Wine & Spirit Insider September October 2015

A U S T R A L I A N & N E W Z E A L A N D the wine & spirit insider September/October 2015 Issue 143 COMPLIMENTARY COPY In this issue... Brandy, Cognac & Armagnac $ New Releases & Best Value Buys under 20 The Wine & spiriT insider is a promoTional guide from The liquor Trade To The consumer. www.parous.com.au Winestate publishing aBn 56 088 226 411

32 TASTED 31 AWARDED B R A N DY, C O G N AC & A R M A G N A CR A N DY, C O G N AC & A R M A G N A C B Always a pleasure to see what distillers can do “in the St Helena 3 Star Australia Brandy NV HHH grip of the grape,” providing a highly spirited grape Rich aromas and a full-flavoured product that has the contraindication of complexity and citrus palate with lifted raisined- like spirit. $25 balance at the alcohol level of 40 per cent or more. Amazing! ARMAGNAC UNDER $100 2 TASTED 2 AWARDED FRENCh BRANDY UNDER $100 Good result with excellent flavour concentration and a 5 TASTED touch more barrel age. 5 AWARDED Château du Tariquet VSOP Solid, youthful commercial Bas- Armagnac Armagnac style. \"More for blending than NV HHHH1/2 drinking straight,\" suggested Very attractive style showing more age and complexity the judges. than previous group. Pleasant, Baroque Brandy NV HHH lifted and aromatic nose Very young and simple with with a seamlessly balanced fragrances of lemon peel and flavoursome palate. $59 more citrus on the palate. $24.99 Château du Tariquet AUSTRALIAN Classique VS Bas- BRANDY Armagnac Armagnac NV HHHH UNDER $100 Pale golden hues with a fresh, complex and lightly lifted nose. 4 TASTED A tad 'feintsy' after dilution but Berville XO French 3 AWARDED has some nice oily notes. $49 Brandy NV HHH1/2 Powerful leesy elements to the Clean spirited \"authentic\" COGNAC nose with a nice long, smooth styles here that are youthful complexity of flavours that fill and balanced without being UNDER $100 the mouth. $55 7 TASTED doctored up. 7 AWARDED 1875 Fine Napoleon Brandy NV HHH St Agnes VSOP 5 YO Intense vibrant sherry- South Australia Small group of excellent like aromas. Good fire on Brandy NV HHHH balanced spirits showing more the palate with lively oak Lovely rich fiery and oaky aromatics than the others. Chatelle Napoleon concentration. $31 bouquet. Simple palate, soft in the mouth with plenty of length VSOP Rare French and good depth of character. $38 Courvoisier XO Brandy NV HHH1/2 Sainte Louise VSOP Cognac NV HHHHH Smooth, soft and commercial Napoleon Brandy NV HHH Whalebone Cask A real classic, clean but not showing some good An elegant spicy nose and soft Aged Australia overly complex with an inviting development and heady stewed flavoursome palate with an cognac nose of fruit and oak. fruit characters. $40 aniseed-like edge. $30 Brandy NV HHHH Palate is complex and well- Fine, complex and balanced integrated with some attractive with well-integrated aromas and fruit sweetness. $99 a really complex floral/woody flavour profile. $89.99 128 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

f e a t u r e t a s t i n g Martell VS Fine Cognac NV HHHH Showing great age with intense concentration of dried LIKE NO fruit aromas. Slight oiliness to the palate with very good flavours. $57.99 OTHER Remy Martin Fine A cognac of Champagne VSOP Cognac NV HHHH marine character, A bigger oilier style of cognac mellow and refined. with a good bite! Pleasant young marmalade-like fruit layered with fragrant citrus nuances. $75 Martell VSOP Medaillon Cognac NV HHH A finer more complex style with a very good bouquet and pleasant dried fruit flavours. $69.99 Camus Ile de Ré single Camus VSOP growth cognac is entirely Cognac NV HHHH1/2 AUSTRALIAN A lovely classical style of brandy eaux-de-vie raised, distilled that has excellent complexity BRANDY and aged on the island of and wonderful balance. $100+ Ile de Ré. This unique process There are marmalade-like unveils distinctive coastal fruit characters seamlessly 3 TASTED integrated with the rich oak. $85 3 AWARDED flavours and aromas that reveal its maritime origins Hennessy XO A high quality group of brandies found only in Camus Cognac NV HHHH1/2 Fine Island cognac. Some genuine aged characters that are not overshadowed by obvious here on both the nose the imports! and palate. Big, slightly oily bouquet and a lively complexity St Agnes XO Grand of oak/fruit flavours. $78.99 Reserve 40 YO South Australia Brandy NV HHHH1/2 A heavier but well-balanced and very complex style. Light amber in colour with some fire to the nose and lots of oak giving sweetness to the palate with some leesy components. $800 St Agnes XO South Australia Brandy NV HHHH A lighter, well-made classic style of brandy showing good complexity and development with good oak integration and depth. $100 St Agnes XO Imperial 20 YO South Australia Brandy NV HHHH A very lively and lifted bouquet showing plenty of complexity. Excellent palate Camus Ile de Re Fine length with a slight, pleasant, Island Cognac NV HHHH oily mouthfeel. $200 A light easy to drink style of cognac with some really interesting vibrant citrus marmalade characters mixing with peaty notes. $98 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 129

