Greenock Creek Seven Acre Shiraz
The 2003 Seven Acre Shiraz displays typical flavours of plum, blackberry with slight hints of pepper and dark chocolate. The lacy tannin structure balances the wine tremendously and really reminds you why Greenock Creek are producing some of the world's best wines.
Seppelt St Peters Great Western Shiraz
Classic Great Western Shiraz with sumptuous ripe fruit aromas and peppery spicy characters. You'll love the velvety texture vanillin oak and fine tannins. Cellar with confidence.
Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Shiraz
An excellent example of cool-climate Shiraz with dark black fruit, spice and pepper characters. The oak and tannins are well balanced ensuring that this wine is drinking well now and has plenty of life ahead.
Domaine Asmara Private Reserve Durif
Domaine Asmara Private Reserve Durif is a massive, full bodied wine that is totally opaque. Outstanding tannins structure with mouth watering mixed herbs and rip dark fruits luring in the back of the palate. Well balanced flavours and oak use. It will be a great cellaring candidate for the right cellar conditions.
Heathcote Winery Slaughterhouse Paddock Shiraz
Big and bold with lots of structure and layers of brooding dark fruit that lead into a lingering mocha finish.
Domaine Tournon Lady's Lane Vineyard Shiraz
Appearance: deep ruby colour. Nose: redcurrant, leather, red crushed berries with a hint of toffee. Palate: this is a powerful and generous wine expressing itself with delicacy thanks to a very delicate tannic structure. Intense flavors of ripe fruits and spices combined to a fine acidity a hyphen between richness and strength reflecting perfectly the terroir of Heathcote.
Tyrrells Old Hut Shiraz
Ripe raspberry, some exotic spice and earthiness, maybe some boysenberry. Medium bodied here, with a good amount of earthy raspberry flavour, a layer of spice, perky acidity and a little grip from tannin. Runs out nicely on the finish, and feels pretty satisfying to drink. I like this. Character plus. More to come too, I expect. Alcohol: 13.5%. Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Jun 2017. Drink: 2019-2029. Price: $50. Rating: 93+/100.
Heathcote Nebbiolo
Discover the refined elegance of Heathcote Estate Single Vineyard Nebbiolo 2021, a 750mL gem from Victoria’s Heathcote region, crafted by acclaimed winemaker Tom Carson. Sourced from a new vineyard block established in 2017 and certified organic in September 2021, this inaugural Nebbiolo release was hand-picked in mid-April, seven weeks after the Shiraz, allowing extended ripening into autumn. Whole berries underwent natural fermentation in oak vats, followed by maturation in older French oak 500L barrels until bottling in February 2022, yielding a mid-crimson red hue at 14% ABV. The nose is pure Nebbiolo, with uncluttered aromas of pure red fruits, rose petals, cranberry, pomegranate, Campari, and a lick of wet stone. The palate is super fine and detailed, offering pure red fruits, firm tannins, and a fine acid line, finishing long and savoury with notes of undergrowth, cherries, tobacco, and decayed roses. Described as “most impressive” by Campbell Mattinson of The Wine Front, this Nebbiolo pairs beautifully with heavy sauces or flavourful meat dishes like braised lamb, with 10 plus years of cellaring potential. A collector’s treasure showcasing Heathcote’s terroir and organic winemaking.