Benchmark Clare cabernet with an exactingly varietal profile that sings with crunchy red- and blackcurrants, green capsicum, tomato on the vine and tobacco leaves. The palate carries great precision of vibrant fruit, decisive and seamless, lingering with accurate line and tannins of fine-grained structure, carrying the chalky texture of this limestone vineyard and lending long-ageing […]
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It genuinely saddens me to see so many great Accolade wines in the clearance houses at the moment. Thankfully not this one! A particularly creamy, soft and enticing sparkling shiraz, with a magnificent seven years of maturity softening its blackberry and mulberry fruits and building complexity of high cocoa dark chocolate and liquorice. A primary […]
readPristine aperitif champagne of sufficient subtlety to allow its chalky minerality to speak softy but confidently. Its pale hue anticipates the purity and freshness of its tight, linear palate, shimmering with pure lemon blossom, crunchy granny smith apples and fresh lemon juice. $59 at WineStar and Cloudwine.
readFor all of its legendary shiraz, this cabernet was the wine that jumped out of a recent Clarendon Hills 2009 line up. Caution. This is wine of immense proportions, of impenetrable black hue and a density that’s fully off the clock yet – crucially – it never deviates for an instant from exactingly varietal and […]
readParadigm Hill no more, this should be called Mount Paradigm! The Hill has ascended incrementally to new heights of refinement over recent vintages, attaining its most distinguished pinnacle in 2010. Les Cinq is restrained and graceful, a pinot noir defined by delicacy and purity, with wafts of rose petal perfume and red cherry, raspberry and […]
readThis is no nondescript quaffing white, but a true grigio in every sense, from its perfumed air of fresh lemon, crunchy pear and pear blossom, to its delightfully graceful and fragrant palate of pure, primary fruit focus, refreshing acidity and textural, mineral mouth feel. $11 at Jim’s Cellars and Dan’s.
readBrad has set a benchmark in bargain Margaret River cabernet for years, and this outstanding vintage perpetuates the legacy with more confidence than ever. Varietal and regional precision are accented with red- and blackcurrants, tobacco and capsicum. Vibrant fruit purity carries from start to finish, supported by soft, finely textured tannins. $17 at No Frills […]
readArgentina is a fast-ascending force in the wine world but the Catena family has been hand harvesting its vineyards on the Andean foothills of Mendoza for more than a century. Argentina’s talents with malbec are widely celebrated, and this is a particularly refined introduction. Impressively supple black fruit density is toned by refreshingly low alcohol […]
readRosé in Provence is lively, savoury, fresh and young, and it’s refreshing to find it reach Australia sufficiently youthful to hold its captivating vibe. Don’t be put off by this strangely curvaceous bottle, because its contents are enticingly pure, alive with crunchy pomegranate and pink grapefruit, finishing long, textural, chalky and mineral.
readThere is a dense, sumptuous richness and a refined fruit purity to all of Wayne Dutschke’s 2010 reds, rising to the expectation of one of the most handsome labels in the Barossa. It begins right here in his blend of his neighbours’ vineyards. Wonderfully concentrated black plum, blueberry, black cherry and liquorice fruit is at once […]
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