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"For your pleasure
In our present state
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Like anything
We present ourselvesThe words we use tumble
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Gravel hard and looseThere all night lying
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Category Archives: Hunter Valley
2012 Bilgavia Estate Chardonnay
A fairly insubstantial interpretation of Hunter Valley Chardonnay. The flavour profile is there but not in a convincing manner. Melon, yellow peach and pineapple with some roasted cashew oak. A complexing suggestion of vomit (isovaleric acid?) which isn’t quite as … Continue reading
2011 Oakvale Peppercorn Shiraz
Apologies for the break in transmission. Queensland is in the midst of its seemingly biennial flood. Stable internet access has been the only real issue I’ve had to face but my thoughts are with those who aren’t as fortunate. To the wine … Continue reading
2010 Meerea Park XYZ Shiraz
A sound if not terribly thrilling starting point for those seeking to get acquainted with the joys of Hunter Shiraz. Contains 4% Viognier. Red cherry and blackberry fruits with vanillin flourishes. Some earth, pine and terracotta too. Hints of cloves and … Continue reading
2010 Meerea Park Hell Hole Shiraz
Meerea Park’s 2010 Hell Hole Shiraz is brought to you by the Lindeman’s owned Ben Ean Vineyard. It incorporates stems (30%) but it’s not a stalky wine – just highly perfumed. An expressive nose of boysenberry, blackberry and raspberry, earthen spice, purple … Continue reading
2007 Meerea Park Alexander Munro Semillon
Perhaps not the greatest ever vintage for Hunter Semillon but the Eather brothers have achieved an impressive result from the outstanding Braemore Vineyard. Lanolin and toasty notes are beginning to establish themselves alongside a layer of lemon curd but there’s lots … Continue reading
2010 Meerea Park The Aunts Shiraz
The Aunts vineyard lies in Pokolbin and was planted in 1968. This Shiraz was the very first wine Meerea Park ever produced, back in 1995. It still sees some American oak (and some French) but it doesn’t seem as prominent as it has … Continue reading
2011 De Bortoli Hunter Valley Shiraz
The price wasn’t attached to the bottle and I can’t see the current vintage on the De Bortoli website so I’ve listed a price a from a previous release. In many ways it’s a traditional medium bodied Hunter Shiraz with … Continue reading
2012 Chalkboard Hunter Valley Semillon
Made by the team at Tyrrell’s and exclusive to Vintage Cellars. It’s a nice enough wine and an affable nature will go a long way towards making it appealing to those who don’t like the austerity of most young Hunter … Continue reading
2010 Tyrrell’s Brokenback Shiraz
It’s quite alarming to see the decrease in Hunter Shiraz on Queensland retail shelves over the last few years. Oh well, at least the trusty Brokenback remains available. Good wine, very good price. No ’4 Acres’ made in 2010 so … Continue reading
2000 Mount Pleasant Rosehill Shiraz
A full throttle Hunter Valley red which appears to show a bit of prickly volatile acidity and has certainly seen its fair share of American vanilla essence oak – so, not a style of wine that usually wins me over…yet this has aged … Continue reading