Winestate Magazine October 2020

regional tasting Claymore Wines Reillys Dry Land SHIRAZ & Antiquarian Clare Reillys Dry Land Black Magic Woman Clare Valley BLENDS Valley Shiraz Clare Valley Shiraz Reserve Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 HHHH1/2 2016 HHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 HHH1/2 27 TASTED Chocolate and black Great sweet varietal 2018 HHHHH Dark brooding 18 AWARDED fruit fragrances lift off fruit characters with a “Lovely everything!” complexity to the nose the nose with a slight hint of mint, chocolaty declared one judge. and a rich, powerful and Lots of different vintages leathery edge to it. A oak and complex tannin Complex aromas of nicely layered palate here offering mixed big, juicy and complex structure. $32 black fruits, chocolate with strong tannins. $38 results. The 2018s were palate brimming over Reillys Stolen Block and spices with rich Artwine The Good the most consistent with varietal fruit. $59 Clare Valley Shiraz cabernet flavours, Life Single Vineyard group in this line-up. Kirrihill Regional 2016 HHH1/2 powerful tannins and a Clare Valley “The wines showing Selection Clare A dark brooding bouquet toasty finish. $N/A Cabernet Sauvignon restrained oak and juicy Valley Shiraz and a big mouthful of Claymore Wines 2017 HHH1/2 vibrant fruit had the 2019 HHHH ripe varietal fruit flavours Bittersweet A pretty wine – very best balance and were Powerful complexity of with drying tannins. $90 Symphony Clare well balanced with lifted rewarded accordingly,” fruit on the nose with Claymore Wines Valley Cabernet chocolaty cassis aromas said one judge. slight smokiness. Fruit Dark Side Of The Sauvignon and a fresh varietal fruit “However, those that and tannins work well on Moon Clare Valley 2018 HHHH1/2 palate. $40 were over oaked or had the palate, with a nice Shiraz 2018 HHH Earthy aromas of coffee Reillys Dry Land green fruit suffered. The spicy lift. $19 Still a baby. Lovely plum beans and blackcurrants Clare Valley good news is that all the Jaeschkes Hill River pudding of a nose and with lilac nuances. The Cabernet Sauvignon wines were holding up Clare Estate Polish nicely balanced palate. chocolaty palate has 2016 HHH1/2 well with age.” Hill River Valley “Be perfect in time.” great texture and weight “Clare cabernet at its Shiraz 2018 HHHH $N/A with good balance of best,” said one judge. Taylors Aldi Special Pretty spicy blackberry Matriarch & Rogue oak and tannins. $N/A Great depth of flavour Release Clare Valley bouquet with licorice Alice Single Kirrihill Regional with excellent tannin Shiraz 2018 HHHHH notes and an oak driven Vineyard Clare Selection Clare and acid balance. $38 The nose exudes palate with plush fruit Valley Shiraz Valley Cabernet The Crafty Punter aromas of plums, and soft tannins. $18 2018 HHH Sauvignon Clare Valley rhubarb and spices Paulett Wines Polish Aromas of stewed 2018 HHHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignon with the fruit and Hill River Clare rhubarb with hints A great cabernet with an 2018 HHH spices carrying across Valley Shiraz of eucalypt and a aromatic mix of cassis Very fruit driven, simple the length of the 2018 HHHH lightweight minty fruit and sweet oak on and clean varietal – all flavoursome palate. A firm young wine. Good palate. $28 the nose and a dense plums, cassis and Some great tannins purple colour, nice dark Jim Barry ‘Barry & beautifully layered palate violets. $15 and a toasty oak finish. berry fruit, chocolaty oak Sons’ Clare Valley with firm oak tannins. Jaeschkes Hill River $16 and dense tannins. Just Shiraz 2017 HHH $19 Clare Estate Limited needs more time. $30 Still surprisingly youthful Sevenhill Inigo Release Polish Rusty Bike The Kirrihill E.B.’s The with nice fruit, attractive Clare Valley Hill River Valley Dragster Clare Squire Clare Valley spiciness and good Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Valley Shiraz Shiraz 2018 HHHH tannin/acid balance. $25 2018 HHHH 2018 HHH 2018 HHHH1/2 Bright red/purple wine. Velvet & Willow A firm tannic style with Chocolate, coffee beans, A luscious juicy shiraz. Smells of cherries and Clare Valley Shiraz chocolate and plums on cassis and violets with Lovely nose of cherries, blackberries which is 2017 HHH the nose and creating a slight green thread blueberries and echoed on the well- Smells of blueberry pie layers of rich varietal fruit running through. $25 chocolate with a big rich balanced toasty palate. and has a nicely rounded flavours. $28 Jaeschkes Hill River toasty oak palate but $65 palate with spicy fruit Reillys RCV ‘The Clare Estate Limited there is plenty of fruit to Knappstein Clare complexity. $35 Dancer’ Clare Valley Release Polish match it. $26 Valley Shiraz Jaeschkes Hill River Cabernet Sauvignon Hill River Valley 2018 HHH1/2 Clare Estate Polish 2016 HHHH Cabernet Sauvignon William Light Clare Blueberry nose with a Hill River Valley Seamlessly integrated 2017 HHH Valley Shiraz menthol-like lift and a Shiraz 2016 HHH wine with beautiful A fine boned cabernet 2018 HHHH1/2 delicate, slightly green, A lovely silky-smooth complexity of dark with herbal/rhubarb Great colour, great spicy varietal fruit complexity of plums, brooding chocolaty fruit characters and pretty, nose with a slight palate. $22 spices, mint and oak. and angular tannins. $70 lifted highlights. $25 confectionery brambly Reillys Dry Land $17 Velvet & Willow Reillys Clare Valley bouquet and a delicate Clare Valley Shiraz GCV Celtic Farm Clare Valley Cabernet Sauvignon spiciness. Silky smooth 2017 HHH1/2 Clare Valley Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2016 HHH in the mouth with Drinking perfectly. Cabernet 2016 HHH 2017 HHH1/2 Good aged chocolaty layers of juicy fruit Lovely ripe fruit cake-like A good sound wine Ageing nicely and style with hints of cigar flavours. $40 aromas and flavours, a offering nice drinking showing dark olive box and a slight minty menthol lift and a nice with layers of minty fruit and raisin characters finish. $25 tannic grip. $32 and rich tannins. $25 with lifted herbal notes adding complexity. $35 October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 51

CABERNET SAUVIGNON & BORDEAUX BLENDS 228 TASTED & 136 AWARDED CABERNET SAUVIGNON BORDEAUX BLENDS A most interesting judging with the components of the so-called Cumulus Vineyards Rymill Coonawarra “bordeaux blend” - merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and petit Head In The Clouds MC2 Coonawarra verdot hung out to dry by themselves. Some passed the test, Orange & Central Merlot Cabernet others showed why it is best that they remain the minor partner Ranges Merlot Sauvignon Cabernet of the cabernet blend. Then for the main game we looked at 2019 HHH Franc 2019 HHHH1/2 singular cabernet sauvignon ranging across all price brackets. The A perfumed rose petal A very pretty wine with results proved to be quite mixed with the best coming forward, bouquet with spicy red slightly herbaceous, whilst others were either lacking or showing too many “arms and currant driven flavour pure varietal fruit legs” as one judge put it. profile. $9.99 fragrances. Solid palate with earthy chocolaty MERLOT Majella Coonawarra MERLOT flavours, chalky tannins Merlot 2018 HHHH BLENDS and acid nicely in check. 8 TASTED Lifted spicy fruit $20 7 AWARDED fragrances and 7 TASTED creamy confectionery 5 AWARDED Burk Salter A solid group. “Good strawberry/blueberry Some good wines in Riverland SA colour and very eclectic palate. Great oak this line-up with riper Merlot Cabernet styles ranging from selection and ripe flavours from the 2016 HHH1/2 the meaty and full, the tannins. $30 addition of cabernet. Great ripe, chocolaty, old vibrant and jubey to the Leconfield school style high alcohol herbaceous or earthy Coonawarra Merlot Grey Sands The but in balance with cigar wines,” said one judge. 2019 HHH1/2 Mattock Tasmania box oak and chewy “They have done merlot Lovely purple hues Merlot Malbec tannins. $18 proud!” with lifted candied Cabernet Franc blackcurrant aromas, 2015 HHHHH Carillion Origins lean blue fruit flavours A younger greener Arbitrage and drying tannins. $26 style – very elegant Wrattonbully Merlot and very varietal with a Cabernet Shiraz Lévrier by Jo Irvine Bec Hardy Wines great nose and peppery Petit Verdot Barossa Valley Pertaringa Stage rhubarb-like fruit flavours 2018 HHH Merlot 2016 HHHHH Left Adelaide Hills with some fabulous Lightly medicinal red Beautifully aged merlot Merlot 2018 HHH1/2 tannins. Very well-made fruit nose and a leaner, with great varietal fruit Savoury/meaty nose wine. $45 greener and elegant aromas layered with with an oaky lift and lean palate. $40 cedary oak characters. blue fruit palate with Lovely ripe fruit flavours floral hints reminiscent Burk Salter well supported by the of lavender. $25 Riverland SA Merlot oak and succulent Artwine The Cabernet 2017 HHH acidity. $35 Doghouse Single A ripe figgy fruit nose Mount Avoca Estate Vineyard Adelaide that carries through onto Organic Pyrenees Hills Merlot the toasty oak laden Merlot 2019 HHHH 2017 HHH1/2 palate. $20 Young, savoury and a Subtle leathery/cola somewhat pungent light aromas and some dark CABERNET purple wine with upfront fruit flavours with a good FRANC & leafy menthol fruit and line of acid and savoury BLENDS chewy tannins. $37.95 tannins. $35 7 TASTED 5 AWARDED “Surprisingly good range of ripe yet mid-weight styles,” noted one judge. “Good balance from appropriate use of oak.” 52 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting RedHeads Esule MALBEC CABERNET & Clarence Hill McLaren Vale BLENDS Adelaide Cabernet Cabernet Franc 2 TASTED UNDER $20 Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon 2 AWARDED 2018 HHH1/2 2018 HHHH1/2 21 TASTED An oak driven style with Lovely mocha/coconut- Two good examples of 9 AWARDED slightly ripe fruit and like oak characters on the variety. complexing secondary the nose and good The judges thought this notes developing. A presence of blue fruit RedHeads Nobs & a bit of a hit and miss good drink. $18 flavours with chewy Snobs Clare Valley group. “Generally, an tannins and a lingering Malbec Cabernet advanced developed The Tutor 570 toasty oak finish. $50 Sauvignon group of wines with Vines Coonawarra RiverBank Estate 2018 HHHHH poor colours and some Cabernet Sauvignon Rebellious Swan Subtle and somewhat browning evident,” 2019 HHH Valley Cabernet restrained dark spicy noted one judge. Lovely varietal fruit Franc Petit Verdot fruit bouquet with “Drink yesterday,” he density to the nose Malbec 2018 HHHH licorice nuances and suggested. “However, and palate with a great A light red wine very good concentration the high scoring wines tannin structure. $14 showing attractive lifted of dark varietal fruit here offered good blue fruit characters, flavours across the drinking at great value - Cumulus Vineyards Grower’s Gate South some spiciness, fine palate. $28 worth chasing up.” Rolling Central Australia Cabernet tannins and a toasty oak Ranges Cabernet Sauvignon finish. $25 McHenry Hohnen Tail Spin Langhorne Merlot 2019 HHH Hemera Limited BDX Margaret River Creek Cabernet 2018 HHHH1/2 Savoury nose with Release Barossa Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon Lovely concentration chocolaty esters. Very Valley Cabernet Petit Verdot 2018 HHHH1/2 of plum aromas with soft, warm and spicy in Franc 2017 HHHH 2018 HHH1/2 Great colour with lifted floral notes. The the mouth. $14.95 Nicely developed wine A big tannic style with intense dark red hues juicy medium bodied Parson’s Paddock with slight medicinal good savoury varietal and great depth of black palate is filled with South Australia character to the nose and fruit and vanillin oak. “A fruit fragrances with flavours of fig paste and Cabernet Sauvignon raisin-like flavours on the great wine,” noted one a dark and brooding blackcurrants with soft 2018 HHH textured palate. $60 judge. $40 varietal fruit palate. A tannins. $16.99 Subtle savoury aromas Leconfield tad tannic but it is in and attractive ageing Coonawarra PETIT VERDOT balance. $15 dried fruit flavours with Cabernet Franc chewy tannins. $14 2019 HHH1/2 2 TASTED Savoury fruit aromas 0 AWARDED Krondorf Barossa Mike Press Single and light bodied, slightly Cabernet Sauvignon Vineyard Adelaide green fruit, palate with Disappointing! Some 2018 HHHH1/2 Hills Cabernet well managed acid and winemaking issues here. Good presence of Sauvignon tannins. $29 lifted blue fruit varietal 2017 HHH characters on the nose Still very fresh and Hemera Limited and a palate with plenty “so promising”! Lots Release Barossa of tannins filling the of spicy blackcurrant Valley Cabernet mouth and a good oak fruit and fine tannins. Franc 2018 HHH1/2 backbone. $18 $14.99 Pungent berry bouquet and sweet Christmas Cumulus Vineyards cake-like flavours with Block 50 Central fine line of tannins. Ranges Cabernet “Nice drink!” $60 Sauvignon 2018 HHHH JUDGES - DAY 1 Jubey fruit nose with a pretty perfumed lift and good concentration of sweet blue fruit flavours with fine tannins and a toasty oak finish. $10.99 Brooke Blair Matt O’Leary Emma Walker Winemaker for Peter Lehmann Chief winemaker for Winemaker for Claymore Wines in the Barossa Valley. 18 Savitas Wines in the Wines. Has judged in years in the wine industry; 11 Barossa Valley. Formerly the New England wine years in Canada. Has vintaged Senior Winemaker for show and Australian in Spain, Chile, Canada & Wolf Blass Wines. Small Winemakers show. Australia. Previously worked Judge at the Barossa Completed AWAC in at Hollick Wines, Berri Estates wine show. Panelist 2014. Has a Bachelor & Jackson-Triggs (Canada). at the Advanced Wine of Applied Science/ Judged at the Marananga Assessment Course. Viticulture from CSU. (Barossa) wine show and Also completed WSET Okanagan show (Canada). level 2 and 3 in 2014. October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 53

