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We looked at over 50 wines in a marathon sitting of the tasting panel and this was wine of the day. This medium bodied with lifted and perfumed red fruits and perfectly balanced. The fruit is intense but in no way dense, primarily in red fruit territory bleeding into blue. A stunning grenache....
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Matt stumbled across Conte di Campiano during his visit to Prowein last year and found the wonderfully complex and full-bodied wines. This Squinzano Riserva is made from 100% Negroamaro. On opening, this is a closed but clearly very powerful wine, as it opens, citrus, pepper and Christmas spices emerge along with dark fruits and savoury complexities. This is a big wine that gets better the longer...
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Matt stumbled across Conte di Campiano during his visit to Prowein last year and found this wonderfully decadent, full bodied, plush and complex beast made from one of the world’s rarest varieties – Susumaniello. The word itself comes from Susu meaning “Go” and Maniello, meaning “Donkey” perhaps because in their youth, Susumaniello vines produce massive yields. As the vines age, the...
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This is a cracking good Cab for the money – loaded with juicy fruits, spice, some oak and fine, soft tannins. Like any good quaffer it is ready to drink now. Unlike most quaffers, the quality and intensity of fruit is excellent. It’s easy to imagine this with a higher price...
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A superb first release Cabernet under the Curtis Cavaliere label and as good as you’d expect if you’ve had the Shiraz previously. Lots going on here, with chocolate, spice, cedary oak and lots of fine tannins. Decant for an hour or so if you want to try it now or stick it in the broom closet for up to 10 years....
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Big and bold McLaren Shiraz fashioned from 60 year old vines, with extraordinarily vivid fruit which is in part bright and in part deep, dark and mysterious. Finishes with plenty of fine tannins and while it is a joy to drink now should improve for more than a...
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Big and bold and black-strappy Shiraz fashioned to enjoy now or over the next few years. It’s black with plenty of sweet fruit and fluffy furry tannins to finish. Pair it up with some braised lamb or roast...
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Superbly fine boned and taut yet generously fruited McLaren Vale Grenache. Definitely give it a rip in a decanter before you get into it. There’s a lot of blue fruit here, along with spice and a hint of confection and exceptional length. This is properly classy kit which we reckon will improve with cellaring for 10-15 years, such is its structure and power of fruit....
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Rippingly good, fine boned yet full bodied McLaren Vale Shiraz. We reckon this one will improve with cellaring for 20 years, such is its structure and power of fruit. Lots of black and blue fruits here, along with aristocratic spindles of cedary oak....
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We reckon this is pretty flash, with gorgeously cedary French oak framing a palate awash with sticky black and blue fruits, Chrissie pudding spices and dark chocolate. Acid and fine tannins give it a backbone… like Roger Ramjet on a mission…...
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Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. Shiraz blended is an old Aussie tradition, revived a few years ago by the erstwhile Elena and Zar Brooks and in as much as everything old eventually becomes new again… they have the new covered too. Old we’ve covered already and the fruit here is decidedly blue – fresh, lifted and delightful. Overall this is a deliciously...
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Ripper Cab here, chokkers with violet, chocolate and a hint of a mean, green streak just below the surface… well worth decanting if you are going to drink now and will cellar for 10 years, no worries....
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This is an extremely powerful Cabernet blend. It is intense, commanding and in need of a slab of meat to tame its intensity and tannins. It offers spice, chocolate, black fruits, assertively angular acidity and a truckload of fine tannins. Definitely needs decanting or a sleep for 10...
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This wine is often described as rustic but we reckon that’s a touch unfair. We reckon this is a deliciously old-school red, with dark, earthy Shiraz fruit working beautifully with pure and fragrant Grenache. It’s quite powerful and has some chunky tannins – but nothing a lump of red meat won’t tame. Will cellar beautifully and is superb value for...
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A little less rustic and tannic than many d’Areberg wines this is nonetheless packed with an intensity of fruit and tannin you don’t normally see in wines at this price-point. This wine has a very pretty nose, with blueberries and perfume giving way to some serious and savoury greenery. The palate is full bodied and fresh, showing blue fruits, cherries and sage. There's great fruit intensity...
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Initially cranky and uncommunicative, like Monday morning before a couple of short blacks. With air this really opens beautifully, showing smoked meats and red confection, cherries, plentiful acid and a stack of fine tannins. Properly mouthwatering and worth having with a hearty Beef cheek dish or a platter of cured meats and...
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This is rich, chewy, dense and quite generously flavoured. There’s black fruits, pepper, coffee, liquorice and apricots. It’s complex, easy to drink and has the d’Arenberg trademark acid drive and fine tannin...
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The most powerful Erin Eyes Cab to date. Blue fruits perfume the nose with blackcurrant, black olive, plum, a twist of dark chocolate, spice and assertively angular greenery on the palate. Delicious now but will cellar well for 10-15 years,...
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An exceptional second release of Finniss River Cabernet. The first one scored 2 gold medals, this vintage has 3 golds already and we are confident its brag sheet will exceed the older brothers by the time it is done. Deep dark and brooding, this Cab offers up blackcurrants, dark chocolate and superfine tannins. Delicious now but should last a decade if you store it somewhere nice and cool....
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Enveloping dark fruits including plum and chocolate, with excellent sweetness of fruit. Plenty of fine yet grippy tannins and a good dollop of aristocratic oak to boot. Persistence and power is pretty amazing at this price point. Black as the ace of...
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A quality everyday drinker from Grant Burge. Plenty of black and blue fruits here with good length and fine tannins. There’s some spice here, a velvety mouthfeel and a little French and American...
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