Wine & Spirit Insider September October 2022

insiderthe wine & spiritAUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND September/October 2022 Issue 180 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

173 TASTED 105 AWARDED NEW RELEASES As usual lots of nice wines to choose from in this diverse range Claymore Wines Pauletts Polish Hill of new release wines. What is disturbing however is the trend Joshua Tree Clare River Clare Valley of early picking across the board. Australia has sunshine giving Valley Riesling 2022 Riesling 2022 flavour, why would you give that away when it is such a given? HHHH 94pts HHH 91pts More fine tuning please! Subtle aromas of limes, Some floral fruit apples and plums with a aromas and good lime SPARKLING RIESLING Taylors Wines Estate sherbety texture to the flavour profile with high Clare Valley Adelaide palate and a good line of acidity. $38 5 TASTED 16 TASTED Hills Riesling 2022 acid. $24 2 AWARDED 11 AWARDED HHHH1/2 96pts Singlefile Single SAUVIGNON A bright fresh candied Vineyard Mount BLANC & A mixed result. “The Another mixed result citrus bouquet with a Barker Riesling 2022 BLENDS good wines were varietal here. “Some wines that lovely long and perfectly HHHH 94pts and you knew what you although were clean balanced palate full of An elegance of brown 10 TASTED were getting,” said one offered underripe fruit or juicy fresh flavours and lime fragrances and 4 AWARDED judge. “The ones that had excess sulphur,” said showing a slight oily good flavour profile did not make the cut one judge. “The best texture. $22 with a high level of acid A few varietal gems here were either cloudy and wines had good varietal Eldredge Vineyards ensuring a long life. $35 but there were others not fine, super green or character showing Spring Gully Clare Millon Wines where the fruit had been oxidised.” perfect picking time for Valley Riesling 2022 The Estate Barossa picked too early resulting the fruit, neither too HHHH1/2 96pts Riesling 2021 in lack of flavour. Tamburlaine Organic green nor too ripe.” Pretty bath salt-like HHHH 94pts Wines BICS Moscato characters on the citrus Good example of the Tamburlaine Organic 2022 HHH1/2 92pts Eldredge Vineyards driven nose with more variety with a leafy citrus Wines Reserve Pretty floral nose and Blue Chip Clare of the citrus characters bouquet showing a Range Central sweet palate with Valley Riesling 2022 on the palate. Nice touch of spice and good Ranges Fumé Blanc nice musky/tropical HHHH1/2 97pts mouthfeel and good line toasty flavours. $27 2021 HHHHH 98pts fruit flavours. “Simple Clean and bright with of acid. $25 Jim Barry A lovely complex wine fun!” $24 a punchy lime and Pauletts Clare 'Expressions by Tom with a very inviting apple nose showing a Valley Riesling 2022 Barry' Clare Valley nose of butterscotch Tamburlaine musky lift. Loads of long HHHH1/2 96pts Riesling 2021 and tinned fruit. Lots Organic Wines BICS lingering juicy tropical A classic lime driven HHHH 94pts of primary fruit flavours - Half Cut Lightly flavours with acid in style of riesling that A lovely drink with a with oak adding Sparkling Orange perfect balance. $35 is very juicy and long bright inviting tropical complexity and acid Sauvignon Blanc and offering good nose and palate that’s a giving length. $37 2022 HHH 91pts mouthfeel with a lovely mix of citrus and tropical Very lifted nose – all acid backbone. Easy flavours. $30 green peas and lychees drinking. $28 Taylors Wines St with lovely varietal fruit Andrews Clare flavours. $24 Valley Riesling 2022 HHH1/2 92pts Inviting lime/tropical aromas with high acid palate but has solid citrus-like fruit to match. $43 Taylors Wines Reserve Parcel Clare Valley Riesling 2022 HHH 91pts Just a hint of florals on the nose with a tight, zingy and flavoursome palate. $29 88 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting PINOT GRIS/ Four Southern Boys Tamburlaine Organic Tempus Two Pewter GRIGIO Adelaide Hills Wines On The Semillon 2022 Pinot Grigio 2022 Grapevine Hunter HHH 91pts 7 TASTED HHH 