strong red fruits, especially raspberries as well as a hint confectionary. Stronger confectionary leading to cooked fruits on the palate. Fruit driven with a medium plus length and intensity.
Perfumed nose with wild berries. Juicy palate, all primary fruit with a jammy intensity on a medium bodied framework. Good varietal example.
Hints of custard apple on this nutty driven French oak aged wine. Nice firm and textured palate with a creamy flavour. Medium plus length and finish.
Nicely aromatically driven with flowers and hints of herbs. Fresh, dry, light bodied palate. Simple wine but representative of the variety.
Cedar oak, cooking spices, blueberry and a hint of stuck match makes up a complex nose. Palate is darker fruit driven but still savoury, medium plus bodied with an elegant long palate length. Excellent well-made shiraz.
Sourced from dry grown 1946 bush vine fruit that is fermented and aged in ceramic eggs. It has lifted aromas of red fruits and floral touches. On the palate it is supremely elegant, textured with fine tannins and a long finish. Good Stuff.
Yangarra Estate is establishing themselves as the Rhone specialists in Australia in both their red and white wines. This is a blend of grenache noir, carignan, cinsaut, counoise, shiraz and mourvèdre. It’s a lovely fruit driven wine with plums and floral notes, in a carbonic maceration style (think Beaujolais). On the palate there is a pleasant surprise, with a nice tannin spine in the wine that gives it a bit more structure than one would expect in a light to medium bodied wine.
Using large ceramic eggs for fermentation and ageing, a portion of the wine undergoes over 100 days on skins. The result is a fleshy, rich and complex wine that is firm and textured. Seriously good white wine. A blend of grenache blanc and roussanne.
Predominantly made from Grenache Blanc this fleshy, minerally, nutty, round, but firm wine is definitely in the non-fruity style of white wine but still enjoyable and easy match to an array of foods. it is a blend with Roussanne, Bourboulenc, Clairette and Grenache Gris pitching in to help the Grenache Blanc.
Blackcurrant, blackberry driven nose. Intense palate with plums, fruit cake and lashings of black fruits. Some nice acid helps lift the palate in what is an otherwise powerful rich wine.
Refined earthy, leafy, cedar oak wine on the nose. Blackberry fruits on the palate with mint and eucalypt. Medium-bodied, elegant wine where the tannins slowly appear on the finish.
Plums with hints of cola on the nose. Soft and plush on the palate with gentle tannins in a medium bodied framework.
Minerally driven nose with touches of struck match and toast. Fresh, zesty palate with barrel ferment toasty oak and vanilla. Creamy but light at the same time. Complex wine, well priced for the quality on show. Only available from their cellar door in mixed packs as this wine was Halliday’s top white wine of the year in 2024.
Expressive floral, nutty and biscuity on the nose. Creamy textured palate with rose petal and light cherries making an attractively packaged dry sparkling wine. Delicious.
Brambly, blackberries with vanilla pod on the aromatic front. Sweet fruit driven palate with juicy, stewed fruit and Ribena flavours. Value for money fruit driven wine.
Don’t overchill this wine otherwise you will miss the attractive red cherry, rose petals and a touch of Turkish delight. Soft round palate with a touch of sweetness to lengthen the mouthfeel. Flavours of strawberries and cherries. Made from Shiraz and Grenache.
Primary fruit driven with the usual suspects – blackberries and cherries. Some underpinning mint and eucalypt. Smooth, velvet palate with rich plum sauce flavours. A touch of dry chalky tannins on the finish but otherwise fruit driven. Well priced.
Mineral driven nose that expands to a fleshy, zesty, lemon driven palate with plenty of length and elegance. A slightly chalky dryness was noted on the finish. Fruit sourced from Glenhope vineyard I understand.
Soft gentle nose showing mineral, floral and lime notes. Fleshy with well balanced acidity and lime juice flavours. Medium finish. A bit pricy maybe.
Green peppercorns, sappy cedar oak and hints of leather and herbs on the nose. Flavours of blackberries, savoury, medium bodied with well integrated soft tannins. Good stuff. Good value.
