| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2009 Kirkland Signature MalbecMendoza more |
2/26/2012 - Avid Wino wrote: 88 pointsAttractive deep purple colour. Ripe dark fruits, and not much else. Great value as a cooking and quaffing wine. |
| Red |
2012 Bodega Piedra Negra (François Lurton) Malbec ReservaVista Flores more |
6/21/2015 - Avid Wino wrote: 90 pointsCherry, mulberry, leather, fair plank of wood. Heaps of tannin but ample balance and length. Really enjoyed drinking this. Stands on the border between macho and masculine. Perfect with a steak sandwich. Screaming bargain, available at Aldi for $9. |
| Red |
2017 Bodega Piedra Negra (François Lurton) Malbec ReservaVista Flores more |
2/7/2020 - Avid Wino wrote: 90 pointsBlack and red fruits, meatiness, and a dried herb character. Silty kittens tongue tannin and enough length. Improves with each hour of air all the way up to when I stopped tasting after five. |
| White - Sparkling |
2005 Hardys Sir James Pinot Noir ChardonnayAustralia Champagne Blend more |
12/20/2011 - Avid Wino wrote: 85 pointsI'll admit to scoring style as much as quality with this one. Not really my thing. Lemon curd, overt acidity, and coarse bubbles... slight brioche. |
| White - Sparkling |
NV Yellow Tail BubblesAustralia White Blend more |
12/31/2017 - Avid Wino wrote: 85 pointsTook a spare bottle of this home after the work Xmas party. Trying now on New Years Eve for shits and giggles. Tolerable, even fun for half a glass. Citrus and apple. Off-dry. Now time to open something half decent. |
| Red |
2013 Hardys Cabernet Sauvignon HRB D645Australia more |
5/21/2017 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsCassis, plum, mint, black tea, some dark chocolate, cloves. Fair whack of cedary oak. Medium bodied. Balance excellent. Adequate length finish with fresh acidity and copious dusty fine tannins. A quality wine, though missing some wow ... that could just be me on the night. Youthful seduction is not its game, built for a sure mature pleasure I think. 91+ meaning 91 now but I have a hunch this will improve. |
| Red |
2018 Liz Richardson MerlotAustralia more |
12/28/2018 - Avid Wino wrote: 85 pointsFruitcake, jam, silty tannin. Stinking hot day, far from ideal tasting conditions, and on another day this might be better, might be worse. Enjoyable enough drink for a few slugs. |
| Red |
2017 Boy Meets Girl Cabernet-ShirazAustralia Cabernet-Shiraz Blend, Red Blend more |
2/1/2019 - Avid Wino wrote: 69 pointsNastiest wine I’ve tasted in memory, and I’ve downed a few bottles in my time. My wife said “tastes like wine from an itinerants goon bag which had been stored in some bushes” and claims to speak from personal experience. Maybe (hopefully) a bad bottle? Screwcap fwiw. Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comments (3) |
| Red |
2022 Collector Wines Shiraz Cherry OrchardAustralia more |
11/24/2023 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsReally enjoyed drinking this, can’t remember the last wine I had that was so insistently smashable, it’s been a while…. Could be that I was more susceptible in this particular Friday evening. Don’t ask me for specifics. I’ll quote the label “lifted violets, red fruits, ripe cherry and gentle spice yield to a palate of dark plums, sweet fleshy tannins, and a long resonant finish” to which I would only add there’s ripe blueberry in the mix too, and roast beef meatiness after a couple of hours of air. Enough length. |
| 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 |
2017 Rob Paulazzo ShirazNew South Wales more |
3/15/2019 - Avid Wino wrote: 85 pointsPretty much as per the label. Cherries, red berries, some spice. Lick of tannin. Drinks well enough but won’t set anyone’s heart racing.... no faults but no spark. |
