Tasted Wednesday, July 26, 2023 by CamWheeler with 46 views
Toasty, lemon curd, and vanilla bean notes. The palate is rounded with plenty of acidity, showing a good mix of freshness and toasty age.
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Lemon, melon, peachy, and pineapple elements. It is quite rich on thee palate, which has some wheaty flavor and an oily okaytexture. Mid length but falls away a bit.
Notes of mango, pear, and strawberry. The palate is quite drying and short. Feels a bit too old at this stage.
Lemon and apple. It is mid-bodied and touch short on the finish. A little too much on the boring side.
Notes of roses, red currant, smoky, and reddish-black fruits. It has drying acidity within its lean style.
Aromas of smoke, brambly notes, and tobacco are present. The palate is mid-body and length, with a touch of acid prickliness.
This offers aromas of spice and red berries. The palate is boring, medium-bodied, but has no depth to offer.
The nose has pencil shavings, raspberry, and cherry. The palate is also red fruited, with plenty of alcohol but not much depth to the fruit.
Fresh, with apple, spice and lemon notes. It is nicely balanced, with a good touch of sweetness to match the acid. Nicely done.
Apple, pear, orange, and fruit salad. It is mid-bodied with some sweetness to it. Drinkable.
Spice and pepper scented. Mid depth, more steely than fruity. Medium length as well.
Touch of oak,floral, lemon, and spice. It is mid-bodied,with orange tinged fruit and medium length. Drinking well now.
Very floral aromas, spice and orange. Medium bodied, developing slowly with plenty of freshness remaining. Another 5 years wouldn't hurt.
Golden coloured. Classic Semillon profile - toast, honey, and was. It has good acid, clean length, and flavor. Very good.
White florals, popcorn and lemon. Good fruit presence, nice acid line through the middle. Well packaged and should develop nicely.
Smoky, toasty, with mandarin and pear. Nice flavour and mouthfeel with good texture and length.
Oak, melon and some vanilla custard. Plenty of oak here with tight fruit. Just bottled and needs time.
Pepper and roses, red berries. Nice fresh red fruit flavours. Approachable profile to this.
Blackberry, black cherry and strawberry. Palate is medium bodied, good red and black fruit mix. Good early drinking style.
Lemon, laundry powder, and some talc. Has that HVD slight sweetness/roundness but still plenty of acid. Good flavor and freshness.
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Lemon, chalk and white florals. The palate is very fresh and clean with bright fruit and good potential.
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Toasty, some lemon peel and orange peel. The palate has rounded out, but still has plenty of acid. Good over the next 10 years.
Peach, pear, lemon, and vanilla pie. Mid-bodied, plus of body, rich fruit with good structure. Lovely.
Lemon curd, some spice and ginger. Lovely texture, super detail and length. Really composed and balanced.
Licorice, blackberry, blackcherry, and some pepper. The palate has finesse and good flavour. Good youthful drinking spot.
High toned florals, lemon and lime. Overall a lean profile but with some tropical edge to it. Good acid and carry.
Sesame, floral, red berries. Good texture, finely composed fruit here with a mineral undertone. Like it.
White florals, herb and passionfruit. Medium depth and body to it. Decent length but could do with a bit more.
Herbal, cherry, earth, spice and red berries. Palate has that herbal mix to it, with juicy berries sitting behind. Good depth to it.
Lemon, vanilla and smoke. Palate is lean and clean. Decent if not exciting.
Redcurrant, red cherry and violets. Softer palate, red fruited with medium length.
Red berries, cherry and dusty earth. Nice acid with light red fruits. Good length behind it.
Black cherry, earth and a touch of meat. Good density on the palate, carries well with some fine tannin wrapping around.
Herbal, roses and fairy floss on the nose. Palate feels too thin and stretched out this year. Hopefully some time in bottle will help.
Wooden and nutty, cononut and lemon. Nicely sweet with lots of nutty flavours backing it up. Nice length and a good way to finish.
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2017 Adina Vineyard Sémillon La Belle Helene 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Toasty, lemon curd, and vanilla bean notes. The palate is rounded with plenty of acidity, showing a good mix of freshness and toasty age.
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2018 Adina Vineyard Chardonnay 86 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Lemon, melon, peachy, and pineapple elements. It is quite rich on thee palate, which has some wheaty flavor and an oily okaytexture. Mid length but falls away a bit.
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2018 Adina Vineyard Pinot Bianco Frizzante Bianco 84 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Pokolbin
Notes of mango, pear, and strawberry. The palate is quite drying and short. Feels a bit too old at this stage.
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2014 Adina Vineyard Chardonnay Pinot Noir 86 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Lemon and apple. It is mid-bodied and touch short on the finish. A little too much on the boring side.
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2019 Adina Vineyard Sangiovese 87 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Notes of roses, red currant, smoky, and reddish-black fruits. It has drying acidity within its lean style.
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2021 Adina Vineyard Cabernet Franc 87 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Aromas of smoke, brambly notes, and tobacco are present. The palate is mid-body and length, with a touch of acid prickliness.
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2017 Adina Vineyard Shiraz Thomas Charles Reserve 85 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
This offers aromas of spice and red berries. The palate is boring, medium-bodied, but has no depth to offer.