B R A N DY, C O G N AC & A R M A G N AC OThER BRANDY ARMAGNAC $100+ Château du Tariquet XO $100+ 5 TASTED Bas- Armagnac NV HHHH A younger livelier Armagnac 1 TASTED 5 AWARDED with a lifted fiery nose and really 1 AWARDED nice length and depth of simple The judges thought these were grape purity on the palate. $129 An alternative spirit which of excellent quality offering a Château du Tariquet Folle created interest. match for the best cognacs. Blache 12 Years Bas- Armagnac NV HHHH Vom Fass Fernandez Château du Tariquet Folle This Armagnac exhibits lovely Brandy de Jerez Solera Blanche 8 Years Bas- roundness and complexity. Gran Reserva Brandy NV Armagnac NV HHHHH Slightly oily nose and pleasant (700mL) HHHH A stylish number; full, softness to the flavoursome A fully developed stylish brandy developed and complex with a palate. $149 with a slightly heady bouquet wonderful lift to the complex and nice integration and nose and fresh lively flavours Vom Fass XO 10 YO complexity to the slightly nutty Camus Borderies XO on the well-balanced palate. Armagnac NV palate. $104.65 Cognac NV HHHH1/2 Some nuttiness and nice (700mL) HHH1/2 A classic style in the more astringency. $129 Big, dark, rich and concentrated restrained mould of cognacs style with some heady spirit COGNAC $100+ with good fire to the nose and Château du Tariquet and attractive smoky peaty 5 TASTED interesting savouriness on the Legendaire Bas- characters. $111.65 5 AWARDED well-balanced palate. $275 Armagnac NV HHHHH Not quite the complexity of Vom Fass Napoleon some but never-the-less it is A great category. \"Fantastic 12 YO Cognac NV still as one judge said, \"A first consistency of quality,\" said one (700mL) HHHH rate Armagnac\". Has good judge. Interesting fish oil-like characters use of oak, nice freshness, lifting the nose. Earthy and great concentration and Martell XO Cognac complex in the mouth with a astringency. $179 NV HHHHH very nice astringency to the Deep amber hues with clean finish. $181.65 stylish sherry-like characters on STAR RATINGS HHHHH the nose with aged nuttiness. J. Painturaud XO Palate has some real length and Cognac NV HHH1/2 Three-, four- and five-star ratings are signs of depth with big rich developed A well-balanced product with excellence in fruit quality and winemaking skill. flavours. $224.99 nice complexity, plenty of All wines are judged ‘blind’ by wine industry fiery spirit and good palate professionals and are compared in peer Martell Cordon Bleu sweetness. $139.99 classes by three judges. Extra Old Cognac CM Wine is exclusive to Cellarmasters, NV HHHH1/2 Very stylish deep amber a major mail-order business. cognac. Big intense spicy CD Cellar door price. nose with a complex and CDO Cellar door only. seamlessly balanced palate SO Sold out. with potential for further $N/A Price not available at time of printing. development. $199.99  Contact information pg 151-152. RECOMMENDED cellaring (years). BEST VALUE for $20 & under. For a complete list of what we tasted please refer to www.winestate.com.au judges Tim Gneil Bill Hardy Stan Obst Product Manager, Corporate oenologist for Former corporate Alcohol, Tarac Accolade Wines (formerly projects manager at Technologies. Constellation). 28 years’ distiller Tarac Australia Responsibility for winemaking experience in Pty Ltd. Has been a blending brandies places such as McLaren Vale, lecturer on distillation and neutral spirits. Western Australia and France. at the University of Fortified judge at Has judged internationally Adelaide and has Melbourne and (France and Japan), and been judged the brandy Rutherglen wine an associate or senior judge at class at the Adelaide shows. more than 20 state and regional wine show. wine shows in Australia. 130 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER



