Gatt Wines High Eden Riesling 2023
G 90
Pale colour. Lifted verbena, lemon, lime aromas with hints of oil skin. Flavourful and impactful with deep-set lemon curd, verbena, oily flavours, fine slinky textures and vibrantly fresh acidity. Finishes bittersweet. Drink now–2038 Gatt Wines Old Vine Shiraz 2020 G 90 Medium-deep crimson. Earth blackberry dark chocolate aromas with flint garrigue notes. Richly concentrated earthy blackberry walnutty flavours, chocolaty textures and fresh integrated acidity. Bittersweet finish. Drink now–2042 Grant Burge Wines Filsell Shiraz 2023 G 90 Deep crimson. Blackberry, elderberry, graphite aromas with herbgarden notes. Slurpy/ juicy wine with blackberry, mulberry fruits, sinuous tannins and fresh pure long acidity. Some flinty, earthy notes at the finish. Still needs time to evolve. Drink now–2034 Handpicked Wines Collection Shiraz 2018 G 90 Deep crimson. Intense dark chocolate cedar sandalwood panforte aromas. Generously concentrated dark berry, praline, panforte, minty flavours and plentiful dense chalky tannins. Drying / chocolaty-firm finish with sandalwood/ wax polish notes. Complex, voluminous and vigorous. Drink now–2034 Head Roja Tempranillo, Grenache 2023 G 90 Medium-deep crimson. Fresh raspberry red cherry aromas and flavours, fine chalky textures and well-integrated mineral acidity. Juicy and minerally wine with some earthy notes at the finish. Drink now–soon Jacob’s Creek Our Limited Release Vermentino 2024 G 90 A lemon yellow hue, the nose is very much reminiscent of lemon custard. Fresh and appealing, there are also notes of pears, florals and herbs, with crunchy acidity. The wine has decent length with a slow and gentle fade. A most pleasant example of
local Vermentino. Drink now–2029 James Kalleske Short Stories Rosé Mourvèdre Blend 2025
G 90
Mourvèdre dominates this Rosé blend, which also includes grenache from 40-year- old vines and shiraz from 28 year-old-vines. The wine spends four months on lees after fermentation, before bottling. The colour here is that of a pale, gently fading sunset. The nose reveals notes of florals, strawberries, grapefruits, red fruits and dried herbs. We have a line of soft acidity and there is a core of sweet strawberries on the palate. A wine of medium length, drink this over the next 12 months. Drink now
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