CABERNET SAUVIGNON & BORDEAUX BLENDS CABERNET & Krondorf Founders Haselgrove First Mr Riggs Outpost Grounded Cru Cru BLENDS View Barossa Cut McLaren Vale Coonawarra McLaren Vale & $20 - $25 Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Langhorne Creek 2018 HHHH 2018 HHH 2019 HHHHH Cabernet Shiraz 22 TASTED Rich, dark and meaty A lovely varietal melange A great elegant example Malbec 15 AWARDED fruit aromas with a of blackcurrants and of the variety with lifted 2018 HHHH1/2 well-structured palate plums with herbal/ blue fruit and spicy oak Ripe and inky on Better results than that has good length menthol notes. $23 bouquet. Perfect palate the nose with some those from the previous of toasty blackcurrant weight, silky smooth spiciness. Good depth class with more varietal flavours. $23.99 Windowrie The Mill in the mouth and with and concentration of character evident overall. Forester Estate Hilltops Cabernet loads of flavour. Will age earthy and savoury dark “Better vibrancy and Lifestyle Margaret Merlot 2017 HHH well. $25 fruit flavours with some colour with a step up in River Cabernet Restrained jubey fruit Taylor Made lovely approachable texture and structure,” Merlot 2018 HHHH fragrances with juicy BDX Clare Valley tannins. $28 said one judge. Good purple hues here fruit palate. “Very good Cabernet Merlot Mr Riggs The Bolter with toasty herbal for its age.” $20 Malbec Cabernet McLaren Vale Burk Salter VBBAEULSYUTSE fruit fragrances and Franc 2018 HHHHH Cabernet Riverland SA herbaceous-like varietal d’Arenberg The High A spicy and minty 2018 HHHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignon fruit flavours. “A pleasant Trellis McLaren Vale cooler climate style. A riper style smelling 2018 HHHH1/2 drink.” $24 Cabernet Sauvignon “A peppermint pattie of plums and cassis The nose is restrained, Gomersal Wines 2017 HHH personified,” declared with a slight menthol oaky and leathery with Premium Barossa A varietal nose with one judge. A pretty edge and lovely dark the palate showing good Valley Cabernet hints of tomato bush nose, soft in the mouth, cherry-like flavour concentration of ripe Sauvignon and a very drying and velvety tannins and profile laced with great chocolaty fruit flavours 2017 HHHH flavoursome palate. $21 great palate length. $25 chewy tannins. $28 with hints of figs and Subtle aromas with James Busby quinces. Very varietal. developed Bonox-like Richard Hamilton Rosabrook Wines Margaret River $20 meaty notes and some ‘Hut Block’ McLaren Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon pretty minty blackcurrant Vale Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 HHHH1/2 Cat Amongst The flavours with soft Sauvignon 2018 HHHH1/2 Very varietal; a tad Pigeons Barossa tannins. $20 2017 HHH A great example of green but a very Cabernet Sauvignon Pioneer Road Slight menthol notes a greener style of interesting wine. 2019 HHHH Langhorne Creek to the savoury/cola cabernet. “A pleasure Dense dark varietal A very pretty and Cabernet Sauvignon bouquet with flavours to judge,” according to fruits, some savoury elegant varietal fruit 2019 HHH1/2 like rum and raisin one of the panel. Very nuances and minty-like bouquet with a cola-like Good confectionery chocolate. $22 varietal, lovely structure esters with a long edge and a dense oily blackcurrant aromas and grippy tannins. $26 chocolaty finish. $25 palate full of dark fruit and stewed plum-like Bunnamagoo Estate flavours. $21 flavours with a toasty Central Ranges Maygars Hill oak finish. $20 Cabernet Sauvignon Strathbogie Ranges Riddoch Coonawarra 2016 HHH Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Toasty oak aromas with 2017 HHHH1/2 2018 HHH1/2 hints of blackcurrants Great example of the Lean and brambly style. that is echoed on to the variety – somewhat Big hit of white pepper chewy tannic palate. $24 lean and a bit warm but on the nose and flavours has good concentration of berries, mint and Zema Estate of cassis-like varietal violets. $20 Cluny Coonawarra characters with typical Backline Wines Je Cabernet Merlot tomato bush elements. Fais Langhorne 2016 HHH $28 Creek Cabernet A Cherry Ripe of a nose Blend 2018 HHH1/2 that carries through on Aromas of plums and to the very soft palate. blackcurrants, slight $24.99 leathery edge and dark earthy fruit palate with CABERNET & greenish tannins. $23 BLENDS Castelli Great $25 - $30 Southern Cabernet Merlot 2018 HHH 30 TASTED Some nice complexity 27 AWARDED here with dark floral fruits, toasty oak and A step up in colour, drying tannins. $22 varietal character and structure. A very consistent group with most wines making the grade. Worth the few extra dollars! 54 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting Angas & Bremer Atze’s Corner A Taylors Reserve Hay Shed Hill Grounded Cru Cru Langhorne Creek Label Barossa Valley Parcel Clare Valley Margaret River McLaren Vale & Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Langhorne Creek 2018 HHHH 2017 HHHH 2018 HHH1/2 2018 HHH1/2 Cabernet Shiraz Dark inky nose with A warm, ripe and oak Good ripeness of Herbaceous fruit Malbec 2017 HHH soy-like notes and a big driven wine with slightly chocolaty fruit with fragrances and a classy Toasty oak bouquet; chewy dark fruit palate jammy blackcurrant fruit some raisined notes and mature cooler climate some stewed fruit with a lovely tannic pushing through. Soft in nicely balanced by the minty fruit palate with notes and a soft savoury profile and a chocolaty the mouth. $25 acid and tannins. $25 greenish tannins. $28 palate with a dash of finish. $25 Squitchy Lane Zonte’s Footstep Reillys Clare Valley pepper. $28 Vineyard Estate Blackberry Patch Cabernet Sauvignon Shingleback Davey Yarra Valley Fleurieu Cabernet 2016 HHH1/2 Koonara Wanderlust Estate McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Sauvignon Still amazingly fresh for Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc 2018 HHH1/2 a 4-year-old; savoury and Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 HHHH Merlot 2016 HHHH Savoury blackcurrant earthy with hints of rum 2016 HHH Very good concentration A lean uncomplicated fruit with some earthy and raisin characters. A ripe, well aged, style of savoury/earthy fruit oak dominant blend elements and cola-like Old school! $25 with attractive Christmas aromas with sweet dark with dark chocolaty notes with fine grained Brand’s Laira August cake-like aromas and berry flavours, chewy characters, chewy tannins. $27.50 Tide Coonawarra flavours. $25 tannins and a minty tannins and attractive Briar Ridge Cold Bordeaux Blend finish. $25 earthy esters. $28 Soaked Orange 2014 HHH1/2 CABERNET & Leconfield Zema Estate Cabernet Sauvignon A nose of dark fruits BLENDS Coonawarra Coonawarra 2017 HHH1/2 and cola with gamey $30 - $35 Cabernet Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon A lighter style but still nuances that follow 2018 HHHH 2016 HHHH a good example of the through onto the soft 18 TASTED A closed nose with just A pleasant and lifted variety with herbal/minty and savoury palate. $28 16 AWARDED a hint of blue fruit and fruit nose with blue fruit fruit and mouth filling Pig In The House toasty oak with more flavours, hints of mint tannins. $25 Organic Cowra A very solid class of of the same evident on and violets and some McHenry Hohnen Cabernet Sauvignon different vintages and the palate. Good line of good savoury tannins. Rocky Road 2018 HHH styles and of similar acid. $26 $29.99 Margaret River “A bit of a fruit bomb,” value to the previous RiverBank Estate Cabernet Merlot according to one judge. price point. “A number of Rebellious BDX + 2017 HHH1/2 Good line and length these showed excellent Temp Swan Valley Brooding plum with chewy tannins. $25 varietal presence and Cabernet Sauvignon fragrances with great Blue Pyrenees balance of flavours and Cabernet Franc fruit weight on the Estate Pyrenees oak,” noted one judge. Petit Verdot Malbec palate and flavours Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Tempranillo reminiscent of fig 2017 HHH 2018 HHH1/2 jam. $25 Very soft and savoury Good mix of varietal fruit Brand’s Laira style with a suggestion characters with great Blockers of cassis, violets, toast oak selection. “Love the Coonawarra and vanilla. $28 tannin structure,” said Cabernet Sauvignon one judge. $25 2016 HHH1/2 Taylors Heritage Very varietal and very Clare Valley regional and only just Cabernet Sauvignon starting to show some 2018 HHH1/2 development. Some A young fruit driven good tannins. $25 cabernet exhibiting nice purity of varietal fruit with savoury esters and balancing acid. $25 JUDGES - DAY 2 Dave Matthews Brock Harrison Formerly Winemaker at Sparkling and full-bodied Nigel Sneyd MW Rosemount and Group white winemaker for Global wine director for Winemaker for Treasury Pernod Ricard Wines. Accolade Wines. With Wine estates. Vintages Has been a judge at 40 years experience has in Tuscany and California. the Royal Adelaide worked with various wine Judged in Australia and and associate judge at companies such as Brown overseas. Currently the Royal Melbourne, Brothers, Krug, Evans & with Francois Freres Canberra International Tate, AWRI, BRL Hardy, cooperages and owner Riesling Challenge and Abbots and Gallo. Has winemaker of Gargoyle Barossa and Adelaide judged in Rutherglen wine Wines. Hills wine shows. show and International Wine Challenge. October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 55

CABERNET SAUVIGNON & BORDEAUX BLENDS Black Wattle Nova Vita Firebird Glenlofty Estate Vineyards Mt Adelaide Hills Pyrenees Cabernet Benson Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon Sauvignon Sauvignon 2018 HHH1/2 2017 HHH 2018 HHHH1/2 Light and lean with Interesting nose, quite Very deep purple wine some lovely varietal fruit gamey with a soft plum with loads of bright that, according to one flavoured palate and lifted blue and black judge, showed “great vanillin notes. $32 fruit varietal characters picking decision!” $30 showing an attractive Wines By Geoff CABERNET & floral/violet edge and Hardy Adelaide Hills BLENDS laced with fine chalky Cabernet $35 - $40 tannins. $34.99 2018 HHH1/2 d’Arenberg The Somewhat restrained 34 TASTED Galvo Garage floral varietal fragrances 13 AWARDED McLaren Vale and some dark fruit Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon flavours on a slightly Good wines were few The Gate By Coonawarra Merlot Petit Verdot lean palate. $30 and far between in Shingleback Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 HHHH1/2 Boat O’Craigo this flight. “The better McLaren Vale 2018 HHHHH Great development Braveheart Yarra wines had richness Cabernet Sauvignon Brooding dark spicy here with excellent Valley Cabernet and intensity of fruit, Shiraz 2018 HHHH fruit bouquet; loads integration between Sauvignon but many others were Fragrant match of ripe of blackcurrants and spicy cassis fruit, oak, 2018 HHH1/2 either over oaked or had red fruit and spicy oak Ribena-like characters. tannins and warming A riper style with slightly green fruit and high acid with a rich abundance A very structured and alcohol. “So good for stewed sweet fruit combined with hard of dark fruit flavours “masculine” palate with its age!” enthused one characters, great oak, tannins,” said one judge. and fine mouth coating dense blue fruit flavours judge. $30 warming alcohol and “Don’t push it too hard tannins. $39.95 and full-on tannins. $34 Bec Hardy Wines fine tannins. $32 if the fruit is not there.” Trinity Hill The Walter Wines Pertaringa Regional Paulett Wines Polish Overall, the blends Gimblett Red Federation Hill Series Adelaide Hills Hill River Clare performed better than Blend Hawkes Bay Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Valley Cabernet the straight cabernets. Cabernet Sauvignon Mudgee NSW 2018 HHHH Merlot 2017 HHH1/2 Cabernet Franc Cabernet Merlot “A great wine – very Pretty floral bouquet Chain Of Ponds 2018 HHHH 2017 HHHHH drinkable.” Has a gamey/ and an elegant, slightly Amadeus Adelaide Up-front red berry Dense dark fruit meaty nose and lifted green, cool climate Hills Cabernet bouquet and slightly fragrances with a soy- varietal fruit flavours palate with delicate fruit Sauvignon angular structure to the like edge leading on to a with soft tannins and flavours. $30 2018 HHHH1/2 palate with dark fruits, lovely savoury chocolaty drying finish. $30 Taylors Jaraman Lovely compote of light acidity and drying palate with good flavour Paulett Wines Polish Clare Valley & varietal fruit aromas tannins. $39.95 depth, great structure Hill River Clare Coonawarra with a warming Saracen Estates and a solid tannin Valley Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon palate that is rich with Margaret River structure. $30 Merlot 2018 HHHH 2017 HHH1/2 persistent prune-like Cabernet Sauvignon Lovely purple hues here Good concentration flavours and has tightly 2017 HHHH with a spicy blackcurrant of minty blackcurrant wound tannins in Blackberry nose with a lift bouquet and lively fruit varietal fruit with some abundance. $35 of prune characters. Nice flavours and a very good nice oak characters integration of fruit and line of acid. $30 sitting on top. $32 Leconfield oak on the elegant, well Forester Estate Ulupna Limited Coonawarra focussed, palate. $35 Premium Margaret Edition Goulburn Cabernet Sauvignon Scarpantoni River Cabernet Valley Cabernet 2018 HHHH Brothers Block Sauvignon Sauvignon Assertive oak nose with McLaren Vale 2018 HHHH 2012 HHH1/2 plum fruit underneath. Cabernet Sauvignon Minerally cool climate Lovely layers of jammy Oak dominates the 2016 HHHH capsicum-like characters fruit, chocolate, fig warm complex palate A big full-bodied on the nose and a jam and quince paste with a firm finish. cabernet. Intense slightly green and characters. Drinking well Cellaring potential. $35 brooding bouquet, a dark herbaceous, but very now. $32 complexity of smoky/ good, palate. $34 McCarthy’s Orchard Bream Creek roasted flavours and well Gartelmann Phillip Lolly Legs McLaren Vineyard Tasmania “shaped” tannins. $35 Alexander Mudgee Vale Cabernet Cabernet Merlot Cabernet Merlot Sauvignon 2018 HHHH 2016 HHHH 2017 HHH Lifted aromas of cassis “Quite lovely,” said one A straightforward style, fruit and strawberry judge. Nice varietal soft in the mouth with jam. Generous youthful characters reminiscent ripe red fruits and red fruit palate. Very of fruits of the forest gravelly tannins. $30 approachable now. $36 with a good tannic backbone. $30 56 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting Scarpantoni Riddoch Reserve CABERNET & Bec Hardy Wines Blue Pyrenees Brothers Block Coonawarra BLENDS Pertaringa Rifle & Estate Red Pyrenees McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon $40 - $50 Hunt McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 HHH Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2018 HHHH 2013 HHHH An intensity of menthol/ 22 TASTED 2018 HHHH1/2 Complex cassis and A traditional Aussie mint lifts off the nose 9 AWARDED Understated chocolaty menthol aromas with cabernet at its best! An and is echoed on the nose with hints of a fleshy palate intense evolved earthy/berry dark cherry palate. $35 A mixed result. ripe plums. The palate with dark fruit flavours nose with a generous RiverBank Estate “There seems to be a has both power and and mouth coating chocolaty/leathery Eric Anthony dominance of oak here elegance with flavours tannins. $45 palate. $35 Margaret River along with immature of chocolate, plums and McCarthy’s Orchard Grandeur Wellington Cabernet Sauvignon green fruit masked by olives with tight polished My Coco Reserve Bin 62 McLaren Vale Malbec 2018 HHH sweet oak flavours,” tannins. $40 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon The nose is chocolaty said one judge. “A few Saddler’s Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 HHH1/2 and spicy and has a could have been better Wines Bluegrass 2017 HHHH Nicely ageing wine with cassis driven palate with with more polishing Langhorne Creek & A fuller style of cabernet lifted leafy aromas. lingering leafiness. $35 and better-balanced Mudgee Cabernet with good intensity and The cassis palate is still Grandeur Wellington structure.” However, Merlot 2018 HHHH persistence of varietal lively with fine assertive Gen 62 McLaren the better wines Nose shows a fruit characters laced with tannins. $35 Vale Cabernet had freshness and complexity of ripe red soft supple tannins. $45 Fuddling Cup Sauvignon integration of fruit, acids fruit and subtle vanillin Wines By Geoff Margaret River 2017 HHH and tannins. oak. The palate is dark Hardy K1 Adelaide Cabernet Sauvignon A wine with old school rich and fruity with good Hills Cabernet 2018 HHH charm and complexity maturity. $40 2018 HHH1/2 Fragrances of currants and an abundance Enticing dark fruit with underlying green of dark fruits and bouquet with good use olive notes and a firm chocolate. $35 of oak and a fruit filled and assertive tannic palate with good varietal palate. $35 definition. $45 Beer, Wine & Spirits The leading retailer for small batch spirits in Adelaide including scotch whisky, gin & cognac/armagnac. Traditional Regional Wines We stock a good selection of traditional wines and good value wines. Natural Wines Come and see our line-up of these interesting minimal intervention and topical sustainable wines. Hutt Street Cellars 253 Hutt Street, Adelaide SA, 5000 ph: 08 8232 1570 email: [email protected] website: www.huttstreetcellars.com.au October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 57