249 TASTED 110 AWARDED N E W R E L E A S E S A very nice line-up of wines across all varieties and styles, with the Bisol Relio Metodo Oakover White BEST Classico Extra Label Swan VALUE pick of the bunch coming from sparklings, other red varietals and the Brut Veneto Italy Valley Chenin BUYS obligatory shiraz. Great to see chardonnay making a comeback with 2009 HHH Blanc 2015 HHH Nicely aged, complex Candied musk stick a lot more attention to detail by the winemakers. Well worth some and well-balanced aromas and simple, new attention! sparkling with lovely mix slightly spritzig fresh fruity palate. Nice of glacé fruit and alert acid. $79.95 sweetness. $12.99 OThER WhITE Kirrihill Adelaide Hills Arneis SpARkLING Francois Dubois Tenafeate Creek VARIETALS & 2014 HHH 26 TASTED 1764 Cuvee Tradition Sparkling Blush One BLENDS Gentle floral aromatics Tree Hill Sangiovese France Champagne 11 AWARDED NV HHHH 2015 HHH1/2 with a citrus/candied orange drive through the Musty and cinnamon Lifted estery candy 14 TASTED palate. Fine acid. Our biggest ever class of notes to the nose with floss characters on the 4 AWARDED 3-5 $25 new release sparklings. obvious pinot complexity. nose leading to a sweet Some good examples of Elegant, long and silky simple 'cherry soda'-like A mixed result, with palate showing good palate. $25 different varieties. These Scion Rutherglen Viognier 2014 HHH everything from complex flavour and age. $35 were generally built to Herbal aromatics and yeast developed French Champagne Bisol Vigneti del drink now with some long slightly warm palate Fol Valdobbiadene champagne styles to dry Jeeper Extra Brut Prosecco Superiore having been rushed onto with very ripe flavours and a spicy finish. $28 Italian proseccos. \"Some Naturelle France Extra Dry DOCG the market too early of the best we have Brut Champagne Veneto Italy NV HHH SAUVIGNON NV HHHH A light clean quaffer. which affected their seen,\" said one judge. Excellent peppery fruit Light fresh bouquet with scores. characters on the yeasty hints of honeycomb and BLANC & nose with an abundance a fruity palate. $44.95 BLENDS of flavour complexity on 22 TASTED a very stylish palate. $89 Francois Dubois 1764 Cuvee Reserve 10 AWARDED Bisol Crede France Champagne Valdobbiadene NV HHH The blends performed Prosecco Superiore Lively yeasty complexity best here, along with a Brut DOCG Veneto to the nose. Complex Italy 2013 HHH1/2 sweet/sour palate with a couple of good 'straight' Zippy fresh spicy long acid finish. $40 varietals. There were too aromas and very stylish many simple wines and peppery palate. \"A very Champagne alert aperitif style of Jeeper Brut Grand many were too stripped prosecco,\" said one Assemblage France becoming more like judge. $39.95 Champagne NV HHH dry whites rather than A complexity of Bisol Molera strawberries and toast varietal wines. Valdobbiadene aromas. Simple sweet Prosecco Superiore fruit palate with balancing Peccavi Margaret Extra Dry DOCG acid. $49 River Sauvignon Veneto Italy Blanc Semillon 2014 HHH1/2 Mojo Langhorne 2013 HHHH1/2 Complex bouquet; Creek Moscato Lovely toasty complexity Bisol Jeio Desideri some savoury notes, 2015 HHH to the nose with a lovely Veneto Italy Cuvée some yeasty ones. Fresh lifted rose petal Grand Casino buttery palate full of Brut NV HHHH More complexity on the bouquet and lusciously Barossa Valley Fiano smoky oak and tropical Honeyed golden apple fresh, long and balanced sweet palate with 2014 HHH1/2 fruit flavours. Firm bouquet with light yeasty palate. $39.95 excellent fresh fruit. Pale gold wine. Aromas crunchy acid. Definitely a characters and a frothy $18 of peaches and cream. food wine. $42 caramel complexity on Nutty savouriness to the the firm well-balanced soft flavoursome palate. palate. $19.95 Good food wine. $28 132 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

