Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay 2021

Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 1.5m Chardonnay 2021

  16:30    Stu.

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A sheeer delight from the get go, with grilled peach and toasted hazelnuts. There's a creaminess, almost a milky panacotta like offering, with perhaps a little herb - sage - steeped.The palate is crisp, taut - a certain minerally quality and intensity through the mid to...

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De Bortoli Organic Shiraz Field 2020

De Bortoli Organic Shiraz Field 2020

  08:30    Stu.

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This is De Bortoli's first certified organic wine, off of their Hemley vineyard. Presently they've 6.2% of their Riverina vineyards certified organic, with a goal to make that 10% by 2025.Billed as a 'field blend', but is also 100% Sguraz. Anyway, the wine in question is...

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Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2020

Terre à Terre Crayères Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2020

  16:30    Stu.

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Melon meets something like a white pepper and sandalwood nose. Exotic, you might say; deriv,tive you would not.Texture meets a subtle grapefruit acidity. For those familiar with the variety, here it's more of note to state how this example stands out from that crowd. It's...

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Rock of Wisdom Shiraz 2021

Rock of Wisdom Shiraz 2021

  08:30    Stu.

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Possibly the most straightforward - think regionality and varietal - of the three releases, this does not detract from its quality.Plum, Mulberry - the palate sees more of the fruit than the nose might suggest. It's medium, maybe just veering to full. It has the 'just there' touch of the winemaker's - allowing the fruit to shine over artifice - moderate texture flow and spread with a suggestion of...

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Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

Tapanappa Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2021

  15:30    Stu.

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Ripe peach with a throw of toasted oak in the frame. Toast latterly morphs to a spice, grilled hazelnut, a peppery top note.A little creamy texture whips across the palate, oak spice backing that up with an expansive move through the finish. A phenolic touch adds further...

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Clandestine Vineyards Tempranillo Rosé 2021

Clandestine Vineyards Tempranillo Rosé 2021

  08:30    Stu.

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Geographe. Single vineyard. 6000 bottlesToffee apple, hints of rose and berry. The palate is where I like Tempranillo based roses, this example offering a dry and assured palate threaded with a spine of perpetual acidity. There's a phenolic flourish to add width to that...

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Natural Wino Co Organic Lightly Sparkling Rosé 2021

Natural Wino Co Organic Lightly Sparkling Rosé 2021

  21:35    Stu.

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Light Berry kiss with a grassy undertow. Strawberry mousse like flavour on initial entry, a subtle petillence adds a bit of energy and drive. There's a lightness - perceived perhaps, for it's lower in both calories and alcohol - to the body and it sits well across...

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Storm King Wine Co. Vermentino 2021

Storm King Wine Co. Vermentino 2021

  08:30    Stu.

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Storm King Wine Co. is Ray Costanzo's (Golden Grove) side project with wife Jen. The label is named after the body of water just outside Stanhope, where the couple live.This evocatively perfumed Vermentino spends 10d on skins with daily plunging. It speaks of pear, marzipan,...

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Rock of Wisdom Grenache 2021

Rock of Wisdom Grenache 2021

  08:30    Stu.

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Old Vine Grenache, from Peter and Sofi Hiscock.There's a complexity here that combines a youthful aura married to the depth of flavour that old Vine material brings. The fruit - raspberry, even a suggestion of blue - sings and works in tandem with that depth of flavour...

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Clandestine Vineyards Pinot Noir 2021

Clandestine Vineyards Pinot Noir 2021

  08:30    Stu.

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First Pinot Noir from the Clandestine crew, unsurprisingly sourced from the Adelaide Hills - where their excellent Pinot Grigio hails.It's a riot of dark fruit, Plum and black cherry. Yet for that its lithe and supple, a delicious wave of fruit sweeping across the palate....

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Mr Mick Sangiovese 2021

Mr Mick Sangiovese 2021

  20:58    Stu.

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Youthful take on Sangiovese - Nuovo, as perhaps it might be best stated.Smells primary, of fresh summer strawberry, cherry and blackcurrant, augmented with a touch of baking spice in the mix. The palate is slick, glossy and fair glides across the palate in an energetic...

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