CABERNET SAUVIGNON & BORDEAUX BLENDS Follow us and keep up to Haselgrove Grounded Cru date with all our latest Protector McLaren Inc McLaren Vale wine info, tastings and Vale Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon Sauvignon 2018 HHHHH events on facebook, 2018 HHH Vibrant purple wine. A twitter and instagram. Deep purple wine with a powerful complexity minty/menthol bouquet of lifted chocolaty Connect on social with and simple ripe fruit blueberry aromas and Winestate flavours. $40 pure plum-like varietal Freycinet Tasmania fruit and sweet oak www.facebook.com/Winestate- Cabernet Sauvignon flavours with seamless Magazine Merlot Cabernet integration of acid and Franc 2016 HHH tannins. $50 twitter.com/winestateed Deep red wine with oak www.instagram.com/winestate/ dominating the nose and the palate has lightly www.winestate.com.au herbal flavours. $40 Zema Estate Garden & Field Family Selection Gnadenberg Road Coonawarra Barossa Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon Sauvignon Refosco 2015 HHH 2018 HHHH1/2 A very savoury style Powerful crimson wine. with obvious tertiary Very concentrated ripe characters and a red fruit fragrances eucalypt-like lift. $49.95 with cedary oak adding complexity and full Patrick of bodied full flavoured Coonawarra Home palate with mouth-coating Block Coonawarra tannins. 5+ $55 Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 HHH Shingleback D Block Grounded Cru Some upfront seductive Reserve McLaren Inc McLaren Vale sweet oak here with Vale Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon red fruit characters Sauvignon 2016 HHH underneath. $45 2018 HHHHH A dark brooding old school Delightful primary fruit style with “mountainous” CABERNET & fragrances of cassis tannins. Needs years! BLENDS and olive tapenade. $50 - $60 Palate has all the right 5+ $50 elements with the 14 TASTED oak, tannin and acid in Squitchy Lane 6 AWARDED perfect harmony. “Less Vineyard Reserve is more,” said one Yarra Valley Some excellent wines judge. $55 Cabernet Sauvignon here along with a Stage Door Wine 2016 HHH number of borderline Co. ‘Headliner’ Eden A cool and elegant ones. “In general, the Valley Cabernet lightly herbal cabernet 2018s showed powerful Sauvignon with a lean firm drying fruit expression,” noted 2018 HHHH1/2 palate. $50 one judge. A riper style with a brooding bouquet of dark ripe fruits and a current-like edge with a powerful hit of rich varietal fruit flavours and firm tannins. “Will repay with time!” 5+ $50 58 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting CABERNET & d’Arenberg The Nightfall Dry Glenlofty Estate Reillys RCV ‘The BLENDS Coppermine Road Red Coonawarra Decameron Block Dancer’ Clare Valley $60 - $80 McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Pyrenees Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc Sauvignon 2016 HHH 19 TASTED 2017 HHHHH Merlot 2017 HHH1/2 An enormous wine with 10 AWARDED A huge mature cabernet 2018 HHHH1/2 Restrained fruit nose and ripe roasted fig/sweet with lots of everything Pretty spicy red fruit a somewhat austere oak black olive characters. “The younger wines – black cherries, olive fragrances with a soft driven palate with loads “Needs at least 10 are fresh and balanced, tapenade and roasted well-rounded palate with of tannins. Needs many years!” $70 the older wines are, in meat characters all lively sweet and spicy years. Flowstone Queen Of general, either tired or wrapped up in up-front berry/licorice fruit and 5+ $60 The Earth Margaret unbalanced with a lack firm and assertive good use of oak in the River Cabernet of primary fruit which is tannins. $76 background. $60 Hay Shed Hill Block Sauvignon surprising at this price,” Blue Pyrenees Kerrigan + Berry 2 Margaret River 2016 HHH said one judge. Estate Richardson Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Loads of spicy/dusty Pyrenees Cabernet & Mount Barker 2018 HHH oak over fruit that is Clarence Hill Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon A classic ripe and at the riper end of the Reserve McLaren 2018 HHHH1/2 2018 HHHH1/2 youthful cabernet with spectrum. $74 Vale Cabernet Very long, lingering and A dense concentrated black olive-like fruit Sauvignon powerful inky purple classy wine with characters and lots of 2018 HHHHH wine that is rich with nose showing tannins. $60 Lively and fresh with minty berry fruits and attractive secondary intense cassis aromas savoury elements with development. Juicy in Nightfall Dry and nuances of dark some well-rounded the mouth with cassis Red Coonawarra chocolate. Powerful full tannins. Has great fruit, spicy cedary oak Cabernet Sauvignon flavoured palate with presence! $60 and ripe tannins. $60 Cabernet Franc ‘serious’ oak in balance Merlot 2016 HHH with the fruit and fine Good concentration of assertive tannins. $70 varietal fruit characters with plenty of acid and hints of oak. $60 October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 59

CABERNET SAUVIGNON & BORDEAUX BLENDS CABERNET & Leconfield ‘The CABERNET & Blue Pyrenees BLENDS Sydney’ Reserve BLENDS Estate Richardson $80 - $100 Coonawarra $100 - $200 Reserve Pyrenees Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon 9 TASTED 2016 HHH1/2 9 TASTED 2018 HHHHH 4 AWARDED Spicy nose with a lift of 5 AWARDED Nose is an aromatic black fruits and a rich mix of olive tapenade One great example weighty black fruit palate An eclectic group of and blue fruits with an showing varietal fruit, with firm tannins and wines. “The best wines earthy edge. Soft and which the others lacked! good tight acid. $80 showed elegance and “welcoming” palate “It is not about power Duke’s Vineyard a step up in quality structure with lingering and concentration The Morrissey Great and consistency with cool red fruit supported but about elegance Southern Cabernet generally more varietal by vanillin oak. 5+ and beauty,” said one Shiraz 2018 HHH fruit across the board,” $160 judge. “Some of these Attractive cassis aromas commented one wines need five or Plantagenet Wyjup and an oaky palate judge. “At this level even ten years before Collection Mt Barker with nice varietal fruit winemakers are paying approaching and then Cabernet Sauvignon underneath. $90 serious money for top we wonder how they 2018 HHHHH Hemera Estate quality oak.” will age.” A complex bouquet of Limited Release cassis fruit, olives and Coonawarra herbs and an interesting Cabernet Sauvignon flavoursome palate with 2017 HHH seamless integration Raisined fruit bouquet between rich fruit and and medium length, oak and supported by sweet caramel, oak fine tannins. $80 palate. $80 60 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting Brand & Sons Blue Pyrenees Chateau Mouton Bec Hardy Wines Icon Coonawarra Estate Richardson Rothschild 1er Cru Pertaringa Tipsy Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Pyrenees Classe Pauillac Hill McLaren Vale 2016 HHHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignon France Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon A long, powerful and 2017 HHH Blend 2016 HHHHH 2017 HHHH1/2 intense wine with lovely Lifted minty fruit A beautiful wine – long, Perfumed lift to the dark cherry and plum bouquet and a well lingering and powerful red and blue berry fruit fruit characters and rounded spicy red fruit with a lovely complexity aromas that is reflected some very smart oak palate with understated of cedar, cigar box and on the long lingering adding smoky/cedary oak. $160 cassis aromas and palate with the fruit complexity with very a very tight, meaty/ supported by good use attractive tannins. $125 CABERNET & savoury palate with of beautiful sweet oak. BLENDS chocolaty development. $295 GPL68 by Majella $200+ $2,000 Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 4 TASTED Bec Hardy Wines 2014 HHHH 3 AWARDED Pertaringa Tipsy Dark cherry nose with Hill McLaren Vale sweet menthol and “A select group of Cabernet Sauvignon herbal lift. Beautifully great wines and only 2016 HHHHH balanced palate with one major brand failing Described as a “tight enough acid to assure a due to brettanomyces sleeper,” by one judge. long life ahead. $130 problems,” commented Subtle dark inky the judges. “These are bouquet and wonderful Yarra Yering Dry Red complex balanced wines length, intensity and Wine No. 1 Yarra where, arguably, you get vitality of blackcurrant Valley Cabernet what you pay for!” fruit characters on the Sauvignon Merlot beautifully balanced Malbec Petit Verdot palate. 5+ $295 2017 HHHHH An elegant, balanced and varietally pure deep purple wine with lovely lifted fruit characters with the slightly gravelly oak in a supporting role and some very elegant tannins. $125 October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 61