w i n e & s p i r i t i n s i d e r t a s t i n gi n e & s p i r i t i n s i d e r t a s t i n g w Reillys Adelaide Hills 3 Oceans The Estates Sauvignon Blanc Frankland River 2015 HHHH Margaret River A well-made, well- Sauvignon Blanc balanced ‘water white’ Semillon 2015 HHH wine. Smells of lemon Simple light grass and has a fresh herbaceousness to flavoursome palate the nose and a well- showing great elegance. balanced steely mineral $19 palate. $22 K1 by Geoff Hardy Forrest Marlborough Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon Blanc 2014 HHH 2015 HHHH Easy drinker with sweet A light capsicum fruit fruit, good acid balance lift to the simple varietal and nice bottle age nose. The palate is long complexity. $23 NZ and complex with punchy tinned pea and kiwi-like pINOT GRIS/ flavours. $22 GRIGIO Grace Farm Western Australia Sauvignon 5 TASTED Blanc Semillon 1 AWARDED 2014 HHH1/2 Light gooseberry/lychee- The judges were like bouquet with a lovely disappointed with this racy/steely varietal palate with a nice tang to it. $21 flight. The wines lacked fruit character overall. Too Umamu Estate many were picked too Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc early. A challenge for the Semillon consumer! 2009 HHH1/2 Lovely purity and finesse of toasty marmalade fruit with some smokiness, bottle age complexity and nice acidity. $22 3 Oceans The Rivers Frankland River Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2015 HHH A soft easy drinking style simple but well-made with big tropical fruit characters. $16 Mother of Pearl Wrattonbully BEST BUYS Coonawarra VALUE Sauvignon Blanc 2015 HHH Subtle pungency on the nose and vibrant lively flavours with tingling Peregrine Wines acidity. $19 Saddleback Central Otago Pinot Gris Pertaringa 2014 HHH Scarecrow Adelaide A lifted fruit salad of a Sauvignon Blanc nose and good fresh fruit 2015 HHH palate with pretty spicy Soft, simple and slick! notes. $20 NZ Sweet fresh grassy nose and silky smooth in the mouth. $20 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 133

N N E W R E L E A S E SE W R E L E A S E S RIESLING Giesen Estate ChARDONNAY Ferguson Hart Estate Umamu Estate 10 TASTED Marlborough 28 TASTED The Van Leeuwen Margaret River Block Ferguson Chardonnay Riesling 2014 HHH 6 AWARDED A pleasantly simple 12 AWARDED Valley Chardonnay 2009 HHHH1/2 style with lovely fragrant 2014 HHHH1/2 A big soft Aussie style A better class here citrussy fruit nose. Quite \"A great class to judge,\" Nose has lovely mealy - all toasty and buttery showing freshness and sweet citrus palate. said one judge. \"There barrel ferment characters on the nose with good ripe marmalade-like fruit with ripe fruit and toasty $16.99 elegance of varietal fruit. are those who are oak. Long, firm, oak- which is echoed on the \"A touch more rounded SEMILLON & really making an effort dominated palate that long, fresh and complex fruit with long legs,\" BLENDS and overall few faults has complex flavours and palate. Has elegance. $50 excellent structure. $27 commented one judge. showing up with the Grace Farm 4 TASTED others.\" The judges Western Australia Bellarmine 3 AWARDED Chardonnay Pemberton commented on the 2014 HHHH Dry Riesling A small flight of excellent use of oak and A soft toasty buttery 2015 HHH1/2 the use of 'old world' caramel style. Slight A very classy wine with consistent drinkers with techniques of lees herbal nose and long fine varietal aromatics a nice aged example. elegant palate with and an elegant spicy stirring. excellent mid-palate citrus palate with Tomasi Margaret varietal flavours. $30 pleasant minerality. $25 River Semillon 2012 HHHH Plantagenet Eldredge Clare A lovely nutty toasty Great Southern Riesling 2015 HHH bottle aged semillon. Chardonnay Simple citrus fragrances Some marmalade-like 2014 HHHH and light simple mineral/ fruit on the nose and a A well-made citrus varietal palate. balanced complexity on chardonnay with Needs time. $20 the palate. $25 lovely lifted toasty oak and spicy fruit Koonara A Song for Little Birdwood aromas. Excellent Alice Mt Gambier South Eastern palate complexity Riesling 2015 HHH Australia Semillon showing texture and Very pure citrus bouquet Sauvignon Blanc length. $32.95 with a great steely, cool 2015 HHH climate, lemony palate. Punchy grassy aromas Brygon Reserve BEST Audrey Wilkinson $20 and zippy fruit freshness Hummingbird VALUE Reserve Hunter BUYS on the well-balanced Series Margaret Valley Chardonnay Z Wine Eden Valley palate. $4.99 River Chardonnay 2013 HHHH Riesling 2015 HHH 2014 HHHH1/2 Fragrances of Very varietal with lovely Lashings Margaret Smoky fruit complexity honeysuckle and toast. fresh spicy lime/lemon River Semillon on the nose with an Super palate that's characters and years Sauvignon Blanc attractive funkiness. lean, firm and dry with BEST ahead of it. $20 2014 HHH VALUE Very creamy in the classy elegance and nice BUYS Lifted herbaceous fruit Brygon Reserve mouth with excellent savoury tang. $36.50 Yarrh Canberra bouquet and interestingly Flying High Margaret flavour profile. Has great Riesling 2015 HHH textured palate with River Chardonnay complexity and texture. Peccavi Margaret Big juicy lime nose good line of acid. $16 2014 HHHH1/2 $19.99 River Chardonnay and well-structured Balanced, lively 2012 HHHH grapefruit-like palate. number with length Big soft old fashioned \"Will evolve well,\" said and softness and very style of chardonnay with one judge. $25 stylish toasty, nutty oak rich honeyed melon fruit seamlessly integrated with ripe melon fruit and characters and some supported by a firm acid well-handled oak to backbone. $19.99 match. $58 judges Marc Van Halden Stephen John Scott Rawlinson Winemaker at Yalumba Owner/winemaker of Senior winemaker for Wines. Formerly Stephen John Wines. Fleurieu Vintners & Boar’s winemaker in South More than 30 years’ Rock Winery. Former chief Africa for nine years winemaking experience. winemaker for Serafino plus French vintage Has judged at Adelaide, Wines at McLaren Vale. experience. Judged at National, and Barossa Previously winemaker with South African Veritas wine shows. Regular Mildara at Jamieson’s Run Show, Winemaker’s Winestate panellist and and Wolf Blass. Associate Choice Awards, Wine chairman of judges at judge at Canberra wine Magazine & Michelangelo the Winestate Wine of shows and worked a vintage Wine Awards. the Year Awards. in Northern California. 134 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

