Rock of Wisdom Superfly Shiraz 2017

Rock of Wisdom Superfly Shiraz 2017

  08:30    Stu.

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Rock of Wisdom wines each come with their own little guidance note, a pearl of wisdom if you like. This is perhaps the only wine in which I disagree with the said guidance note: "This is a wine that will make you want to strut (you know you want to)". Whilst it's...

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Heartland Spice Trader Shiraz 2014

Heartland Spice Trader Shiraz 2014

  08:30    Stu.

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Classic Shiraz here from the Langhorne Creek, offers up a profile that is sure to please. There's oak in the mix, blended up with a cornucopia of red and black fruit.  The palate reveals a wine at once lavish, chewy and riven with spice. A fine coating of tannin...

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Chateau Yaldara Retro Collection Shiraz 2015

Chateau Yaldara Retro Collection Shiraz 2015

  21:12    Stu.

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Offers up a mix of stewed fruits, residual (older) oak and a spade full of dried earth. A latent top, spicier hint leaves a lasting presence. Curious.  Gentle introduction, given what is quite a substantive wine. Packs a punch with a brown spice core, over a...

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Rowlee Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2016

Rowlee Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2016

  08:30    Stu.

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Whole-bunch pressed, wild yeast and aged in French oak 30% new for 8 months. Good citrus punch on this one, segues to a little almond and white peach. Clear cut Chardonnay, if at times a tad mute, aromatically. Doesn't hold back on the palate where it has good presence...

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Gartelmann Petit Verdot 2014

Gartelmann Petit Verdot 2014

  19:41    Stu.

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Small berries meets seasoning and Mudgee choc- fudge mud. Offers a full gamut of aromas, from the fruity top notes down to savoury depths.  Medium bodied, there's a savoury, leathery, balsamic edge through the middle - not quite in line with the aromatic profile....

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Rymill The Yearling Rosé 2017

Rymill The Yearling Rosé 2017

  08:30    Stu.

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Lovely intro that offers a hint of fruit with underlying savoury aspects. There's a suggestion of rhubarb, seasoning by way of cracked Coriander seed. It's attractive, light and approachable.  More than a savoury mouthful, adroit handling has given a light grip...

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Shaw Vineyard Estate Riesling 2017

Shaw Vineyard Estate Riesling 2017

  19:47    Stu.

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Hints of lime, lime leaf. Background hints that are somewhat more fruitsome: blackcurrant leaf, possibly passionfruit.  Good punch of flavour and persistence of acid. It's all about the lime and little else. The juice working in tandem to deliver a Refreshing...

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Wirra Wirra Mrs Wigley Grenache Rosé 2017

Wirra Wirra Mrs Wigley Grenache Rosé 2017

  08:30    Stu.

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As usual, nigh LOL-worthy release notes from Wirra Wirra MD Andrew Kay on how one review from 2016 (I checked, it wasn't mine) called out as Mrs Wigley as a sweet Rosé on the basis of its colour alone. So, to 2017, it's a vibrant colour on pour, reminiscent of something...

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Bridge Road Sentio Chardonnay 2106

Bridge Road Sentio Chardonnay 2106

  08:30    Stu.

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Here's an interesting one: a wine, made like a beer, by a brewer, deliberately inoculated with a strain of Brettanomyces. Pours with a pronounced turbidity, a peach-ish hue. Certainly a funk to the nose, not that which I'd call out as Brett (deliberate innoculation...

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