Hill & Valley hit the stage to great fanfare in 2012, and while no 2013 Eden Valley will hit quite the same heights, this is a rousing second act. This is a more generous, more spicy and earlier drinking version, with pretty notes of lemon and lime, accented with red apple and white nectarine. It’s […]
The Penfolds revolution in red winemaking reached chardonnay in the last decade. It seems this decade the refinement has come to riesling, and no vintage exemplies this more emphatically than 2013. Not that this season will go down among the greatest Bin 51s but that it’s set apart because, for the first time, it pushes […]
Heggies trumps Pewsey in 2013, a well crafted riesling that tones down the intensity and structure of the season. It’s one of the most lifted and fragrant rieslings of the vintage, alive with lime blossom and pink lady apple perfume. The palate is crunchy and zesty in lemon and lime accents, and at the same […]
The wizards at Peter Lehmann have again conjured the Eden Valley riesling of the vintage. They tell me they’re always concerned if Wigan performs well in the Barossa wine show in its youth, because its engineered to display its best to coincide with its release in four or five years time. They must have been […]
Steingarten is built for the long-haul and will likely prove to go down as the most enduring of the Eden Valley’s 2013s. Don’t be enticed by its alluring perfume of fragrant lemon and lime blossom, this is a wine not to be approached for at least a decade. The palate delivers powerful and precise fruit […]
2011 is a stunning vintage for Gulf Station Chardonnay, a wine of alluring subtlety, elegant persistence and wonderfully fine texture rarely seen at this price. Frequent lees stirring gin barrel and tank builds complexity, texture and impressive complexity of struck flint and charcuterie. Low yielding Yarra Vines contribute zesty grapefruit and understated white peach. $16 […]
This is declassified Rioja from the younger vines of Valdemar, though the declassification is a technicality – they could label it Rioja if they wanted to. A great value introduction to Rioja, it’s a softly textural, fruity and immediate style emphasising its 100% Tempranillo fruit, and virtually no oak influence, after just four months in […]
60th vintage release – something very few Australian wines can claim. It rises to the occasion in a lovely elegant style from a great vintage. At less than $13 at First Choice and Dan Murphy’s this week, this is the real bargain of the range, as Wynns other labels are priced ever further into the […]
The child of a season Phillip Moraghan describes as ‘postcard perfect,’ this is one of the most pristine pinot gris I’ve encountered this year. Magnificent and crystal clear in its clarity of pear, lemon and hints of fresh nutmeg, it’s an immaculate contrast of impeccably balanced fruit concentration and the taut acidity of this cool […]
A long-lived Cigar that more than outshines its season, thanks to the inclusion of the fruit that would otherwise have made 1,000 cases of Menzies, a significant one-third of this blend. The result is an accurate expression of cabernet, tweaked with 7% merlot, with crunchy redcurrant and blackcurrant fruit, notes of leaf, tobacco and cedar […]