w w i n e & s p i r i t i n s i d e r t a s t i n gi n e & s p i r i t i n s i d e r t a s t i n g Tomasi Margaret ROSé River Chardonnay 2014 HHH1/2 11 TASTED Lovely complex bouquet 3 AWARDED of bacon-like oak and melon fruit. Very soft and Too many rushed to creamy in the mouth with lingering flavours. $25 bottle too early. \"Some were compensating sugar for flavour and made to a dollar value.\" But a few better wines poked through. Argon Bay VALUE BEST Estate Reserve BUYS Victoria Chardonnay 2014 HHH Slightly muted savoury fruit aromas and fresh BEST steely palate with lots of Sandalford VALUE oak. $16.99 Margaret River BUYS Range Margaret Hunter's River Rosé Marlborough 2015 HHHH Chardonnay Dolly pink wine with 2014 HHH lovely estery cherry-like Lifted ripe melon fruit fragrances and aromas with vanilla oak well-balanced fruit sweet behind and a bright, flavours on the palate. A zesty, flavoursome crowd pleaser! $20 palate. $25.99 Luna Rosa Central Prancing Horse Ranges Rosado Estate Mornington 2015 HHH Peninsula Sweet strawberry Chardonnay and cream bouquet. 2013 HHH Refreshing, well- Golden, elegant and structured palate with citrussy. Shows lots delicate fruit flavours. of class and plenty of $16 crunchy acid. $55 Rolling Pink Central Ranges Rosé 2015 HHH Simple slightly restrained fruit characters showing nice spiciness and a decent line of acid. $19 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 135

