Giant Steps – Sexton Vineyard 2020, Chardonnay – Yarra Valley, Australia

Giant Steps – Sexton Vineyard 2020, Chardonnay – Yarra Valley, Australia

(Single Vineyard wine) The nose is fresh, crisp, beautifully racy and offers some salinity and power. There are notes of bright white peach, racy minerality/flint and more lightly berry fruit combined with fine citrus hints. The palate is fruity, balanced and reveals freshness, definition, salinity, juiciness, acidity and some crunchiness. On the palate this wine…

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Tournon – Landsborough Vineyard Pyrenees Chardonnay 2013 – Victoria

Tournon – Landsborough Vineyard Pyrenees Chardonnay 2013 – Victoria

The nose is fruity and offers a slight richness as well as a slight minerality. It reveals notes of flat peach, brugnon and lemon associated with a hint of mandarin as well as discreet hints of vanilla and toasted. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a slight acid frame, unctuosity, fat, a good definition,…

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Tournon – Mathilda Chapoutier 2015 – Victoria

Tournon – Mathilda Chapoutier 2015 – Victoria

The nose is fruity, aromatic and offers elegance. It reveals notes of flowers, rose/lily pistil and litchi associated with subtle hints of exotic fruits and citrus (mandarin, pink grapefruit). The palate is fruity, well-balanced, a bit aerial and offers fat, unctuosity, tension, a good definition as well as a slight acid frame. In the mouth…

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Tournon – Lady’s Lane Vineyard 2014 Heathcote Shiraz – Victoria

Tournon – Lady’s Lane Vineyard 2014 Heathcote Shiraz – Victoria

The nose is fruity, fine, quite elegant and offers power, richness as well as gourandise. It reveals notes of cassis, blackberry jam and hints of wild strawberry, redcurrant associated with touches of chocolate as well as a subtle hint of truffle and an imperceptible hint of cardamom/caramelization. The palate is fruity, fine, well-balanced, aerial, fresh…

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Tournon – Mathilda 2013 Victoria Shiraz – Victoria

Tournon – Mathilda 2013 Victoria Shiraz – Victoria

The nose is fruity and fresh. It reveals notes of blackberry and plum associated with slight notes of redcurrant/raspberry, spices as well as discreet hints of grove and minted licorice. The palate is frutiy, fresh, well-balanced and offers a very beautiful juiciness, a beautiful suavity,a  slight acid frame, freshness, a slight unctuosity, a silky matter…

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Terlato and Domaine Chapoutier – Lieu-dit Malakoff 2013 – Shiraz Pyrenees

Terlato and Domaine Chapoutier – Lieu-dit Malakoff 2013 – Shiraz Pyrenees

The nose is fruity, elegant and offers a slight intensity. It reveals notes of black cherry, blackberry and slight notes of red berries associated with a hint of Cuben pepper as well as a discreet hint of spices and toasted. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, quite elegant and offers a slight suavity, finesse, a slight…

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Route du Van – Shiraz 2014  – Heathcote

Route du Van – Shiraz 2014  – Heathcote

The nose is fruity. It reveals slight notes of redcurrant and cassis associated with slight notes of crunchy red berries. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers juiciness, fat as well as a slight unctuosity. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of wild raspberry, redcurrant and slight notes of cassis associated with a discreet…

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Terlato and Domaine Chapoutier – Shiraz-Viognier 2015 – Victoria

Terlato and Domaine Chapoutier – Shiraz-Viognier 2015 – Victoria

The nose is fruity and offers a slight gourmandise as well as a  slight concentration. It reveals notes of crushed blackberry, redcurrant and crushed strawberry associated with hints of dark chocoalte, oak as well as a discreet hint of spices and an imperceptible hint of flowers. The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced, suave, well-defined, precised,…

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M. Chapoutier – Tournon – Pyrenees Shiraz 2012 – Shays Flat Vineyard – Victoria

M. Chapoutier – Tournon – Pyrenees Shiraz 2012 – Shays Flat Vineyard – Victoria

The nose is fruity, structured, racy and offers a slight freshness as well as a slight power. It reveals notes of redcurrant, wild raspberry and slight hints of cherry/plum associated with a discreet hint of spices as well as a subtle hint of licorice and a discreet woody hint. There is a very discreet hint…

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Tyrrell’s wines – Rufus Stone – Heathcote Shiraz 2013 – Victoria

Tyrrell’s wines – Rufus Stone – Heathcote Shiraz 2013 – Victoria

The nose is fruity, juicy and relatively concentrated. It reveals notes of cherry, sour cherry, redcurrant, slight notes of blackberry and small notes of spices associated with slight touches of garrigue / thyme, black tea as well as a discreet hint of olive, pepper and mocha. The palate is fruity, gourmande, relatively elegant, racy, well-balanced,…

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