The legendary blends of Bordeaux are built around structure ahead of flavour and the great winemaking brains of Margaret River are following the same lead. Rob Mann is a Jedi Master of structure and his epic new blend is encased in a brittle shell of taut tannins. The force is strong with this one.
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Sheesh! Pop the cork, hide the label, stand well back and watch everyone’s faces. You’ve just scored on the stylometer with fizz that set you back the grand sum of $9.50 at 1st Choice. Never before has elegance and finesse made such a grand appearance in ten buck chuck.
readCue the curtains, call your audience of adoring fans to attention and prepare yourselves for a performance of a kind that Australia has rarely seen. Steve Webber is both a magician and a Jedi Lord and he has mustered all his powers to draw out mind-boggling texture and restraint, taking Australia to a very sophisticated […]
readI knock off work like everyone else and I want decent booze to drink” is Adam Mark’s philosophy of winemaking. Can’t argue with the man who crafts one of the most exhilarating shirazes in Victoria! Brooding restraint and latent concentration meets insane exotic spice. You’ll be spellbound.
readIgnore the hoi polloi, finishing a meal with port never went out of fashion in glam circles, so get on board. I discovered Ramos Pinto at the end of a long meal in Champagne. Forget the sweet imitations, this is real port, honed and toned by decades of patience.
readControversy. As the wine world hones in on single vineyards and regions, Hardys takes cross-regional blending to new stratas of the mesosphere. But you’d never guess this was a blend, such is its seamlessly woven texture and refined elegance.
readMy, is Sir Winston dignified and refined these days! The room fell to utter silence when I poured this at my World Wine Discovery on Tuesday night, so transfixing and so pure is this vintage. Its subtlety will transform the mood of your room, too.
readYour lime juice and lily blossom pick-me-up is ready! The bargain white of 2010 is kicking around the shelves at half its true worth. One of Australia’s most historic and famous rieslings at a price that has barely reached adolescence. Such a travesty, but I’m not complaining!
readYou can’t buy a decent red for ten bucks. Oh yeah? This feisty little cabernet ticks all the boxes of perfume, definition, persistence and even – wait for it – a chance to improve for a few years in the cellar. $8 at Dan Murphy’s, and you can’t shake a stick at that.
readRemember what Marlborough savvy used to be like before it came on tap? This is the real thing, zesty, mineral and perky, from one of the mainstays of the industry. It’s only just landing now because it takes this long to make sauvignon properly.
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