N N E W R E L E A S E SE W R E L E A S E S pINOT NOIR OThER RED Piedra Negra MERLOT CABERNET 15 TASTED VARIETALS & Argentinian Malbec 5 TASTED SAUVIGNON 2012 HHH1/2 6 AWARDED Very attractive primary 1 AWARDED BLENDS fruit characters on the 30 TASTED Slim pickings here! Too 13 TASTED nose and a long tight Too many unbalanced 17 AWARDED many 'non-pinot' wines 10 AWARDED palate with stewed plum- wines here with A mixed bag but a higher like flavours. $8.99 here, showing basic wine winemakers trying to strike rate here with few faults. However, the top A really interesting flight Kalleske Dodger build flavour. faults. However there wines were elegant and agreed the judges. The Barossa Valley Mudgee Wines are still too many using Tempranillo flavoursome. winemakers should 2014 HHH Reserve Mudgee old oak which does Rockcliffe Third be commended for Huge ink aromas, almost Merlot 2014 HHH not respect the fruit porty with a massive Aromas of raisins and Reef Great Southern expressing the fruit flavoursome palate. plums with good depth quality. Again we see the Pinot Noir rather than smothering Needs food! $24 of spicy plum flavours on excitement that the 2013 2014 HHHH a drying palate. $25 vintage is delivering with Brooding restrained these mid-weight Kalleske Fordson fruit nose and fresh ripe varietals with oak. These Barossa Valley great promise also for berry fruit palate with have really come a long Zinfandel 2014 HHH CABERNET 2014. seamless oak integration way in the past few A huge wine; very BLENDS and distinctive tannin ripe and jammy with profile. $30 years. spiciness, earthiness and 8 TASTED some sweetness. Needs 2 AWARDED Lashings Margaret Kalleske Buckboard time. $24 River Pinot Noir Barossa Valley Durif 2014 HHH 2014 HHHH1/2 Mudgee Wines Apart from a couple of Clean spicy bouquet An intense and complex Reserve Mudgee examples here, too many with slight medicinal varietal with deep dark Negro Amaro had advanced characters notes and light fresh crimson, almost black, 2014 HHH from poorly handled fruit. strawberry-like flavours. colour. Huge intense Stylish quaffer with $16 mulberry fruit. Powerful interesting dark fruit on fresh oak and massive the pleasant nose with a 3 Oceans The Estates Bellarmine tannins. $24 well-made palate. $25 Frankland River Pemberton Pinot Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Noir 2014 HHH Mudgee Wines Carlin De Paolo Big rich licoricey nose Reserve Mudgee Barbera d'Asti Merlot 2013 HHH Warm oaky style but has and decent length of Primitivo 2013 Cvrsvs Vitae some lovely blackberry plum and red currant HHHH1/2 Piedmont Italy fruit pushing through. flavours. Nice level of Great nose; light fresh Barbera 2014 HHH Very flavoursome. $26 acid. $26 and spicy with a complex Pretty confectionery and seamlessly layered aromas and minty primary Saddleback Central palate with dark fruits, fruit flavours. Good palate Little Birdwood Otago Pinot Noir some tobacco-like oak structure. $35 South Eastern Australia Cabernet 2014 HHH and dense tannins. $25 Shiraz Merlot Majella Coonawarra A pretty wine. Fresh God's Hill Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon cherry aromas and well- Conte Estate Nuovo Aglianico 2014 HHH 2014 HHH 2013 HHHH1/2 Pleasant dark fruit structured palate with Cammino McLaren Oak-driven style; very aromas with good Great colour. Beautiful spicy red fruit flavours. Vale Aglianico ripe and sweet with upfront fruit on a long ripe cassis fruit and $27 NZ 2014 HHHH slight jammy characters fresh new oak bouquet. Lovely estery nose - and earthy notes. $35 elegant palate with Excellent bright fruit Rockcliffe Single all raspberry and red drying tannins. $4.99 flavours running through Site Great Southern currants. Vibrant, well- the mid-palate with Pinot Noir 2014 HHH structured palate, nice GRENAChE & a tight acid structure. Nice red fruit aromas balance of oak, tannins BLENDS Needs time. $35 with oak adding depth. and red fruit. $25 Flavoursome palate 5 TASTED Singlefile Frankland has elegance and Eldredge The Reserve 0 AWARDED River Great Southern freshness. $45 Clare Malbec Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 HHH1/2 2013 HHHH Pooles Rock Intense purple colour Very disappointing class Delightful perfumed fruit Tasmania Pinot Noir and powerful extracted with no wines awarded! nose and great palate; 2014 HHH varietal fruit with a Go back to the drawing complex and complete Great varietal lift to the herbal-like backing. Very board. with good fruit/oak nose. Well-structured interesting style. $35 integration and tannic palate with elegant sour grip. Needs food. $37 cherry notes. $65 136 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

w w i n e & s p i r i t i n s i d e r t a s t i n gi n e & s p i r i t i n s i d e r t a s t i n g Flint's Of Karrawatta Coonawarra Cristo's Paddock Gammon's Crossing Cabernet Sauvignon Coonawarra 2013 HHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignon An intense purple wine. 2013 HHHH Great cassis nose and Attractive cassis, excellent ripe flavours, blackberry and violet some spice and good bouquet. Excellent oak. Needs time. $54 flavour depth with lots of sweet oak, some Stonemason eucalypt and grippy Currency Creek “Best tannins. $28 Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 HHH Steeple Jack Big rich style with slight Barossa South Australia leafiness to the bright Cabernet Sauvignon fruit, overt acid and proud 2014 HHH1/2 tannins. $12 Shiraz” Lifted fresh cassis sweetness on the nose Kalleske Merchant and excellent earthy dark Barossa Valley fruit flavours. \"Drinks Cabernet Sauvignon easily,\" said one judge. 2014 HHH $10 Powerful bacon-like oak and rich cassis fruit. Has Mt. Monster potential, just needs Limestone Coast time. $28 Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 HHH1/2 Blackstone Paddock An attractive cassis nose Margaret River with herbal nuances. Cabernet Sauvignon Nice intensity of fruit 2013 HHH cake-like flavours with Fresh vanilla bean oak some decent tannins. aromas layered with $16.95 red berries. Tight palate - excellent flavours. Tynan's View $19.99 Padthaway Cabernet Sauvignon House of Cards 2013 HHH1/2 The Royals Margaret A big rich ripe cabernet. River Cabernet A sweet nose of Sauvignon raspberry jelly. The 2013 HHH palate is bright and Herbaceous cool climate grippy with spicy fruit aromas and good spicy flavours. $29.90 dark fruits on a tight elegant palate. $35 Grace Farm Western Australia Tidswell Heathfield Cabernet Sauvignon Limestone Coast 2013 HHH1/2 Cabernet Sauvignon Subtle dark fruit bouquet; 2012 HHH nice freshness to it. Subtle rose petal bouquet Lovely palate - attractive and nicely ageing palate earthy spicy elements with good balance and with grippy tannins. $30 complexity. $28 Plantagenet Great Southern Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 HHH1/2 Slight portiness to the sweet fruit nose and a palate layered with dense stewed plum and toasty oak flavours. $45 HEMERAESTATE.COM.AU The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 137

