Real Review - Top Wineries of Australia

2.5 hours to taste over 120 wines...no chance based on historic precedence even with a massive paucity of note taking...Soooooo the plan of attack was to remove anything from the Hunter that I can pop up to quickly for a whistlestop tour then try all the posh (i.e. expensive stuff) first before moving on to the rest of the wines...

Lots to like here. Australian Chardonnay is right up there with the best Chardonnay in the world. Easily. Shiraz is getting increasingly clever - alcohol is being beautifully managed and balance accomplished.

• 2019 Hardys Chardonnay Eileen Hardy

  Australia, South Australia

  Medium plus intensity aromas of peach, toast, melon, butter, controlled oak. Rich, ripe, balanced, flavours of peach, toast, melon, buttery underpin, very slight bitterness on the finish. Very good.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Voyager Estate Chardonnay MJW

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  A little stone fruit, sweet spice, touch of almost salinity, oak, muted malo butteriness...Super tangy on the palate, a little light textured, fruit present but feels a little out of whack at the moment. This was also served far too cold. Time and temperature may help.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Yarra Yering Chardonnay Carrodus

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Initially ripe stone fruit; quite melon, with a citrus underpin. Oak lends sweet spice. More citrus on the palate, tight texture provides a certain amount of chewiness, this is quite linear with touches of grapefruit, clean and lean. Okay

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Yarra Yering Pinot Noir Carrodus

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Aromas of dark hued cherry and berry, quite concentrated, a little sweet spice underpin, caramel oak. Juicy, fleshy, fruit sweet with a savoury underpin, tangy, softly textured, finishes slightly bitter but this is good.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Pooley Pinot Noir Cooinda Vale Oronsay

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Ashy whole bunch dominates everything. A little red hued fruit and controlled oak struggles beneath this. Wetly juicy on the palate, red fruit are dominated by drying slightly chalky textured tannins, long. The stalks are less intrusive in the mouth but this is quite out of whack at the moment. Quite a few years required.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 By Farr Pinot Noir RP Côte Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong

  Polished oak and fruit; ripe cherry, plenty of sweet spice, slight caramel, a little savoury spice as well. Quite savoury and juicy in the mouth, flour textured tannins take precedence over the fruit but the cherry fruit is still present. Time will help but this is good.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Yarra Yering Shiraz Carrodus

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Ripe blackberry tends to blackberry concentrate, plenty of sweet spice, a little perfumed floral top note here. Juicy, fruit sweet, polished oak, fleshy, tannins are contained and persistent, balanced, finishes long with a smidge of bitterness. Good.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Torbreck The Factor

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Ripe jammy black fruits, sweet spice, very slight peppery underpin and some jubey prettiness as well. It's a bit soupy on the palate, obviously a bit over extracted, tannins are tight, chalky, persistent but the fruit carries. Alcohol warmth on the finish. Big though balanced. Okay for what it is.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Henschke Shiraz Vineyard Selection Tappa Pass

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa

  Black hued fruits with a little green underpin, black pepper, earth, savoury spice, very slightly meaty. Medium plus intensity acidity, tightly tannic, quite grainy but the fruit persists. Savoury, brambly, medium plus length. Nice

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Hardys Shiraz Eileen Hardy

  Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale

  Slightly reductive, ripe blackberry, sweet spice, an almost buttery underpin, perfumed, slight pepper and a smidge of almost apricot (?), savoury, tightly textured, it's a little reductive on the palate, closed, alcohol warmth intrudes on the finish. Nah.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2016 Yalumba Shiraz The Octavius

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  ripe, concentrated (but not Torbreck concentrated) blackberry, plum, smidge of prune, cream, sweet spice. Thick on the palate with medium plus intensity acidity, concentrated fruit a little diminished here, tannins are woody and drying. Obviously time should help but this is already 6 years and is still fairly monolithic.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Brokenwood Shiraz Tallawanta

  Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Pokolbin

  Ripe black fruit, plums, polished oak, sweet spice, a little blackberry, slightly jubey black fruits, earth, slight leather. Juicy, savoury, with sweet dark hued core, sweet spice then tannic sweep - talc textured but medium plus intensity, fruit persists. Nice.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 John Duval Wines Shiraz Eligo

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Reductive rubbery tending to blackberry concentrate, sweet spice, polished oak lends vanilla, caramel. Quite thick on the palate, black fruits, plenty of alcohol, talc textured but woody tannins, all travel long helped by alcohol. Time required and this is quite big but not for me.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2016 Levantine Hill Estate Syrah Melissa's Paddock

