When Antoine-Roland Billecart presented his full range across Australia last week, he had a new disgorgement of Brut Réserve in tow, based on the 2009 vintage. Unfortunately, the bottle contains no clue to denote the new shipment, which is a particularly pristine and elegant Billecart. With a strong pinot meunier lead, red berry fruits are […]
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The fruit energy on parade here is captivating. This is a KJ of intricate focus and ravishing stone fruit presence, with a high-tensile core of coiled-spring fruit acidity that will unravel over the coming decade. It’s at once elegant, pure and graceful, yet at the same time slightly richer than 2009, with tremendous presence of […]
readKym Teusner is one of the Barossa’s most talented new generation red winemakers, but it was not until Phil Lehmann joined his team that his white wines ascended to the same repute. This is their first sticky, and – wow – what a start! Pristine and fruit-filled, this is a lively, medium-weight style with allusions […]
readA succulent and deeply-flavoured Margaret River cabernet merlot is difficult to find at this bargain price. It’s juicy and raring to go, with soft, fine tannins sitting under layers of black- and redcurrants, violet perfume and notes of mint. $16 at World Wine.
readThe limestone subsoils of Watervale’s finest sites leave their unmistakable, chalky, mineral fingerprint on their fruits, and this is the cheapest wine to bear this distinguished halllmark. An outstanding vintage for Tim Gramp, producing one of his most pure, scintillating, structured and long-lived rieslings yet. It lingers with outstanding persistence of pure kaffir lime and […]
readAn impeccably crafted rosé of shiraz, pinot noir and cabernet franc, with some barrel fermentation and lees maturation for complexity and texture. The cool 2011 vintage in the heights of Orange defines its delightfully energetic, refreshing, crunchy and zesty style, singing with bright acidity, spicy pink pepper, pomegranate and tangy pink grapefruit. $19 at Discount […]
readPrunotto offers a great value introduction to the textural structure and restrained, savoury appeal of Italy’s Piedmont wines. This is an impressively varietal Barbera with crunchy dark berry flavours and delightful texture of dark plum skin. $23 at Cellar d’Or.
readI love this wine and I was most disappointed to learn from parent company Accolade that it will not be released, and no longer be made as a museum release because it was too hard to sell at $32. Hence my delight to discover that you can still partake in its joys, as a cleanskin […]
readThis wine is an enigma. I have followed this label avidly for more than six years, tasted every vintage ever made multiple times, and enjoyed long discussions with its talented team of makers, yet it still eludes me that a wine of such mineral structure, finesse, and sheer longevity can be assembled from Barossa floor […]
readThis wine hasn’t yet hit the ground, but as soon as it appears on the web site, jump on it (cellar door only). It’s a new day at Oakridge, honing in on a new level of detail by segregating its revered estate chardonnay into four stunning single vineyard wines – impressive both philosophically and in […]
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