N N E W R E L E A S E SE W R E L E A S E S Conte Estate Hunt ShIRAZ Hugo Wines Reserve Road McLaren Vale McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon BLENDS 2013 HHHH1/2 2012 HHH 4 TASTED Big nose - all fruit pastille Mushroom-like nose and 1 AWARDED and glacé fruits with warm grippy palate with some new oak touches. good flavour depth and Huge palate with intense intensity. $40 A small group with only sweet, slightly porty, one worth looking at. flavours and pine needle Grace Farm Reserve nuances. $60 Western Australia Jip Jip Rocks Cabernet Sauvignon Padthaway Shiraz Ryder Clare Valley 2012 HHH Cabernet 2014 HHH Shiraz 2014 HHHH Dark cassis fruit aromas; A big rich cherry berry, A lean, elegant and firm some herbal notes and a drink now, style with wine with lovely depth classic cabernet palate. intense fruit aromas of spicy blue fruits, black Years in it! 5+ $50 and upfront fruit pepper characters, fruit flavours. $20.95 sweetness and light Peccavi Margaret fresh oak. $15 River Cabernet Sauvignon ShIRAZ 3 Oceans The Rivers 2012 HHH 2015-2013 Margaret River Cassis fruit and sweet Shiraz 2013 HHHH toasty oak fragrances. 33 TASTED Tatiarra Cambrian Heathcote Winery A lovely cool climate Tight earthy dark fruit 18 AWARDED Heathcote Shiraz Slaughterhouse style. Soft perfumed palate with drying 2013 HHHHH Paddock Heathcote sandalwood-like bouquet tannins. $68 and long firm well- A very strong group Great crimson hues and Shiraz 2013 HHHHH balanced fruit palate with although a few showed lovely leathery spiciness A bright crimson wine some stalkiness. $16 with an intense minty to the nose with a green stalky fruit whilst superbly complex palate chocolaty bouquet and a others were flat and that is very sweet and great palate full, firm and Majella Coonawarra stale. The best here warm with an intensely rich with beautiful shiraz Shiraz 2013 HHHH Big, bold and sweet fruit and some excellent, rich varietal fruit flavour stood out with intensity, profile. $29.95 well-handled oak. $55 with minty chocolate- vibrancy and structure like characters on the with excellent oak Heathcote Winery nose and spicy bright fruit palate with some The Origin balance. Heathcote Shiraz savoury elements. $30 2013 HHHH1/2 \"Wow!\" exclaimed one judge. \"What a great wine!\" Almost black in colour with some super oak and amazingly intense fruit with a cool climate leafy edge. $55 Hey mate, we are in the running for Terrific! wine of the year That red sure has great legs 2013 Picker’s Choice 4 ½ Stars. Contender – Wine of the Year under $20.00 Hastwell & Lightfoot Vineyards [email protected] 138 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER

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Brygon Reserve Flying Spring Mountain DA Spring Mountain Hunter Spring Mountain Hunter High Margaret River No. 1 Winemakers Valley Semillon 2012 Valley Semillon 2013 Chardonnay 2014 Challenge Hunter Valley Semillon 2014 Cut grass and snow peas Subtle steely citrus fragrances Balanced lively number with obvious on the nose. Palate with slight floral nuances. length and softness and A crisp lively style with zesty almost sauvignon blanc-like Rich and lively in the mouth. very stylish toasty nutty oak citrus characters slatey with a core of long lively tropical Stylish fruit and lots of seamlessly integrated with ripe acidity and a long pleasant flavours. 3-5 $18.95 acid. 3-5 $18.95 melon fruit and supported by finish. 3-5 $18.95 a firm acid backbone. $19.99 Spring Mountain Wines Spring Mountain Wines Spring Mountain Wines Phone: +61 408 801 795 Phone: +61 408 801 795 Brygon Reserve Wines Phone: +61 408 801 795 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 419 865 556 Email: [email protected] Web: www.wineassist.com.au Web: www.wineassist.com.au E: [email protected] Web: www.wineassist.com.au W: www.brygonreservewines.com.au The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 141

