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Vale WWEI: Prepare to Meet Your Maker
Vale interloper Gods listen. Or at least that’s the conclusion I came to at the end of a three-day junket in McLaren Vale earlier in July. To begin with, I kind of muscled my way into the Queensland “Meet Your … Continue reading
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2012 Pizzini Rosetta Rosé
Pizzini have been at this dry, textural rosé caper for ages. Leaders of the pack in Australian terms. And Sangiovese is such a great grape to use for the style. It has personality and savouriness sewn up. There’s some tug … Continue reading
2009 Coriole Vita Reserve Sangiovese
People might look at the price tag on this wine and think – “I could buy a very nice bottle of Chianti Classico or even a Brunello for that amount of money”. Well, yes you could. And I’m confident you’d enjoy it. … Continue reading
2002 Pizzini Sangiovese
Pizzini are currently selling some back vintages of their Sangiovese (2002, 2003, 2006). It’s a good opportunity to see how the efforts of one of the grape’s pioneers in Australia have stood up to time. At ten years of age this … Continue reading
2010 Mule Sangiovese
There’s a common theory that Sangiovese from McLaren Vale and the Barossa lacks varietal verity – and that’s not really a bad thing anyway but…I beg to differ. I think Sangiovese from these areas does taste like Sangiovese. Just not … Continue reading
2010 Coriole Sangiovese
I opened a few bottles of Australian Sangiovese from the 2010 vintage last night and this was the best of the bunch…by a fair margin I might add. Coriole first planted the variety in 1985 so they have a head … Continue reading
2010 Chapel Hill il Vescovo Sangiovese
The website refers to ‘the higher natural acidity of Sangiovese’ but whether the acidity here is natural or adjusted doesn’t change the fact that it’s challenging. In combination with a broad wave of tannin this results in a wine that … Continue reading
2011 Chapel Hill il Vescovo Sangiovese Rosé
It seems like we’ve well and truly hit Rosé weather here in Brisbane. I prefer to drink ‘em on holidays but weekends work well too. Chapel Hill’s version is dry and extremely pale with the emphasis firmly on texture over flavour…I … Continue reading
2010 Capital Wines The Foreign Minister Sangiovese
Canberra 13.5% Screwcap $25 I had a few stylistic concerns with the last vintage of this wine but they have gone a ways towards being alleviated this time round. The 2010 is more varietally satisfying. Red cherries, raspberries, chalk, dried … Continue reading