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Wine review – Clonakilla, Craggy Range, Tate, Yalumba, Jacob’s Creek

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Clonakilla Ceoltoiri 2015 Clonakilla vineyard, Murrumbateman, Canberra District, NSW $45 Clonakilla’s push into Rhone Valley wine styles began with shiraz and now extends into varieties once thought to be too late ripening for the Canberra climate. However, in warm seasons like 2015, grenache, mourvedre and cinsault ripen fully and join shiraz in the fragrant, light-coloured … Continue reading Wine review – Clonakilla, Craggy Range, Tate, Yalumba, Jacob’s Creek →

Wine review – Jim Barry, Tyrrell’s, Yalumba

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Jim Barry The Lodge Hill Clare Valley Riesling 2015 $20.89–$22 Clare Valley rieslings are in general notably rounder and softer than those from the Canberra region. But Clare’s style spectrum includes leaner, more acidic styles from cooler parts of the valley. This can be seen especially in wines where the winemaker chooses to ferment the … Continue reading Wine review – Jim Barry, Tyrrell’s, Yalumba →

Wine review – Hewitson, Grosset and Yalumba

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Hewitson Miss Harry Barossa Valley 2013 $21.85–$25 What would a bunch of hairy chested blokes make of tender, supple, perfumed Miss Harry, served alongside burly reds from Clare Valley and McLaren Vale? The group generally favours big, ripe shiraz with their post-tennis curry. But the lighter coloured Miss Harry overcame early suspicions and several drinkers … Continue reading Wine review – Hewitson, Grosset and Yalumba →

Wine review – Parker Coonawarra Estate, Yalumba Galway, Giant Steps, Curly Flat, Scuttlebutt and Wagner Steeple

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Parker Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 North-western Coonawarra, South Australia $18.90–$24 Our wine of the week earned its place for sheer flavour, value and fidelity to the Coonawarra regional style. The winery now belongs to WD Wines, an energetic business that also owns the Hesketh and St John’s Road brands. Jonathon Hesketh and Phil Lehmann, … Continue reading Wine review – Parker Coonawarra Estate, Yalumba Galway, Giant Steps, Curly Flat, Scuttlebutt and Wagner Steeple →

Wine review – Wynns Coonawarra Estate, Farr, Pizzini, Keller, Smith and Hooper, and Yalumba

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Wynns Coonawarra Estate Black Label Shiraz 2013 Coonawarra, South Australia $33–$44 Wynns’ top-end reds, due for release on 5 August, include this outstanding vintage of Black Label Shiraz. A relative newcomer to Wynns’ line-up, Black Label is the shiraz equivalent, in price and quality, to the legendary Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, made continuously since 1954. … Continue reading Wine review – Wynns Coonawarra Estate, Farr, Pizzini, Keller, Smith and Hooper, and Yalumba →

Wine review – Sevenhill, Bowen Estate, Yalumba, Penfolds, d’Arenberg and Sassafras

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Sevenhill Cellars Inigo Riesling 2014 $18.80–$20 Sevenhill Cellars vineyards, Clare Valley, South Australia In 1851 the Society of Jesus established Sevenhill Cellars, the Clare Valley’s first winery. The Jesuits still run Sevenhill from magnificent stone cellars where they make amazingly concentrated wines from their own extensive vineyards. Inigo – the cheaper of their two rieslings … Continue reading Wine review – Sevenhill, Bowen Estate, Yalumba, Penfolds, d’Arenberg and Sassafras →

Wine review – Yalumba, Brown Brothers, Lark Hill, Brokenwood, AC Byrne and Second Left

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Yalumba The Octavius Barossa Old Vine Shiraz 2009 $85–$112 Barossa and Eden Valleys, South Australia Yalumba made its first Octavius in the outstanding 1990 vintage. Named for and matured in 100-litre oak octaves, coopered at Yalumba, it quickly earned the sobriquet “oaktavius”. However, Yalumba’s winemakers soon adapted to the high oak-to-wine ratio inherent in using … Continue reading Wine review – Yalumba, Brown Brothers, Lark Hill, Brokenwood, AC Byrne and Second Left →

Wine review – Ten Minutes by Tractor, Lerida Estate, Yalumba, Krinklewood and Veuve Fourny

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Ten Minutes by Tractor McCutcheon Pinot Noir 2012 $75 McCutcheon Vineyard, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria A group of us tasted McCutcheon pinot alongside three contrasting styles –Lerida Estate Cullerin Canberra District 2013 ($35, also reviewed today), Tout Pres by Farr Geelong 2011 ($110) and Hurley Vineyard Garamond Mornington Peninsula 2012 ($75). The wines all rated well … Continue reading Wine review – Ten Minutes by Tractor, Lerida Estate, Yalumba, Krinklewood and Veuve Fourny →

Wine review – Seppelt, Sugarloaf Ridge, Penfolds, Paxton, Yalumba and T’Gallant

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Seppelt Drumborg Vineyard Pinot Noir 2012 $35–$45 Drumborg, Henty Region, Victoria Former Seppelt winemaker Ian McKenzie once described Drumborg as the first landfall north of Antarctica. Indeed, the cold vineyard site near the southwestern Victorian coast struggled for decades after Karl Seppelt established it in 1964. During the two-decade McKenzie era from the early 1980s, … Continue reading Wine review – Seppelt, Sugarloaf Ridge, Penfolds, Paxton, Yalumba and T’Gallant →

Wine review — Yalumba, Punt Road and Bay of Fires

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Yalumba Eden Valley Roussanne 2012 $25 Yalumba first worked with the Rhone white variety, roussanne in the 1980s, halted work because of a vine virus, then restarted with fresh material around 20 years later. By then they had 30 years’ experience with another of the Rhone varieties, viognier, and decades of experience with spontaneous fermentations … Continue reading Wine review — Yalumba, Punt Road and Bay of Fires →