Wine Reviews

  The darkness of the label with black font makes this one for shining a bright light on, but perhaps you just recognise via the Pantone colourways anyways. Sangio from Clare. Really enjoyable, fresher expression of sangiovese here. Crisp edges, mouth-watering acidity, lots of rose hip tea and cranberry tang,...

  Fruit is in the passenger seat; acid and tannin are the drivers. There's a bit of tension in the car, too. This is a light-ish red that works for its juiciness and for its control, boysenberry and fresh red cherry flavours kicked along by thyme and lavender notes. It's...

  Made from 100% Sciacarello and matured in a Slavonian oak 2000L foudre for nine months, then racked to steel for two months, this is a loveable oddball and an impossible wine to guess blind. That said, it is delicious, raspy, and mouth-watering, and it covers the entire herbaceous spectrum...

  There are few in the Australian wine industry who look as good in stripey shirts, RM Williams, gilets and tan moleskin slacks as the Koerner boys. Or is that my imagination? If it is, then it’s how a lot of my dreams start. This wine is so often a...

Made from 37% Sangiovese, 33% Grenache, 14% Sciacarello, 10% Carignan and 6% Malbec, this is a masterful example of layered varieties, bringing untold complexity to a relatively innocent red wine. While the Grenache spends some time in foudre, the remaining grapes are kept in steel, bringing a cool edge, brittle...

  From the Koerner brothers, who do their own label, this one, Leko, Brothers Koerner and now a cask wine label, Brothers In A Box. They have a lot on their plates. Adelaide Hills here.  Zippy, refreshing expression of pinot noir here. Sour cherry, tart raspberry, a little gummy tannin...

This wine could not be more different from the Gullyview, with 90% in steel and only 10% in ceramic eggs, and it is only 350m away from Gullyview. It is brutally lean and leggy with awesome sinew and latent power, and while the first vintage release was only in 2020,...

From 100 year old vines and on slate soil profile. A mere 200 metres away from the family vineyards. Distinct from regional staples, which is a blessing in many regards – more approach to savouriness, texture, less fiddling and polishing. A wilder edge to the wine in that it lifts...

Anfora and steel. Parish the thought, with Clare Valley Riesling! Stylish. Different. Nutty, fennel, pear, lime and green mango. Plenty of fine chalky tannin, a vaguely earthy character, rich and juicy, heaps of flavour and a more weighty expression of Clare Riesling, with a juicy quinine tang on a long...