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Sunday, 25 May 2014

Shaw & Smith Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2012

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A strong vintage for Shiraz in the Adelaide Hills, and when you add in to the equation the Shaw & Smith team you end up with a quite fantastic example of cool climate Shiraz. Touches of cassis, damson and blackberry; flecks of pepper and pan juices herald the wine's...

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Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz 2012

  13:08    

Bearing similarities in profile to its bigger brother, the 'Over the Top' Shiraz, by virtue of choc-plum. The path becomes a little divergent with the presence of some red fruit that pops up its head. This is on the face of it, a sweeter wine with red and black fruit...

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Saturday, 24 May 2014

Pertaringa Over The Top Shiraz 2012

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The biggest surprise with this wine was the choice of closure, it's not so often these days that you find an Aussie wine under cork. That aside: choc-plum-hazelnut oak; a big, bold and rich wine - but not brutish. Red and black fruits abound on entry, we catch glimpse...

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Lowe Block 8 Organic Shiraz

  12:03    

Impenetrable darkness in glass; sweet oak, black fruit and black forest jam against a wet clay/ earthen note. Mid-weight, black fruit on the palate: cassis, mulberry - balanced, but fruit and palate length somewhat at odds against both the price and what one might expect...

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Chapel Hill Parson's Nose Shiraz 2013

  11:56    

It's a mark of the quality of the Chapel Hill portfolio that I expected a little more from this wine. Dark impenetrable core, a vibrant rim, aromatic introduction of blue fruits, chocolate and florals. Tart fruit on entry, a little nippy acid to follow, earth and spice...

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Toolangi Yarra Valley Shiraz 2010

  11:48    

I'm a little unsure how a $20 Shiraz comes to market as a four year old. Regardless, savoury on opening, suggestive of whole bunch - 20% inclusion of stems - cassis, bramble/briar. Peppery, hints of charred meat, violets. Seems quite closed, flashes of eucalypt; good...

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Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Tuesday, 20 May 2014

Yangarra Roussanne 2013

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I'm reminded of Debussy's "La fille aux cheveux de lin" (girl with the flaxen hair) when taking in this wine in glass. A composed wine of delicate honey, honeysuckle and suggestions of citrus rind. Beautifully composed mid-weight and mid-texture, a suggestion of...

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Friday, 16 May 2014

Hither & Yon Nero d'Avola 2013

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Attractively packaged releases from Hither & Yon, a new-ish label to market but the Leask family is certainly not new to wine. Delightful black cherry in colour. Reels you in from the off with raspberry, cherry skin, a touch of earth and a ferrous streak. Light on...

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Monday, 12 May 2014

Barambah Rack Dried Semillon 2010

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A lovely liquid amber in the glass, the concentrated flavours in this wine are the result of rack-drying for 5 weeks. Treacly, dried straw, apricot, honey and dried citrus rind. It's thick and lavish in feel. Apricots, dried stonefruit, golden syrup qualities here. Length...

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