Highly scented cranberries and slightly muted jammy notes. Full bodied wine with plenty of sweet black cherry fruits on the front palate. As it progresses on the palate the wine becomes firm, dry and tannic. Good varietal example.
d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab Viognier Marsanne 2021, McLaren Vale, SA
Love the nose - full of apricots, musk, floral but overall strong peach. Viognier definitely leads the way. Dry rich full bodied wine with low acid as one would expect. The alcohol comes through but it works supporting the strong peach flavours. Superb value.
d’Arenberg The Money Spider Roussanne 2021, McLaren Vale, SA
Hints of honey, lees and toast. Creamy butter palate, medium bodied with well balance acidity. Nice wine and a great price.
Coriole Rubato Reserve Fiano 2020, McLaren Vale, SA
Inviting medium lemon colour. Nutty, apple, honey, almond with a slight saline nose. Medium bodied fleshy palate with soft ripe pear, but does have a hint of malic acid as well. This is followed by persistent honey, buttery and creamy flavours resulting in a complex...
Coriole Fiano 2021, McLaren Vale, SA
Ripe pear and red apple aromas with hints of apricot. Dry, medium bodied with matching acidity. A slight creamy texture with more ripe pears on the palate. Well balanced with a lovely concentration which produces a savory finish.
Penfolds Bin 28 Shiraz 2019, South Australia
Formally known as Bin 28 Kalimna vineyard Shiraz. Now a McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway and Wrattonbully blend matured in American oak. Pungent aromas of chocolate, blackberry, licorice and vanilla oak. A touch jammy. Powerful fruit driven wine, full bodied....
Zilzie Wines Platinum edition Cabernet Sauvignon 2019, McLaren Vale, SA
Pungent black fruit (blueberry and blackcurrant) with supporting notes of cedar and five spices. Full bodied, dry, medium plus tannins and a medium finish. On the palate the wine displays ripe stewed fruits, a hint raisin as well as primary black cherry flavours....
Richard Hamilton Centurion Shiraz, 2017, McLaren Vale, South Australia
125 year old vines and dry grown grapes produces one of the most intense Grenache you can buy. Powerful plum and mixed spice nose. Dry intense, full bodied with medium tannins and black cherry and licorice palate. This wine is still primary driven and will last a...
d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab Viognier Marsanne 2018.
Clear apricot and peach, a hint phenolic. Fresh with noticable acidity. Well priced
Coriole Fiano 2018, McLaren Vale, SA.
Herbal and floral nose with more greener apple and pear on the palate. Savoury wine driven by 40% barrel fermentation.