90pts Valley Verdelho An interesting nose like Citrus leaf aromas and 2022 HHHH 94pts bacon bones and baked 4 AWARDED citrus flavours on a Smells of cut hay with fruit with ripe tropical/ slightly oily palate with a a slight green edge lemon flavours. A nice “Sugar and acid aren’t sweet finish. $25 and lots of persistent drink. $40 flavour,” commented one asparagus/straw-like judge. “The best had the OTHER WHITE flavours. $24 CHARDONNAY fine balance between not VARIETALS & being too green and not BLENDS Krinklewood Broke 19 TASTED being too ripe.” Some Fordwich Verdelho 14 AWARDED very good examples at 6 TASTED 2022 HHH 90pts the top. 4 AWARDED Slightly lean, tightly Another consistent and wound wine with lifted solid class. “The best Sidewood Tomich Wines Tomich One very nice citrus nose and good wines had fruit first with Estate Adelaide Hill Adelaide Hills gewürztraminer and lemon flavours. $35 oak in a supporting role,” Hills Sauvignon Pinot Grigio 2022 excellent examples of said one judge. “Although Blanc 2022 HHHH1/2 96pts fruity verdelhos. SEMILLON few winemakers overdid HHHH1/2 96pts Bright lifted musky the oak use across a Delightfully super pear aromas and fresh Gartelmann 5 TASTED diversity of styles.” fresh lifted floral edged clean fruit flavours on Wines Jessica 4 AWARDED tropical fruit bouquet the slightly oily textured Hunter Valley Tempus Two Pewter and excellent tropical palate that has a lovely Verdelho 2022 A solid class of well- Chardonnay 2022 varietal fruit flavours line of crisp acidity to HHHH1/2 96pts balanced varietal wines. HHHH1/2 97pts with perfect racy acid balance it all. $22 A very flavoursome A big complex wine balance. $22 Coppabella and perfectly balanced Gartelmann Wines with lots going on. Nice Rosabrook Wines Tumbarumba verdelho with punchy Benjamin Hunter flinty funk to the nutty Margaret River Pinot Gris 2021 grassy/capsicum/fresh Valley Semillon stonefruit nose and Sauvignon Blanc HHHH1/2 96pts peach characters and 2022 HHHH1/2 more funky complexity Semillon 2022 Lovely crunchy zesty has a great acid line 96pts to the melon flavoured HHHH 94pts citrus and lifted tinned with a long lingering A classic semillon with palate. $40 Attractive gutsy lemony fruit characters on finish. $22 a bright citrus nose and varietal nose with simple both the nose and a fresh grassy lift with Grampians juicy fruit flavours, nice palate nicely balanced Tamburlaine the freshness following Estate Grampians mouthfeel and good by the lovely line and Organic Wines Wine through to the zesty and Henty acidity. $22 concentration of fresh Lovers Orange varietal fruit palate. Chardonnay 2021 Zonte's Footstep acidity. $27 Gewurztraminer Great potential. $27 HHHH1/2 96pts Excalibur Adelaide Bream Creek 2022 HHHH 94pts Mature mid-gold in Hills Sauvignon Vineyard Tasmania Super lifted and very Briar Ridge colour with a poached Blanc 2022 Pinot Grigio 2022 pretty Turkish Delight Stockhausen lemon and spicy oak HHH 90pts HHHH 94pts bouquet with lots of Signature Hunter nose and plenty of Grassy/nettle nose with A punchy ripe wine with high-toned candied fruit Valley Semillon sweet and zesty citrus a crunchy fruit palate butterscotch notes to flavours. Nice palate 2022 HHHH 94pts flavours with an oak more in the greener/ the nose and a full, rich length. $24 Perfumed ripe pear driven finish. $35 herbal style. $27.50 and flavoursome tinned bouquet and rounded pear of a palate. $33 oily textured palate with Moppity Vineyards lime flavours and nice Estate Tumbarumba acid balance. $35 Chardonnay 2021 HHHH 95pts Krinklewood Broke Ripe melon nose with Fordwich Semillon a nougat note. Nice 2022 HHH1/2 92pts creamy nutty palate with Concentration of plenty of crunchy melon poached lemon aromas flavours. $35 and crunchy semillon palate with sherbet-like acid. $35 JUDGES - DAY 1 John McGovern Troy Kalleske Matt O’Leary Regional sales manager at Winemaker and co-owner Chief winemaker for A.P. John Coopers. In the of Kalleske Wines. Savitas Wines in the wine industry since 1996 Previously with Southcorp Barossa Valley. Formerly in oak sales. Has been in Group, including Penfolds, Senior Winemaker Spain, France and US. Has Seppelt and Lindemans. for Wolf Blass Wines. completed AWAC, and judged Also vintaged with Kendall Judge at the Barossa at Barossa wine show and Jackson in California. wine show. Panelist Riverland wine shows. at the Advanced Wine Assessment Course. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 89

