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Wine review — The Islander Estate Vineyards, Port Phillip Estate, Chalmers, Eden Road and Wirra Wirra

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The Islander Estate Vineyards “The Investigator” 2005 $60 Kangaroo Island, South Australian In 2000 French winemaker Jacques Luton staked a claim on Kangaroo Island –198 years after its discovery by Matthew Flinders and circumnavigation by French Captain Nicholas Baudin. Magnanimously, Luton named his flagship wine The Investigator, after Flinders’ ship. The flagship wine, however, salutes … Continue reading Wine review — The Islander Estate Vineyards, Port Phillip Estate, Chalmers, Eden Road and Wirra Wirra →

Wine review — Eden Road, Ross Hill, Cullens, Brancott Estate and Innocent Bystander

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Eden Road The Long Road Shiraz 2009 $21 Canberra and Hilltops districts, New South Wales There’s a distinct winemaking style at Eden Road under Nick Spencer. The intense, pure restrained wines tend towards austerity in youth – a character notable in the Canberra Riesling 2010, Tumbarumba Chardonnay 2008 and Canberra Shiraz 2009. But the underlying … Continue reading Wine review — Eden Road, Ross Hill, Cullens, Brancott Estate and Innocent Bystander →

Good wine from Canberra’s difficult 2022 vintage

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‘It was a tornado’, says winemaker Ken Helm. January’s violent hailstorm swept north from Hall, cut a swathe through Murrumbateman vineyards, then split in two near Helms Wines before heading east and west. ‘It broke steel posts, flattened vines and uprooted trees. If you’d been driving on our access road you’d have been killed’, says … Continue reading Good wine from Canberra’s difficult 2022 vintage →

Savouring magnificence – three beautiful Aussie shirazes: John Duval, Tyrrell’s, Clonakilla

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If Australia owns any one wine grape variety, it’s shiraz. We grow around 40,000 hectares of it. Our shiraz vineyards cluster either side of the 4,000 kilometres from east to west coast, through 16 degrees of latitude (from south-eastern Queensland (27 degrees) to southern Tasmania (43 degrees) and from near sea level to 700 or … Continue reading Savouring magnificence – three beautiful Aussie shirazes: John Duval, Tyrrell’s, Clonakilla →

Wine review – the Penfolds collection 2018

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WHITES Bin 51 Eden Valley Riesling 2018 $40 Maturation:Three months, stainless steel. Pale, green-tinted straw colour; pure, citrus-like riesling aroma, precisely mirrored on an intense, powerful but very finely-textured palate, backed by assertive acid. An invigorating drink now in its fruity youth, Bin 51 also has potential to gain rich secondary flavours and texture with … Continue reading Wine review – the Penfolds collection 2018 →

Wine reviews – the high country of southern New South Wales

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The tasting notes in this post represent a wide range of wine styles from regions sprinkled along the Great Dividing Range in southern New South Wales: Tumbarumba, Orange, Gundagai, Hilltops and the Canberra District. I wrote the notes for Jugiong Wine Cellar website. The cellar (located at Jugiong, between Yass and Gundagai) lies at the centre … Continue reading Wine reviews – the high country of southern New South Wales →

The Canberra wine region 2017 wrap

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In 2017, Lonely Planet rated Canberra third best city in the world. But in keeping with a decidedly riesling mood enveloping the Capital’s winemakers, Gallagher Canberra Riesling 2017 topped 519 wines from seven countries in the Canberra International Riesling Challenge. Murrumbateman winemaker Ken Helm founded the challenge 17 years ago. At the time, Canberra riesling, … Continue reading The Canberra wine region 2017 wrap →