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Mid-weight, yet not lacking intensity, this is utterly triumphant Grenache in the near perfectly balanced McLaren Vale Burgundy mode. Watch critics swoon over this. Drink: 2013-2022
Score: 18.7/20, 95/100 Andrew Graham Australian Wine Review - Would I buy it? I'd buy this over plenty of southern Rhone reds twice the price. In other words - a big yes."
.... amalgamated fruit flavour and plummy flesh with the savouriness that I wish we saw more often in the is variety. Dusty herbs on the back-palate. It’s persistence cannot be questioned. 94+ Wine Will Eat Itself"
Medium bodied with gentle squishy red fruits mixing with more savoury earth/tobacco flavours, all very good, yes, but what I like most is its insistent fine grained tannin that controls and shapes the wine from front to long back palate. Good now. Good later. Beautiful wine. McLaren Vale Pinot Noir. 95 points Winefront.com.au

..... a little toast and grilled nut is in the mix – it carries itself on bright fruit, judicious oak and clean delivery thereof.  Very long and ‘minerally’ too. Excellent.  Rated : 95 Points Winefront.com.au
The most impressive Mornington Peninsula Chardonnay from the 2012 vintage to cross my path thus far. Depth of fruit, leesy character and persistence are its calling cards.Hazelnuts, subtle florals, nectarine and lemon with an edge of pithiness. Measured toasty oak. Beguiling and unforced creaminess with that obvious lees work enhancing rather than suffocating what the grapes have offered. Its balance and poise are impeccable. I can’t imagine anyone not loving it. 95 points Wine Will Eat Itself

93 points James Suckling-  Pure fruit with strawberry and flowers. Very aromatic undertones of lemon rind. Full body with firm and lightly chewy tannins. Wonderful tannin tension to the fruit. Keeps it in line. Ready.
93 points Wine Spectator-  *Top 100 Wines of 2013* Elegant, with supple, fresh and lively flavors of raspberry and cherry, meshing harmoniously with details of clove, forest floor, tobacco leaf, pepper and dried lavender that echo on the long, lingering finish. Drink now through 2024.

Some old French oak, wild yeast, time on lees, funk. Not your usual NZ sauvignon blanc. Excellent intensity. A tonne of wild character. Gravel, tropical fruit, sweat, earth, thistles, orange peels, sulphur. Has a slippery smooth coating to it, but pulpy passionfruity acidity refuses to be calmed. So intense it almost hurts. Excellent lingering finish. Armed and dangerous style of sauvignon blanc. In-your-face but remarkable quality. Rated : 94 Points WInefront.com.au

Vibrant honeysuckle blossom intermingles with the headiness of papaya salsa, spiked with a pinch of lemon pepper. A bright, aromatic style with a palate that dances with a lively burst of lemon gelato - subtle sweetness and vivacious acidity harmonizing to produce a wine of finesse and tension, with silky floral highlights and tropical succulence.

... This may sound like other top-quality barrel-fermented Chardonnays from around the world but what really marks this out is the terrific freshness that shines vibrantly through all the complex and full flavours.  Jancis Robinson
....This is arguably the best Chardonnay he's made yet at his new venture, a minerally, citrus-tinged white with deftly interwoven oak and flavours of oatmeal and honey. Very classy.  93 points Tim Atkins
$38; 14.5% alcohol; screw cap; 95 points Phillip White - Of the increasing number of finer-style Chardonnays to cross my desk this year, this, the last one to hit, is probably the best...   It is a beautiful elegant wine which is not trying to be Burgundy.  Something makes me feel that it’s past that.  Scallops on the half-shell with strands of spring onion and tiny little slices of mandarin peel, fresh outa the grill, please.

93 Points & Special Value Wine James Halliday
Excellent crimson-purple; this is pure gold-plated magic, winemaker Tony Murphy the wizard; it is a delicious pinot noir with perfect weight, texture and precisely defined spicy red berry varietal fruits. In a million years I would never guess its Riverland origin if served blind.

..... The palate harmonises lively, lemon-like Pipers Brook acidity of finely poised structure with gentle fruit sweetness. Tyson Stelzer, Wine Taste Weekly, 30 December 2013 94 points
....the wine has a distinct blush-pink edge to the colour, and a volume of varietal fruit well above most gewurztraminers, including many of Pipers Brook Vineyard. Rose petal and spice aromas lead into a precocious display of tropical and crystallised cherry flavours on the palate. 96 points James Halliday

This is Australia’s best Roussanne ...  It smells of honeysuckle, lemon curd, smoke and sourdough. Seems a little sleeker than the previous vintage but doesn’t want for intensity. An aftertaste of spice and unsweetened peach iced tea. So very delicious and captivating. 94 points Wine Will Eat Itself
...... a particularly intense burst of flavour and acid on finish. Pow! Sour yoghurt and flint and spice – all very nice. Very good! Such a lovely well balanced and entertaining wine. 94 points Winefront.com.au