NEW RELEASES Krinklewood Coppabella Krinklewood OTHER RED Gledhill McLaren Wild Chardonnay Tumbarumba Francesca McLaren VARIETALS & Vale Durif 2018 McLaren Vale Chardonnay 2021 Vale Rosé 2022 BLENDS HHHH 94pts Chardonnay 2022 HHH 91pts HHHH 94pts Big chocolaty/licoricey HHHH 94pts Light, sweet and slightly Fresh berry bouquet 17 TASTED bouquet and a massive Sweet peach nose with smoky nose with green with a floral lift and 10 AWARDED and warming Sarsaparilla- melon nuances and a edged fresh apple good berry flavour like palate with lovely minerally palate with flavours. $27 intensity on a A group of diverse wines mouthfeel. $35 pristine pure varietal fruit refreshing palate. Great and diverse styles. flavours. $30 Barristers Block summer drink. $35 “Winemakers seem to Villa Maria Millon Wines Adelaide Hills Pauletts Clare Valley be picking the fruit for EarthGarden The Estate Barossa Chardonnay 2021 Sangiovese Rosé these wines too green Hawkes Bay Merlot Chardonnay 2021 HHH 91pts 2022 HHH1/2 92pts and lean,” said one Cabernet 2020 HHHH 94pts A wine with fig, Nice dry style with rich judge. “The best of the HHH1/2 92pts A sweet full bodied nut and melon-like passionfruit fragrances bunch showed good Dark and brooding with commercial style fruit characters and and very refreshing fruit- volume and weight with meaty oak elements and of chardonnay supporting oak. $32 tingle palate. $28 balancing acidity.” firm tannins sitting on with elevated oak Millon Wines top of the fruit. Time! $26 creating funky smoky Winton Road Eden Clare's Secret Clare d'Arenberg The characters. $27 Valley Chardonnay Valley Rosé 2022 Danger Mouse Purple Hands Coppabella Crest 2020 HHH 91pts HHH 91pts Nero D'Avola 2021 Barossa Valley Tumbarumba Well-made oak driven A strawberry nose HHHHH 98pts Mataro Grenache Chardonnay 2021 style that’s silky smooth with melon esters and Interesting stalky nose Shiraz 2021 HHH1/2 92pts and flavoursome. stonefruit flavours; not balanced by savoury HHH 91pts Lifted oaky nutty nose Drinking well now. $40 too sweet. $20 berry characters with A straightforward and an oak dominated Eldredge Vineyards upfront berry flavours blend with everything palate layered with Hollydene Estate Kitty Clare Valley seamlessly integrated in balance and offering green apples and Wines Show Reserve Sangiovese Rosé with some beautiful easy drinking. $30 pepper. $35 Upper Hunter Valley 2022 HHH 91pts oak and ethereal-like Briar Ridge Briar Chardonnay 2021 Lovely peach aromatics tannins. $32 Zonte's Footstep Hill Hunter Valley HHH 90pts and a crisp palate with a Rosso Cova Fleurieu Chardonnay 2021 Smells like ripe banana nice phenolic grip. $25 Jim Barry Montepulciano 2021 HHH1/2 92pts skins with a broad ripe Millon Wines Expressions by HHH 91pts Brown lime fragrances fruit palate and oaky The Impressionist Tom Barry Clare Clean berry/cola nose with a floral lift and finish. $36 Eden Valley Rosé Valley Malbec 2021 and vibrant varietal toasty oak complexity 2022 HHH 90pts HHHH1/2 96pts palate with good level of to the spicy herbal Hollydene Estate Light pink with a berry Deep crimson wine tannins. Needs food! $30 palate. $45 Wines Upper Hunter bouquet and a crisp with nice blueberry-like Mitchelton Wines Valley Chardonnay slightly off-dry palate. characters on the nose d'Arenberg Gabriella Possum 2020 HHH 90pts $18 that follows through The Anthropocene Nungurrayi Nougat/fig aromas with Zonte's Footstep onto the juicy mouth- Epoch Mencia 2020 Collection Yarra a flinty lift and a slatey/ Scarlet Ladybird watering palate with a HHH 91pts Valley Chardonnay mineral edge to the