Rieslingfreak No. 14 Watervale Riesling 2024
G 94
Pure lime juice, grapefruit, wet river stone, and faint honeysuckle. The juiciness vibrates on the palate like a tense guitar cord just tuned. It’s a sleek wine that flows away with class, leaving shimmering rocks behind on its course. Drink 2025–2035 Rieslingfreak No. 5 Riesling 2024 G 94 Grapefruit, lemon meringue, honeysuckle, and Granny Smith apple. The touch of residual sugar adds fun to the mix, like a juicy feeling on steroids or a refreshing, welcoming breeze on a torrid summer day. It is so well-balanced and thirstily pleasant to drink. Drink now–2034 Skillogalee Trevarrick Shiraz 2022 G 94 Sage and rosemary, pink pepper, smoked meat – not a recipe but a delicious Clare Valley Shiraz, indeed. With some extra air, here comes the fruit: blueberry, plum, blackcurrant, and pomegranate. It’s still well in its infancy, and with that, it is showing a refreshingly tonic aspect with the piquancy of tannins that are yet to mature. Drink now–2038 Sussex Squire Samuel Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 G 94 A solid Cabernet Sauvignon built around a core of ripe, black and red fruits, spice and some beautifully well-defined oak. Celebrates a more traditional style of Clare Cabernet, one offering an intensity of flavour, controlled power and structure, although time in the glass and some swirls of air will reveal greater nuance with the emergence of florals bringing a degree of both elegance and approachability. Will benefit from time and a little patience. Drink now–2034 Taylors St Andrews Shiraz 2021 G 94 Medium-deep colour. Intense pure blackberry, cassis aromas with hints of black olive/spice. Well-balanced blackberry, dark cherry, blackcurrant fruits, fine sinuous/muscular tannins and underlying sweet vanilla, marzipan notes. Red liquorice/aniseed notes at the finish. A sweet and savoury wine with the fruit and oak in wrestle for dominance. Drink now–2032 Wines by KT Peglidis Watervale Riesling 2024 G 94 Vibrant and zesty, like a whiff of spring air. Grapefruit, lemon balm, Granny Smith apple, talc and jasmine tea. Waves of juicy citrus fruit inundate the palate with extraordinary power while wearing a silk white glove. It just works. Drink now–2038
South Australia 2024
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