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"For your pleasure
In our present state
Part false part true
Like anything
We present ourselvesThe words we use tumble
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Gravel hard and looseThere all night lying
With your dark horse hiding
Abhorring such extremes" - Bryan FerryCategories
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Category Archives: Barossa
2007 Tscharke Lumberjack Vintage Fortified Touriga
I’m a fortified and I’m ok…Don’t get sent many. Not popular. More’s the shame. The bottle has changed. Not blocky anymore. A pity given the Lumberjack moniker. Smells and tastes of toffee, dark chocolate, citrus peel, blackcurrants and plums with … Continue reading →
2013 Tscharke Matching Socks Touriga
Many varying opinions about Touriga as a table wine variety when speaking to McLaren Vale and Barossa vignerons. Some very positive, others not so much. The latter feel it can get jammy and simple. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve tasted so … Continue reading →
2013 Tscharke Bed Hair Graciano
Graciano’s potential in the Barossa is difficult to ignore. Much of that has to do with the grape’s natural ability to retain acid. Of course it has produce attractive flavours and aromas as well. This comes across as rather liqueurous … Continue reading →
2013 Woods Crampton Barossa Valley Shiraz
Having first tasted this briefly with Nicholas Crampton and considered it good if not much more, I thought I’d wait a while to revisit it…and pop it into a line-up of 2012 McLaren Vale Shiraz tasted blind. I don’t think … Continue reading →
2012 Tscharke The Master Montepulciano
“I would like to talk to you today about cold feet, and narrow minds. People with cold feet cannot move forward. People with narrow minds cannot move side to side.” - Lancaster Dodd, The Master Part of the sensibly named “Emerging … Continue reading →
2012 Teusner Albert Shiraz
Warm climate South Australian Shiraz; if only I had a dollar for the number of winemakers who make it then lampoon the stuff. That’s cool. I often mock some of my paid work. The funny thing is I still put … Continue reading →
2012 Sons of Eden Romulus Barossa Valley Shiraz
Viticulturist Simon Cowham and winemaker Corey Ryan are forging distinguished careers in the Barossa. Both of these 2012 Shiraz wines are excellent. The Romulus is crafted from 85 year-old vines in the Light Pass subregion and 80 year-old vines in … Continue reading →
2013 Head Wines Head Red Shiraz
The 2012 was more to my tastes but that doesn’t detract from this vintage at all. Raspberries and kirsch over black fruits. Barossan generosity, just under full-bodied with quality tannic structure for the price. Savoury dark chocolate and nuances of … Continue reading →
2013 Head Wines Old Vine Grenache
Once again, the same 70 odd year-old vineyard in Krondorf at the heart of the Barossa has been utilised for the Head Wines Old Vine Grenache and to great effect. Forget your raspberry beret and be done with the idea … Continue reading →
2012 Veronique Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon
I can’t find the bottle or a press release so I assume I’ve thrown them out. I live in a small flat which gets cluttered quickly. Anyway this tastes like the Eden Valley to me. I’m sure someone will let … Continue reading →