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING 119 TASTED 80 AWARDED CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING In this judging you have to decide whether you want simple Azahara Victoria Patrick of uncomplicated quaffers or something a bit more interesting. Sparkling Moscato Coonawarra Nothing wrong with either choice but to get complexity NV HHH Mother Of Pearl winemakers need to ferment the wine in the bottle and leave “An explosive wine that Coonawarra it on lees (sediment) so not surprisingly you will pay more for jumps out the glass!” Sparkling that. Then for another step up Champagne offers more delights Pretty sweet and floral Chardonnay Pinot - at a price! fruit expression. $13 Noir NV HHH A sweeter style with PROSECCO Ca’Munari SPARKLING nice stonefruit characters Millesimato DOCG UNDER $25 layered with green apple 7 TASTED Valdobbiadene notes. $19 Prosecco 2018 HHH 10 TASTED 4 AWARDED Subtle floral citrus 3 AWARDED SPARKLING fragrances with a NV Overall, these wines are restrained flavour Mixed bag with the good $25 - $40 pleasant quaffers that profile. $35 examples showing good are crisp, clean and easy base wines with fresh 18 TASTED to drink. MOSCATO acidity. However, some 13 AWARDED of the rest were already De Bortoli King 3 TASTED showing their age, The judges found this Valley Prosecco 2 AWARDED which is not surprising to be a solid group NV HHH with non-vintage wines with more complexity Soft and easy drinking A couple of nice but not an excuse! and showing fine with lifted lychee-like examples for easy mousse, more autolysis aromas and peach fizz drinking with good Tomich Sparkling characters and good flavours. $17.99 balanced acid to match M Adelaide Hills sugar/acid balance. the sweetness involved. Chardonnay Pinot There were a few Yarra Burn South Niccolo Col Fondo Noir NV HHHH neutral styles with Eastern Australia Single Vineyard Emeri by Florence Very pretty colour with simple “afterthought” Prosecco NV HHH Adelaide Hills Broadhurst Pink a lifted strawberry base wines. Fragrant citrus bouquet Prosecco 2020 HHH Moscato NV HHH bouquet and and great weight of A more “serious” and A big hit of Turkish strawberry/raspberry Sheerwater green apple flavours. complex style with Delight, musk sticks driven flavours on a Tasmania Cuvée $20 restrained floral fruit and tropical fruit. gentle palate. $20 NV HHHH characters. $28 “Everything you would Nose has pleasant expect!” $11 La Boheme Yarra nougat nuttiness. Nicely Valley Cuvée Blanc textured palate with NV HHHH flavours of brioche and A bright fresh wine marshmallows. Good loaded with stone acid drive. $25 fruits and pears with nice mineral line, good acidity and a chalky finish. $21.95 JUDGES Tim Pelquest Hunt Stephen Brown Dan Pritchard Winemaker at Pernod Ricard Winemaker for Cape Master of Oenology. Winemakers in the Barossa Jaffa Wines. Former Sparkling winemaker Valley overseeing white, sparkling Winemaker and Viticulturist for Treasury Wines & red production. Winemaking for Padthaway Estates Group. Also involved experience in New Zealand, Hunter Sparkling Winemakers. Has with Limestone Valley, Tasmania, Rheinhessen vintaged in Champagne and Coast wines, (Germany), with focus on sparkling has completed Masters of Jamieson’s Run and wine in Napa Valley (US) & West Winemaking in Burgundy. Robertson’s Well. Sussex (UK). Awarded dux prize for Judged in South Africa, Associate judge AWRI Advanced Wine Assessment New Zealand, France and at the Inland wine Course & regularly judges at wine Australia. show. shows across Australia. 62 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting Grounded Cru Bec Hardy Wines VINTAGE Leura Park Estate Blue Pyrenees Cru Adelaide Hills Premium South SPARKLING Vintage Grande Estate Midnight Sparkling Pinot Noir Australia Sparkling $25 - $40 Bellarine Peninsula Victoria Cuvée Chardonnay Chardonnay Pinot Sparkling Blanc de 2016 HHH NV HHHH Noir NV HHH 17 TASTED Blanc 2019 HHH1/2 Lemon sorbet-like Tightly focussed wine The nose is fragrant 11 AWARDED A well focussed aromas and a fresh with a lifted complexity and floral with a zesty sparkling showing lovely and vibrant lime driven of berry fruits, nougat mineral citrus palate – a The judges agreed that pear and stonefruit palate. $38 and baked apples with a touch sweet. $25 older was better here. primary characters with long crisp finish. $28 Tomich Sparkling “These show a good nice mouthfeel. $35 SPARKLING Petaluma Croser T Adelaide Hills amount of time on Jack Rabbit Single $40+ Adelaide Hills Chardonnay Pinot lees which gives the Vineyard Vintage Sparkling Pinot Noir Noir NV HHH complexity required,” Bellarine Peninsula 28 TASTED Chardonnay Aromas of strawberry said one judge. “These Blanc de Blanc 21 AWARDED NV HHHH and citrus with a show a good balance 2018 HHH1/2 “Most enjoyable flight Green apples lift off vibrantly fresh palate of citrus freshness and A creamy wine of complex autolysis the nose showing a with leesy notes. $25 lemon tart ‘pavlova’ with upfront honey/ wines of different styles developed edge. Palate Blue Pyrenees characters rather butterscotch sweetness ranging from heavier has nice complexity of Estate Luna than cooked aldehyde and lemon/peach-like pinot styles to elegant primary and secondary Pyrenees Sparkling flavours.” fruit characters. $38 blanc de blanc ones,” characters. $29.99 Chardonnay Pinot Browns’ of said one judge. “Here Blok Coonawarra Noir NV HHH Firetail (54 Months Padthaway Glendon we did not have the Single Vineyard A big, heavy, well- On Lees) Margaret Park ‘Cluaran’ ‘tadpole’ wines from the Coonawarra balanced pinot River Sparkling Padthaway Riesling past with a heavy front Sparkling Pinot Noir dominated sparkling Chardonnay Brut 2015 HHH1/2 but no lingering follow- Chardonnay with honeyed 2015 HHHHH Citrussy fragrances up flavours.” NV HHHH elements. $28 A rich “confident” with a floral lift and a “A contemplative wine Hunter’s Miru wine with a beautiful palate showing poise Highland Heritage with a lot going on!” Miru Marlborough integration between and elegance with crisp Estate Patrono said one judge. Rich, Sparkling NV HHH primary and secondary acidity. $28 Orange Cuvée Brut developed and complex Meaty characters with characters creating Sutherland Estate 2017 HHHHH with smoky savoury hints of lemon curd and lovely complexity and Yarra Valley Blanc de A big, bold, vibrant and notes. $35 minerally backbone. layered with baked Blancs 2015 HHH1/2 lively sparkling with Centennial “Very enjoyable!” apple-like elements. $33 Lovely leesy characters interesting gingerbread- Vineyards Southern $28.90 NZ evident here with nice like characters on the Highlands NSW Paulett Wines Coldstream Hills nutty/apple elements nose and a baked lemon Brut Traditionelle Trillians Clare Valley Yarra Valley and hints of honeycomb tart-like palate wrapped up NV HHHH Sparkling Brut Sparkling Pinot Noir sweetness. $36 in some lovely acid. $55 A tightly focussed, NV HHH Chardonnay Moorilla Praxis elegant wine. Powerful An aromatic complexity 2015 HHHH1/2 Tasmania Sparkling yeasty characters on of floral fruit with gentle A tight well focussed Riesling 2019 HHH the nose with a toasty candied tropical fruit style with aromas A clean, fresh and complexity on the flavours. $30 reminiscent of an apple “playful” citrus driven palate. $35 tart with a floral edge wine with pretty floral and has a rich and notes. $29 Roaring Beach Tamar Foxey’s Hangout flavoursome palate with Blue Pyrenees Valley Sparkling Mornington “salivating” acidity. $35 Estate Pyrenees Cuvee NV HHH1/2 Peninsula Sparkling Vintage Brut Nose has hints of forest White NV HHH Taltarni Pyrenees 2017 HHH fruit and citrus. A rich A subtle wine with a Brut 2015 HHHH Biscuity characters and interesting palate lean and angular palate, Simple citrus nose on the nose with with satisfying citrus rind fine bead and floral with subtle toasty a straightforward, flavours. $30 melon fruit. $35 notes. Great creamy well balanced citrusy mouthfeel with palate. $34 Wines By Geoff strawberry-like fruit and Leura Park Estate Hardy K1 Adelaide toasty complexity. $26 Vintage Grande Hills Sparkling Pinot Cuvée Bellarine Noir Chardonnay Peninsula Sparkling NV HHH1/2 Pinot Chardonnay A honey sweet even 2017 HHH textured style with good Strawberry compote of drive of mandarin and a bouquet with a rich marzipan characters with complexity of quince/red crisp acid. $35 fruit flavours. $35 October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 63

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING Hollydene Estate Velvet & Willow Streicker Margaret Top Note The High Yarravale Grand JUUL Mornington Tasmania Sparkling River Blanc de C Adelaide Hills Reserve Yarra Peninsula Sparkling Pinot Noir Blancs 2016 HHHH Sparkling Pinot Noir Valley Sparkling Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay Delicate and pretty Chardonnay Chardonnay Pinot 2008 HHHHH 2015 HHHH1/2 floral fruit here showing 2016 HHH1/2 Noir 2008 HHH Intoxicatingly rich A lovely wine – very excellent drive and Beautifully structured Pinot fruit dominates aromas of baked apples expressive with a persistence with a wine with aromas of the toasty nose with and strawberries. complexity of lemon creamy mouthfeel and citrus, yeast and some great lingering rich fruit Creamy in the mouth meringue pie, buttered rich flavours. $45 florals. Creamy and fruity flavours. $65 with great persistence croissants and nougat. Yes Said The Seal in the mouth. $40 and length of apple pie- Great balance between Reserve Bellarine Singlefile Limited OTHER like flavours and a zesty sweetness and acidity. Peninsula Blanc de Release Denmark EUROPEAN acid drive. $69 $55 Noir 2011 HHHH Blanc de Blanc House Of Arras Brut Singlefile Limited Tightly focussed wine; 2011 HHH1/2 1 TASTED Elite Tasmania Cuvée Release Denmark poised and elegant Delightful fragrances of 1 AWARDED NV HHHH1/2 Sparkling Pinot with a richness of baked apples. Creamy Dopff Au Moulin A big wine showing Chardonnay sweet citrus, nice palate with nice green Crémant d’Alsace excellent winemaking 2011 HHHH1/2 nuttiness and some apple crunch and tight AOC Julien Alsace with, “lots going on – A fresh, lively and biscuity autolysis. $45 acidity. $100 Cuvée NV HHH and all of it good!” Floral complex wine showing Centennial Freycinet Vineyard An elegant and pretty citrus bouquet and a a range of primary fruits Vineyards Southern R3 Radenti wine with a lemon drop zesty racy palate with an characters with good Highlands NSW Tasmania Sparkling bouquet and citrus excellent flavour profile. yeast autolysis, creamy Blanc de Blancs Chardonnay Pinot freshness on the palate. $60.99 texture and good drive NV HHH1/2 Noir NV HHH $21.99 Hamelin Bay Wines of vibrant acid. $100 An elegant sparkling Lemony nose with Margaret River Centennial with nice development, honeyed notes and CHAMPAGNE Sparkling Brut Vineyards Southern a flinty citrus nose and hints of marmalade-like ROSÉ 2017 HHHH1/2 Highlands NSW good drive of bruised developed flavours. $65 Invitingly yeasty Blanc de Noirs apple flavours. $40 No.1 Family 1 TASTED autolysis bouquet. NV HHHH Goldman Wines Joan Estate Reserve 1 AWARDED Nice fine bead and A riper rounded style Zero Dosage Alpine Marlborough head retention with an showing agreeable age, Valleys Blanc de Methode Jeeper Grand Rosé excellent drive of granny a big yeasty nose and a Blancs 2017 HHH1/2 Traditionelle Champagne Brut smith apple and lemon nicely textured tight lemon A lovely complexity NV HHH NV HHH curd flavours. $40 meringue palate. $40 of citrus fruit, some Nose showing lemon Developed, nutty Centennial sweetness, leesy butter-like characters and bold with great Vineyards Late characters and great with nice line of sweet persistence of ripe Disgorged Southern crisp acidity. $40 fruitiness on the palate. strawberry-like fruit Highlands NSW Brut $96 NZ characters. $135 NV HHHH Dindima ‘Stardust’ Rich, ripe and rounded Orange Methode with bright fresh sweet Traditionelle citrus bouquet and tight 2017 HHH acid palate. Good flavour A straightforward style drive and rich yeasty with a floral nose and notes. $50 bright and lively crunchy Goldman Wines Joan apple palate. $45 Alpine Valleys Blanc No.1 Family Estate de Blancs Cuvée Virginie 2017 HHHH Marlborough Fragrant lemon sherbet Methode aromas and a zesty floral Traditionelle citrus palate with subtle 2016 HHH strawberry notes and Nicely ageing well good acid spine. $40 developed style with attractive lifted floral notes. $85 NZ Bream Creek Vineyard Tasmania Cuvee Traditionelle 2014 HHH A big and very complex savoury wine laced with some citrus fruit elements. $48 64 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting CHAMPAGNE Pol Roger Reserve Pierre Gimonnet & Jeeper Grand Jeeper Grande UNDER $100 Champagne Brut Fils Grand Terroirs Assemblage Reserve Champagne NV HHHH1/2 de Chardonnay Champagne Brut Brut NV HHHH1/2 3 TASTED A bold and “masculine” Champagne NV HHHH1/2 Delightful preserved 3 AWARDED style of wine with 2012 HHHHH Rich developed lemon aromas Three lovely examples a delightful core of “A flawless wine,” style showing great with some toasty here at good prices nougat and hazelnut-like according to one judge. complexity and depth “goodness” and an for Champagne of this characters. Described by Has a fragrant lemon of lemon/citrus fruit that excellent core of calibre. one judge as, “A thought meringue-like bouquet shows a marmalade-like primary and secondary provoking wine!” $90 and the seamless and edge and has refreshing fruit characters on the Achille Princier silky-smooth palate, acidity with a lingering long, silky smooth Grande Reserve CHAMPAGNE “Moves through multiple finish. $105 palate. $120 Champagne $100+ dimensions of secondary NV HHHH1/2 characters”. $148 Complex buttery lemon 9 TASTED Pol Roger bouquet with a yeasty 9 AWARDED Champagne Brut lift. Creamy in the mouth 2012 HHHHH with great length of Excellent! “The great Some lovely fragrant flavours, showing some complexity of natural lemon blossom- honeyed notes with nice acid, lemon, and lees like fruit characters acid drive and a drying characters excel here,” here supported by a finish. $67 said one judge. “Hard to background of brioche- beat these wines if you like yeast characters have the money!” and laced with excellent mouth watering minerally acidity. $160 Pol Roger Champagne Blanc de Blancs 2012 HHHHH “An utterly complete wine,” enthused one judge. Great balance and poise with a complexity of lemon marmalade and struck match-like characters with lovely acidity cutting through. $190 Pierre Gimonnet & Jeeper Premier Cru STAR RATINGS  Fils Cuis 1er Cru Champagne Brut Brut Champagne NV HHHHH Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of Blanc de Blancs A powerful wine and yet excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. NV HHHH1/2 it still shows restraint. All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry A long lingering style Lovely combination professionals and are compared in peer showing both richness of lemon sherbet and classes by three judges. and restraint with baked bread characters CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, lovely expression with mushroomy a major mail-order business. of lemon butter-like nuances. Has a tight CD Cellar door price. characters, some acid drive. “Very CDO Cellar door only. floral elements and drinkable.” $195 SO Sold out. “salivating” acidity. $85 $N/A Price not available at time of printing.  Contact information pg 88. RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). BEST VALUE for $20 & under and NZ $25 & under. For a complete list of what we tasted please refer to www.winestate.com.au October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 65

