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2010
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Rosabrook Margaret River Wines
Cabernet Sauvignon 2007 ($28)
Powerful and fleshy Cabernet brimming with ripe blackcurrant Cabernet fruit showing a little black olive and savouriness. Full-bodied with impressive depth and concentrated flavours. Deep and robust but with a velvety smooth palate.
Score: 89/100
Cellar: 8 years
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Evans & Tate
Classic Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2009
Continues to be one of the most popular classics on the market. This is a Semillon dominant blend with some delicate Sauvignon Blanc added in. It's typically fresh and crisp with a refreshingly lively palate. Lots of citrus tang over some more substantial tropical flavours. Very drinkable.
Score:88/100
Cellar: 3 year
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Evans & Tate
Classic Shiraz Cabernet 2008 ($20)
Continues to be one of the most popular classics on the market. This is a Semillon dominant blend with some delicate Sauvignon Blanc added in. It's typically fresh and crisp with a refreshingly lively palate. Lots of citrus tang over some more substantial tropical flavours. Very drinkable.
Score:88/100
Cellar: 3 year
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Cumulus Wines
Climbing Wines Sauvignon Blanc 2009 ($22)
A precise and tidy savvy from Orange in NSW. Light herbal characters with some delicious light stone fruit influence. The palate has a fine delicate acid sustaining a long finish. Very easy drinking wine for current consumption.
Score:88/100
Cellar: Drink now
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Zema Estate
Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 ($25)
A very good vintage in Coonawarra and this is a very god example of the year. Lovely silky smooth effortlessly long palate wit dark red berry and minty fruit supported with fine grained tannins and lovely vanillin oak. Classy.
Score:92/100
Cellar: 9 years
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Zema Estate
Coonawarra Shiraz 2006 ($25)
Opens with a spicy and slightly peppers aroma with underlying savoury earthiness. The palate is medium weight with a seamless suppleness. Soft and generous with good structure to support medium term cellaring. Excellent wine as an each way bet for cellar or now.
Score:88/100
Cellar: 6 years
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Penny's Hill Wines Mclaren Vale
Cracking Black McLaren Vale Shiraz 2008 ($22)
A ripe juicy and sumptuous product of the warm vintage in 2008 from McLaren Vale. The fruit has been well handled to achieve a wine of some finesse while still displaying the typical McLaren Vale plump softness. Balanced with rich with stacks of flavour. A real crowd pleaser.
Score: 89/100
Cellar: 4 years
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Castelli Estate
Frankland Shiraz 2008 ($28)
This is a burster Shiraz from Frankland. Deep and succulent Shiraz shows some beautiful savoury plummy characters. The palate is supported with fine ripe yet supple tannins and some tidy oak treatment. Still quite tight but the fruit is jumping out of its skin to be released.
Score:92/100
Cellar: 5 years
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Maverick Barossa Valley Wines
Greenock Rise Barossa Valley Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre ($25)
This is a beautifully perfumed wine displaying lovely scented sweet fruit. A seamless and silky smooth wine of great complexity and presence. Lovely medium weight palate and a very long finish. Great oak treatment.
Score:95/100
Cellar:6 years
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Hewitson
Gun Metal Eden Valley Riesling 2009 ($22)
Another beauty from this vintage. The gin metal refers to the outcrops of slate in the vineyard. Not surprisingly the wine has a pronounced minerality with a lean tight mouth puckering acidity on the palate. Excellent fine focussed palate which is exceptionally long.
Score: 92/100
Cellar: 10 years
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McWilliams
Hanwood Estate Cabernet Merlot 2008 ($13)
A simple and pleasant easy drinking blended red with a soft palate displaying black current and juicy blackberry characters. Very little oak and the tannins are fine. Supple and soft in the mouth.
Score: 85/100
Cellar: Drink now
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Giant Steps
Innocent Bystander Shiraz Viognier 2007 ($19.95)
Hits this style right on the mark. There's some Viognier in the blend but it's the savoury fruit intensity of the Shiraz that dominates. Fine ripe tannins and a nice layer of oak in support. Has a lifted perfumed aroma. Neatly integrated with a longish finish.
Score: 89/100
Cellar: 4 years
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Tamar Ridge
Kayena Vineyard Pinot Gris 2008 ($25)
This wine shows plenty of rich complexity on the nose and palate. It comes from spending time on lees, which negates the need to use oak. A nice minerally thread runs deep into the palate. Nice current drinking wine.
Score: 89/100
Cellar: 3 years
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Yering Station
Little Yering Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2008 ($19)
A deliciously appealing light bodied Pinot displaying fresh black cherry and lively spice on the nose and palate. Has a juicy fleshy feel in the mouth with a little oak to keep it tight and focussed. Nice current drinking wine.
Score:88/100
Cellar: 2 years
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Astrolabe Wines NZ
Marlborough Pinot Noir 2008 ($32.95)
Firm and powerful Marlborough pinot noir from these guys. The aromas are relatively subdued with ripe cherry and touches of smoky forest floor. The palate is very firm with tight firmish tannins, plenty of grainy oak and strong and intense fruit characters. A wine that will benefit from cellaring.
Score:90/100
Cellar: 5 years
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Hewitson
Miss Harry 2008 ($22)
This is a blend of Shiraz Grenache and Mourvedre with a small amount of Cinsault added for the first time. Mix of raspberry and light cherry with some subtle vanillin oak. Lovely texture and seamless palate and mouth feel. Integrated to a tee and long in the mouth. excellent food wine.
Score: 91/100
Cellar: 6 years
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Bay of Fires
Pinot Noir 2008 ($38)
Mighty impressive Pinot from Northern Tassie. This is a lovely soft and generous medium bodied wine showing excellent structure and palate complexity. Aromas of sour cherry and light raspberry with some nice earthy spicy overtones. Shows how far Bay of Fires have come with their Pinot development.
Score:94/100
Cellar: 5 years
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Coriole
Sangiovese 2007 ($22)
Sangiovese is the main Italian variety at Coriole having been first released in 1987. This one shows somewhat sweet fruit with plenty of typical savoury character. The tannins are quite firm and the finish dusty and long. It's best as a food wine.
Score:88/100
Cellar: 3 years
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Hillbrook Wines
Sauvignon Blanc 2009 ($18)
Another really impressive Sav Blanc from these guys. I liked last years, and this one shows even more natural sweet fruit intensity but with a dry crisp acid finish. Typical regional crunchy gooseberry and limey tropical fruit on the nose carries to a sustained and beautifully intense palate. There is a real subtle restraint in here but no loss of precise palate intensity.
Score:93/100
Cellar:3 years
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Bella Ridge Estate
Swan Valley Chenin Blanc 2008 ($22)
Swan valley chenin in all its glory. Has been given plenty of oak treatment and the result is a wine of tremendous complexity and interest. The palate is soft flavoursome and generous with a fine lingering acid keeping it tight and lively. It’s a leaner style than previous years but retains that essential creamy mouth feel and texture
Score:94/100
Cellar: 8 years
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