Black cherries, plums and blackberries on the nose. Primary fruit driven palate with a lively mousse, soft tannins. Dry-ish finish. Good example and will age, but enjoyable now.
Black cherry, cassis with a twist of herbs and dried leaves. Cedar oak, plums and cherry driven palate. Medium bodied with a dry finish.
Pungent black forest gateau in a glass! Lashings of black cherries, vanilla and stewed fruit on rich palate. Medium plus bodied wine smooth with a seamless palate. Powerful merlot.
Strong raspberry with red cherries and hints of raisins. Light bodied with juicy red fruits. Soft initial tannins which build on the palate. Nice fresh acidity with a slightly warm finish. Overall a good varietal example.
Bright cherry fruit supported by perfumed herbal notes. Overall fairly pungent on the nose. Medium bodied, dry with sweet cherry flavours, soft tannins and a slightly warm finish.
Cooking spices, nutmeg and cinnamon supported by cedar oak and wet earth. The palate is smooth and round with blackberry and black cherry fruits. Soft tannins, medium intensity and finish. A primary fruit driven wine that is excellent value for money.
Red cherry, perfumed a hint of bubble gum. Fresh, zesty juicy light bodied with medium length.
Pear, citrus and almond meal. Firm fleshy and dry palate. Textured and creamy palate. Nutty acid middle palate. Short finish.
Majestic, intense wine. Blackberry driven with cedar, earth, liquorice and new leather. Full bodied, rich powerful but well integrated driven by primary fruits of mulberries and plums. Blend of Cabernet and Shiraz.
Leafy, minty, cedar and eucalyptus leaf. Sweet cherries, blackcurrant and cassis flavours on a well structured medium bodied frame with a dry tannic finish. Vines planted in 1968 and GPL is in honour of George Patrick Lynn, patriarch of the Lynn Family, who allowed his sons, Brian and Anthony, to plant vines on the family’s Coonawarra property “Majella”.
Cooking spice driven with blackberries, cherry and cola. Smooth full bodied with plush black forest cherries and confectionary notes. All fruit driven. Aged in amphora.
Plenty of lemon and limes on the nose. Fleshy, dry, juicy, zesty lemon flavours with medium length. Simple, but enjoyable driven by its freshness.
Cedar and dried herbs with plenty of rotundone! That’s the compound behind the aroma of white pepper. Well balanced elegant palate with some sour cherry flavours. Warm but integrated alcohol on a medium bodied framework. Good savoury wine.
Bags of red fruits, sweet cooking spices greet the nose. Dry medium bodied wine with vanilla, raspberry and cranberry flavours on a powdery, dry, slightly tannic finish. Good for the price.
pungent attractive nose full of cassis, blackberries, Ribena some cinnamon spice with a medicinal note thrown in for good measure. Complex nose. Flavours similar on the palate but you can add some sweet vanilla mint and cedar. Full bodied, smooth rich with warming finish. Traditional, satisfying BV red.
Excellent value for money Chardonnay. A blend of Pemberton, Porongurup and Margaret River fruit from WA, fermented in old French oak and matured for 10 months. It displays a nose of citrus and white stone fruit with a bit of lees and oak. Dry, slightly on the light side with plenty of acidity, but enough to sustain the palate length.
Delicate salmon colour. Nose is full of sweet red fruits with strawberries and raspberries to the fore. Light, crisp, elegant palate designed as a refreshing aperitif style sparkling wine with floral and red fruits dominating on a slightly candied finish.
Rich, ripe blackberries, cassis and black cherries on a foundation of vanilla oak. Full bodied rich dark chocolate palate. Sweet cooking spices and black cherry fruit flavours. Fine powdery well integrated tannins on a medium plus finish. Needs plenty of cellar time or enjoy now as a fruit driven full bodied wine.
Lovely honey, apricot and peach stone fruit nose. Creamy lees stirred palate with soft lemony acidity. Supple and a touch phenolic adding to the weight and complexity. Long satisfying finish.
Spot on aromatics for a cool climate shiraz displaying cooking spices with hints of both black and white pepper. Smooth elegant palate with a rip red fruit foundation. Medium bodied with soft powdery tannins.