CHAMPAGNE & SPARKLING & Fils Fleuron 1er SPARKLING Centennial Poetic Justice by Cru Champagne ROSÉ Vineyards Southern Barristers Block Blanc de Blancs Highlands NSW Brut ‘Sparkling Blush’ 2008 HHHH1/2 13 TASTED Rosé NV HHH1/2 Adelaide Hills Pinot Citrusy nose with a 7 AWARDED Tart cumquat-like 2018 HHH toasty bread-like edge nose with upfront fruit Aromas of berries and and flavours in the A mixed group with sweetness on the palate musk sticks with lively apple pie spectrum on some developed and zippy fresh acidity to sweet strawberry/crunchy the beautifully textured wines, particularly in balance. $35 apple flavours. $NA palate with tight mouth- the non-vintage ones Gapsted Wines Cobb’s Hill Estate watering acidity. $112 but some nice quaffers Limited Release Shooting Star Pol Roger Sir showing freshness and King Valley Adelaide Hills Winston Churchill vibrancy without great Sparkling Pinot Sparkling Rosé Champagne Cuvée complexity. Generally, Grigio Rosé NV HHH 2018 HHH 2008 HHHH1/2 these were quite dry, A fine, elegant and Strawberry fragrances Fine, fresh and focussed some overly so! pretty pink wine with with floral notes and ripe wine showing a fresh light berry fruit and summer fruit flavours. lifted citrus nose and a Clover Hill Tasmania good sweetness/acid Good acid balance. $30 bright zesty palate with Cuvée Rosé balance. $25 ginger-like accents and NV HHH1/2 Blue Pyrenees hints of coriander-like Peppery plum aromas Estate Dry Pyrenees herbal elements. $395 and nice plum fruit Sparkling Rosé flavours with slight NV HHH Jeeper Extra strawberry characters and Nose is fresh and Brut Naturelle toasty elements. $34 fragrant, has a good bead Champagne Brut and lovely tangy zestiness NV HHHH1/2 on the palate. $34 Beautifully focussed baked apple pie of a wine! It is ageing nicely and shows nuances of ginger and wooded spices with the acid building up along the palate. $149 Pierre Gimonnet Sales and cellar door enquiries: 0408 855 272 Winemaking enquiries: 0417 997 414 Cellar door: 39 Hodges Rd, Glossop, SA 5344 www.919wines.com.au 66 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

varietal tasting Foxey’s Hangout Foxey’s Hangout 919 Wines Reserve Mornington Mornington Riverland Sparkling Peninsula Sparkling Peninsula Sparkling Durif NV HHH Rosé 2018 HHH Shiraz 2017 HHHH Luscious and sumptuous Good yeasty Fragrant spicy cherry with lovely aromas and complexity on the nose bouquet layered with flavours of chocolate, with a pleasant brioche/ licorice and palate berries and licorice. $45 raspberry flavour shows good balance of Zema Estate profile. $35 sweet fruit with supple Coonawarra tannins. $35 Sparkling Merlot SPARKLING Mr Riggs Battle 2018 HHH RED Axe McLaren Vale Tight nicely focussed Sparkling Shiraz wine with leafy berry 9 TASTED NV HHH fruit, tobacco oak and 5 AWARDED Soft developed wine persistent tannins. with chocolaty/mocha $34.99 characters freshened with “All over the place in a cassis fruit lift. $35 terms of sugar, tannins and acid,” said one Shingleback Black judge. “Some were nice Bubbles McLaren and bright and fruity Vale Sparkling whilst others were Shiraz NV HHHH developed with cocoa A bright commercial powder-like characters style with pleasant mix offering more interest – of blueberry, blackberry, each having its benefits.” rhubarb and licorice characters and a firm tannin spine. $25 PRIVATE & COMMERCIAL WINE CELLARING & STORAGE For further information call 08 8380 5657 or visit glenewinestate.com.au CELLAR DOOR | FUNCTIONS | EVENTS | WEDDINGS October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 67

MICHAEL COOPER MICHAEL COOPER RECENT RELEASES If you think of New Zealand wine only in terms of sauvignon blanc Mount Riley 17 and pinot noir, that’s easy to understand, as those varieties dominate Valley Marlborough the country’s production. But this tasting also unearthed outstanding Pinot Noir examples of gewürztraminer, montepulciano, syrah - even tannat. To 2019 HHHHH underline the fast-growing diversity of New Zealand’s wine output, Already delicious, this you’ll also find reviews here of impressive chardonnay, viognier, is a classy wine, priced cabernet franc and tempranillo. sharply. Hand-picked and matured for 10 Prices shown are approximate New Zealand retail. Wines available months in French oak in export markets are shown as (A) Australia, (UK) and (US). casks (partly new), it is deeply coloured, finely  Hunter’s Home scented, rich and supple. Block Marlborough Powerful but not heavy, Dancing Petrel Sauvignon Blanc it is sweet-fruited, with Paewhenua Island 2019 HHHHH strong plum, berry and Mangonui Northland Hunter’s new ‘icon’ spice flavours, showing Tannat 2019 HHHHH sauvignon blanc was excellent vigour and From a variety that is hand-picked from harmony. Best drinking well known in south- mature, low-cropped 2022+. $35 west France and vines (6 tonnes per Uruguay, this Northland hectare) and partly Pyramid Valley red was hand-picked (10%) fermented in Central Otago Pinot and matured in French seasoned French oak Noir 2018 HHHHH oak casks (30% new). puncheons. Medium to This very youthful red Powerful, with dark, bold, full-bodied, it is intense, was estate-grown at purple-flushed colour, it crisp and dry, with Lowburn and matured is densely packed, with punchy, ripe passionfruit/ for 10 months in French plum, spice and liquorice lime flavours, vague oak barriques and cuves flavours, fresh acidity, toasty notes, firm acid (partly new). Bright ruby, firm tannin backbone spine and a long finish. it is highly fragrant, and a long future ahead. Full of youthful vigour, with strong, ripe cherry, Open 2023+. $45 it’s well worth cellaring plum, spice and nut to mid-2021+. $30 flavours, complex and savoury. Built to last, it’s well worth cellaring to 2022+. $50 Fromm Cuvée ‘H’ Lowburn Ferry Obsidian Estate Stonecroft Old Marlborough Pinot Homeblock Central Waiheke Island Vine Gimblett Noir 2018 HHHHH Otago Pinot Noir Montepulciano Gravels Hawke’s This fragrant, powerful, 2017 HHHHH 2019 HHHHH Bay Gewürztraminer very ageworthy red is a This powerful, young, Clearly a top vintage, 2019 HHHHH blend of five separately single-vineyard red this is a bold, well- Exotically perfumed, made, single-vineyard was hand-picked in structured, youthful red this is a very rare wine wines, matured for 16 the Cromwell Basin with full, bright colour. – only 30 cases were to 18 months in French and matured in French Sturdy, it is vibrantly produced. Straw-hued, oak casks (less than 10% oak barriques (38% fruity, with concentrated with a hint of gold, new). Deep ruby, it is new). Deep ruby, plum, blackcurrant and it is powerful (15% sweet-fruited and savoury, with a fragrant, very spice flavours, complex alc/vol), with highly with concentrated, ripe bouquet, it is and savoury, good tannin concentrated, youthful, youthful, well-ripened highly concentrated, support and obvious peachy, deeply spicy cherry, plum and spice with dense plum potential. Best drinking flavours, hints of apricot flavours, well-integrated and spice flavours, a 2023+. $43 and ginger, gentle acidity oak, excellent complexity hint of liquorice, and and a long, rounded, and a finely structured, fine, supple tannins. off-dry finish. Likely to very harmonious, lasting Blossoming with age, be long-lived, it’s already finish. Best drinking it should be a 10-year a lovely mouthful. 2023+. $65 wine. $50 Certified organic. $45 (A) 68 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

recent releases Stonecroft Reserve Lawson’s Dry Obsidian Estate Mount Riley Gimblett Gravels Hills Marlborough Waiheke Island Marlborough Pinot Hawke’s Bay Syrah Gewürztraminer Tempranillo Noir 2019 HHHH 2018 HHHHH 2018 HHHH1/2 2019 HHHH1/2 Looking for an Certified organic, this Still unfolding, this is This quietly classy red excellent, bargain- highly approachable but a perfumed, weighty was matured in French priced pinot noir? still very youthful, supple wine. It has vibrant and American oak Matured for nine red was harvested from pear, lychee and spice barriques. Full-coloured, months in French oak vines planted in 1984 flavours, a touch with a fragrant, slightly barriques, it is deep and matured for over of barrel-ferment coconutty bouquet, it is ruby, fresh and full- 18 months in French complexity, fractional mouthfilling, with ripe bodied, with a strong oak barriques (30% sweetness, and very plum and spice flavours, surge of plummy, new). Deeply coloured, good delicacy, harmony complex and savoury, slightly spicy flavours, it is perfumed, with and length. Best fresh acidity and good gently seasoned concentrated, vibrant, drinking mid-2021+. tannin backbone. A with nutty oak, and a blackcurrant and spice $26 (A, UK, US) youthful, very ageworthy moderately firm finish. flavours, showing good Mount Riley 17 red, it’s well worth Best drinking mid- complexity, fresh acidity, Valley Marlborough cellaring to 2022+. $43 2021+. $20 (UK, US) refined tannins and Chardonnay Obsidian Waiheke obvious potential; open 2019 HHHH1/2  Island Syrah 2023+. $60 (A) This very harmonious 2018 HHHH wine was hand-picked Fromm Marlborough Fresh and lively, this ½ and fermented and Syrah 2018 HHHH medium to full-bodied matured in French Certified organic, this red was matured in Dancing Petrel oak barriques (30% medium-bodied red is French oak barriques. Paewhenua Island new). Fragrant, with a blend of syrah (97%) Deep ruby, it has strong, Mangonui Northland a slightly creamy, and viognier (3%), hand- plummy, spicy flavours, Cabernet Franc biscuity bouquet, it is picked and matured for oak-derived complexity 2019 HHHH1/2 mouthfilling and vibrant, 19 months in French oak and a firmly structured Likely to be long-lived, with youthful grapefruit barrels (less than 10% finish. Open 2022+. $34 this Northland red and peach flavours, new). Full, bright ruby, it was hand-harvested showing excellent is aromatic, with vibrant, ½ and matured in French delicacy, a subtle plummy, well-spiced oak casks (30% new). seasoning of oak adding flavours, revealing strong Lawson’s Dry Hills Deeply coloured, it is complexity and obvious varietal character, a Marlborough Pinot fragrant and mouthfilling, potential. Best drinking subtle seasoning of oak Noir 2018 HHH1/2 with concentrated, 2022+. $28 and a well-structured Bright ruby, this regional ripe, youthful flavours Mount Riley 17 finish. Best drinking blend was matured in of plums and spices, Valley Marlborough 2022+. $38 (A) French oak barriques a hint of herbs, good Sauvignon Blanc (10% new). Mouthfilling, complexity and a well- 2019 HHHH1/2 it is moderately firm, structured finish. Best Offering fine value, this with good depth of ripe drinking 2023+. $30 ripely scented wine cherry, plum, spice and Dancing Petrel was hand-picked and nut flavours, showing Paewhenua Island fermented and lees- considerable complexity. Mangonui aged for eight months Best drinking mid- Northland Viognier in seasoned French 2021+. $26 (A, UK, US) 2019 HHHH1/2 oak casks. Still very This youthful, softly youthful, it is fleshy, mouthfilling wine with generous, tropical was hand-harvested fruit flavours, showing at a coastal vineyard excellent delicacy, in the Far North and slightly creamy and barrel-aged. Pale straw, biscuity notes, and it is powerful, with a crisp, dry, lengthy concentrated, ripe finish. Best drinking flavours of peaches and 2021+. $22 pears, biscuity notes adding complexity, balanced acidity and a dry, long finish. Best drinking 2022+ $30 October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 69

travelbriefs WINSOR DOBBIN OTAGO (Central Otago & Waitaki Valley) THE REES HOTEL WINS AGAIN “We love the challenge of creating – an accommodation experience, rather personalised experiences that lift the than simply a hotel room,” said Richard AN innovative deer milk dessert secured bar not only for the winter season, but Crawford, Senior Director of Hotel The Rees Hotel Queenstown’s executive all year round,” says Mark Rose, CEO of Development, Australia, New Zealand chef and culinary Olympian Corey Hume The Rees Hotel. and the Pacific for Marriott International. first prize in a national culinary challenge. QUEENSTOWN’S GOT MOXY “Experience is driving travel both in The competition challenged chefs at New Zealand and globally, and the some of New Zealand’s best restaurants in QUEENSTOWN will be the home of the idea of a hotel delivering a lifestyle, an Auckland, Wellington, and Queenstown to first Moxy Hotel in New Zealand. Marriott experience, a story is increasingly sought create an ice-cream dish made from deer International has unveiled a 176-room, after by visitors. With different touches milk, a relatively new, luxury ingredient. new build, stand-alone hotel to open in like a digital guestbook that displays Pãmu deer milk is currently only available 2022 and mark the debut of the Moxy guests’ and locals’ Instagram posts at in Australia and New Zealand. brand in New Zealand. It is the third the hotel in real time, check in at the Moxy brand hotel signed in the region, bar over drinks and social spaces that Chef Hume from True South Dining following the signings of Moxy Melbourne feel like home for guests and locals to Room at The Rees crafted a visually South Yarra and Moxy Perth. unwind, the Moxy brand is expected to simple, yet technically complex, creation be a launch pad for visitors to explore centred on deer milk vanilla ice cream, “The signing of Moxy Queenstown and Queenstown, which is undoubtedly one confit lemon and sorbet in the form of the the recent growth of the Moxy Hotels of New Zealand’s most exciting cities.” humble lemon. The chef made a glacial brand in Australia and New Zealand is copy of an actual lemon complete with reflective of what travellers want today Moxy Queenstown will be located a palate-cleansing core. adjacent to Queenstown International Airport, near the banks of the Kawarau The Rees, meanwhile, was officially Falls Scenic Reserve and at the gateway recognised as the Best Ski Hotel in New to the region’s acclaimed ski fields. It Zealand at the 2019 World Ski Awards will open within Queenstown Central, a in Kitzbühel, Austria. The annual awards mixed-use development located on Grant program celebrates excellence in ski Road, in the heart of Frankton. tourism and brings together representatives from ski nations across Europe, Asia, North “Visitation to Queenstown is booming, America, South America and Australasia. and the bold Moxy brand will be a lively new addition for adventurous, fun- It was the fourth consecutive time the seeking travellers to the city – both in five-star hotel, luxury apartments & lakeside its high-season winter and throughout residences, on the shores of Lake Wakatipu summer,” said Sean Hunt, area vice overlooking the Remarkables, has been voted the number one performer. 70 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

travelbriefs president, Australia, New Zealand and This gentle gradient trail journey is ideal flagship for Holiday Inn in New Zealand, the Pacific for Marriott International. for beginner cyclists and a variety of showing off the latest and best of the accommodation is dotted along the trail, world’s largest hotel brand. Moxy Queenstown will join Moxy’s including B&B’s, country hotels and lodges. global portfolio of 46 hotels throughout Cyclists also have the option of having their The 182-room build will be located within Europe, North America, and Asia. For luggage transferred from point-to-point to a few minutes’ drive from Queenstown more information, visit http://moxy-hotels. lighten their load while cycling. Airport and close to The Remarkables marriott.com/en. ski field. It will feature an all-day dining The two-day Clutha Gold Trail follows and bar venue, as well as large meeting ON YOUR BIKE! the beautiful Clutha River from Roxburgh facilities and a gym for guests. Dam to Lawrence. Showcasing the early AS WELL as wine, Central Otago is history of the area, the trail provides a The IHG group has put a focus on regional known for its cycle trails. The 150km unique heritage experience of Chinese growth in Australia and New Zealand, Otago Central Rail Trail follows the route gold miners, European pastoral farming, with several recent Holiday Inn signings of the old railway; you can cycle from and early Maori moa hunters. Cyclists across Australia, including in Wagga station to station staying in places little also have the option of doing a portion Wagga, Melbourne Dandenong, Geelong, touched by modern hustle and bustle. of the trail as a day trip. Melbourne Ringwood, Melbourne Coburg and Melbourne Werribee, which are all The Roxburgh Gorge Trail and Clutha HOLIDAY INN EXPANDS EMPIRE new-build properties. Gold Trail also offer unique experiences deep in the heart of Central Otago. The GET set for a brand-new Holiday Inn in Otago Central Rail Trail takes around Queenstown Remarkables Park. Set to four-five days, riding past farmland, open its doors in early 2021, Holiday Inn spectacular river gorges, preserved gold Queenstown Remarkables Park will be a mining settlements and inspiring scenery. Top left: Exterior of Moxy Hotel Queenstown. Above right: Exterior of Holiday Inn Queenstown. Left: Clutha Gold Cycle Trail. Opposite page top to bottom: Stunning views from The Rees Hotel, Chef Corey Hume. October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 71

