Raspberry and strawberry driven nose with a touch of struck match. Very light, juicy red fruits driven wine with high acidity and soft underlying tannins. Demands cellaring. Age it and watch it develop. One of a kind. Known as Millers Burgundy these vines go back to...
Best’s Foudre Ferment Riesling 2021, Great Western, Victoria
For me inflicting Riesling to extended skin contact, wild fermentation in a large oak foudre could well set alarm bells ringing. But I love this wine. It has a complex nose with honey, orange blossom, wet stone and a hint of lees. The palate is dry, textured and firm...
Seppelt St Peters Shiraz 2019, Great Western, Victoria
Top Seppelt wine with lashings of new oak to support deep black and blue fruits. Smooth palate with fine grain tannins. Sweet ripe fruits as well as fruit cake and earthy flavours. Full bodied complex wine with a long finish.
Best’s Sparkling Shiraz 2018, Great Western, Victoria
2 years on lees with 17 gm/litre of residual sugar. Black cherry with a hint of jammy confectionary fruits. Palate retains its dryness due to a nice acid balance. Creamy palate that is elegant and fruit driven sitting still in the cherry, cola spectrum. Medium bodied...
Best’s Bin 0 Shiraz 2017, Great Western, Victoria
Chosen from 3 blocks and composed of only 9 individual barrels. Deep inky wine. On first approach the nose is a hint reductive, but then opens up to strong white pepper and lovely cured meats. Full bodied and savoury palate with primary black cherry flavours....
Best’s Cabernet Sauvignon 2010, Great Western Victoria
Earthy, cedar with a hint of leather. Dry with still some sweet fruits such as cherry and a touch of mocha. Medium bodied, soft tannins with a medium plus finish. Perfect drinking now wine. Great value for a 12 year old red.
Best’s 13 acres Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc 2017, Great Wester, Victoria
A classic Bordeaux blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet Franc, merlot and petit verdot. Produced from a patch of dirt in the Concongella vineyard that has more gravel that the rest of the vineyard. Ripe fruit on the nose with blackberry to the fore, backed up by...
Best’s LSV Shiraz 2019, Great Western, Victoria
Contains 4% Viognier. Lovely perfumed nose with a slight reductive earthy edge. The wine also displays a strong white pepper note. The palate has more pepper and a touch of cured meats. Dry medium bodied with plums and cherries emerging on a medium plus finish....
Best’s Cabernet Franc 2020, Great Western, Victoria
Lighter style of Franc. Floral with a hint of smoke, slightly reductive. Dry medium bodied with red fruits that produce a soft wine with good acid levels but retains its balance. Very Loire-ish.
Best’s Nursery Block Dry Red 2020, Great Western, Victoria
Lovely floral as well as aromatic red fruits with a focus on red cherry. Elegant, gentle, soft, light bodied wine. Lovely acid balance with pristine primary red fruit. Delicious wine.