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Pol Roger Brut NV |
Epernay, France |
85 |
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The style is versatile, suited to most “Champagne occasions”. “White Foil” can be enjoyed as an aperitif, as a complement to a meal, or at any time as the elixir of celebration. |
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Yalumba Hand PickedLate Harvest Viognier (375ml) |
Wrattonbully, SA |
38 |
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The palate, with its high residual sugar, is long and elegant with luscious flavours from both the Viognier and Botrytis influences of apricots, peaches and spice. The finish is fresh with lingering flavours and a hint of lemon peel.
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Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc |
Marlborough, NZ |
40 |
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Nautilus Sauvignon Blanc is pale straw in colour with aromas of gooseberry, red capsicum and citrus with hints of passionfruit and melon. On the palate flavours of tropical fruits and citrus predominate.
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Heggies Vineyard Museum Reserve Riesling |
Eden Valley, SA |
40 |
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The palate is medium to full bodied, showing white flowers and biscuit fruit overlain with toasty nuances though still carrying a refreshing crispness.
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Howard Park Chardonnay |
Margaret River, WA |
52 |
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On the palate similar citrus characters are seen but also a lemon blossom flavour is detected; this combines wonderfully with the savoury biscuit character from yeast contact and smoky nuttiness from the oak.
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Kooyong Chardonnay |
Mornington, VIC |
58 |
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Citrus and Kaffir lime notes supported by floral overtones with underlying characters of walnuts and cashews. The palate is driven by a quenching acid backbone with supporting mineral notes resulting in great length.
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Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc |
Blenheim, NZ |
58 |
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The vines produce intensely flavoured fruit with distinctly varietal character. This is an elegant aromatic wine with appealing fruit and crisp acidity.
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Tyrrell’s Vat 1 Hunter Semillon |
Hunter Valley, NSW |
78 |
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The Vat 1 epitomises the benefits of patient bottle ageing that transforms this unoaked wine into a masterpiece. Truly one of the world’s greatest semillons.
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Smith & Hooper Limited Edition Merlot |
Wrattonbully, SA |
50 |
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A rich and intense bouquet of forest berries and preserved plums, with notes of cinnamon and star anise, leads into a lengthy well layered palate. Offering plum and mulberry fruit and supported by structured tannins, the wine retains a long, fleshy finish.
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Yalumba ‘The Menzies’ Cabernet Sauvignon |
Coonawarra, SA |
60 |
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“The Menzies” is classic Coonawarra, and is characterised by cassis and chocolate flavours across the nose and palate. Two years maturation in French Oak hogsheads has enhanced the soft and velvety tannin palate.
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Yalumba ‘The Signature’ Barossa
Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz
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Barossa, SA |
60 |
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Rich red currants, plums and berries abound on the nose with tobacco and black pepper, creamy mocha chocolates, with hints of mint and anise. The palate initially fills out with dark berry and forest fruit flavours, into a fleshy mid palate surrounded with firm yet fine tannins.
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Jim Barry McCrae Wood Shiraz |
Clare Valley, SA |
65 |
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Deep red with purple hues, this wine displays generous aromas of dark cherry and menthol with a background of toasty oak. The palate is rich and concentrated showing sweet coconutty oak and dark cherry. The finish is long with firm coating tannins.
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Brown’s of Padthaway ‘The Brigstock’ |
Padthaway, SA |
65 |
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The palate is finely structured with well balanced tannins and with plum and blackcurrant fruit flavours with layers of fine grained vanillin and cedar finish of great length and complexity.
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TarraWarra Estate Pinot Noir |
Yarra Valley, VIC |
75 |
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The aroma is difficult to pinpoint – at first some herbal notes, then spice and finally berries emerging through the briary characters. The palate has excellent structure, the high natural acid and fine tannins give a tightness to the fruit that is well balanced in length and intensity.
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Tyrrell’s Vat 9 Hunter Shiraz |
Hunter Valley, NSW |
80 |
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Distinctive Hunter Shiraz characters of leather and spice are derived from these aged vines interacting with rich volcanic clay soils. The quintessential Hunter shiraz.
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