OTAGO - Centr al O ta g o & Wa it a k i Va lley 34 TASTED 34 RECOMMENDED O TA G O Central Otago & Waitaki Valley Pinot noir dominated the tasting, which is no surprise, given that Maude Central Bald Hills Last Light the classic red-wine variety of Burgundy accounts for nearly 80% of Otago Pinot Gris Single Vineyard the region’s vineyard area. But the white wines of Central Otago 2019 HHHH1/2 Bannockburn and the Waitaki Valley (in North Otago) can be compelling too. Attractively scented, Central Otago Pinot gris and riesling were the early favourites, but chardonnay this regional blend Riesling has been the big mover in recent years, yielding a rising stream of was fermented in a 2018 HHHHH delicious, vibrant, creamy-textured wines. mix of tanks (60%) This richly scented wine and seasoned French has a strong sense of Prices shown are approximate New Zealand retail. Wines available oak barriques (40%). youthful drive. Light in export markets are shown as (A) Australia, (UK) and (US). Mouthfilling and lemon/green, it is vibrantly fruity, it is full medium-bodied, with PINOT GRIS Tatty Bogler Waitaki Terra Sancta Lola’s of youthful vigour, with penetrating, yet delicate, Valley North Otago Block Bannockburn strong, yet delicate, citrusy, appley flavours, 5 TASTED Pinot Gris Central Otago Pinot pear, lychee and spice some peachy notes, 5 RECOMMENDED 2019 HHHHH Gris 2018 HHHHH flavours, a distinct touch appetising acidity and a Clearly a top vintage, This highly refined wine of complexity and a distinctly off-dry, lasting Pinot gris is easily the this Alsace-style wine is was hand-harvested crisp, finely balanced, finish. Already delicious, most widely planted a full-bodied, vigorous, and fermented and dry finish. $27 (A, UK) it’s well worth cellaring white-wine grape in off-dry style. Weighty, matured for 10 months to 2022+. $30 Central Otago and the with strong, vibrant in old, neutral French oak Wild Earth Central Maori Point Single Waitaki Valley, with 206 stonefruit flavours, puncheons. Currently Otago Pinot Gris Vineyard Central hectares of bearing gently spicy notes, delicious, it is weighty, 2019 HHHH Otago Riesling vines in 2020, far ahead fresh acidity and a very with excellent delicacy Still unfolding, this 3:1 2019 HHHHH of riesling (77 ha) and harmonious finish, it’s and depth of peach, pear blend of Gibbston and Full of potential, this chardonnay (68 ha). The already delicious, but and lychee flavours, a Lowburn grapes was lively, estate grown, regional style is typically likely to be long-lived. subtle suggestion of partly (25%) fermented hand harvested wine full-bodied, vibrantly Best drinking mid- oak adding complexity, in old French oak barrels. is already delicious. fruity and just off-dry, 2021+. $25 balanced acidity and a Pale lemon/green, it has Bright, light lemon/ with a subtle seasoning finely textured, dryish, strong, pear-like aromas green, it is medium- of oak typically used lasting finish. Drink now- and flavours, peachy and bodied, with fresh, to add an extra layer of 2023. $29 spicy notes, a distinct concentrated, citrusy, flavour. Bald Hills Kirameki touch of complexity and appley flavours, Single Vineyard a long, lively finish. Best showing a distinct JUDGED BY Bannockburn drinking mid-2021+. $28 touch of complexity, Central Otago Pinot (A, US) gentle sweetness, Michael Cooper Gris 2018 HHHH1/2 appetising acidity and Winestate’s New Zealand editor Delicious now, this full- RIESLING a finely poised, long is author of the internationally bodied pinot gris was finish. Best drinking acclaimed Wine Atlas of hand-picked and made 3 TASTED 2022+. $29 (A, US) New Zealand and the annual with a small percentage 3 RECOMMENDED Wild Earth Central New Zealand Wines: Michael of barrel fermentation. Otago Riesling Cooper’s Buyer’s Guide, now Attractively scented, it The region’s second 2018 HHHH1/2 in its 27th edition. In the 2004 is vibrantly fruity, with most widely planted Full of youthful impact, New Year Honours, Michael strong pear, peach and white wine grape this single vineyard wine was appointed an Officer of the spice flavours, a sliver variety, riesling thrives was hand harvested New Zealand Order of Merit for of sweetness and a in Central Otago’s cool at Bendigo. Bright, services to wine writing. finely balanced, lingering growing environment, light lemon/green, it is finish. Best drinking yielding highly fragrant, scented and vibrantly 2021+. $30 penetratingly flavoured fruity, with very good wines with a sliver of intensity of ripe, peachy, sweetness, mouth- limey flavours and a watering acidity and crisp, off-dry, lingering plenty of aging potential. finish. Drink now or cellar. $27 (A, UK, US) 72 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

regional tasting CHARDONNAY Wild Earth Central ROSÉ Bald Hills 3 Acres Ceres Composition Otago Chardonnay Bannockburn Bannockburn 3 TASTED 2019 HHHH1/2 2 TASTED Central Otago Pinot Central Otago Pinot 3 RECOMMENDED This is a very refreshing 2 RECOMMENDED Noir 2017 HHHHH Noir 2018 HHHHH chardonnay, reminiscent Offering great value, Already delicious, this Chardonnay looks likely of Chablis. A single Coal Pit Central this Bannockburn red very harmonious red to surpass riesling in the vineyard wine, grown at Otago Pinot Noir was hand-picked and was grown at two near future as Central Bendigo, it was hand- Rosé 2019 HHHHH matured for a year in Bannockburn sites and Otago’s second most picked and fermented Hard to resist, this bright French oak barriques matured for a year in extensively planted and matured for 10 pink Gibbston wine (28% new). Full- French oak casks (18% white wine variety. Still months in French oak is invitingly scented. coloured, it is fragrant new). Deep ruby, it is widely underrated, the casks (15% new). Bright, Full-bodied, fresh and and mouthfilling, with mouthfilling and sweet- region’s chardonnays light lemon/green, it is dry, it has a lovely deep, ripe cherry, plum fruited, with generous are typically lively, with elegant and vibrantly array of watermelon, and spice flavours, cherry, plum, spice and vibrant, citrusy fruit fruity, with youthful, strawberry, peach and refined tannins, and nut flavours, showing characters to the fore, lemony, appley flavours spice flavours, showing lovely mouthfeel and excellent complexity, fresh acidity and a to the fore, a gentle impressive vibrancy, texture. Savoury and finely balanced tannins creamy texture. seasoning of biscuity delicacy and length. $31 seductive, it’s well worth and a long finish. Drink oak, balanced acidity and cellaring. $32 now or cellar. $40 Maude Central a sustained finish. Best Maori Point Single Bristol Farm Central Maori Point Central Otago Chardonnay drinking 2022+. $32 (A) Vineyard Central Otago Pinot Noir Otago Pinot Noir 2019 HHHH1/2 Otago Pinot Noir 2017 HHHHH 2017 HHHHH This creamy textured OTHER Rosé 2020 HHHH Revealing impressive Offering fine value, this wine was fermented WHITES Estate grown and hand depth, the 2017 vintage estate grown red was and lees-aged for eight harvested, this bright is a 2:1 blend of matured for 11 months months in French oak 2 TASTED pink wine has vibrant Bannockburn and Bendigo in mostly French oak casks (10% new). 2 RECOMMENDED watermelon, strawberry grapes, matured for 11 casks (22% new) and Fragrant, with a citrusy, and spice flavours, a months in French oak bottled unfined and slightly biscuity bouquet, Judge Rock The Alibi sliver of sweetness and casks (15% new). Deep unfiltered. Deep, bright it has good weight, Central Otago Blanc a seductively smooth ruby, with a fresh, spicy, ruby, it is mouthfilling, with citrusy, peachy, de Noir 2019 HHHH finish. Full-bodied, floral bouquet, it has savoury and supple, mealy flavours, showing Faintly pink, this white yet with a sense of concentrated, plummy, with concentrated, ripe impressive depth, a wine was made from lightness, it’s delicious spicy, nutty flavours, cherry, plum and spice subtle seasoning of pinot noir grown at young. $25 (A, US) complex, savoury and flavours, showing good oak and a very smooth, Alexandra. Offering lingering. Set for a complexity, that build harmonious finish. Best very easy drinking, it PINOT NOIR long life, it’s well worth to a finely textured, drinking mid-2021+. $30 is vibrantly fruity, with cellaring to 2022+. $45 (A) harmonious finish. strong, fresh, peachy, 18 TASTED Delicious now, it should Terra Sancta slightly strawberryish 18 RECOMMENDED be at its best 2021+. Riverblock and spicy flavours $39 (A, US) Bannockburn and an off-dry finish. Think Central Otago, Central Otago Certified organic. $30 think pinot noir. Chardonnay Coal Pit Central Accounting for nearly 2018 HHHH1/2 Otago Sauvignon 80% of vine plantings, This stylish young Blanc 2019 HHH1/2 pinot noir initially stood wine is well worth This aromatic, freshly out for its vibrant, ‘fruit cellaring. Estate grown, herbaceous wine bomb’ reds, but as hand harvested and was hand harvested the region’s vines (and fermented in French from mature vines winemakers) mature, oak puncheons (25% at Gibbston and tank the wines are becoming new), it has a citrusy, fermented. Bright, more and more slightly creamy light lemon/green, it is intriguing and diverse bouquet. Mouthfilling, medium-bodied, with – scented, supple, it is vibrantly fruity, with youthful melon and complex and savoury. strong, grapefruit-like green capsicum-like flavours, gentle biscuity flavours, punchy and notes, balanced acidity crisp. $27 (UK) and a very harmonious, lingering finish. Best 2022+. $31 October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 73

OTAGO - Centr al O ta g o & Wa it a k i Va lley Domaine-Thomson Domaine-Thomson Maude Central Terra Sancta Terra Sancta Rows 1-37 Central Surveyor Thomson Otago Pinot Noir Jackson’s Block Slapjack Block Otago Pinot Noir Central Otago Pinot 2018 HHHHH Bannockburn Bannockburn 2017 HHHHH Noir 2016 HHHHH Enticingly perfumed, Central Otago Central Otago This powerful red is Certified organic, this this savoury red was Pinot Noir Pinot Noir from a single clone fragrant, savoury, grown at Queensberry 2018 HHHHH 2018 HHHHH (777), estate grown at complex red was estate and Lowburn, in the Full of personality, From the oldest vines Lowburn. Matured in grown at Lowburn. Cromwell Basin, and this estate grown, in Bannockburn, planted French oak casks (25% Matured in French oak matured for 10 months single block red was in 1991, this ruby hued, new), it is deep ruby, casks (20% new), it is in French oak barriques hand-picked, matured velvety red was hand- mouthfilling, savoury mouthfilling, with strong (30% new). Bright ruby, in French oak casks harvested, matured and well-structured, with flavours of cherries, it is a very refined, (20% new), and bottled in French oak casks dense, ripe, plummy, plums, spices and nuts, full-bodied wine, with unfined and unfiltered. (20%) new, and bottled spicy flavours, finely and a moderately firm generous cherry, plum, Full, bright ruby, it unfined and unfiltered. integrated oak adding finish. A very ageworthy spice and nut flavours, is a generous wine, A very gentle wine, it complexity, and a long wine, it should be at its impressive complexity fragrant, savoury, ripe is mouthfilling, sweet- life ahead. “Serious, best mid-2021+. $55 (A, and ripe, supple tannins. and complex, with fruited and supple, brooding,” I jotted down. UK, US) Best drinking 2022. Fine concentrated cherry, with youthful, subtle, Certified organic. $75 (A, value. $38 (UK) plum and spice flavours delicate cherry and spice UK, US) and a well-structured, flavours, complex and harmonious, long finish. savoury, and a notably Very ageworthy, it’s harmonious, lasting well worth cellaring to finish. Best drinking 2023+. $52 (A) 2022+. $83 Manufactured in Australia It takes exceptional grapes to produce remarkable wine and those grapes need strong versatile and ecological trellis along with prudent management to allow for premium grapes to be produced, Ocloc trellis systems has helped achieved that. Ocloc trellis systems allow for individuals to specifically adapt grape growing structures, permitting the grower to control growth through multiple wire lifting positions or allowing for exposure to sunlight for even ripening, all serving to make Ocloc the most versatile, long term trellis system on the market. Above all, Ocloc trellis posts are produced 100% carbon offset and have the lowest carbon footprint for ecological and responsible grape production. Ocloc is the preferred system for some of Australia’s icon vineyards and wine labels. The importance of trellis is a crucial hidden component in the sustainable production of wine and underestimated by the wine buying public. Reliable and versatile espalier structures help create consistent grapes for optimal & sustainable production of wine. The versatility of the Ocloc trellis system has achieved many innovation and design awards, culminating in Oct 2019 with the industries Impact Award for services to viticulture. Winestate magazine service the industry at one end and Ocloc service the grower at the other but both serve as integral value partners to the world renowned and exceptional Australian wine industry. WWW.OCLOC.COM.AU Phone Nigel Catt: 0418 832 967 Email: [email protected] 74 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

