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2009
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Kingston Estate
Adelaide Hills/Limestone Coast Chardonnay 2008 ($12)
This is pretty much a fruit driven Chardie with just a trace of light French oak. Chock full of peach and creamy stone fruit flavours with a deliciously appealing mouth feel. Current drinking.
Score:86/100
Kingston Estate
Adelaide Hills/Mt Benson Sauvignon Blanc
Picked early to retain some fruit freshness. It works quite well offering plenty of zippy crunchy flavours with a refreshing acidity. Nice current drinking wine.
Score:85/100
Millbrook
Barking Owl Shiraz Viognier 2007 ($17.95)
Delicious and highly appealing blend of Shiraz and Viognier. Excellent vintage to work with. Fleshy and ripe fruit with an exotic softness and plump middle. Spicy rich mulberry flavours with supportive tannins.
Score:90/100
Millbrook
Barking Owl Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($16.95)
Bracing fine and lean Semillon dominant blend. Fresh sprinkling dried herbs over some nice lime and passionfruit aromas. Zippy crisp acid sustains a nice palate. Persistent and pleasant.
Score:86/100
Peter Lehmann Wines
Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 ($19.50)
Stylish Cabernet that expresses the variety beautifully. Light cedary oak, leafy fruit and deeper black currant characters. Supple ripe tannins and fine grained oak support the controlled and keenly focussed wine. Love the dusty oak. Classic Cabernet.
Score:88/100
Peter Lehmann Wines
Barossa Valley Semillon 2006 ($13.50)
Made as an unoaked style. It's still obviously fresh and zesty with traces of lemon rind and some honey, grassy characters. Palate is still tight and controlled but with excellent length. Shows that you don't need a lot of alcohol to get flavour.
Score:87/100
Peter Lehmann Wines
Barossa Valley Shiraz 2006 ($19.50)
Velvety smooth medium to full bodied Shiraz. Opulent and generous with plenty of American oak merging seamlessly with the earthy savoury plummy Shiraz fruit. Dryish powdery tannins support the generous fleshy fruit. Excellent value wine for medium term cellaring.
Score:88/100
Water Wheel
Bendigo Chardonnay 2008 ($19)
A traditional Australian style Chardonnay with the ripe opulent fruit and subtle use of American oak strong features. It's all peaches and cream with stacks of appeal as a drink now wine.
Score:86/100
Water Wheel
Bendigo Shiraz 2007 ($19)
Opulent and full bodied Shiraz oozing masses of dark fruits. It's ripe and fleshy, a product of this warm vintage. Oak and fruit in good balance. A wine that needs substantial food.
Score:85/100
Scotts Brook
Blackwood Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 ($27)
This is a classy expression of cool climate Cabernet from the Blackwood Valley. It was a good vintage down there and the rich yet elegant and silky character of the fruit is evidence of this. Red berry and light leafy overtones with the oak neatly subordinated.
Score:88/100
Scotts Brook
Blackwood Valley Shiraz 2007 ($27)
This is a lovely example of the soft and generous fruit you get from the Blackwood Valley. It has a lifted spiciness with touches of aniseed and a lingering savouriness. Soft palate with fine tannins and liberal vanillin oak. Nicely made wine.
Score:89/100
Jacobs Creek
Blanc de Blanc ($12.99)
This is a new one from Jacob's Creek. It's straight Chardonnay hence the name Blanc de Blanc made into a fresh and fruity style to display a nice creamy, yeasty character. This is a commercial style that is excellent current drinking. The citrus lift cleans the palate neatly.
Score:85/100
Hay Shed Hill
Block 1 Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($28)
The fruit from these old unirrigated vines was co fermented in four-year-old French oak. The result is stunning. There is texture, palate weight and richness, but very little obvious oak influence. Creamy, thick and vibrant at the same time with a lively long finish. Super stuff.
Score:92/100
Hay Shed Hill
Block 2 Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 ($50)
Beautifully fragrant and perfumed Cabernet. There's a leafy mix of red berry and cedar with some almost floral notes. The palate is controlled and effortlessly long with fine grained oak, silky fine but firm tannins and deep concentrated fruit. Best wine yet from the new team.
Score:94/100
Hay Shed Hill
Block 6 Chardonnay 2008 ($35)
Seems typical of the vintage. It's tight and crisp with a racy mouth feel yet there is texture and richness in its fine long delivery. Nice mix of melon and cashew with a light vanillin oak influence. A modern Aussie chardonnay with some Margaret River grunt.
Score:92/100
Deep Woods Estate
Block 7 Shiraz 2007 ($27.95)
A very classy expression of southern Margaret River Shiraz. Succulent rich fruit flavours with a savoury character that carries to a long finish. The oak is well weighted with just 30 per cent new. The fine ripe tannin structure is a feature of the wines.
Score:93/100
Oakway Estate
Blue Gum Ridge Cabernet Merlot 2007 ($15)
A stylish and elegant blended red displaying lifted red berry and light mint characters. It's medium bodied with subtle use of American and French oak. Has a nice palate filling texture with good focus and persistence.
Score:86/100
Forest Hill
Boobook Shiraz Viognier 2007 ($19)
The lifted aromatics of that musky stone fruit Viognier is quite evident. Soft and fleshy with plenty of solid palate weight. Succulent palate with a zippy finish.
Score:87/100
Forest Hill
Boobook Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
Crisp fruit blend displaying a fine balance of light tropical fruits and grassy herbal characters. It stacks up as a value for money current drinking wine.
Score:86/100
West Cape Howe
Book Ends Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 ($25)
You won't get too many better examples of Great Southern Cabernet than this pearler. It's supple and generous but with that effortless length and grace that only comes in the best seasons. Minty red berry and blackcurrant nuances with a delightful cedary oak influence.
Score:94/100
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