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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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2010 Forester Estate Shiraz
I like Margaret River Shiraz when it’s well made and while this won’t leave you awestruck it is regional and very good value. Lots of genial red berry/cherry flavour with a bit of mulberry and some bay leaf. Nutella oak … Continue reading
2012 Brookland Valley Unison Margaret River Sauvignon Blanc Semillon
As much as I like the idea behind these new Brookland Valley Unison wines (that is, regionally focused expressions at around the twenty-dollar mark) I think the Cabernet is the only one of three that delivers the necessary price to … Continue reading
2010 Evans & Tate Margaret River Redbrook Shiraz
The new release Evans & Tate Redbrook Chardonnay and Cabernet were very good wines but the Shiraz isn’t quite in the same league. Sweet oak, a slick of raspberry coulis and some darker cherry/berry notes. Bay leaf with black and … Continue reading
2012 Brookland Valley Margaret River Unison Chardonnay
Well, the Cabernet was good. I’m not really won over by the Unison Chardonnay though. It’s very tropical and a bit too syrupy for me. Lots of ripe stonefruit flavour with melon and lemon chiming in. The oak is prominent adding … Continue reading
2011 Brookland Valley Margaret River Unison Cabernet Sauvignon
A new range from Brookland Valley. This offers an affable and flavoursome introduction to the synergy between the Margaret River and Cabernet Sauvignon. I’m very much of the belief that it’s important to get good regional wines at around the twenty-dollar mark out … Continue reading
2012 Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Chardonnay
The follow-up to the highly acclaimed 2011 Fraser Gallop Estate Parterre Chardonnay is a more fine-boned affair. Greater restraint and increased elegance yet the intensity remains undeniable. This is the Chablis of the Margaret River. Did I really just write that? … Continue reading
2010 Leeuwin Estate Art Series Chardonnay
Tasted briefly alongside the 2006, 2008 and 2009 vintages last week then again from one bottle over two days. It’s looking just as impressive today as it did in the mini-vertical. I suspect many of us over-rated the 2009 LEAS … Continue reading
2010 Evans & Tate Redbrook Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon
Liked the latest Redbrook Chardonnay, like this as well. They must be doing something right over there in the Margaret River. More blackberry than blackcurrant. Freshness and life with some flashes of raspberry too. Bay leaf and gum leaf. Cedary oak. … Continue reading
2012 Mad Fish Gold Turtle Chardonnay
Mad fishes and golden turtles. It’s all very mythological and a tad confusing on the label of one wine but there’s lots of value to be had here. Firstly, I like the fact that it smells and tastes like Margaret River … Continue reading
2010 Evans & Tate Redbrook Margaret River Chardonnay
Uses fruit drawn from the central and southern parts of the Margaret River. Wild ferment, some solids and new French oak. Almost never a bad recipe. Lime, pear, white stonefruits and almond meal. A squeeze of grapefruit provides the acidity. … Continue reading