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We envy Wine Selectors. They have a model we have, at times, dreamed to emulate. All these great wines we love and write about at Wine Hunters – what if we could make them available to our readers at a small discount?!?!? Maybe one day 🙂 But back to Wine Selectors. There are a slew of wine sites out there professing to sell you only those drops they’ve already vetted and “absolutely loved”. Some even assign fake awards to these wines, but it doesn’t stop most of them from being crap. Wine Selectors, on the other hand, seems to primarily sell wines that have a certain class and distinction about them – notable wines, you might say. We have quite enjoyed a lot of the Wine Selectors’ drops we have tried!
Wine Selectors recently held a few events around Australia to celebrate their top 50 wines from 2019. We were totally impressed at the great varieties of style they had on offer. Totally awesome to see. Following, we offer our favourites from amongst their favourites – the best of the best, you might say! These are exceptional wines… (We have no affiliation to Wine Selectors.)
Sparkling:
Bay of Fires Wines Sparkling Rose – With its softly assertive yeasts, an unknowing drinker would immediately assume it to be Champagne. Peach, strawberry & brioche on a bed of nougat. Gorgeously satisfying fizz.
Whites:
Hungerford Hill Wines 2018 Classic Series Sauvignon Blanc – Soft & cushy, almost starts to be sweet but a perfect platform for a soft delivery of the funky and intriguing host of SB flavours. A distinct Sauv Blanc!
Quealy Winemakers 2018 Pinot Grigio – Quite complex for a PG – pistachios, popcorn, and honeycomb crunch with subtle musk and fantastic texture. Yum!
Gapsted Wines 2018 Ballerina Canopy Chardonnay – This wine boasts a very serious nose of oak and mystery that gives way to citrus, a little more oak, drawn butter, peach, and grounding minerality on the palate. Phenomenal!
Virgil 2018 Chardonnay – Can a nose be perfumed popcorn? Indeed. Jesus, a transcendental deep creek floor Chardonnay. So balanced and confidently poised on its tight rope perch. Assertiveness, but floating in a child’s bubble. So special!
Aylesbury Estate 2018 Pater Series Chardonnay – Heaps of fruit in this powerful bottle, but it’s the nuttier and more complex characters that define this stunning wine. Big, powerful, but always engaging. Keeps you sipping to make sure you didn’t miss anything!
Reds
Cooks Lot Wines 2018 Allotment 1111 Pinot Noir – A nose of wild strawberries carries through to a warm strawberry palate with sparkling fresh spiciness. This wine is absolutely bright with life.
K1 by Geoff Hardy 2018 Pinot Noir – Light and juicy with playful hide-and-seek hints of green and black spices. Just a tiny smidge of sweet. Although this wine is incredible now, it will probably look even better in a year or two.
Rochford Wines – Yarra Valley 2018 Pinot Noir – Deep, dark savouriness drives this damn fine wine down a sparkling spice path of wonder. A very serious, dare we say regal Pinot Noir – the sustenance of kings and philosophers.
Seppelt Wines 2018 Drumborg Vineyard Pinot Noir – This wine perfectly walks the tight-rope, juggling seamlessly its bright and alive aspects with deeper and darker hints of spice and mystery. This one would please all.
Bleasdale Vineyards 2018 Wild Fig SGM – Lots going on in this thick and complex stew of a wine. Multi-cultural spices interwoven with mulberries, cassis, and red berries. Definitely a food wine, but gosh wouldn’t it complement venison stew just so!
Robert Oatley Wines Four In Hand 2017 Shiraz – A beauty of a Shiraz that somehow marries Syrah elegance with deep dark Barossa. No grip at all – just soft finesse. This one is an angel’s kiss.
Thomas Wines 2017 Elenay Shiraz – With bright acid tingle up front, this is a serious and mysterious wine. Elevated red (not Barossa black) flavours, but don’t be fooled – it’s a flavour freight train chugging through the palate. A very powerful wine!
Yum, yum! The above – #WhyWeLoveWine!
