To understand the full diversity of Australian wine, consider just how distinct its regions are. If Margaret River in the west were Bordeaux, where would the Hunter Valley be? Have a guess. Eastern France, perhaps, or Switzerland? Or even as far as Italy? No, further still.
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If you have had opportunity to travel the great wine regions of the world and taste their finest fruits, you will appreciate just how good we have it in Australia.
readShiraz is a grape that’s more than comfortable flying solo, but loves the company of grenache, cabernet and even the white grape viognier.
readAustralia is rediscovering pinot noir, and there’s never been a better time to do it.
readAustralian wine first shot to international stardom on the back of full-bodied reds, and no variety has done more for its reputation than shiraz.
readThis magnificently crafted expression of Australia’s own blend is one of the most invigorating Battles that Bosworth has staged yet. Cabernet, shiraz and a dash of petit verdot charge forth in an awe-inspiring display of dense blackcurrants and sweet dark berries of all kinds, with a rose petal and violet freshness. Dark chocolate oak is […]
readHeytesbury Chardonnay 2009 was a game-changer in Margaret River, and here’s the proof it was no one hit wonder. At a refreshing 13% alcohol, Margaret River no longer needs ripe power to make an earth-shattering statement. A wine of finesse, complexity, grace and profound texture, promising great longevity. The levels of complexity and sheer detail […]
readNever have the gravelly, granitic soils of this elevated Adelaide Hills site been preserved with such precision of firm, long-haul definition, within a style as monumentally intense as this. Riveting layers of black plum skin, blueberries, black olives, fresh liquorice straps, black pepper, dark chocolate, exotic spice, even fresh bitumen, engine room, coal steam and […]
readHaunting reflections of Ashton Hills’ 2010 Reserve Pinot echo in this wine, but it was only in a later conversation with Jeffrey Grosset that I discovered why: the core of this fruit is sourced from Ashton Hills’ back fence. There is no finer place for this distinguished variety anywhere yet planted in SA. This cool, […]
readImmaculately composed, this is a Heytesbury of profound red fruit purity and persistence, structured with sensationally fine, textural, gravelly tannins that demand decades to unravel. Pristine redcurrants, red cherries, cherry kernel and pink pepper, with subtle notes of capsicum and tomato. On paper, the ripeness here is higher than many of its 2009 peers (14.5% […]
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