regional tasting Coal Pit Tiwha Judge Rock Rocky Point Central Terra Sancta Central Otago Pinot Alexandra Central Otago Pinot Noir Shingle Beach Noir 2018 HHHH1/2 Otago Pinot Noir 2019 HHHH1/2 Bannockburn Scented and supple, 2017 HHHH1/2 This youthful, fruit Central Otago this estate grown, Still youthful, this packed red was hand Pinot Noir Gibbston red was hand- highly fragrant red was harvested at the 2018 HHHH1/2 picked and matured for estate grown in the company’s two sites at This graceful, delicate a year in French oak Alexandra sub-region Bendigo and matured in pinot noir was estate casks (40% new). Ruby and matured in French French oak casks (15% grown on the edge hued, it is a refined, oak casks (30% new). new). Full-coloured, of the Kawarau River, vibrantly fruity wine Bright ruby, it is medium it is mouthfilling, hand-picked, and with ripe cherry, plum to full-bodied, with vibrant and supple, matured in French oak and spice flavours, a concentrated cherry, with fresh acidity and puncheons (20% new). hint of herbs, good plum and spice flavours, concentrated, plummy, Ruby hued, it is finely complexity and a complex and savoury, spicy, slightly nutty scented and sweet- smooth finish. Best and a well-structured flavours. Already highly fruited, with delicate drinking 2022+. $57 finish. Best drinking approachable, it should plum, spice and nut (A, UK) 2022+. $45 be at its best from flavours, showing 2022 onwards. (From excellent complexity, Prophet’s Rock.) $33 and a long, supple (A, UK) finish. Best drinking 2022+. $47 Bristol Farm Central Otago Pinot Noir 2018 HHHH1/2 Still unfolding, this fragrant, single vineyard red grown at Bannockburn, matured in French oak (22% new). Bright ruby, it is mouthfilling & savoury, with strong, ripe cherry, plum/spice flavours, finely integrated oak & good tannin backbone. Open 2022+. $45 (A) BeSeen Advertising owns and operates a fleet of Out-Of-Home advertising screens in the Central Adelaide area. With the primary focus on the Asian community, we have digital LED billboards oversee landmark locations including Central Market Plaza and Chinatown Moonta street. Smaller sized digital panels and lightboxes are also deployed in front of Asian grocery and food courts throughout the region. Bring your brand to the heart of Adelaide, reach large and diverse public audiences. BeSeen Advertising is your ultimate local campaigner! ph: 1300 983 528 email: [email protected] www.beseenadvertising.com.au October 2020 W I N E S TAT E 75

OTAGO - Centr al O ta g o & Wa it a k i Va lley Diggers Law Central Tatty Bogler FORTIFIED STAR RATINGS  Otago Pinot Noir Bannockburn 2018 HHHH Central Otago Pinot 1 TASTED Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of Well worth cellaring, Noir 2019 HHHH 1 RECOMMENDED excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. this finely textured red Scented and supple, All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry was French oak-aged this finely balanced red Judge Rock The professionals and are compared in peer for nearly a year. Ruby was matured for a year Verdict Alexandra classes by three judges. hued, it is smoothly in French oak casks Central Otago Port CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, mouthfilling, with (20% new). Ruby hued, 2018 HHHH1/2 a major mail-order business. moderately concentrated, it is highly varietal, with This fortified wine CD Cellar door price. ripe cherry, spice and nut youthful, ripe cherry, from the deep south CDO Cellar door only. flavours, fresh acidity and plum and spice flavours, is instantly appealing. SO Sold out. considerable complexity. a gentle seasoning of Made in a ‘ruby style’ $N/A Price not available at time of printing. Best drinking mid-2021+. oak, and loads of drink- from St Laurent grapes  Contact information pg 88. (From Bannock Brae.) $28 young appeal. $35 (a traditional Austrian Mount Riley Limited Tatty Bogler Waitaki variety), and matured RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). Release Central Valley Pinot Noir for seven months in BEST VALUE for $20 & under Otago Pinot Noir 2015 HHHH French oak barriques, and NZ $25 & under. 2019 HHHH This North Otago red it is delicious young. For a complete list of what we tasted Already very was matured for 10 Deeply coloured, it is please refer to www.winestate.com.au approachable, this months in French oak mouthfilling and packed elegant, medium to casks (20% new). with vibrant, plummy WKR full-bodied red was Showing some colour flavours, sweet, strong hand-picked at Lowburn maturity, it has a and smooth. $55 and matured for 10 fragrant, slightly leafy months in French oak. bouquet, leading Bright ruby, it is vibrant into a vibrant, supple and sweet-fruited, with wine with strongly ripe cherry and spice varietal, moderately flavours, showing very concentrated cherry, good depth, finely plum, herb and spice integrated oak and flavours, oak complexity gentle tannins. Good and fresh acidity. Drink value. $25 (US) now-2022. $45 A DIFFERENT KIND OF ‘SELLAR’! Discover Delicia King William Road, a ‘sellar’ of fine acai bowls, textured raw treats, very smooth award winning coffees, unique warm vegan meals, and vibrant, edgey smoothies and shakes, all will enjoy! Call in and be surprised at Delicia KWR! Delicia King William Road 54a King William Road, Goodwood, SA. Phone 0401114823 Open Mon- Fri 8am to 4pm • Weekends 9am to 4pm Order online at www.deliciaacaibar.com Ubereats, Deliveroo, or Phone orders. 76 W I N E S TAT E October 2020

insiderthe wine & spiritAUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND October 2020 Issue 169 THE WINE & SPIRIT INSIDER IS A PROMOTIONAL GUIDE FROM THE LIQUOR TRADE TO THE CONSUMER. Winestate Publishing ABN 56 088 226 411 In this issue... New Releases & Best Value Buys Under $20

220 TASTED 125 AWARDED NEW RELEASES Lots of very youthful new releases here this time, with the judges H&L 'V' McLaren SAUVIGNON questioning whether a number of these would have performed Vale Vermentino BLANC better with a few extra months in the bottle. Something to 2020 HHH think about when you look at the results. Unfortunately \"current Very young fresh wine 22 TASTED economic decisions may be influencing winemaking decisions,\" with lemon/citrus-like 8 AWARDED said the judges. However, on a positive note there are more varietal characters and A bit of a struggle here than enough good to great wines in this tasting to satisfy good acidity. $30 with the Kiwi’s coming to everybody. the fore showing more Antiquarian Clare freshness and aromatics. SPARKLING Hollick Estates OTHER Valley Semillon The good Aussie wines The Bard Brut WHITES & Riesling 2019 HHH had elegance and good 4 TASTED Cuvée Coonawarra BLENDS Toasty citrusy style mouth feel while others 4 AWARDED Sparkling with some sweetness lacked varietal aromatics Chardonnay Pinot 9 TASTED balanced by the making dry white wines The judges described Noir 2017 HHH 4 AWARDED acidity. $55 rather than true varietals these as a nice group Cashew and green which is unusual for this of Sunday lunch wines. melon aromas with Disappointing! “Too FIANO most defined varietal. “Fresh, lively and easy rich ripe tropical fruit many wines here were drinking,” said one. flavours. $20 all bones and no flesh,” 5 TASTED Babydoll Chateau Yaldara said one judge. The 3 AWARDED Marlborough Bec Hardy Wines Adelaide Hills 2020s are too young for Sauvignon Blanc Premium South Sparkling now and will improve. Some good examples 2020 HHHH1/2 Australia Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot here with just a couple Attractive pungent NV HHH1/2 Noir 2016 HHH McGuigan Bin that were too thin and passionfruit fragrances Toasty nose and very Subtle citrus bouquet 9000 Hunter Valley lacked mouth feel. –very New Zealand. The rich and complex nutty/ with upfront yeastiness Semillon fresh, youthful and crisp toasty flavours with and tightly wound creamy 2020 HHHH H&L 'F' McLaren tropical fruit palate has a citrus fruit core and lemon palate. $50 Vibrant, well made, Vale Fiano a soft acid line. “Ticks subtle oak. $25 green hued wine with 2020 HHHH all the boxes!” said one flinty grassy/citrus nose Tropical notes to the judge. Bec Hardy Wines and crisp apple and lifted grassy citrusy Pertaringa Lakeside citrus flavours. Will age nose. Nice intensity of South Australia well. $20 passionfruit flavours. Sparkling NV HHH Good mouth-watering Pale wine with a fine Nodus Tollens acidity. $30 bead, floral/citrus nose Ferguson Valley and nicely focussed Arneis 2020 HHH Haselgrove primary fruit flavours. Funky figgy fragrances Alternative Series $17 with super passionfruit- McLaren Vale Fiano like varietal flavours on 2020 HHH the slightly oily palate. $28 Very young and fresh with “glimpses of potential,” said one judge. Just needs time. $24 Brown Brothers Winemakers Series King Valley Fiano 2019 HHH A lightly framed flora/ citrus driven wine with nice complexity developing. $25 78 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting The Ned VBBAEULSYUTSE Bec Hardy Wines Zilzie Liv Lighter Cat Amongst The Boston Bay Wines Waihopai Valley Pertaringa Victoria Pinot Grigio Pigeons Fat Cat Peninsula Riesling Marlborough Scarecrow Adelaide 2020 HHH Eden Valley Riesling 2020 HHH Sauvignon Blanc Hills Sauvignon Vibrant citrus aromas. 2020 HHHH1/2 Floral citrus nose, clean 2020 HHHH Blanc 2020 HHH1/2 Slippery and fleshy A ripe mix of tropical and musky lemon/lime The nose is pungent and Complex flinty citrus in the mouth with citrus fragrances with palate with crunchy herbaceous with delicate nose with lots of perfumed pineapple a floral lift. Fresh palate acidity. $24 lemon curd-like characters varietal fruit on the flavours. $15 that has great length and filling the mouth with zingy, complex and well power with good mouth Longhop Adelaide flavour. Lovely acidity. balanced palate. $25 McGuigan Cellar feel and crunchy acidity. Hills Riesling $18.99 Select Hunter Valley Drinking well now. $29 2020 HHH Boston Bay Wines Pinot Grigio Army Of Grapes Lemon aromas with light Yealands Estate The Great White 2020 HHH Margaret River toasty complexity and Marlborough Peninsula Sauvignon Neutral nose with a Riesling 2020 HHHH a sound musk lolly and Sauvignon Blanc Blanc 2020 HHH zesty lift and nice crisp Subtle citrus aromas citrus palate. $24 2020 HHH1/2 Floral fragrances with a citrus freshness on the with musky floral Punchy herbaceous flinty tropical edge and balanced palate. $16 nuances. Lime cordial Herbert Vineyard nose with distinct thistle very pretty passionfruit characters dominate a Backyarders Mount notes. Lovely depth of palate. $24 Fat'n Skinny palate with good acidity. Gambier Riesling lemon sherbet/tropical Fleurieu Hills Pinot Needs time. $19.99 2018 HHH fruit flavours. $NA 10 Chains Grigio 2019 HHH Cat Amongst The A fuller style developing Pemberton Figs and tropical fruit Pigeons Eden Valley typical honeyed/ Yealands Estate Sauvignon Blanc on the nose with a Riesling 2020 HHHH kerosene-like aged Reserve Awatere 2019 HHH complexity of rich fruit Clean lifted citrus notes. Nice acidity. $22 Valley Marlborough Intense and punchy flavours. $22 bouquet with a hint of Sauvignon Blanc green lemon aromatics peaches and pretty floral CHARDONNAY 2020 HHH1/2 with a gooseberry driven Aitkens Folly notes. Palate is full of & BLENDS Pungent tropical aromas flavour profile. $18 Central Otago Pinot citrus flavours with crisp and a tight palate with Gris 2019 HHH acidity. $21 17 TASTED interesting flavour Fox Gordon Abby Fresh apple aromas with Hoggies Estate 9 AWARDED spectrum and some Adelaide Hills Fume tropical notes and nicely Coonawarra Riesling green notes. $NA Blanc 2018 HHH balanced apple, pear and 2019 HHH1/2 The judges found this to Complex buttery honey palate. $25 Tightly wound “sleeper” be a fair range of solid honeyed style with with plenty of cellaring quaffing wines with obvious oak and a RIESLING potential. Nice zesty various styles ranging warming finish. $29.95 lemon sorbet/floral across several regions. 13 TASTED characters. $14.99 “Some tried too hard PINOT GRIS/ 9 AWARDED Kies Family Wines here with malo and oak GRIGIO Hill Block Barossa therefore losing any A solid class of Valley Riesling fruit contact,” noted one 14 TASTED recommended wines 2020 HHH judge. 4 AWARDED again with a comment Limes and spices on from the judges about the nose with nicely Vandemonian Single Good wines were few early bottling. “More tempered primary fruit Vineyard Tasmania and far between here. character and worth flavours. $22 Chardonnay “Too young,” said one looking at again in a few Shanahans 2019 HHHH judge. “Most of these months time.” Evergreen Eden Attractive stonefruit need more bottle age Valley Riesling aromatics with charry- and others were thin and 2020 HHH like complexity and dilute!” But there were Elegant minerally lime very flavoursome a couple of worthy older bouquet with nice floral palate with lots of vintage wines. varietal fruit flavours and oak and great mouth piquant acidity. $23 coating acidity. $45 JUDGES - DAY 1 Nick Haselgrove David Fleming Winestate’s 2010 Australian Winemaker for Brett Smith Winemaker of the Year. Scarpantoni Wines. Winemaker at Peter Owner/Winemaker of Has vintaged in Lehmann wines in the Nick Haselgrove Wines. California, Italy, Barossa Valley. Associate Former chief winemaker at Canada and Hungary. judge at the Barossa Haselgrove Wines. A ‘flying Formerly winemaker wine show and small winemaker’ from 1993-95. at Seppeltsfield in the winemakers shows Judge at Hobart for 3 years Barossa Valley. (QLD). Has completed and associate judge at AWAC course. Previously Adelaide in 1996-97. Extensive a winemaker at International export activities. Lindemans and Penfolds. Has vintaged in California. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 79

