Varieties

Quealy Tussie Mussie Pinot Gris 2023

Region: VIC- Mornington Pen

    "The wine is a luscious golden liquid in the glass. The aroma of ripe orchard fruits, spice and honey is confirmed on the palate with the gentlest suggestion of sweetness. Richness and warmth are evident in the aroma and mouth feel...

Murdoch Hill Apollo Pinot Noir 2022

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

  "Whiffs of cap gun, warm slate, a bit of flint too, plus dark cherry, salted liquorice. Savoury start, very. Smoky and flinty to taste, an override on dark cherry fruit, plum, licks of liquorice again and lingers with smokiness again. Tannins...

Bondar Wines Rayner Vineyard Shiraz 2022

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

    "This exceptional Shiraz is drawn from the two oldest blocks in the Rayner Vineyard, planted in 1950. Three-quarters of the fruit comes from Block 24 in the northeast corner of the vineyard, on deep sandy soils with ironstone rocks,...

Bondar Wines Junto Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2023

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

  "Frisky red fruited style with a smattering of dried herb and lemon zest. It’s light to medium-bodied, strawberry and orange rind, light grip of tannin, kind of edgy in character, though I like the fresh spiced and sappy strawberry thing it...

Benjamin Leroux Volnay Premier Cru Les Mitans 2021

Region: France- Burgundy CotedeBeaune
Organic Biodynamic

  “Half a crop, 6 barrels made. Once again this is paler in colour. A pretty elegant bouquet, à la Volnay. Not huge in volume, a bit of strawberry, just enough fruit to reach the back, but one of the more delicate wines of the vintage,...

Wynns Michael Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Sustainably-made

  "A wine that is only made in the better vintages although it has made more regular appearances in recent years, thanks to the combination of vintages and vast improvements in viticulture that were part of the Wynns overhaul some years ago. This...

Wynns Messenger Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Sustainably-made

  "One of the picks of the 2021 vintage releases, Messenger comes from The Messenger vineyard located at the southern end of Coonawarra’s famous terra rossa strip. Each year, Wynns winemakers choose a premium parcel of fruit from a single...

Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Sustainably-made

  "Sweet black berries rise from the glass followed by red fruits, aniseed and a whisper of woodsy oak before a rush of Aussie bush scents and bay leaf. Old Vines – widely known as Black Label Shiraz – unfolds in the glass with ease,...

Viticoltori Senesi Aretini Chianti 2022

Region: Italy - Chianti

  "Clear aromas of berries and wild blackberry. Soft with sustained impact of acidity and flavour.  Founded in 1971, the Cantina Viticoltori Senesi Aretini nowadays has, 281 members, owning approximately 300 hectares of vineyards located...

Conde Valdemar Rioja Reserva 2015

Region: Spain- Rioja

    "This garnet colored wine has a nose of blackberry, milk chocolate and fennel pollen. It is slightly tart on entry, offering cranberry and pomegranate flavors backed by lightweight tannins and notes of mocha, clove and sage that culminate...

SC Pannell Smart Grenache 2022

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

  "The Smart vineyard is in a slightly more elevated site in Clarendon, in the Adelaide Hills, that consistently delivers grenache with tightly pulled focus. This is the coiled and wound one, the stand-offish and reserved one. It’s grenache...

SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2022

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

  "This is a chunky, earthy expression of grenache in this exceptional vintage. Notes of pickled ginger, tamarind and dark cherries. Hints of moss and iodine across the forceful, slightly drying finish. This is an immense wine, typical of the style...

SC Pannell Little Branch Grenache 2022

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

  "This is an impactful grenache made by somebody who prizes Italian wines. The tannins are an immense force field, with kirsch, strawberries and dried Mediterranean herbs, and a note of almond husk that gives noble bitterness. The density, poise...

Mulline Sutherlands Creek Chardonnay 2023

Region: VIC- Geelong
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "This is another excellent chardonnay from Mulline. The power, the poise and the persistence are all A-class, the presence the perfect icing. Grapefruit, grilled peach, citrus and smoked cedarwood characters come laced with mineral, struck match...

Mulline Modewarre Fume Blanc 2023

Region: VIC- Geelong
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "There’s steel to this wine, bite, fruit power and noteworthy length. It’s a cutting wine but it’s also a wine that takes command of the glass. It tastes of gravels, stones, woodsmoke, thistles and grasses, its fruit notes in...

Fondo Antico Grillo Parlante Sicilia DOC 2022

Region: Italy - Other

  "Brilliant straw yellow colour with greenish reflections. Its bouquet marries the exuberance of exotic fruit with the delicacy of white flowers and the aromas of the vine. Sensations of fullness in the taste are accompanied by pleasant...

Bel Colle Barolo Simposio 2019

Region: Italy - Barolo

  "Red cherry, almond, mint/liquorice, orange peel. It’s medium to full-bodied, and in classic Bel Colle style, it’s kind of under-stated and fine-boned, a little brick dust grip to tannin and red fruited nutty succulence, and in a way,...

Bel Colle Barbaresco Convivio 2020

Region: Italy - Barbaresco

  "Cherry, mint and fennel, new leather and almond. It’s medium-bodied, somewhat juicy strawberry and red cherry, an autumnal sort of thing, tobacco and leaf litter, tea and fine dusty tannin, with a finish of good length. It feels a little...

Place of Changing Winds Between Two Mountains Pinot Noir 2022

Region: VIC- Macedon Ranges
Vegan-friendly Organic

Grace Gris de Koshu 2022

Region: Japan

  "Pear, orange blossom, a little white pepper and ginger, lemongrass and lime leaf, and I really like this sort of exotic flourish the wine carries in this vintage. There’s pear and orange, a smidgen of sweetness, but also a pleasing dusty...