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2012 Crittenden Estate OGGI
I tasted this at a Crittenden Estate lunch with winemaker Rollo Crittenden late last year and was smitten with it. The Pinots were of a very high standard too. Actually the there wasn’t an average wine served. Oggi is the … Continue reading
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2013 Wickhams Road Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir
I probably rated the Mornington Wickhams Road Pinot as the least of the 2012s but this model is more up my ally. More savoury nous. Smoky and twiggy on the backend given time. The fruit moves into the raspberry spectrum … Continue reading
2013 Wickhams Road Gippsland Pinot Noir
A touch more complexity to the flavours in the Gippsland model with the acidity accentuated and the tannin toned down. It’s a bright, nippy wine. Cherries, sarsaparilla, herbs and beetroot with generous pepper, cardamom and clove seasoning. Slightly wild earthy … Continue reading
2013 Wickhams Road Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
The 2012 Wickhams Road wines set the value bar very high indeed. Actually, they were rather alluring regardless of price. The 2013 releases are worthy follow-ups. Plenty of cherry and brambly fruited stuffing with a plum bass line. Forest leaf, … Continue reading
2012 Chapel Hill Mourvèdre
Attractive new website since I last visited. Wines listed with food matches which is great because I don’t know what the hell I’m doing when it comes to that. I always choose pork. In this case they’ve recommended “[p]orchetta with … Continue reading
2011 Raveneau Montée de Tonnerre Chablis Premier Cru
It was a sheer vinfanticide to consume a bottle of this last Friday night but it’s under cork and my life is too short for the experience of sporadic oxidation…not to mention the fact that oxidation is far from sporadic when … Continue reading
2011 Blue Poles Shiraz
In some ways this is very much like a Blue Poles red wine and in other ways not so much. The fruit is sweet and concentrated – much more so than in the Reserve Merlot, Allouran Merlot Cabernet Franc or Teroldego. … Continue reading
2012 Crittenden Estate Cabernet Merlot
A blend of 60% Cabernet and 40% Merlot from Port Phillip. “Fruit for this wine was grown at our Patterson Lakes Vineyard in Southern Victoria. Although this site doesn’t share the regional name of the Mornington Peninsula it does share … Continue reading
2011 Partisan By Jove Tempranillo
Tempranillo from a tough year in McLaren Vale. Slick confected dark red berry fruits before varietal savouriness and spice kicks in on the back of the mid-palate. Plenty of clumping, chubby tannin. Peppery aftertaste. Average flow and length. Easy enough … Continue reading
2011 Partisan Black Label Grenache
Has the words “Willunga” and “McLaren Vale” in difficult to read red print on the black label. Redcurrants, peat and leaf with a lot of pepper. Sweet and spirity, hot on the finish. The line is torn apart by spiky … Continue reading