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wine & spirit insider tasting OTHER RED Brown Brothers Hofer Family Wines Nick Haselgrove CABERNET VARIETALS & Winemaker's Series Langhorne Creek Blackbilly McLaren BLENDS BLENDS Victoria Tempranillo Lagrein 2019 HHH Vale Grenache Graciano Good depth of tart Shiraz Mourvedre 5 TASTED 11 TASTED 2018 HHHH1/2 mulberry aromas with 2018 HHHH 4 AWARDED 7 AWARDED Beautifully fresh a youthful fruit and nut- Bright purple hues, ripe aromatic berry bouquet like chocolate bar of a blackcurrant nose with Some good examples of Some excellent and super fresh tangy palate. $25 leathery notes and a complementary blending examples here of red cherry and blue robust strawberry and with the classic addition alternative varieties. fruit palate laced with Leconfield chocolate flavoured of merlot. “There is lovely velvety tannins. “High Coonawarra palate. $25 drinkability from some drinkability!” noted one Cabernet Franc Leconfield of the varieties showing judge. $25 2019 HHH Shanahans The Coonawarra retained freshness and Tamburlaine Organic Minty blackcurrant Barking Dog Barossa Cabernet Merlot vibrancy,” agreed the Wines Reserve bouquet. Quite a herbal Valley G.S.M. 2018 HHHH1/2 judges. Orange Cabernet palate with slight 2018 HHH Great colour here Franc 2019 HHH1/2 angular green edged A complexity of dark with bright leafy Tamburlaine Organic A well made youthful tannins. $30 liqueur-like fruit, gravelly blue fruit fragrances Wines Reserve and crunchy wine with tannins and balancing and very fresh minty Orange Malbec a balance of blue fruits, Minnow Creek oak. Drink soon. $23 blackcurrant flavour 2019 HHHH1/2 tobacco oak and violet- The Black Minnow profile with judicious Vibrant purple wine with like floral notes. $44 McLaren Vale MERLOT use of oak and masses dark fruit fragrances Smith & Sheth CRU Sangiovese of firm tannins. $26 and lifted florals. Palate Heretaunga Hawke's Cabernet Sauvignon 6 TASTED is very primary and Bay Cabernet Franc 2018 HHH 2 AWARDED Hollick Estates fresh with a balance of 2018 HHH1/2 A complex wine with Tannery Block blackcurrants, florals Bright red fruited savoury olive tapenade- A couple of bright Coonawarra and perfume and fine style with raisined-like like aromas and examples of merlot but Cabernet Sauvignon tannins in support. $44 sweetness and delicious flavours with chunky there were too many Merlot 2019 HHHH mouth watering acidity tannins. $22 wines in this flight Intense purple wine with and fine tannins. $50 showing green fruit loads of bright complex GRENACHE tannins. brambly fruit characters and oak in a supporting 5 TASTED Leconfield role. $22 3 AWARDED Coonawarra Merlot 2019 HHH Bream Creek Some nice examples Minty blackberry Vineyard Tasmania showing bright colours bouquet and an Cabernet Merlot and spicy flavours with abundance of varietal 2018 HHH good plummy depth. fruit flavours with herbal Herbal notes to the notes. $26 nose with dark flavours Chateau Yaldara on a lightweight palate Lily Ponds Barossa Mike Press Single with green edged Valley Grenache Vineyard Adelaide tannins. $36 2020 HHHH Hills Merlot Soft, supple and 2018 HHH Bunnamagoo Estate youthful wine. Bright Classy vibrant Central Ranges crunchy raspberry fruit blackcurrant varietal fruit Cabernet Sauvignon with a violet lift, some here with sweet vanillin Shiraz Merlot spiciness, fine tannins oak and fine tannins. 2016 HHH and soft acidity. $25 $14.99 A mature wine; an attractive mix of leafy varietal characters and secondary complexity. $24 JUDGES - DAY 2 Adam Clay Clare Dry Winemaker for Pirathon Winemaker at Wolf Blass Brett Smith Wines. Previously Wines for the past 13 years, Winemaker at Peter winemaker for Penfolds, specialising in cool climate Lehmann wines in the Lindemans and Taylors. Adelaide Hills wines. Judged Barossa Valley. Associate Has completed vintages at wine shows; Royal judge at the Barossa at Marchesi de Frescobaldi Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, Clare, wine show and small in Chianti and Pellegrin in Barossa, Alternative – Mildura, winemakers shows California. Judge at the and Small winemakers (QLD). Has completed Alternative Varieties show shows. Has vintaged in AWAC course. Previously Cairns, Queensland Wine Mornington Peninsula and the a winemaker at Awards and Clare Valley Pfalz region of Germany. Lindemans and Penfolds. wine show. Has vintaged in California. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 81

NEW RELEASES CABERNET MW Victoria SHIRAZ & Tamburlaine Organic SHIRAZ & SAUVIGNON Cabernet Sauvignon BLENDS Wines Reserve BLENDS 2018 2018 HHHH 2020/2019 Orange Syrah 16 TASTED Mature spicy black 2019 HHHH 28 TASTED 8 AWARDED currant aromas with a 17 TASTED Powerful hit of lifted 23 AWARDED A mixed group with a mouthful of sweet dark 12 AWARDED red fruit characters with A strong class of wines very solid pack of wines fruit and green olive chocolaty oak and big from a strong vintage. within those reviewed. flavours with obvious A solid and consistent fine tannins. “Will be “The wines show quite “A couple of good oak. Drink soon. $21.99 class of young wines that drinking well in the next fleshy palates,” noted the vintages particularly for Krondorf Founders are still “filling out” and ten years or more!” $44 judges. “The tannins are cool climate regions View Barossa are not overdone or over round and subtle yet firm giving riper fruit tannins Cabernet Sauvignon ripe. Hollick Estates enough for the wines to and less green fruit,” said 2018 HHHH Stock Route cellar well.” one judge. “Some of Secondary black olive Allegiance Wines Limestone Coast Krondorf Founders these offer good cellaring characters developing The Artisan Shiraz Cabernet View Barossa Shiraz potential but are also on the nose with a rich Reserve Barossa Sauvignon 2018 HHHHH great drinking now.” concentration of ripe Valley Shiraz 2019 HHH1/2 A very nice intense red dark fruit flavours. $26 2019 HHHH1/2 Smells of blackberries wine with a crimson Renmark Vineyards Leconfield 'The Attractive vanillin oak with a lift of aniseed edge. Big blackcurrant, Renmark Creek Sydney' Reserve aromas sitting on top of and mint and a peppery black olive and chocolaty South Australia Coonawarra blue fruit fragrances with plum palate layered with aromas and great power Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon a peppery lift and cigar cassis fruit. $22 and freshness of earthy 2019 HHHH 2016 HHHH box-like oak dominating licorice fruit flavours. $26 Beautifully fresh style A smart complex style the complex chocolaty Bec Hardy Wines with minty blackcurrant with “personality” and palate. $60 Pertaringa Regional The Gate By fruit, subtle nuances still showing meaty Series McLaren Vale Shingleback of oak, fine grained cassis varietal fruit McGuigan Personal Shiraz 2019 HHH1/2 McLaren Vale Shiraz tannins and high with an abundance of Reserve Oldman Forest floor-like 2018 HHHHH acidity. $10.99 tannins. $35 Hunter Valley Shiraz characters on the nose Dense crimson wine Tamburlaine Organic Taylors Promised 2019 HHHH1/2 with a dark brooding with a nose that is a Reserve Orange Land South Australia Rich, inky and complex palate showing complexity of black Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon style with lifted ripe prominent tannins. $30 plums, violets and oak. 2019 HHHH 2019 HHH black olive-like fruit The big inky palate A super vibrant lifted Red berries and black characters, some Chateau Yaldara – super vibrant - has cabernet with plum fruit olives on the nose with savoury oak and a The Wine Peddler attractive tannins and a verging on herbaceous, youthful savoury fruit big hit of tannins. Shiraz 2020 HHH long lingering acid finish. tobacco oak and long flavours and lovely oak. Showing good cellaring Young and fruity style $39.95 mouth-puckering $14 potential. $80 full of blackberry, tannins. $44 Atkins Farm mulberry and plum-like Langhorne Creek Pig In The House characters. $15 Cabernet Sauvignon Organic Cowra 2018 HHH Shiraz 2019 HHHH McPherson Lovely varietal Pretty plum fruit nose Family Andrew definition of black fruits with rhubarb-like notes McPherson VBBAEULSYUTSE and olives with black and a firm and simple bean notes and silky tannic palate with SEA Shiraz tannins. $16.95 boysenberry-like flavour 2019 HHH Mike Press Single profile. $25 Lifted plum bouquet Vineyard Adelaide with hints of licorice. Hills Cabernet Leconfield Spicy raspberry flavour Sauvignon McLaren Vale complexity with hints of 2017 HHH Shiraz 2019 HHHH oak. $14.99 Aromas in the leafy Earthy plum bouquet herbal spectrum with with malty oak Army Of Grapes simple leafy raspberry characters and a Frankland River fruit flavours. $14.99 chocolaty oak driven Shiraz 2019 HHH palate with good fruit Very cool climate style underneath. Needs – very Rhone-like with time. $26 lovely peppery fruit and subtle cedary oak. $23 Tamburlaine Organic Wines Reserve Nodus Tollens Hunter Valley Syrah Frankland River 2019 HHHH Syrah 2019 HHH A straightforward plum Lovely nose - smells driven shiraz with plenty like a rhubarb pie and of smoky oak sitting on has a palate sitting top and a huge tannin in the earthy savoury structure. $44 spectrum. $28 82 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

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aftertaste ELISABETH KING SELTZERS - THE SUMMER GOLDRUSH CONTINUES THE beverage industry has always been aged 24 to 39 - blood orange & grape, White Claw was launched by von Mandl’s awash with trends from wine coolers to Davidson plum & berry and ginger & lemon. Mark Anthony Brands in 2016. The range RTDs. Seltzers have become the new comes in a variety of fruit flavours, including goldrush in the US and Australia for There’s nothing new about seltzers. black cherry, ruby grapefruit, natural lime, companies big and small. But how long Joseph Priestley, the 18th century English raspberry, mango, lemon, tangerine and will they retain popularity and how big will chemist credited with the discovery of watermelon and unflavoured. Only the the market become? oxygen, invented carbonation over 250 mango, natural lime and ruby grapefruit years ago by “impregnating water with flavours will initially launch in Australia. When Coca-Cola gets in on the act, you air”. The current boom in hard seltzers know something has legs. The multinational goes back to 2013 with the launch of White Claw’s success in only three years acquired Topo Chico, the Mexican premium Spiked Seltzer, created by fifth generation has been stratospheric with annual sales sparkling water brand, in 2017. This Connecticut brewer, Nick Shields, and his in excess of 80 million cases. The brand August, the world’s largest total beverage business partner, Dave Holmes. Beer titan, accounts for 60 per cent of the hard seltzer company, announced it would test-market AB InBev, quickly seized the opportunity market in the US - three times the volume Topo Chico Hard Seltzer in select markets and acquired the brand in 2016, rebranding of second-placed Truly from the Boston in South America before Christmas. The it as Bon V!V. Beer Company, the maker of the Samuel landmark move is part of the brand’s Lift Adams beer brand. In the year to July 20, and Shift strategy of rapidly scaling up But the giant of the category is White White Claw experienced a 246.7 per cent successful beverage innovations and is Claw, which is launching in Australia in increase in sales. Due to high demand the first time Coca-Cola has entered the October through a partnership with Lion. there have been product shortages and alcoholic beverages category. Even though Lion achieved first-to-market the company is poised to open a new status with Quincy, bringing the world’s US$250 million facility in Arizona, followed The first hard seltzer - basically best-selling seltzer to Australia is a major by another in New Jersey next year. carbonated water mixed with spirits or milestone. White Claw entered the UK naturally fermented with ABVs of 4 percent market in June and its youth focus begins Hard Seltzers are expected to reach sales or slightly higher - to hit the Australian with its name. Inspired by the legendary of US$2.5 billion in the US alone by next market debuted last November. Owned white claw waves that travel in sets of three year. The other major markets tapped for by Lion, the Quincy brand utilises a rice across oceans before their crests combine rapid expansion are all in the Anglosphere fermentation process and is infused with to make one mondo wave, they are spoken - Australia, Canada and the UK. fruit flavours, including passionfruit. of with awe by surfers worldwide. Apart from appealing to health-conscious There’s been a small army of homegrown Carlsberg, Corona, Carlton & United young consumers, seltzers are also filling competitors hitting the shelves over the Breweries and Molson Coors are just a a gap for those who have moved on from past year such as Good Tides, Liberty handful of the big brewing names trying light beer. According to Brandy Rand, COO Coast and Sunly from craft brewers, Stone to carve out a slice of the hard seltzer of IWSR, the world’s most widely used & Wood. The Sunly range is a textbook market. But White Claw’s beginnings are source for beverage alcohol trends: Hard example of the overall appeal of seltzers - humble. Anthony von Mandl, a British- seltzers are far from a fad, they’re growing gluten-free, vegan-friendly, low calorie and Canadian businessman, started out in at a spectacular rate, and increasingly hard healthy - to young women and Millennial the wine industry in the 1970s. In 1996, seltzer producers are pulling consumers and Gen Z males looking to keep in shape. he founded Mike’s Hard Lemonade, as from other beverage categories, not just Based in Byron Bay, the epicentre of the the name suggests, flavoured alcoholic beer. Combined, hard seltzers and other healthy lifestyle and wellness movement lemonades. canned seltzer-like products (vodka soda, in Australia, the Sunly lineup is made from for example) will drive the total ready- gluten-free sorghum, instead of malt, along Von Mandl is also a keen winelover to-drink category, making it the fastest- with hops, water and yeast and has an ABV and owns four vineyards - all in British growing beverage alcohol category in the of 4 per cent. The three fruit flavours are Colombia’s Okanagan Valley, including US over the next five years”. also on-trend with the demographic known the prestigious Mission Hill Winery visited as “ wellness warriors”, younger women by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during their royal tour of Canada. next issue: As this disastrous year nears its end, we are more than happy to raise a glass to bid it a firm farewell with hopes of better things to come in 2021! 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