Red

Mount Mary Quintet 2022

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Sustainably-made

  "48% Cabernet sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 16% Cabernet franc, 3% Malbec, 3% Petit Verdot. Here we go. Cherry and chocolate, blueberries, violets, tobacco, pencils, baking spice, a light mint perfume. It’s medium-bodied, so fine and...

Bondar Wines Monastrell 2023

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

    "It’s brightly perfumed, with berry fruits, spice and lovely bunchy complexity. It strikes a delicious balance between fruit and savoury tones, with fresh structure and a lasting close. Smashing stuff.    The fruit grows...

Xanadu Vinework Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Region: WA- Margaret River

  "The Xanadu 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon Vinework series is beautifully complimented with Cabernet Franc (5%) Petit Verdot (5%). The nose that displays vibrant, characteristic Cabernet aromas of blackcurrant and mulberries, entwined with hints of...

Brokenwood Graveyard Shiraz 2021

Region: NSW- Hunter Valley
Sustainably-made

Domaine Derey Fixin Premier Cru Les Hervelets 2021

Region: France- Burgundy CotedeNuits

  "Plenty of volume in the middle, robust tannins behind. Hard to place but pretty good in the darker fruit style with a touch of liquorice." - Jasper Morris MW   "Les Hervelets is a Premier Cru climat within the small commune of...

Massolino Barolo 2020 375mL-Half-Bottle

Region: Italy - Barolo
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "Bright and lively red fruit character with dried flowers, stones and hints of tree resin. Medium-bodied, clean and focused on the palate, with fine tannins and a linear finish. Shows freshness and poise. Polished. Try from 2027, but already a...

Lethbridge Nebbiolo 2020

Region: VIC- Geelong
Vegan-friendly Organic

  "The eighth release of our Nebbiolo sourced from the wonderful Malakoff vineyard in the Pyrenees, South of Landsborough. Planted in 2000, we have been working with Robert & Cameron John for over a decade to get the absolute best from...

Massolino Barolo Parussi 2020

Region: Italy - Barolo
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "The 2020 Barolo Parussi is a classy, nuanced wine. It shows lovely textural depth and resonance, but in the mid-weight style of the year. Dark red cherry, lavender, rose petal, mint and spice all build nicely, filling out the layers effortlessly...

Bondar Wines Violet Hour Shiraz 2023

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "Pronounced blue and black berry aromas lift on the nose, showing freshness with hints of baking spice and licorice. On the palate, typically plush and dark fruit flavours of the region drive the wine forward with layers of complexity, but with a...

Terre a Terre Crayeres Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- Wrattonbully
Vegan-friendly

  "The beautifully proportioned 2021 Crayeres Vineyard has expansive aromas with a mix of sweet blackberry plus more earthy charcoal and dried earthy tones. Dense dark berry flavours are wrapped up in a blanket of firm drying tannins to support a...

Jasper Hill Emily's Paddock 2023

Region: VIC- Heathcote
Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

  "Full bodied, yet very approachable, Emily’s keeps on giving. Brilliant magenta in colour, this wine will stain. Intense dark fruits of cherry, raspberry and plum, followed through with a hint of mint and dark chocolate...

Stonegarden Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- Eden Valley

  "Fresh blackcurrant and bright flowers are abundant on the nose, with a touch of smokiness. The palate is plush, balanced, and extremely generous, displaying ripe dark fruits, herbs, and chocolate with a gently warming finish that just keeps on...

Moppity Hilltops Reserve Shiraz 2017

Region: ACT (Canberra)
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "Youthful and vibrant with seamless, juicy dark berries. Richly layered with a flavour packed combination of blackcurrants, black olives, graphite, Asian spice, blue berries and cocoa notes.  The finish is supple and smooth. The Reserve...

Tronquoy-Lalande Saint-Estephe 2014

Region: France- Bordeaux Left Bank

  "A more elegant, refined bouquet compared to its peers, a mixture of red and black fruit, cedar, iodine and violets.  The palate is medium-bodied with a ferrous opening, and the tannins are a bit drier than I would have liked, though...

Sons of Eden Notus Grenache 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Vegan-friendly

    "Deep purple-red colour, bright and youthful; the aroma is superbly intense and ripe, spicy and dark-cherry to cherry brandy aromas, a lick of oak adds an extra dimension, while the palate is intense and bold, long and ample, with...

Sons of Eden Eurus Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Vegan-friendly

    "Black currants, wild berries, crushed herbs, dried currant leaves, cedar and raw coffee beans on the nose. Medium- to full-bodied, with mellow dark fruit and minty, spicy notes. Tannins are creamy and supple with a velvety-textured...

Glaetzer Anaperenna Shiraz Cabernet 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Vegan-friendly

  "In colour, the wine has an opaque purple core with a ruby red rim, which then transforms to garnet with time in bottle. It has a combination of black currants, blackberries and plum on the nose, and accompanied by fresh thyme, fennel and black...

Glaetzer Amon Ra Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Vegan-friendly

"I feel that Ben Glaetzer's Amon-Ra is one of the flag bearers for contemporary Barossan shiraz, certainly when it comes to the more powerful, weighty styles. It has a sense of compression. Wildly concentrated black fruits and palate heft, yet it...

Penny's Hill Single Vineyard Yeenunga Grenache 2023

Region: SA- McLaren Vale

  Of the over 18,000 wine entries from 57 countries, there were 50 Best in Show medals awarded, recognising 0.28 per cent of all wines entered - Penny's Hill Yeenunga Grenache 2023 was amongst the pinnacle.   "It’s not often mentioned,...

Murdoch Hill the Phaeton Pinot Noir 2023

Region: SA- Adelaide Hills
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "Quite a meaty scent, shiitake mushroom, truffle too, some minty lift, pretty exotic spice notes too with dark cherry the mainstay of fruit character. Silky texture, quite light on overall but a better word is understated and lively in a subtle...