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2016 Adina Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon The Cabernets 86 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
The nose has pencil shavings, raspberry, and cherry. The palate is also red fruited, with plenty of alcohol but not much depth to the fruit.
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NV First Creek Wines Botanica NV Cuvée 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Fresh, with apple, spice and lemon notes. It is nicely balanced, with a good touch of sweetness to match the acid. Nicely done.
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2022 First Creek Wines Verdelho 87 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Apple, pear, orange, and fruit salad. It is mid-bodied with some sweetness to it. Drinkable.
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2022 First Creek Wines Grüner Veltliner Limited Release Small Batch 87 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Spice and pepper scented. Mid depth, more steely than fruity. Medium length as well.
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2023 First Creek Wines Fiano Limited Release Small Batch 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Touch of oak,floral, lemon, and spice. It is mid-bodied,with orange tinged fruit and medium length. Drinking well now.
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2015 First Creek Wines Sémillon Single Vineyard Black Cluster 89 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Very floral aromas, spice and orange. Medium bodied, developing slowly with plenty of freshness remaining. Another 5 years wouldn't hurt.
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2014 First Creek Wines Sémillon Winemaker's Reserve 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Golden coloured. Classic Semillon profile - toast, honey, and was. It has good acid, clean length, and flavor. Very good.
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2019 First Creek Wines Sémillon Single Vineyard Murphys 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
White florals, popcorn and lemon. Good fruit presence, nice acid line through the middle. Well packaged and should develop nicely.
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2020 First Creek Wines Chardonnay Merton Vineyard 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Smoky, toasty, with mandarin and pear. Nice flavour and mouthfeel with good texture and length.
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2021 First Creek Wines Chardonnay Merton Vineyard 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Oak, melon and some vanilla custard. Plenty of oak here with tight fruit. Just bottled and needs time.
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2020 First Creek Wines Shiraz Reserve 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Pepper and roses, red berries. Nice fresh red fruit flavours. Approachable profile to this.
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2022 First Creek Wines Malbec Limited Release Small Batch 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Central Ranges
Blackberry, black cherry and strawberry. Palate is medium bodied, good red and black fruit mix. Good early drinking style.
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2023 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard HVD 91 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Lemon, laundry powder, and some talc. Has that HVD slight sweetness/roundness but still plenty of acid. Good flavor and freshness.
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2023 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard Belford 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Belford
Lemon, chalk and white florals. The palate is very fresh and clean with bright fruit and good potential.
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2017 Tyrrell's Sémillon Single Vineyard Belford 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Belford
Toasty, some lemon peel and orange peel. The palate has rounded out, but still has plenty of acid. Good over the next 10 years.
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2023 Tyrrell's Sémillon Vat 1 91 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Peach, pear, lemon, and vanilla pie. Mid-bodied, plus of body, rich fruit with good structure. Lovely.
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2017 Tyrrell's Sémillon Vat 1 92 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Lemon curd, some spice and ginger. Lovely texture, super detail and length. Really composed and balanced.
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2017 Tyrrell's Shiraz Single Vineyard Stevens 91 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Licorice, blackberry, blackcherry, and some pepper. The palate has finesse and good flavour. Good youthful drinking spot.
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2023 Tyrrell's Chardonnay HVD 89 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
High toned florals, lemon and lime. Overall a lean profile but with some tropical edge to it. Good acid and carry.
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2023 Tyrrell's Chardonnay Vat 47 91 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Sesame, floral, red berries. Good texture, finely composed fruit here with a mineral undertone. Like it.
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2023 Tyrrell's Chardonnay Belford 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Belford
White florals, herb and passionfruit. Medium depth and body to it. Decent length but could do with a bit more.
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2021 Tyrrell's & Mount Pleasant Centenary Collaboration 100-Year-Old Vines Shiraz Pinot Noir Tyrrell's NVC Shiraz - MP Old Hill Pinot Noir 91 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Herbal, cherry, earth, spice and red berries. Palate has that herbal mix to it, with juicy berries sitting behind. Good depth to it.
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2015 Tyrrell's Late Disgorged Blanc de Blancs 87 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Lemon, vanilla and smoke. Palate is lean and clean. Decent if not exciting.
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2022 Tyrrell's Shiraz Single Vineyard Mother's 88 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley, Pokolbin
Redcurrant, red cherry and violets. Softer palate, red fruited with medium length.
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2022 Tyrrell's Shiraz Single Vineyard NVC 89 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Red berries, cherry and dusty earth. Nice acid with light red fruits. Good length behind it.
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2022 Tyrrell's Shiraz Old Hillside 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Black cherry, earth and a touch of meat. Good density on the palate, carries well with some fine tannin wrapping around.
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2022 Tyrrell's Shiraz 4 Acres 87 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Herbal, roses and fairy floss on the nose. Palate feels too thin and stretched out this year. Hopefully some time in bottle will help.
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NV Tyrrell's Verdelho Classic 90 Points
Australia, New South Wales, Hunter Valley
Wooden and nutty, cononut and lemon. Nicely sweet with lots of nutty flavours backing it up. Nice length and a good way to finish.
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