Fleurieu Rosé 2022 grippy finish. $30 An interesting and funky 2020 HHH1/2 92pts palate. $32 HHH 90pts charcuterie-like style Subtle bouquet of green Slight menthol lift to the Trimboli Family with tight acid and silky apples and nougat ROSÉ nose with an inviting Wines Saverio South tannins. $32 and a palate that is strawberry sorbet-like Australia Saperavi rich, flavoursome and 18 TASTED palate. $27.50 2021 HHHH 94pts Freebird McLaren balanced. $39.99 7 AWARDED Marisco Vineyards Deep dark brooding Vale Sangiovese Moppity Vineyards The King's Desire wine of juicy blackberry 2018 HHH 91pts Lock & Key Good wines were few Marlborough and plum fruit laced Smells of dates and Tumbarumba and far between here. Pinot Noir Rosé with nice grippy caramels with an Chardonnay 2021 “Those that made the 2021 HHH 90pts tannins. $15 elegant palate that is HHH 91pts grade were fresh with Nicely structured silky-smooth in the Nutty, fig and quince berry flavours rather than wine with aromas RedHeads Studio mouth. $25 aromas with a light being sweet and citric,” and flavours in the Wines R'dotto bodied crunchy citrus said one judge. “The strawberry spectrum. Adelaide Red Blend GRENACHE & fruit palate. $25 wines that didn’t get $28.99 2021 HHHH 94pts BLENDS reviewed were showing A complex wine; very early development with chocolaty with a nicely 13 TASTED oxidative faults.” rounded, well-balanced 10 AWARDED palate more in the savoury spectrum. $30 Consistent and excellent results here. “Australia is leading the world with this variety,” noted one judge. “Lovely wines offering juicy ready-for- drinking now.” 90 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting RedHeads Studio d'Arenberg The PINOT NOIR Marisco Vineyards Coppabella Crest Wines Princess Of Ironstone Pressings The King's Wrath Tumbarumba Thieves Barossa Grenache Shiraz 11 TASTED Marlborough Pinot Noir 2021 G.S.M. 2021 Mourvedre 2018 5 AWARDED Pinot Noir 2020 HHH 91pts HHHH1/2 96pts HHHH 94pts The judges agreed this is HHH1/2 93pts A big complex style A complex nose with A nicely integrated a difficult variety to get Rich and complex pinot of pinot with good very good presence and melange of varietal fruit right. “Pinot needs to be with spicy/savoury fruit presence and balance of harmony of the varietal characters here with varietal with some fruit,” characters. Palate is long fruit, tannin and acid. $35 characters. Rounded and a good tannic spine. said one judge. “The and balanced. $28.99 juicy in the mouth with Drinking well now. $76 problem is that too much James Busby TEMPRANILLO massive of dark fruit Bec Hardy Wines fruit makes a dry red, too Vineyard Series & BLENDS flavours. $30 Two Gentlemen's little and it lacks varietal Tasmania Pinot Noir Freebird McLaren McLaren Vale character!” 2019 HHH1/2 92pts 5 TASTED Vale Grenache 2020 Grenache Shiraz Perfumed fruit 5 AWARDED HHHH1/2 96pts Mourvedre 2021 Marisco Vineyards nose with an herbal A soft and approachable HHH1/2 92pts Leefield Station edge and a peppery A nice solid class of classic grenache with A riper style with Marlborough raspberry cordial good drinking wines with excellent balance peppery plum aromas Pinot Noir 2020 flavour profile. $40 mid-weight flavours. between the primary and nice fruit presence HHHH 94pts Coppabella “Well made and very fruit and the secondary on the long lingering A nicely maturing, well- Tumbarumba ‘slurpable’,” according to characters. Nice, palate. $25 balanced and complex Pinot Noir 2021 one judge. perfumed nuances. $25 Claymore Wines wine with lovely wild HHH 91pts Purple Hands Old You'll Never Walk fruits of the forest pinot Nice plum fruit Millon Wines The Vine Barossa Valley Alone Clare Valley characters. $27.99 characters with leathery Impressionist Grenache 2021 G.S.M. 2021 development pushing Barossa Tempranillo HHHH 94pts HHH 91pts through and a tannic 2021 HHHH 94pts A light clean varietal Bright and pretty floral grip. $27 Blue fruits and licorice with a perfumed dark fragrances with a light on the nose with a lovely berry bouquet