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Smells a little dilute (especially after the John Duval Eligo), black fruits, savoury, peppery spice, a little alcohol prickle. Juicy, fleshy, savoury, dark hued fruits, peppery underpin, tannins are chalky textured, persistent, alcohol warmth is also present. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Yarra Yering Cabernet Sauvignon Carrodus

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Blackcurrant, pyrazine both supported by cedar and spice, smells fresh, fleshy, juicy, a tiny red currant note to the fruit, tannins are chalky, persistent but in support, very slight herbaceous note. Simple, nice.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Gralyn Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Earthy, blackcurrant, slight salinity, plenty of eucalyptus and mint here as well as some cedar. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, tight, grippy, floury tannins, fruit as per nose with less obvious herbaceousness. Yum.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2013 Gralyn Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Slight red currant under blackcurrant, a little more eucalyptus and mint, cedar, sweet spice and it's a bit more red fruited than the 2018 on the palate as well, lacks a little generosity, tannins are tight and drying. Meh.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2016 Levantine Hill Estate Mélange Traditionnel Samantha's Paddock

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Red and black fruit compote, a little cedar, sweet spice, slight pyrazine, polished, thick, dense, chewy, marriage of fruit and tannins, a little green note, long, very long, non-intrusive alcohol and tiny bitterness on the finish.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Pepper Tree Cabernet Sauvignon PJP

  Australia, South Australia, Limestone Coast, Wrattonbully

  A little farty red over black fruit, sweet spice, wild blackcurrant, mint...Thick, a little rubbery underpin to the red over black fruits, tannins are very drying, chewy. Feels clumsy. Nah.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Deep Woods Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Grand Selection Yallingup

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Ripe blackcurrant, sweet spice, a little perfumed top note, savoury underpin, herbaceous with mint and eucalyptus. Juicy, quite blackcurrant, candied on the palate, tannins are grainy, drying. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Howard Park Cabernet Sauvignon Abercrombie

  Australia, Western Australia

  Rich, polished oak, blackcurrant, cream, clean, very slight saline with a slight herbaceous underpin. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, equally polished on the palate, dark hued fruits. and slightly chalky, persistent tannins go hand in hand. Very good.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2022 Rieslingfreak Riesling No. 12

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

  Again lime backed by a little lime pith and lime cordial. Crisp and bitey, almost a touch petillance , sulphur, lime, bone dry, chewy texture, good.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

It was pleasing to see so many great wines here.

• 2021 By Farr Chardonnay

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong

  A little of that chicken herb thing, wild ferment funkiness, sweet spice, biscuit, lemon over stone fruit. Juicy, palate very much a reflection of the nose, a little textured burr tugs at the tongue. Time will help - needs to come together.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Oakridge Chardonnay 864 Funder & Diamond Vineyard Drive Block

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Very struck match, bacon crisps over citrus, stone fruit, flinty. Medium plus intensity acidity tends to tart, quite citric, coarse burr, tightly tannic, slight alcohol warmth on the finish. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2021 Stella Bella Chardonnay Serie Luminosa

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Grapefruit, butter, lemon, a little herbaceous notes, touch of sweaty armpit. Super fresh, juicy, tangy, smidges of grapefruit, lemon, butter though the fruit portions drops on the medium plus intensity length. Interesting. Nice.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Howard Park Chardonnay Allingham

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Hmm, wild ferment gone wrong married to struck match reductiveness backed by sweet oak spice. Juicy, fleshy, a savoury underpin, stone fruit, better on the palate. Okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Xanadu Chardonnay Stevens Road Margaret River

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Clean, fresh, lightweight, stone fruit, boiled sweets, a little sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, juicy, fleshy, fresh, tangy, citrus notes join the stone fruit, beautifully balanced. Very good.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Levantine Hill Estate Chardonnay

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Struck match, sweet spcie, slight savoury note, palates shows savoury stone fruit, texture and glycerol fatness but all in all it's a bit flat which is a major concern as this was served far too cold.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Handpicked Chardonnay Wombat Creek Vineyard

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Struck match, perfumed floral notes, ripe stone fruit, a little flinty underpin. Juicy, fleshy, stone fruit is fruit sweet, bacon fat, plenty of grip on the gums and the palate. Time? But it's out of whack at the mo'

