Wine Reviews

From the 1923 planted Parish Family Vineyard in Clare Valley. Slate one could imagine is the dominant soil profile. Such power and grace. Vibrancy and succulence. Sweet lime-lemon gets bested by ginger, cumquat, tangerine, with touches of green almond, Real Lemonade and touches of tonic and mineral water. Pure, so...

Really keen to see the wines of Koerner following soil profile naming – so many great producers of Europe delineate this way, and it doesn’t make wine better or worse, but it’s more attuned than some ‘Paddock’ or ‘River’ or ‘Parcel’ or similar. Delightful wine. Frisky and fine boned, lacy...

From select parcels in the Gullyview and Parish vineyards. This is a clear, light-reflected, honest and pure example of Clare riesling. Lemon, lime, a little pomelo pith, some bath salt and quartz with talc-like minerals and texture. These things are hallmarks of the variety grown in this region, yet this,...

A portion of the fruit from this wine is the first pick off the KOERNER Lenswood vineyard planted in '19. Exciting times ahead. There's a certain flintiness to this that will have the chardonnay gunflint brigade chasing it down. White stone fruit and orchard florals, lemon pudding and creamed honey....

I hesitate to call Gamay serious; it's designed for enjoyment, for ease. But, in many Australian examples, we've seen less backbone than the variety deserves. This isn't one of those examples. The fruit for this wine is from the Deanery vineyard in Balhannah. Alan Deanery takes great care, wrangling an...

The fruit for this wine comes from the Deanery vineyard in Balhannah, and it marks the first commercial release of Adelaide Hills Sangiovese for Koerner. Bright, with a flood of vibrant fruit, red cherry, raspberry, cranberry and a flush hand of fresh alpine herbs, wild mint, too. The chalky tannins...

This is how I like skin contact, as in, it's akin to fruit cordial. Low alcohol, refreshment at the fore, food-friendly and fancy-free. Pure delight, with heady florals, lychee, persimmon, almond nougat and plenty of spice. They've nailed the texture of this wine, the phenolic grip, just so. An excellent...

Blend of 50/11/11/7/4/2% cabernet sauvignon/ cabernet Franc/ grenache/ malbec/ carignan/ sciacarello. There's a confidence to this wine. It's firm, it's wild with intricate flavour, it's light but it's buoyant. Potpourri, peanuts, boysenberry, earth and sweet plum flavours all make appearances, though the truth is that every time you put this...

This comes from old Gullyview and Grace blocks that were planted over 50 years ago, with an addition of Old Vine Parish Blocks which are over 100 years old. Maturation takes place in steel and ceramic vessels. On lees for a year. Righteous. Superlatives galore. Texture. Weight. Freshness. Savoury complexity....