Lobethal Road Sauvignon Blanc 2024
G 92
Pale with straw hue. Classically aromatic – lifted pink grapefruit, lantana, pine-lime and hints of lawn clippings and carraway seeds. A lovely freshness to this wine, with balance but restraint showing a degree of elegance in what is usually a rather boisterous varietal. The touch of fruit sweetness makes friends with the powdery textured finish. Drink now–2025 Longview Longview Queenie Pinot Grigio Pinot Grigio/Gris 2024 G 92 Classic cut apple-fragrant pear aromatics, with attractive fruit tingle on the palate. Lively acidity underpinning with a bright lift of spice midway, and a pithiness to the finish for a moreish, summery style. 12% alc Drink now–2029 Longview Fresco Nebbiolo/Pinot Nero/Barbera 2022 G 92 Underscored with a sign of its style, ‘Vino Novello’, there’s decent evidence of its majority Nebbiolo stake, dark rose, roasted orange skin, some root vegetable as well, yet manages to stay fresh and youthful in the palate, spritely acidity and buoyant mouthfeel, tannins supporting the underlayers. Crunchy in the finish. Plenty to like. 13% alc Drink now–2030 Mt Lofty Ranges Vineyard S&G Shiraz Shiraz 2021 G 92 Fleshy notes, with a decent display of crushed plum and a sprinkle of pepper and bay leaf, an underlying sweet fruit note, some oak in support, with mouth-filling structures, tannins noteworthy amongst them. A solid style with plenty of potential. 13.5% alc Drink now–2034 Nepenthe Apex Chardonnay 2022 G 92 Clear lemon. Yellow fruited with vanilla macaron and splash of amaretto in the distance. Well-concentrated, flavours of Meyer lemon, grapefruit and yellow nectarine shimmer across a taut line of acid. A thin sheet of beeswax lines the palate for a charred finish – the end result, a multi-dimensional wine. Classy drinking. Drink now–2030 Nepenthe Apex Shiraz Shiraz 2022 G 92 From the Charleston district, charry, earthy with darker plum-like fruits, deeply embedded, flavour rich and tannin supported, bright structural acidity powering the palate upwards and onwards. Plenty to like and enjoy in a medium- to fuller- bodied style. 13.5% alc Drink now–2034
South Australia 2024
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