Selecting the best barrels produces a herbal, cedar, minty cabernet laced with blackberry and boysenberries. Cedar and spice driven flavours on a medium to full bodied well structured palate with a dry long tannic finish.
Passing Clouds Viognier 2023, Bendigo, Vic
Lovely spot on aromatics displaying peach stone fruit with floral hints. More pot pourri dried flower flavour on the palate with fleshy hints but some well balanced acidity keeps it clean and dry on the finish. Nice example, Bendigo is growing some good Viognier.
Passing Clouds Estate Chardonnay 2022, Macedon Ranges, Vic
Elegant, restrained wine with citrus and minerally, slightly saline driven aromas, accompanied by some oak-derived struck-match complexity. The palate is where you see the cool climate shine brightly with fresh acid driven citrus and stone fruit flavours yet laced...
Gervergizian Glenhope Vineyard Cabernet Merlot Shiraz 2022, Macedon Ranges, Vic
Lovely plum fruit aromatics with some white pepper and spice. Gentle soft front palate with medium acidity on a medium bodied framework. Predominantly pepper and spice but it also displays blackberry, black cherry, plum and Christmas cake. Some menthol and mint rounds...
Glenhope Vineyard Merlot 2022, Macedon Ranges, Vic
Medium intensity aromas of plum with cooking spice and cedar on the nose. Soft velvet plush plum juicy fruit flavours on a medium bodied structure. Classic varietal example of merlot.
Glenhope Vineyard B3 Granitic Shiraz 2022, Macedon Ranges, Vic
A cool climate example done well, displaying raspberry, nutmeg and a host of brown cake spices aromas. Some cool climate white pepper also develops with hints of graphite. On the palate there is a bag of sweet black, brambly, stewed fruits with hints of spice to...
Glenhope Vineyard Rose 2022, Macedon Ranges, Vic
Nice copper, salmon colour. Floral, nose with red fruits. Savoury, slightly fleshy, chewy palate but backlit with some lovely fresh cherry acidity. Strawberry and raspberries on the mid palate that stay around producing a long length of palate and finish. Dry but...
Stanton and Killeen Alvarinho 2022, Rutherglen, Vic
Peach, apricot stone fruits dominated nose. Creamy, textured palate due to some skin contact but balanced by some tight citrus acidity. Pleasantly intense, slightly oily on the long finish. This wine has some character and is a fine example of this classic Portuguese...
Best Pinot Noir 2022, Great Western, Vic
Pungent primary red fruits with cherry, strawberries and raspberries. Sweet fruit driven palate. Some sour cherry with a good level of intensity and length on the finish.
Brown Brothers Patricia Shiraz, Victoria 2018
Blackberries, black cherries and plums with touch of licorice. Full bodied with juicy acidity to match the mouth puckering, dusty tannins. Vanilla oak and blackberries dominate the palate. long finish and will age for another 10 to 15 years.