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Giggling Goose Single Sandalford Margaret River Trentham Estate Murray Montara Jimmy Black Vineyard Padthaway Range Shiraz 2014 Darling Shiraz 2013 Grampians Shiraz 2013 Shiraz 2013 Toasty tobacco bouquet and Very appealing with a red Slightly restrained charry nose Slightly porty characters to a bright alert palate with nice berry lift to the nose and and oaky palate with simple the herbal/berry aromas. line of spicy fruit and good spicy perfumed notes. plum fruit characters. $20 Softly textured palate with tannin concentration. $20 On the palate the juicy sweet fruit flavours. $18 raspberry fruit is seamlessly Montara Winery Sandalford Wines Pty Ltd integrated with the oak and Phone: +61 3 5352 3868 Giggling Goose Wines Phone: +61 8 9374 9374 underscored by tannins. $16 Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 438 656 012 Email: [email protected] Web: www.montara.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.sandalford.com Trentham Estate Web: www.gigglinggoose.com.au Phone: +61 3 5024 8888 E: [email protected] W: www.trenthamestate.com.au The Wine & Spirit INSIDER 143

BesT Value BuYs - all under $20 Mt. Monster Limestone Reillys Wines Clare Schild Estate Barossa Shanahans Wines The Coast Shiraz 2013 Valley Shiraz 2013 Valley Shiraz 2013 Perfect Storm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 Dense meaty and developing Dark dense aromas; some Slight toffee characters to nose. Generous upfront meatiness developing with the savoury nose and nicely Subtle aromas and grippy fruit palate with savoury similar characters echoed on the layered spicy fruit palate tannic palate with bright fruit notes and chalky tannins. palate. Big firm tannic finish. $19 with hints of violets. $20 and well-handled oak. $19.95 Drink now. $16.95 Reillys Wines Schild Estate Shanahans Wines Morambro Creek Wines Phone: +61 8 8358 0480 Phone: +61 8 8524 5560 Phone: +61 8 8563 0555 Phone: +61 8 8723 1065 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.reillyswines.com.au Web: www.schildestate.com.au Web: www.shanahanwines.com.au Web: www.mtmonster.com.au 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 144 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER AD_Subscribe to Winestate (glasses) QPH.indd 1 11/11/2014 11:06:09 PM

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BesT Value BuYs - all under $20 3 Rings Barossa Valley Totino Estate Adelaide Wicks Estate Adelaide GMH by Geoff Hardy Shiraz 2013 Hills Shiraz 2013 Hills Shiraz 2013 South Australia Shiraz 2013 Silky sweet wine with good More spicy than fruity. Delicate nose and tight dark intensity of spicy plum fruit and Meaty richness in the plum palate with chunky tannins. Some herbal notes to the nose a fine acid spine. $20 background and some Needs time. 5+ $20 with dark fruit in the background bitter chocolate notes. $20 and similar palate. $20 Swire & Noble Estates Pty Ltd Wicks Estate Wines Phone: +61 8 8186 0181 Totino Nominees Phone: +61 8 8212 0004 Wines by Geoff Hardy Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 8 8349 1200 Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 8 8388 3700 Web: www.swireandnoble.com.au Email: [email protected] Web: www.wicksestate.com.au E: [email protected] Web: www.festivalcitywines.com.au W: www.handcraftedbygeoffhardy. com.au A U S T R A L I A N & N E W Z E A L A N D the wine & spirit Issue 143 | September/October 2015 Editor & Publisher Winestate Web Site electronic medium or machine-readable form without Peter Simic E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] the express permission of the publisher. Every care is Managing Editor taken in compiling the contents of this publication, but Lara Simic E-mail: [email protected] Printing DAI Rubicon the publisher assumes no responsibility for the effects Administration Website: www.distalliance.com arising therefrom. ABN 56 088 226 411 Vicki Bozsoki E-mail: [email protected] Graphic Designer WINESTATE is published seven times a year by Winestate Publishing Pty Ltd. Lisa McPike E-mail: [email protected] WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD, Telephone (08) 8357 9277 Marketing Manager 81 King William Road, Unley SA 5061. Peter Jackson E-mail: [email protected] Copyright 2015 by WINESTATE PUBLISHING PTY LTD. Facsimile (08) 8357 9212 Tasting Coordinator This publication may not, in whole or in part, be copied, E-mail [email protected] Madeline Willoughby E-mail: [email protected] photocopied, reproduced, translated or reduced to any Website www.winestate.com.au 146 The Wine & Spirit INSIDER



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