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Pooley Chardonnay Cooinda Vale

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  From Magnum. Struck match/bacon fat. Lemon but the reductive notes dominate the nose. Medium plus intensity acidity, but, despite the acidity, this is quite flat, there is a little textured burr. Meh.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Deep Woods Estate Chardonnay Reserve

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Struck match, peach, sweet spice, polished oak, a little butter. Juicy, fresh, tangy, plenty of textured, stone fruit, smidge of citrus. Good.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Pressing Matters Pinot Noir

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Medium minus intensity aromas of controlled whole bunch, red hued fruits, a little wild strawberry with a cranberry underpin. In the mouth it's fruit sweet, again the whole bunch notes are controlled, slight non-intrusive alcohol warmth, drying though finely tooled textured tannins. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2015 Handpicked Merlot Brindle Vineyard

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Savoury, plummy earthy, baking spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, tightly textured drying chalky tannins, plummy, smidge of plum lozenge but this is all a bit cumbersome and clumsy. Nah

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 By Farr Shiraz

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Geelong

  Whole bunch, blackberry, brambles, black pepper, savoury with slight sweet spice. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, tangy, fleshy, black fruits as per nose, talc textured tannins, balanced. very good

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Hentley Farm Shiraz The Beast

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Ripe blackberry, plums tending to prune, sweet spice, vanilla, cream. Concentrated on the palate, too much of everything at the moment, all shouting but in relative harmony. Lives up to its name. years required.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Keith Tulloch Shiraz Field of Mars Single Vineyard Block 1

  Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

  Ahh Hunter shiraz, leather, earthy, rubbery reductive, plums backed by sweet spice and pepper. Juicy, fleshy, savoury, plummy fruit has an earthy underpin, tannins are chalky and drying but supportive. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Pepper Tree Shiraz Coquun

  Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

  Ooh, slightly reductive, struck match over blackberry, earth, plums, almost leather, peppery, meaty. Tightly textured tannins, juicy, fleshy, black hued fruit, brambles, blackcurrant. Lots going on. Okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Keith Tulloch Shiraz Kester

  Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley

  Smells dilute; brambles, plums, blackberry, all wild a little green underpin with pepper notes, earth. Surprisingly concentrated on the palate, fruit pure, tannins are persistent, talc textured and supporting, rather nice.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Hentley Farm Shiraz The Beauty

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Quite jubey, black hued fruit, a tiny menthol note. Quite perfumed as well, sweet spice, pretty nose. Thick, savoury and a little tarry on the palate, black fruits with plenty of drying, chalky tannins, sweet spice, alcohol warmth. Time but okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Henschke Keyneton Euphonium

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa

  Reductive, funky but with a pretty perfumed top note. Fairly ugly on the palate...not very nice at all.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Chateau Tanunda Shiraz Terroirs of the Barossa Eden Valley

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

  Ripe, concentrated, black hued fruit, a slight herbaceous underpin, slightly perfumed top notes, caramel, sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, concentrated black fruits with a slight herbaceous underpin, tannins are chewy and drying but in support, oak notes here as well as some alcohol warmth. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Chateau Tanunda Shiraz Terroirs of the Barossa Ebenezer

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley

  Medium minus intensity aromas show an almost cork taint note, blackcurrant and berry, peppery and sweet spice, cedar, alcohol prickle and it's much of a muchness on the palate. Meh.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Taylors Shiraz Masterstroke

  Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale

  Reductive, black hued fruits, pepper, spice, a little anonymous on the nose. Concentrated and quite bitter, massive unwieldy tannins. Nah.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Torbreck Shiraz The Struie

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa

  Ripe blackberry, sweet spice, slightly jubey notes, a little peppery underpin. Juicy, thick, concentrated but not overtly so, black fruits, chalky tannins. Big, balanced, rather nice though.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2018 Oakridge Cabernet Sauvignon 864 Winery Block

  Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley

  Savoury, wild blackcurrant, perfumed, a little clay, sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, blackcurrant, savoury, chalky slightly coarse tannins, wetly fleshy, controlled. good.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Stella Bella Cabernet Sauvignon Serie Luminosa

