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The Kayena Vineyard sprouts wine grapes with pristine varietal definition
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★ ★ ★ ★ ½ |
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Tamar Ridge |
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Tamar
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Pinot Gris
Pinot Grigio
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Herbal aromas with floral and subdued apricot, ripe pear and green olive, jasmine and spice. Plenty of activity on the palate with a great depth of ripe pear flavours and boulangerie, apple flan and danish, leading to a finish that is crisp, appealing and dry.
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Fashioned from select batches of white Muscat grapes
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Grant Burge |
| Region |
Barossa
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| Fruit |
Muscat
Frontignac
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Oh dearest moscato, just what makes you so sweet? Like sipping on an aqueous, raisiny, honeycomb parfait, slightly petulant and racy with a vibrance of enthusiastic grape fruit. Wonderful.
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A mostly Hunter Valley Semillon wine with a component of exhilarating Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Pepper Tree |
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Coonawarra
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| Fruit |
Sauvignon Blanc
Semillon
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The cross Tasman Cuvée is coming into vogue for all the right reasons. All the stable Hunter semillon expressions of hayseed and flint, almond and rag, are lifted by sweeter elements of pineapple, gooseberry, currant and lime. Get your friends together and have this with NZ mussels or chicken pizza.
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From France's
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Grandin |
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France |
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Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc
Ugni-Blanc
Colombard
Cabernet
Groslot
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Since 1886, Grandin has produced an excellent Loire Valley sparkling, home to some of France's finest wines. Spun gold and sun, healthy strokes of toasts and brioche, butter and brie and compotes of fruit, all accompanied by zesty acids and appropriate tropicality. Have your Grandin with canapes or fondue, truffle risottos and fish, it goes with everything and satisfies the most finicky palate.
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The fruit of Le Jardin de la France
| Rating |
★ ★ ★ ½ |
| Winery |
Grandin |
| Region |
France |
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Chardonnay
Chenin Blanc
Ugni-Blanc
Colombard
Cabernet
Groslot
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Spun gold and sun, healthy strokes of toasts and brioche, butter and brie and compotes of fruit, all accompanied by zesty acids and appropriate tropicality. Have your Grandin with canapes or fondue, truffle risottos and fish, it goes with everything and satisfies the most finicky palate.
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Outstanding value in a cleanskin
| Rating |
★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Cleanskins |
| Region |
Yarra Valley
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A pale coloured wine with a green tinged mousse and fine, persistent bead. Showing subtle biscuit aromas with citrus and white pear, gingerbread and toast. Almond and buttery from bouquet to palate, drying florals and fruit filled meringues, compotes and vanilla. A soft creamily textured palate with great length and universal appeal.
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Delight in the fresh sparkling flavours of the new Emeri range from De Bortoli and transform your everyday into a truly unexpected moment
| Rating |
★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
De Bortoli |
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Sauvignon Blanc
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The most tasteful sipping fizz on the market, classy, food friendly and goes over a treat at lively parties, giving it a big thumbs up.
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Exclusively Tamar Valley Sauvignon Blanc
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Tamar Ridge |
| Region |
Tamar
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| Fruit |
Sauvignon Blanc
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This exciting ultra Tasmanian is so crispy you can hear it crunch as you work your way through the many layers and lively textures.
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A prolific award winner on the national wine show circuit
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★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Bream Creek |
| Region |
Tasmania |
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Pinot Noir
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Here's the go for those who, like mself, may have grown up on the real thing. Clos du Bream? fascinating stuff, it's burg-styled orientation with juicy slices of piquant rhubarb mince, earthy and minted, yet all the while driven by it's tar and cherry acids, flush with velvetine brilliance, vibrant, textured and long.
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Launched in 1952 as Coonawarra Estate Claret
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Wynns |
| Region |
Coonawarra
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| Fruit |
Shiraz
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Perennially perfect, it's palate is saturated by a plethora of berry flavours, the tannins are accomodating, the finish is ingratiating. Is there a shiraz to return to time and again? Daresay it's a Wynn win.
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Giesen is one of New Zealand’s leading Sauvignon Blanc
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★ ★ ★ ★ ½ |
| Winery |
Giesen |
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Marlborough
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| Fruit |
Sauvignon Blanc
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Aiming to please from the word go with lithe fragrances of snow pea, lemon grass and nettle. Very clean throughout with a fully rounded palate of asparagus and assorted vegetal, creamyness and nutty autolysis reined in by judicious acids.
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A single vineyard Marlborough wine crafted by New Zealand's finest
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Catalina Sounds |
| Region |
Marlborough
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| Fruit |
Sauvignon Blanc
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So expressive of its origins, Clayfork has lashed it's Marlborough colours to the mast and set sail for a place in your heart. A single vineyard SB, with oak influence and a touch of luxurious barrel ferment.
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Wrattonbully Vineyards is a noteworthy winemaking estate established by the Hill Smith family in 1994
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★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Wrattonbully Vineyards |
| Region |
Wrattonbully
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| Fruit |
Tempranillo
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A remarkable conversation piece, not least of all for it's plum, soy and seaweed palate before a cleansing, dry finish. Evocative and inspiring as it conjures up expressions of dried floral, kahlua oak and chinese spice.
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Set in the verdant hills of Victoria’s beautiful Yarra Valley
| Rating |
★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Domaine Chandon |
| Region |
Yarra Valley
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| Fruit |
Chardonnay
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I'll give this 9½ points out of 10. You betcha it's good and I can't imagine any fan of really good chardonnay not being enthused. The aromatics are spotlessly clean, the palate tight and homogenous, nothing to distract you, no flabby bits, no rough edges, nothing. This is one very pure chardy indeed with good looks, nice body and firm flesh. Wrap her up.
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From South Australia's
Barossa Valley
| Rating |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Barossa Valley Estate |
| Region |
Barossa
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| Fruit |
Shiraz
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An ambassador of the uniquely Australian sparkling Shiraz genre, since inaugural release, E&E have amassed staggering acclaim, winning trophys at the London Internationa, and rating in the Wine Spectator’s Top 10. Disconcerting as it may be, E&E seem to be delivering along a vector of steadily rising - in terms of unparallelled quality - sparkling shiraz that are reaching stratospheric levels of notoriety. This heady mix of tarry, soily elements and chocolate box complexity has them queueing up in Hong Kong and London.
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Predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot with smaller portions of Shiraz and Malbec
| Rating |
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ |
| Winery |
Petaluma |
| Region |
Coonawarra
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Shiraz
Malbec
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Initially dark and brooding it opens it's heart with copious cab-merlot experiences. Blueberry and mint, violet and chocolatey oak, five spice and nutmeg, currant and cassis. The best yet from Petaluma. This new mix of fruit has brought the cuvée forward and makes for some immeasurably satisfying early drinking.
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