In recent years, it seems we find fewer and fewer Yarra Pinots that really excite. But every once in awhile, you find one so heart-breakingly good that it reminds you why it’s still worth the hunting. This Pinot has a firm, but oh so plush backbone, like the finest Italian mattress, which supports the long-winding ride […]
We generally (on average and in the main) find that AUS wines drink best (and safest) at five to seven years of age, but every now and again, a true museum wine really turns our heads! Idavue Estate’s 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon is one such example. The nose of this Cab Sauv immediately greets the drinker with […]
It really is so wonderful to be attending vibrant, mirth-filled wine tasting events again – such as The Real Review’s impeccable Top Wineries of Australia tasting event just held in Melbourne. There were a myriad of top drawer wines and wineries on show. We highly recommend you check this Tier 1 event out in 2023! […]
There. We said it. And if you read this blog, you know we mean it – Heathcote can produce Australia’s best Shiraz – right up there with the best of Barossa or McLaren Vale and sometimes better. With their unfathomable “t-rex on a tightrope” dialectic of power and finesse, peak Heathcote Shiraz offers something that simply cannot […]
We love St Ignatius Vineyard and their fastidious commitment to producing wines of old world quality. Even for a reserve range, how many wineries can you name today that release a wine over three years after its underlying fruit has been picked? Two years in quality oak and a year in the bottle before it […]
Straight off the nose, it is clear this is an aged wine of stature – marmalade and citrus zest, tempered by the gentle hand of slow oxidisation. On the palate, an instant miracle – brioche and marzipan, flecked with savoury olive tapenade, all carried on a broad wave of creek floor minerality and tempered to […]
A surprisingly delicious and altogether captivating wine that captures that rare-as-hens’-teeth dialectic of satisfying plumpness and bewitching complexity. (Gewurztraminer, Pinot Blanc, Riesling & Pinot Gris – who would have guessed?!?) Honeysuckle, soft citrus, & minerality entice on the softer side but are well balanced by more contemplative pine, nettles and musk notes – they are […]
Owing to its intimate size, the rigorous nature of its judging and the exceptional quality of the wines on show, the Heathcote Wine Show is our favourite wine award night on the Australian calendar. It is an unparalleled experience – a Wine Hunter’s best dream made real. We were beyond thrilled to be able to […]
Blowfly must be Australia’s most intriguing winery. It offers a suite of unique wine experiences that are simply unmatched. (And so refreshing from the monotonous and neutered fare offered at most of the big retailers!) Viz, we recently got ahold of four vintages of Blowfly’s Petit Verdot (2006-09). Hard enough to find Petit Verdot as […]
We recently did a vertical tasting of Chirping Bird‘s delightful Mornington Peninsula Shiraz. At release, Chirping Bird Shiraz almost always strikes such an inviting balance – offering enough heft and dark fruit to engage, but never overpowering or assertive. With that said, it was intriguing to discover how some of these wines have aged, with […]