Kooyong Single Vineyard Selection Ferrous Pinot Noir

The most reserved and structured of the Kooyong trio this year, the ferrous nature of this vineyard is emphasised in tightly coiled restraint, earthy flavour and texture and an almost iron-filing like grip. Black fruits and beetroot and encased within very fine, firm tannins. It’s beautifully crafted, with a finish that lingers long and even. […]

Kooyong Single Vineyard Selection Meres Pinot Noir

The most fragrant of the Kooyong trio, Meres is a pinot noir of beautiful perfume of delicate rose petal and red cherry. This carries right through the palate, giving elegance to savoury depth of beetroot and tangy morello cherry fruit. Tannins are fine yet confident, lingering with excellent line and length, promising a great future. […]

Ata Rangi Pinot Noir

Some are saying 2013 was the best vintage in Martinborough in a decade. Ata Rangi winemaker Helen Masters describes it as pretty much a perfect vintage, with dramatic cool nights to retain acidity at the end of the season, creating a tension between concentration and length. This permitted her the scope to ferment with 30% […]

Kooyong Single Vineyard Selection Haven Pinot Noir

The most commanding and deepest of the Kooyong single vineyard trio in 2012, Haven delivers wonderful precision of black cherry fruit over a backdrop of beetroot and brambles, carrying long on the finish. The power of this vineyard is well encapsulated in an expansive palate that fans out into depth and breadth on the finish, […]

Guthrie The Little Things Sauvignon Blanc

A single vineyard sauvignon from the northern Adelaide Hills that finds a wonderful harmony between the primary, crunchy fruit notes of grapefruit and pear, and the fine, mouthfilling texture of clever skin, barrel and lees work. Phenolics provide well-gauged grip to the finish, uniting with fine, lingering acidity to provide medium-term potential. $20 at WineCloud.

Greywacke Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc

Pretty notes of lantana, golden delicious apple, passionfruit and green pea define a varietally accurate sauvignon with a soft, ripe, sweet, tropical exuberance contrasting gentle minerality and refreshing acidity. It’s long, focused and well crafted. $21 at OurCellar.