by Clive Hartley | May 28, 2022
The appearance is an inviting brown but bright colour with a teal meniscus. Complex palate with barrel-driven cedar and strong cold tea flavours, on first tasting the wine. It develops into a lovely savoury mid-palate with malt, Christmas pudding, preserved fruits,...
by Clive Hartley | May 28, 2022
Hints of cedar and cold tea with medicinal and malt notes. Intense and creamy mouth-filling wine. Whilst it is lusciously sweet with more malt and caramel flavours the Topaque is not as sweet as the Muscat, which might make it more drinkable. Delicious.
by Clive Hartley | May 28, 2022
Pungent fruit cake, marmalade, cumquats with a touch of caramel. Luscious with a creamy, oily texture. Powerful mouth coating lashings of honey, liquid raisins, butterscotch and caramel. Classic name, classic Australian wine.
by Clive Hartley | May 16, 2022
Glorious intense fruit cake, raisins and Christmas dried figs. What gets me is the balance. Yes it is sweet and intense on the palate but there is a savoury edge that balances the lusciousness. Flavours on the nose continue on the palate as well as offering treacle,...
by Clive Hartley | May 3, 2022
Intense aromas of cold tea, caramel, fruitcake, sticky date pudding, raisins and sultanas. What more do you want! Wonderfully intense round, sweet and luscious (of course), silky with more of the nose (add toffee) on the palate. Beautiful long satisfying finish.