| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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. |
| White |
2010 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
12/30/2023 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 pointsLime, honey, toast and yellow florals. Palate is rounded out but still fresh and clean up well into a good length finish. In a great spot for drinking now. |
| White |
2010 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
2/1/2024 - fizz wrote: NRScrew cap. 11.0% alc. |
| White |
2015 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
9/9/2023 - ThePascoes Likes this wine: 95 pointsA bouquet of citrus and honey on the nose, wonderful tasting with full mouth feel, and warm silky balance of citrus and light lime flavours |
| White |
2017 Helm Riesling Central Ranges (Orange)more |
8/6/2023 - dichris Likes this wine: 92 pointsImpressive wine given this is Helm’s bottom tier of Rieslings. Drinking well now. Long finish, mineral slate and lemon sherbet dominating with a touch of petroleum from the ageing starting to emerge. The previous poster was unfair to give it a score in the 80s. |
| White |
2011 Helm Riesling Classic DryCanberra District more |
5/20/2023 - fizz wrote: NRScrewcap. 11.2% alc. |
| White |
2013 Helm Riesling Half DryCanberra District more |
2/23/2023 - Drinking Trees wrote: 89 pointsClear appearance, with a highlighter yellow colour. Dusty nose. with hints of fuel and lime peel. Full-bodied palate, with crunchy acidity and minerality. There's a touch of sweetness, but it's closer to dry than half dry (quarter dry?). Very mild flavours of lemon cordial and mineral water. Not much flavour, but lovely balance and texture. Went down a treat with a spicy seafood salad. |
| Red |
2013 Helm Cabernet Sauvignon PremiumCanberra District more |
1/31/2023 - Drinking Trees wrote: 88 pointsBold, focused nose of blackberry and star anise, with background notes of campfire smoke and graphite. Palate shows very strong, sharp acidity backed by faint, smooth tannin. Flavours of blackberry juice and finger lime. Nose is wonderful, palate is too acidic for my liking. |
| White |
2009 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
10/15/2022 - TravisW Likes this wine: 92 pointsTop shelf Riesling. Aging beautifully. Drank over two days. Love aged Canberra district Riesling. Generally I've found that they need at least a decade to integrate. Balance of citrus fruits and talc. So different from Eden and Clare. This will go another decade easily. |
| White |
2016 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
9/23/2022 - Pverd wrote: 92 pointsLovely pungent and intense, citrus - orange blossom, lime and talc and mineral notes. Great fruit depth as well as a spiciness, lots of citrus, lovely depth as well as great length. Soft but fresh acid finish. Very impressive |
| White |
2010 Helm Riesling Classic DryCanberra District more |
3/4/2022 - CamWheeler wrote: 91 pointsGolden colour. Passionfruit, lemon, yellow florals and some toast. Rounding out but still feels fresh and vibrant, not about to fall over but I think this is a great time to open it. |
| White |
2014 Helm Riesling Half DryCanberra District more |
3/2/2022 - chatters wrote: NRFirst Wednesday Wine Club (Napoli in Bocca, Haberfield): Served blind. |
| Red |
2011 Helm Cabernet SauvignonCanberra District more |
1/20/2022 - rmarkey Likes this wine: 94 pointsExcellent. Always a reliable label. Drinking well and seemingly has more time in bottle. 13.5% alc. |
| Red |
2008 Helm Cabernet Sauvignon PremiumCanberra District more |
1/14/2022 - Wall_Bangers Likes this wine: 96 points2022 Sydney catch up with Paddy and Nico. |
| Red |
2009 Helm Cabernet SauvignonCanberra District more |
1/8/2022 - Tippy78 wrote: 86 pointsHmmm, hopefully just a bad bottle otherwise it's on the way out. A hint of bitterness on the palette |
| White |
2021 Helm Riesling Tumbarumbamore |
12/17/2021 - marcellonegro wrote: 86 pointsLime. Some petroleum on nose. Floral notes |
| White |
2019 Helm Riesling Classic DryCanberra District more |
9/21/2021 - Waverley Cellar Likes this wine: 86 pointsNice fruity wine. Enjoy it with spicy food |
| Red |
2009 Helm Cabernet SauvignonCanberra District more |
9/19/2021 - Tippy78 Likes this wine: 91 pointsVery good! The slight bitterness from the last one seems to have mellowed out. |
| White |
2021 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
8/26/2021 - theporkrail Likes this wine: 91 pointsHave given this a lowish score , but simply due to its youth. Super zingy long lingering acid line. Will be lovely but give it 5 years minimum |
| White |
2019 Helm Riesling PremiumCanberra District more |
7/23/2021 - MichaelSy Likes this wine: 91 pointsLovely searing acidity. He has kept petroleum aromas to a minimum - thankfully. Good citrus, long persistent fruit. Great Aussie Riesling. |
| Red |
2009 Helm Cabernet SauvignonCanberra District more |
7/11/2021 - Tippy78 Likes this wine: 93 pointsWow, this one really hit the mark! Earthy, fruity, slightly dry and bitter but in a tantalising way rather than a lemon sucking way. |
| Red |
2009 Helm Cabernet SauvignonCanberra District more |
5/5/2021 - Tippy78 Likes this wine: 85 pointsNot bad. Missed this one at the time but on my spreadsheet I didn't like it as much as last one |
| Red |
2018 Helm Cabernet Sauvignon ClassicCanberra District more |
6/3/2021 - StewartWent Likes this wine: 89 pointsQuite the anomaly is this wine. I really can't think of any Canberra cab of note apart from Helm and I've never had a bad one. So why not more options? Anyway this is very complete; constant line of fruit right through the palate, smooth and balanced, ripe berries. Touches of overripe heavy fruit all be it subtle but suggests ripeness is at the right hand side of the equation. Won't be a long term keeper. |
| Red |
2009 Helm Cabernet SauvignonCanberra District more |
2/14/2021 - Tippy78 Likes this wine: 90 pointsVery interesting wine. Kind of smoky, fruity and peppery all at once. Really liked it and the only reason it didn't go even higher is a slight bitterness |
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