Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Cloudy and the colour of a pink rose. Wonderfully clean. The vinous equivalent of a sophisticated long cocktail. Would be fabulous as a lunchtime drink in the sunshine. Expensive for the experience though.
Quality:3/4 Price: 0/3 X Factor/interest: 3/3 Total: 6/10
Somewhere between a pinot grigio from Veneto and an Alsatian Pinot Gris in palate weight and acidity. Chewy texture. Lemon zest on the nose. Interesting but not complex.
Australia, Victoria, Central Victoria, Upper Goulburn
Quite structured and dark in colour despite having no pump overs or punch downs. Site is quite windy so may affect thickness of skins. Red berries and plums.Complex with a slight bitterness on the finish.
Quality:3/4 Price: 2/3 X factor/interest: 2/3 Total: 7/10
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Really interesting. I think this may be the only 100% Meunier still wine that I have tried. 100% Destemmed whole bunch ferment. Raspberry on the nose with a subtle hint of yogurt. Pleasant, but nothing special. Quality: 2/4 Price: 1/3 X factor/interest:3/3 Total: 6/10
100% Whole bunch fermented Cabernet! Unoaked, spent 1 year on the lees. The purest expression of fruit possible. So intense! Like diving into a blackcurrant bush, but far more pleasant. No greenness at all despite being whole bunch. Remarkable. Not complex, but very pure.
Quality: 4/4 Price: 1/3 X factor/ interest: 3/3 Total: 8/10
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Made from fruit grown on vines that are around 150 years old grown in sandy soil on their own rootstock. 20% Whole bunch fermentation. Aged in old barrels. This is the owners homage to Château Rayas.
Like being transported to a persian market. Wonderfully perfumed. Strawberries and spices. A hint of herbs, cinnamon and sandalwood incense. Exotic and completely beguiling. One of the most interesting examples of grenache that I have ever tried.
Quality: 4/4 Price: 3/3 X factor/interest: 3/3 Total: 10/10!
2021 Wildman Wine Piggy Pop Pét-Nat
Australia, South Australia, Fleurieu, McLaren Vale
Cloudy and the colour of a pink rose. Wonderfully clean. The vinous equivalent of a sophisticated long cocktail. Would be fabulous as a lunchtime drink in the sunshine.
Expensive for the experience though.
Quality:3/4
Price: 0/3
X Factor/interest: 3/3
Total: 6/10
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2019 Holly's Garden Pinot Gris
Australia, Victoria, Gippsland
Somewhere between a pinot grigio from Veneto and an Alsatian Pinot Gris in palate weight and acidity. Chewy texture. Lemon zest on the nose. Interesting but not complex.
Quality: 2/4
Price:1/3
Interest:3/3
Total: 7/10
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2021 Ben Haines Wine Co Chardonnay Colour Block Gruyere
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Unoaked. Wonderful texture. Some Chablis like smoke and flint. Excellent value.
Quality: 3/4
Price: 3/3
X factor/interest:2/3
Total: 8/10
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2020 Luke Lambert Chardonnay
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
Lemon sherbet and flint. Some autolytic character
8 months on lees. A baby
Quality: 4/4
Price: 1/3
Interest: 2/3
Total: 7/10
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2021 William Downie Cathedral
Australia, Victoria, Central Victoria, Upper Goulburn
Quite structured and dark in colour despite having no pump overs or punch downs. Site is quite windy so may affect thickness of skins. Red berries and plums.Complex with a slight bitterness on the finish.
Quality:3/4
Price: 2/3
X factor/interest: 2/3
Total: 7/10
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2021 Ochota Barrels Pinot Meunier The Mark of Cain
Australia, South Australia, Mount Lofty Ranges, Adelaide Hills
Really interesting. I think this may be the only 100% Meunier still wine that I have tried. 100% Destemmed whole bunch ferment.
Raspberry on the nose with a subtle hint of yogurt. Pleasant, but nothing special.
Quality: 2/4
Price: 1/3
X factor/interest:3/3
Total: 6/10
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2021 Mayer Cabernet
Australia, Victoria, Port Phillip, Yarra Valley
100% Whole bunch fermented Cabernet! Unoaked, spent 1 year on the lees.
The purest expression of fruit possible. So intense! Like diving into a blackcurrant bush, but far more pleasant. No greenness at all despite being whole bunch. Remarkable. Not complex, but very pure.
Quality: 4/4
Price: 1/3
X factor/ interest: 3/3
Total: 8/10
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2018 An Approach to Relaxation Grenache Sucette
Australia, South Australia, Barossa, Barossa Valley
Made from fruit grown on vines that are around 150 years old grown in sandy soil on their own rootstock. 20% Whole bunch fermentation. Aged in old barrels. This is the owners homage to Château Rayas.
Like being transported to a persian market. Wonderfully perfumed. Strawberries and spices. A hint of herbs, cinnamon and sandalwood incense. Exotic and completely beguiling. One of the most interesting examples of grenache that I have ever tried.
Quality: 4/4
Price: 3/3
X factor/interest: 3/3
Total: 10/10!
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