The definition, precision and persistence of fruit and structure here take RWT to a new level. It’s pitch black, a very dark RWT with a narrow, vibrant purple rim. The bouquet is tightly wound, like a coiled spring of black fruits ready to erupt. The palate contrasts outstanding depth of crunchy blackberry and black plum […]
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2010 is a big and robust 707 that commands attention and screams out for a very long time to fully come into its own. From the outset, an amazing depth of colour, intense black with a fingernail-narrow rim of vibrant purple. It’s desperately young, and closed up like a trap on the bouquet. The palate […]
readChapel Hill now boasts five tiers to its shiraz arsenal, each strategically positioned in price and style, and all the fun begins with Parson’s Nose. This is rightfully the most approachable of the bunch, with fine, supple tannins that make it ripe to go right away. This fun-loving thing has a serious side, too, clearly […]
readAn exclusive for Coles stores, Abacus is a logical step up from Parson’s nose. Your extra few dollars buys you deeper, more intricately coiled black plum and blackberry fruit, well framed in understated dark chocolate French oak. A vibrant, subtle black pepper and spice undercurrent and a fresh rhubarb tang proclaim the cool 2011 season, […]
readCliff Royle is tweaking the finer nuances of his wines with each passing season, and took the opportunity in the pristine season of 2012 to play with different yeasts, more solids in the ferment and oak fermentation of just ten percent of the semillon component, in order to improve the textural complexity of this blend. […]
readFraser Gallop’s blend showcases the strength of semillon in the warmer Wilyabrup area of Margaret River, toned with a little more than one-third sauvignon blanc from the cooler Karridale area further south. 2012 is a particularly powerful and rich vintage for this wine, carefully massaged through fermentation of one-third of the blend in French oak […]
readAn almost even blend of sauvignon from Karridale in Margaret River’s cool south and semillon from Xanadu’s estate vineyard, fermented partly in French oak barrels and stirred on its lees for several months to build complexity and texture. The result is powerful and punchy, shot with aromas of green peppers, mixed herbs, lifted frangipane pungency […]
read2010 was an exciting season for West Cape Howe, producing a lively and attractively poised cabernet, capturing lifted violet perfume fragrance and crunchy black- and redcurrant fruit, with notes of tobacco and cigar box. The finish is defined by impressively vibrant acidity and lingering crunchy black- and redcurrant fruit. Tannins are finely structured and enveloped […]
readAnnouncing one of West Cape Howe’s finest shirazes yet, a beautifully refined wine of silky tannins and well-defined blackberry fruit. There’s an understated intensity here of lifted violet perfume and luscious black cherry and black plum fruit, with notes of black liquorice that linger long of the finish. It pulls in taut and refined on […]
readA delightfully poised Margaret River chardonnay that captures the taut definition of malic acidity, the rich intensity and generous mid-palate of the Gin Gin chardonnay clone in a warm, dry season and the lifted gunpowder complexity of natural fermentation and lees stirring. Its malic acidity pulls its generous proportions tightly into line on an impressively […]
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