extremely high tannins. Lots of dried spices on the nose – handmade and with lots of dry integrity on the end. Very different from the Penfolds norm. Much drier and more traditional.
18/20, Jancis Robinson MW
Stuart Rae, Commercial Manager
Dark purple. Very dense. Rich and very high toned. Sweet and with extremely high tannins. Lots of dried spices on the nose – handmade and with lots of dry integrity on the end. Very different from the Penfolds norm. Much drier and more traditional.
18/20, Jancis Robinson MW
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Penfolds,
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The name “Yattarna” comes from the Aboriginal word for “gradually” and represents Penfolds’s desire to conquer the realm of Australian Chardonnay. This is made from 100 percent Chardonnay from cool-climate regions in Tasmania and the Adelaide Hills. The wine spent eight months in French barriques (65 percent new). The nose shows hints of pear, apple and a touch of oak. Fine acidity races through the mouth with generous apple and pear flavours. The hint of new oak, as on the nose, shows itself here. It finishes long and balanced. Drink now to 2023+.
Mike Jordan, Private Account Manager
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£488.94
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£600.00
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Powell & Son,
Ready, but will keep,
The Steinert vineyard is situated in the high hills of the Eden’s Flaxman’s Valley and contains some of the most prized and ancient vines of the Barossa.
Coming from a small (two-hectare) single vineyard with more than 120-year-old vines in the Flaxman Valley area of Barossa’s cooler Eden Valley, the 2015 Steinert Shiraz offers a deep garnet-purple color and very pretty red currants, black cherries and black raspberries notes, with touches of pepper and spice box plus fleeting wafts of roses. The medium to full-bodied palate is seriously intense, delivering ripe red berry and spice layers with a very long, perfumed finish. 200 cases were made. Drink 2018–2038.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
Coming from a small (two-hectare) single vineyard with more than 120-year-old vines in the Flaxman Valley area of Barossa’s cooler Eden Valley, the 2015 Steinert Shiraz offers a deep garnet-purple color and very pretty red currants, black cherries and black raspberries notes, with touches of pepper and spice box plus fleeting wafts of roses. The medium to full-bodied palate is seriously intense, delivering ripe red berry and spice layers with a very long, perfumed finish. 200 cases were made. Drink 2018–2038.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown, The Wine Advocate
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Powell & Son,
Ready, but will keep,
The wine produced from these centurion vines have always produced the backbone of David Powell’s most premium wines, and it now makes a single vineyard wine of its own named after the original settlers of the area.
From a tiny, one hectare, 110-year-old vineyard in Barossa Valley’s Marananga subregion, the 2015 Kraehe Shiraz (pronounced kray) has a deep garnet-purple color and profoundly scented nose of blackberry and blueberry preserves, dried plums and mulberries with salami and fertile earth undertones, plus hints of marmite toast, asphalt and licorice. The full-bodied palate packs in the flavor layers with the voluptuous fruit superbly framed by firm, rounded tannins and just enough freshness, finishing with epic length. Give this sexy Shiraz another 2-3 years in bottle and drink it over the next 25+ years. 155 cases were made. Drink 2019–2044.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate 229, 27th February 2017
From a tiny, one hectare, 110-year-old vineyard in Barossa Valley’s Marananga subregion, the 2015 Kraehe Shiraz (pronounced kray) has a deep garnet-purple color and profoundly scented nose of blackberry and blueberry preserves, dried plums and mulberries with salami and fertile earth undertones, plus hints of marmite toast, asphalt and licorice. The full-bodied palate packs in the flavor layers with the voluptuous fruit superbly framed by firm, rounded tannins and just enough freshness, finishing with epic length. Give this sexy Shiraz another 2-3 years in bottle and drink it over the next 25+ years. 155 cases were made. Drink 2019–2044.
Lisa Perrotti-Brown - The Wine Advocate 229, 27th February 2017
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Torbreck,
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Named after a 'cult' Parisian wine bar run by enigmatic Englishman, Tim Johnston. Dave Powell became great friends with Tim over the years due to their mutual love for the wines of the Rhone valley.
51% Grenache, 33% Mataro, 16% Shiraz. Unadulterated fruit here in this bold and vibrant, unoaked beauty. A nose full of violet, blackberry, pepper, this has real energy and verve from the off. Ever so slightly savoury, spicy palate of white pepper, chalky, with lovely pure and ripe fruit – cassis, cherry, plum, some strawberry – a brilliant Provençal finish with garrigue herb, pepper -very pure, very fresh – a winner for a sweltering summer day spent by the barbeque.
Ben Grosvenor, Private Account Manager
51% Grenache, 33% Mataro, 16% Shiraz. Unadulterated fruit here in this bold and vibrant, unoaked beauty. A nose full of violet, blackberry, pepper, this has real energy and verve from the off. Ever so slightly savoury, spicy palate of white pepper, chalky, with lovely pure and ripe fruit – cassis, cherry, plum, some strawberry – a brilliant Provençal finish with garrigue herb, pepper -very pure, very fresh – a winner for a sweltering summer day spent by the barbeque.
Ben Grosvenor, Private Account Manager
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Penfolds,
Ready, but will improve,
This is immediately Cabernet on the nose, with herbal notes of capsicum and fennel offset by rich blackcurrant and juniper berry. There’s a floral character as well, with crushed violets and hawthorn. Silky and finely textured, the palate moves gently around a core of cool blackcurrants, fleshed out with a sweet earthiness. Very tasty on the palate, this is well-managed and the components really work together. Assertive with a fine acidity, this has a lovely texture and finishes with moreish black fruit. One of the finest releases of Bin 407 I can recall with lots to offer. Drink 2018-2028.
Chris Lamb, Private Account Manager
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