and very bodied fruit driven savoury varietal palate; flavoursome cherry fruit palate. $24 all crunchy, fruity and driven palate. $30 Nick Haselgrove earthy. $18 Schwarz Wine Co. Wines Clarence Hill The Grower Barossa Red Label McLaren Freebird McLaren Valley Grenache Vale G.S.M. 2020 Vale Tempranillo 2021 HHHH 94pts HHH 91pts 2021 HHHH 94pts Lovely ripeness of plums Developing leathery Full bodied style with and cherries on the nose characters with nice floral blue fruit aromas, with a soft and mouth- background of flinty red earthy berry flavours and watering fruit forward fruits. $40 good tannic grip. Should palate. $32 Schwarz Wine Co. age well. $25 Schwarz Wine Co. The Grower Barossa Thiele Road Barossa Valley Grenache RedHeads Studio Valley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2021 Wines Vinatus 2021 HHHH 94pts HHH 90pts Adelaide Tempranillo Pure fresh lifted varietal Toasty oak influence on Blend 2021 fruit fragrances and the dark cherry nose HHHH 94pts flavours with lively with a firm primary fruit Lifted inky licorice acidity and well- palate. $32 bouquet with a “tar and integrated tannins. $50 roses” palate. Lots of tannins and an acid finish. Great potential. $30 JUDGES - DAY 2 MarkThwaites Alexey Doumbouya Winemaker for Lindemans Winemaker for Yalumba John McGovern Wines, Karadoc (Victoria). Wines. 10 vintages Regional sales manager at Previously winemaker in Israel for Amphora A.P. John Coopers. In the for Australian Vintage in Wines. Has also wine industry since 1996 Buronga (NSW). Vintaged worked at Bodega in oak sales. Has been in in McLaren Vale and Rolland, Mendesa; Quet Spain, France and US. Has currently completing Vineyard, Serbia; Schild completed AWAC, and AWAC Advanced Wine Estate Barossa, Hardys judged at Barossa wine Assessment Course. McLaren Vale and TWG show and Riverland wine Loxton. Associate judge shows. Tera Vino, Israel. The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 91

NEW RELEASES Winton Road Eldredge Vineyards Metala Vineyards Metala Vineyards Barossa Valley Louie Clare Valley William Formby White Label Tempranillo 2021 Cabernet 2020 Langhorne Creek Langhorne Creek HHH1/2 92pts HHH1/2 92pts Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021 Very ripe full-bodied fruit Quite an earthy and 2016 HHH 91pts HHHH1/2 97pts compote of a wine. Lots funky style of cabernet Mature brick red An intense concentration of dark fruit and coffee with herbal elements and cabernet with aged of spicy fruit fragrances characters. $40 persistent tannins. $30 aromas and flavours and with a palate that is soft Hastwell & Lightfoot hints of menthol. $80 and juicy in the mouth Fat'n Skinny The and brimming over with Red Fury McLaren SHIRAZ & savoury derived flavours. Vale Tempranillo BLENDS $18.99 Garnacha 2019 Millon Wines The HHH 90pts 27 TASTED Impressionist Soft and easy drinking Barossa Shiraz 2020 with a subtlety of 16 AWARDED HHHH1/2 97pts herbal fruit aromas and A soft pleasant easy flavours. $20 Overall, the younger drinking wine. Quite wines here have developed for a two-year CABERNET & Gumpara Wines Brockenchack Wines performed better than old with a seamless BLENDS Conrad Barossa Miss Bronte Eden the older ones that were integration between Valley Cabernet Valley Cabernet generally too developed. dark berry fruit and 13 TASTED Sauvignon 2021 Sauvignon 2019 “Too many green herbal toasty oak. Drink now. 8 AWARDED HHHH 94pts HHH1/2 92pts wines here that lacked $18 An aromatic complexity Nicely ageing example flavour,” said one judge. Millon Wines The “Some good drinking of cassis, plums, berries that is rich, round and “Has the pendulum Estate Barossa reds here that are and tobacco and a juicy juicy with good tannin gone too far in lowering Shiraz 2020 neither young nor mature berry palate with nice levels. Very drinkable. $30 the alcohol but losing HHHH1/2 97pts thereby losing cabernet tannins. $50 Taylors Wines phenolic ripeness?” A lovely, lushly rich varietal intensity,” Rosabrook Wines Jaraman Clare asked another judge. and rounded wine suggested one judge. “A Margaret River Valley Coonawarra However, there is a lot to with bramble-like few suffered from being Cabernet Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon like about the 2021 and varietal fruit characters too green.” 