| Red |
2021 Rob Paulazzo ShirazNew South Wales more |
10/21/2023 - Avid Wino wrote: 86 pointsDecent anonymous NSW shiraz 101. Plum, cherry, chocolate, black pepper. So all the good taste descriptors, but on the syrupy side and only the merest smidge of silty tannin by way of structure. |
| Red |
2018 Rusty Fig TempranilloNew South Wales more |
4/27/2019 - Avid Wino wrote: 88 pointsBerries, spice, touch of liquorice, lick of grainy tannin. Quick taste, wanted to note it as a decent drop as have never before tasted wine from this winery or part of the world (Bermagui). 88 or so. |
| Red |
2010 De Bortoli Durif Deen Vat 1Riverina more |
5/1/2013 - Avid Wino wrote: 89 pointsDark fruits, liquorice, iodine. Juicy with silty fine tannins on the good length finish. Eminently quaffable and did wonders for the bolognese sauce. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2009 De Bortoli Deen De Bortoli Vat 5 Botrytis SémillonRiverina more |
6/21/2015 - Avid Wino wrote: 87 pointsMarmalade, mixed citrus peel, sugar... seems I'm repeating myself. Syrupy. |
| Red |
2009 De Bortoli Durif Deen Vat 1Riverina more |
7/8/2011 - Avid Wino wrote: 85 pointsBlack purple colour, rich blackberry, juicy, straightforward. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2013 De Bortoli Noble One Botrytis SémillonRiverina more |
7/28/2018 - Avid Wino wrote: 92 pointsMarmalade, toffee, apricot, green apple, cinnamon, fresh citrus to balance the sweetness, and so much more besides. Luscious and rich. Heaps of length. Score a stab in the dark. |
| Red |
2015 De Bortoli Durif Deen Vat 1Riverina more |
5/25/2018 - Avid Wino wrote: 89 pointsGreat on a wintery autumn Friday night when I’ve got a thirst rather than an inquiring mind. Rich dark fruits, chocolate oak. Fullish bodied, lick of tannin, enough balance and length. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2017 De Bortoli Deen De Bortoli Vat 5 Botrytis SémillonRiverina more |
12/25/2019 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsApricot and citrus as per the label. Rich sweetness is the initial impact, pretty well balanced on the finish. Really enjoyed this and tempted to score higher but think I had been seduced and was no longer objective, so left it. |
| White - Sweet/Dessert |
2006 De Bortoli Noble One Botrytis SémillonRiverina more |
1/15/2010 - Avid Wino wrote: 93 pointsYum! |
| Red |
2019 Aldi Durif The Venturer SeriesRiverina more |
4/18/2020 - Avid Wino wrote: 88 pointsBright berries, plum jam, cocoa. Well balanced, dusty tannin tidies it up. Full bodied but not a bruiser. |
| Rosé |
2009 De Bortoli Sacred Hill RoseRiverina Rosé Blend more |
1/23/2010 - Avid Wino wrote: 77 pointsRaspberry, dry. |
| White - Sparkling |
2021 Contentious Character Chardonnay Give it a Burl ShirlCowra more |
12/31/2022 - Avid Wino wrote: 87 pointsAs per the label stone fruit and green apple. Nice drop. |
| Red |
2020 Gilbert Family Wines Pinot NoirMudgee more |
9/24/2021 - Avid Wino wrote: 89 pointsStrawberry, cherry, autumn leaves, something like nutmeg. Slightly stewed. Silky and slippery, fine powder tannin. Ample length. Texture lets you know this can’t be anything other than Pinot, but it’s an oddball, albeit an enjoyable intriguing drop. Winery is in Mudgee, grapes are from Adelaide Hills and Southern Fleurieu. |
| Red |
2017 Wiley Rooster Cabernet SauvignonMudgee more |
2/23/2019 - Avid Wino wrote: 91 pointsBlackberry, blackcurrant plays second fiddle. Savoury spider web fine tannin structure. Balance and length excellent. Might be the first wine I’ve tasted from Mudgee... now keen to try more! |
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