| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| White |
2017 Tyrrell's Vat 63Hunter Valley Chardonnay Blend, Chardonnay more |
4/24/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 pointsGorgeous. Vanilla, lime, touch of peach, honeysuckle, smidge of grassiness. I’ve justifiably rated many whites far higher than this, but can’t remember the last white I thought was this hedonistically delicious. Some reds have been but can’t remember any whites. Enough length. |
| Red |
2021 Cupitt Wines Little RedNew South Wales Red Blend more |
4/18/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsDelicious light red. Red fruits, spice and grip. A multi-regional blend - Hilltops & Tumbarumba - and a blend of three grape varieties - Pinot Noir, Barbera & Nebbiolo. 90 or 91. Enjoyed at the winery on Mum's 80th birthday. |
| White |
2023 Cupitt Wines Arneis Mia BellaCanberra District more |
4/18/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 89 pointsPleasant. Paraphrasing the label I'll say florals, grapefruit, stone fruit, wet stone minerality, texture. Enjoyed at the winery on Mum's 80th birthday. |
| White |
2020 Ata Rangi Chardonnay PōtikiMartinborough more |
4/20/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 pointsFlorals, peach, lime, nutmeg. Restrained, and detailed. |
| Red - Fortified |
1944 Seppeltsfield Para LiqueurBarossa Valley Red Blend more |
4/19/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 94 pointsWonderful. Raisins, wood varnish, dark chocolate, golden syrup, walnuts. Almost light for a port. Great balance and length. Opened on the occasion of Mum’s 80th (actually the day after) in honour of birthday girl. |
| Red |
2010 Dry River Syrah Lovat VineyardMartinborough more |
4/19/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 93 pointsFunk, blackberry, deli meats, damp earth. Ample length. Superb. On the occasion of Mum’s 80th in honour of her 2010 vintage Kiwi granddaughter. |
| Red |
2012 Fromm Pinot Noir La StradaMarlborough more |
4/19/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 90 pointsDark cherry, smudge of strawberry, mushroom, |
| White - Off-dry |
2010 Joh. Jos. Christoffel Erben Ürziger Würzgarten Riesling SpätleseMosel Saar Ruwer more |
4/17/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 90 pointsPeachy sweetness, lychees, missing the balancing acidity of younger bottles. Still enjoyable. On the occasion of Mum’s 80th, opened this in honour of her 2010 vintage granddaughters. |
| White |
2010 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
4/17/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 94 pointsWhite flowers, green mango, lemon, slate. Lovely. Heaps of length. Celebrating Mum’s 80th, opened this one in honour of her two 2010 vintage granddaughters. |
| Red |
2015 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltopsmore |
4/14/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsRoast beef and blackberries. Yum. 91 or 92. I’d be drinking any remaining bottles of this inside the next year or two, wouldn’t wait the 20 from vintage suggested on the label. |
| White |
2019 Penfolds Chardonnay Reserve Bin 19AAdelaide Hills more |
4/9/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 95 pointsThe finish is the most striking aspect of this wine - the extraordinary length and spread of it. Nothing shabby about other aspects, pretty much picture perfect. White peach, lemon, cashew, nougat oak. Textured. Finish alone makes me tempted to score higher, can’t remember the last time I encountered such delightful persistence. |
| White |
2017 Hoddles Creek Chardonnay SyberiaYarra Valley more |
4/7/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 94 pointsStruck match, ripe lime, peach, poached chicken, little green olive. Sort of fine ground almond grip and texture. Heaps of length. 94 nudging 95. |
| Red |
1973 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
4/6/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: NROpened the bottle at an early birthday celebration for this ‘73 vintage baby. A privilege to do so. Cork in good shape. Drinkable on opening, leathery and a bit porty, but tired quickly. No further notes or score. Still, again, a privilege to try. |
| Red |
2006 Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Sauvignonmore |
4/6/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: NRStill in great shape. Blackberries, mint + cigar box, and plenty of structure. No further notes or score, drank in restaurant after tasting the ‘73. |
| Red |
2022 Clonakilla Shiraz Hilltopsmore |
4/5/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsBlackberry, plums. Little mint, deli meats. Medium weight, enough length. Good stuff. 91 or 92. Was going to apologise for the brevity, have a slight cold, but really what more do you need to know? |
| Red |
2021 Helm Cabernet Sauvignon ClassicCanberra District more |
4/1/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 84 pointsCherry, kirsch, plum. Leafiness, green beans. Sweet malty oak. Pleasant soft pillowy tannin. Had an inexplicable urge for Canberra region Cabernet today and this has cured me, as in, I doubt I will get that urge again any time soon, at least one from the recent cool and wet vintages. Strange wine. I feel at 84 I’m being generous, sort of a mix of scoring it as a drink (maybe higher) and scoring it as a Cabernet (probably lower). Possibly if you told me this was some wacky red blend I’d have liked it a *little* more. Poor value, and arguably shouldn’t have been released, will only damage the brand. |
| Red |
2006 Clonakilla Shiraz ViognierCanberra District Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
3/30/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 95 pointsRoast beef pan juices, blackberry, pepper, spice, still the violets of youth are there and then not. Steely threads of tannins, outstanding balance and length. Superb. I’ve sometimes wondered if it’s better to drink these Clonakilla SVs young as they are so good at that stage, but this bottle is an argument for being patient. |
| Red |
2014 Wendouree Cabernet MalbecClare Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
3/28/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 95 pointsNight one - half of bottle drunk over two hours. |
| Red |
2019 Bunnamagoo Estate Cabernet SauvignonMudgee more |
2/26/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 88 pointsRed and black currants. Dusty grippy tannin. Little tomato bush. Quite enjoyable. |
| Red |
2022 Kalleske Shiraz MoppaBarossa Valley more |
2/21/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 pointsPlum, blackberry, milk chocolate, black savoury elements. Talcy grip and length. Almost porty warmth but exactly how I wanted it this evening with a smoked tomahawk. |
| Red |
2021 Mada Wines RougeNew South Wales Shiraz Blend, Syrah more |
2/11/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 90 pointsWhite pepper. Ripe black and blue fruits. A tomato bush character which adds interest. Smudge of lacy silty tannin tidies it up. 90 or better. |
| Red |
2023 Eden Road Nero d'Avola Gundagaimore |
2/9/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 93 pointsThis is gorgeous. I’ve no idea if it is typical of the grape. Raspberry and blueberry to the fore. Little dried herbs and earth. Acid backbone, fine yet grainy tannin. Ample length. |
| White |
2009 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard StevensHunter Valley more |
2/4/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 94 pointsToasty nose. Lemongrass and lanolin. Superb body and balance and length. Outstanding Hunter semillon. |
| White |
2022 Hoddles Creek ChardonnayYarra Valley more |
2/2/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 94 pointsHuge nose leading with white flowers and nectarine. Then peach, apple, lemon, a saline green olive touch, little grilled nuts. Prominent acid spine. Waft of chalky dustiness. Ample length. This is like a regular Hoddles Creek Estate Chardonnay with all the dials turned up to 11 especially pleasure. Outstanding chardy. |
| Red |
2021 Eden Road Syrah Canberra DistrictShiraz, Syrah more |
1/28/2024 - Avid Wino wrote: 93 pointsBlackBerry, mulberry, touch of jubiness. Spice and white pepper. Deli meat savouriness. Powdery talc tannin spreads on finish. Lovely, and enough length for the score. |
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