2019 HHHH 94pts 2020 HHH 91pts 2020 vintages. and clove spiciness. A complex varietal mix A choc mint bouquet Some maturity adding Millon Wines of spices, cherries and with some menthol and Eden Hall Springton complexity. $27 The Estate crushed herbs with a mint on the firm tannic Eden Valley Shiraz Schwarz Wine Co. Barossa Cabernet tea-like element and palate. $34 2021 HHHHH 98pts The Grower Barossa Sauvignon 2020 chalky tannins. $22 Deep ruby wine with Valley Shiraz 2021 HHHH1/2 96pts Metala Vineyards a slight minty green HHHH 94pts A good example of the White Label edge to the nose, silky Deep purple wine with variety with a nicely Langhorne Creek smooth in the mouth, berry and tobacco- developing cabernet nose Cabernet Sauvignon tasting of blueberries like aromatics and a and some underlying 2021 HHH1/2 92pts and supported by silky very approachable and fruit. The lengthy palate Nice varietal nose with smooth tannins with a flavoursome palate. $32 has lovely silky-smooth green herbal notes and warm finish. $25 tannins. $27 good volume of upfront sweet fruit flavours. $18.99 We have to wash over 32,000 wine glasses each year ... so you don’t have to. Subscribe to Australia’s Leading Wine Buying Guide phone +61 8 8357 9277 or on-line www.winestate.com.au 92 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

wine & spirit insider tasting Krinklewood Terre Gumpara Wines Follow us and keep up to Rouge McLaren Vale Victors Old Vine date with all our latest Shiraz 2021 Barossa Valley wine info, tastings and HHHH 94pts Shiraz 2020 Nose is a dark berry HHH 91pts events on facebook, complexity of aromas Nose has mature fruit twitter and instagram. with upfront fruit characters reminiscent flavours and some of cherry liqueur with Connect on social with chalky tannins in sweet fruit flavours. $32 Winestate support. $110 Millon Wines Gumpara Wines www.facebook.com/Winestate- Reserve Barossa Mader Reserve Magazine Shiraz 2020 Barossa Valley HHHH 94pts Shiraz 2020 twitter.com/winestateed Lovely nose; smells like HHH 91pts www.instagram.com/winestate/ a black forest cake and Subdued nose and “a a very elegant palate more-ish” palate with www.winestate.com.au with a complexity of fruit a slight fortified-like flavours. $55 suggestion. $60 Metala Vineyards White Label Haselgrove Langhorne Creek The Cruth McLaren Shiraz Cabernet Vale Shiraz 2020 Sauvignon 2021 HHH 91pts HHH1/2 92pts Fruit cake characters on Distinct herbaceous the nose and a nicely berry bouquet with balanced fruit driven a balanced and palate. $150 flavoursome blend of both varietals. $18.99 Mitchelton Wines Eldredge Vineyards Gabriella Possum Blue Chip Clare Nungurrayi valley Shiraz 2020 Collection HHH1/2 92pts Heathcote Shiraz Savoury chocolaty 2020 HHH 90pts elements sitting on Good varietal fruit top of some restrained characters with cassis-like fruit tapenade-like nuances characters. $32 and drying tannins. Dorrien Estate $39.99 Winery Krondorf Old Salem Barossa SWEET Valley Shiraz 2020 WHITES HHH1/2 92pts Fresh lifted red berry 1 TASTED fruit component with the 1 AWARDED cedary oak in support. Good flavour length. $42 One good example of a sweet aromatic late harvest riesling. Nick Haselgrove Z Wine [XAVE] Wines Clarence Hill Late Harvest Eden Red Label McLaren Valley Riesling 2022 Vale Shiraz 2019 HHH1/2 93pts HHH1/2 92pts Inviting apricot and Nice integration honeysuckle aromatics of perfumed fruit with a slightly oily fruit and oak with soft tingle palate. A fun complementary tannins. wine! $28 Drinking well. $40 Mr Riggs Piebald Adelaide Hills Syrah 2021 HHH 91pts Toasty peppery aromas and a soft cool climate style palate with a slight tannic grip. $30 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 93

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