Wine Reviews

The 2023 Gullyview Riesling hails from the Gullyview Vineyard in Clare Valley. Chalky and precise aromatically, the wine speaks of pear skins, green apple, jasmine flower and ocean spray. The wine is taut on the palate, and the acidity thrums within the confines of the fruit, which is fine and...

The 2023 Rolle is salty and plump and a little chewy, with salted cashews, graphite, cold peach tea, apple skins and brine. It is texturally engaging, which makes it fun to drink, but it's also complex and lingering through the finish, which engages more than just the palate. It's a...

The 2023 Watervale Gullyview & Parish Vineyards Riesling leads with lanolin and cheesecloth, scratched citrus and brine. In the mouth, the wine is plump and juicy but driven by edgy acidity. This is quite an exciting wine to drink; it feels textural and elemental and even a little primal. It's...

The 2023 Pigato is a skin-contact wine, and the bitterness of that component makes me smile as I taste it. There are notes of dehydrated orange peel, lemon and grapefruit, squeezed lime and sea salt—it's throwing salty Margherita vibes—plus jalapeño, coriander and white pepper. Bottled unfined and unfiltered, with 50...

The 2023 Tiver Rose of Vivian is a blend of Sangiovese and Sciacarello (a Corsican grape variety) grown in the Clare Valley. In the glass, the wine is not quite pink but more of a dirty flamingo blush, onion skin, etc., and in the mouth, it is a rich, complex,...

A blend of 53% sangiovese, 19% sciacarello, 13% grenache, 12% vermentino and 3% carignan. This is a juicy, light, mouth-watering red with cherry, dust, twiggy herb, apple and cranberry flavours working energetically through the palate. It's a case of less is more – it's just so drinkable; it's just so...

Brought to life through the Gullyview and Parish Vineyards of Clare Valley. Now in screwcap closure.  A potency to this wine, texture and savoury elements with strong currency of green apple, tart lime and gingery spice woven through. A faint accord of hazelnut nuttiness, a lick of creaminess and yet...

A blend of sangiovese and sciacarello from a single (Vivian) vineyard. We’re in rose land here.  Fragrant with sour cherries, cranberry, rose hip tea, sweet spice, a lick of minty herbs too. Palate and bouquet send similar vibes. The palate is juicy, has a little tug of fine, lacy tannin...

Skin fermented vermentino (20 days maceration) from Clare Valley. This one feels more in the refreshing zone than orange wine zone, but does the latter justice in its texture and pleasing bitterness. The tenth release for this significant wine!| Like tonic water meets mandarin juice joined to alpine herbs meshed...