The Half Acre of Main Ridge is just that, a tiny pocket producing one of the Peninsula’s most celebrated pinot noirs. 2010 will rank among the greats, slowly blossoming into something quite magnificent over a decade and perhaps two. This is a beguilingly beautiful and elegant pinot of pronounced structure and savoury complexity, layered with […]

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2010 Wallis is one of the finest wines ever to come to us by Tractor, capturing alluring exotic complexity within a style of silky refinement, effortless balance and considerable persistence. It’s a pinot noir of layered exotic spice, white pepper, anise, rose bud, bramble and undergrowth complexity, supporting a deep core of black cherry and […]

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The Paringa is Paringa’s flagship single vineyard pinot noir from estate vines planted from 1985. This is an attractively fruit pure rendition of red cherry aromas of all kinds: cherry kernel lifted by cherry blossom and cherry liqueur. A poised palate of luscious black cherry fruit, juicy ripe berry compote, sweet strawberry jam and creamy […]

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There is no red wine on the shelves with three years of maturity and a street price well under $10 as reliable as Hanwood Cabernet. This is a particularly flattering vintage, capturing the violet florals and primary black- and redcurrants and capsicum that define this variety. $8 at Chambers Cellars, $8.50 at Dan Murphy’s.

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From its mature, estate vines in the Adelaide Hills to its balanced and refined palate, everything about this wine speaks sophistication – except its teeny price. The new vintage is loaded with perfumed blossoms and citrus zest of impressive persistence, line and energy. Soft, chalky minerality completes a long finish. $11 at Greenfields Liquor.

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In its ultra stylish retro squat bottle for the first time, Clarry looks more dashing than ever. Read the recipe and the price seems inconceivable: Organic estate fruit from vines dating from the 1940s, aged in old oak hogsheads. This cool season has birthed a particularly savoury and spicy style, accented with fresh rhubarb, pepper, […]

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Introducing your house riesling for the year. One of the perpetual bargains of the Clare has ascended to a place of distinctive mineral definition, chalk-like structure and beautifully refined precision in the great 2012 vintage. It’s got all the fragrant lime blossom florals, granny smith apple crunch and bath salt minerality for which Polish Hill […]

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McLaren Vale ranks among Australia’s top handful of regions in the cabernet stakes, and wines like this are evidence that its appeal extends well into the realm of affordable pricing. This is an impressively crafted wine of great fruit concentration of deep black- and redcurrants that score a track through the palate, kept lively thanks […]

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The finest vintage yet for this label has crafted a wine of understated purity and refined elegance, with a textural structure that far out-performs its price. Nicely toned black plum and black cherry fruit flows seamlessly into a refreshingly honed tail of black pepper and high-cocoa-dark-chocolate-textured tannins. $15 at WineBoss.

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Meticulous attention in the vineyard has created a warm vintage wine that encapsulates the soft, chalky mineral structure of Frankland River, while maintaining a high-tensile acid zing and a crunchy granny smith apple flavour profile. Primary lime drop, lemon zest and grapefruit blossom aromatics complete a classic Cossack. $20 at Canterbury Wines and The Wine […]

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