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Cedar, eucalyptus, blackcurrant, very Margaret River nose, backed by sweet spice. Medium plus intensity acidity, juicy, blackcurrant and eucalyptus, savoury with a little oaky underpin. Medium minus intensity chalky tannins, a little red currant underpin on the finish. Okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Voyager Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Blackcurrant, eucalyptus, mint, a little cedar, sweet spice, creamy, slight animal notes as well. Thick, ripe, but not overtly so, blackcurrant backed by cream, chalky drying tannins, very slight non-intrusive alcohol warmth. Okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Taylors Cabernet Sauvignon St Andrews

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

  Ripe blackcurrant, slight mint, earthy, sweet spice. Big, bold, juicy, fruit forward, slightly jubey underpin, talc textured tannins, long, again a little non-intrusive alcohol warmth. Kind of nice.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2016 Handpicked Collection Cabernet Merlot

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Medium minus intensity, farty, slightly reductive, blackcurrant, sweet spice, herbaceous underpin, cedar, something. a little gamey. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, tight chalky tannins both boss around the black hued fruit. Hmm.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2019 Vasse Felix Cabernet Sauvignon

  Australia, Western Australia, South West Australia, Margaret River

  Medium minus intensity aromas of slightly burnt blackcurrant, cedar, sweet spice, slight mint. Juicy, medium plus intensity acidity, fleshy, blackcurrant fruit, plenty of chalky tannins, slight non-instrusive alcohol warmth, long, nice, simple, pleasant.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2022 Rieslingfreak Riesling No. 2

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Polish Hill River

  Lime, finger line, steely minerality. Bone dry with medium plus intensity acidity, lime, tangy, a little texture. Pleasant.

  Post a Comment / 1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2022 Rieslingfreak Riesling No. 10

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

  Lime, finger lime and a little lime pith...In the mouth slight petillance here to give a little crispness to the lime fruit, again this is bone dry with medium plus intensity acidity.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2017 Rieslingfreak Riesling No. 6

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

  Kerosene, lime, mineral. A theme is emerging - petillance, medium plus intensity acidity, bone dry - but here the fruit drops a little quickly. Meh.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2021 Rieslingfreak Riesling No. 8 Schatzkammer

  Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Clare Valley

  Peach, lime, slight green apple. Very green apple on the palate, a little residual sugar throws balance to the acidity, simple. Okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2021 Pooley Riesling Margaret Pooley Tribute

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Lime over lemon and lemon curd, a little custard note. Fruit sweet (slight residual?), similar profile to the nose. Nice.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2021 Pooley Riesling Butcher's Hill

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Served far too cold. Medium minus intensity aromas initially but hand warmth helps show lime and a little peach. Savoury, bone dry, quite hard and mineral, fruit a bit lost here. Nah but I don't think the temperature will help.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2021 Hentley Farm Riesling Eden Valley

  Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Eden Valley

  Again served far too cold. A little candied lime, sweet spice, tiny touch of custard apple. Palate a reflection of the nose, juicy, bone dry, the coldness again detracts from the fruit on the palate - in fact it does the wine a disservice.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Pressing Matters Riesling R0

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Apple, lime, a little sweet baking spice. Lime over green apple on the palate, bone dry, very slight texture, medium length, okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Pressing Matters Riesling R9

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Very slight kerosene, smoky, lime and citrus. On the palate it has a little residual sugar which make the frint pop, medium plus intensity acidity offsets this, tangy, lime, a little kumquat and even a touch of green apple. Okay.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• 2020 Pressing Matters Riesling R69

  Australia, Tasmania, Coal River

  Peachy, green apple, lime. Too much sweetness for the acidity, a little stone fruit but a touch dilute as well. Meh.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• NV Stanton & Killeen Muscat Classic Rutherglen

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

  Walnuts, figs, concentrated with black treacle and dry fruits, sweet spice, cream, thick, dense, walnut, fig, raisins, alcohol heat, cherry, a little woodiness, it's a bit unyielding and unforgiving on the palate...lacks balance for me.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

• NV Stanton & Killeen Muscat Grand Rutherglen

  Australia, Victoria, North East, Rutherglen

  Rich, toffee, toffee apple, raisins, cream, spice, a little ripe apple but too much sugar for the acid, again this is heavy and lacks a bit of balance for me.

  Post a Comment / Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Report Issue

The target was 64 wines and I managed 62 so, with people wrangling and crowd bumping, I was happy with that. The staff at Est. very kindly let me park myself on the end of the bar with my own tasting bucket which was super handy.

A tasting chum Chris (who I was at the Querciabella tasting with) really pushed me to go for this and, though it was quite expensive, I'm exceedingly happy I did.