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Thorn-Clarke Sandpiper Riesling 2018 Region: Eden Valley 13 to the Rating: 94/100CC Thorn-Clarke Sandpiper Riesling is on a roll. dozen Winner of trophies for 'Best White ' and 'Best Riesling' at the Rutherglen Wine Show but more impressively, scoring gold nedals at a string of major state wine shows including Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Estate grown and skillfully made it has a vibrant, pale straw colour with green highlights. The nose shows perfumed floral notes along with fresh cut white peach and kaffir lime leaf. the palate follows through with juicy citrus flavours and light spice, along the long, balanced acidity and fine minerality on the finish. Stunning value. $ .95 13 in any 12 $15.95 PER BOTTLE James Halliday Top 100 James Halliday In this edition Top 100 Wines Sparkling The publication of James Halliday’s Top 100 Wines is always eagerly anticipated by consumers and 2 News and events producers alike. For the consumer, it provides a Our rating system reliable guide to the best wines right across the Tyrrells 3 James Halliday Top 100 - Sparkling & price spectrum. It can also bring to the fore lesser All wines are judged for Champagne known producers, varieties and styles. Halliday quality with a Rating out of and Champagne received thousands of submissions covering the 100 awarded. 4 James halliday Top 100 – Whites Tasmania’s cool-climate leads the way when it comes to top quality Australian sparkling vast majority of regions. Value for Our thumbs-up rating money is taken into account when compiling the 6 James halliday Top 100 – Reds 165th Anniversary system represents wines. The perfect growing conditions produce superb flavour and structure, particularly list, which is a feature close to Kemenys’ heart. 8 Wine Radar selections that receive our the beautiful natural acidity which is all important. We’ve selected the pick of the James Halliday Top highest recommendation. 100 Wines at Kemenys low prices. @Buon RIcordo 10 Summer in a Glass - Pinot Gris Of course Champagne is the king of sparkling wines and James Halliday has given us a list of famous big names as well as some lesser known, highly respected houses which 11 Pop a cork (good value sparkling) This is hot We are very pleased to announce that Kemenys will be fly ‘under the radar’. hosting a Tyrrell’s 165th Anniversary dinner Thursday 12 France - regions in focus A must-have March 28th, and a luncheon on Friday March 29th, both at the superb Buon Ricordo restaurant. 13 Italy – regions in focus Buy as much as you can (afford) Tyrrell’s, one of Australia’s greatest families of wine, 14 Taylor Made – Taylors turns 50 commenced wine production in 1854. They are the undisputed champions when it comes to making 15 Rose x 6 all the traditional Hunter Valley wine styles such as BRUCE TYRRELL 16 Show Stoppers – Whites semillon, and shiraz. Their ‘Vat’ wines have Our pricing delivered some of the greatest-ever Australian multi-trophy 17 Show Stoppers – Reds x 9 winning wines. Tyrrell’s have prided themselves on making Please feel free to mix wines of the highest quality reflecting family tradition 18 Standout Chardonnay up your own case of which has spanned a period of five generations. any wines in Kemenys 19 Giant Steps Wine Dominion as the What better venue to celebrate Tyrrell’s 165th across any 12 pricing Anniversary than Paddington’s Buon Ricordo, one 20 Hidden Labels applies to straight or of Sydney’s finest Italian restaurants. In 1987 Buon 22 Best Pinot Noir under $20 mixed dozens. And YES Ricordo (Italian for Good Memory) opened its doors, you can include spirits with founder Armando Percuoco at the helm, serving 23 Central Otago Pinot Noir – Duck & Pinot in the mixed dozen. the traditional food of his birthplace, Naples. Today, Armando Percuoco Please ring 13 8881 for those traditional dishes are blended with innovative new and David Wright 24 Kemenys Mixed Dozens more details. creations by Head Chef and owner Peter Wright, Armando’s "more than eight years on lees", "magical combination of extreme "supremely concentrated", 28 Secret Labels long-time protégé. Customers comment that dining at Buon "a powerful wine", James Halliday "so exceptional", James Halliday James Halliday complexity, texture and finesse" James Halliday Ricordo invokes a feeling of warmth and intimacy with attentive, kind Clover Hill Vintage Arras Grand Vintage Bollinger La Grande Krug Grande Cuvee Egly-Ouriet Brut and nurturing service, which creates an automatic synergy with Tyrrell’s ‘old-school’ Brut 2013 2008 Annee Vintage 2007 NV Tradition Grand culture and traditional wine styles. Along with their other classic dishes they will be Our guarantee Region: Tasmania Region: Tasmania Region: Champagne Region: Champagne Cru NV serving their iconic signature dish, Truffled-egg fettucine, which is guaranteed to Rating: 95/100C Rating: 97/100CC Rating: 97/100C Rating: 98/100C Region: Champagne put a smile on every face. We guarantee our wine. If, after trying a bottle, you are not satisfied, Chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot Bright straw-green; this is as energetic Disgorged November '17, 70% pinot The base wine is from '10 plus 140 wines Rating: 97/100C There will be lots of great food matched with most of Tyrrell’s finest, including please call us on 13 8881 and we’ll pick up the remainder of your case meunier, whole-bunch pressed and and fresh as a 3yo vintage sparkling, noir, 30% chardonnay.100% barrel from 13 vintages starting I '96, the blend 70% pinot noir, 30% chardonnay from the separately fermented, blended prior to showing no signs of age. Granny Smith fermentation has long been Bollinger 45% pinot noir, 39% chardonnay and the legendary Vat 1 Semillon, Vat 47 Chardonnays, Vat 9 Shiraz and Vat 8 Shiraz and offer you a refund for the whole case. '12, '11 and '10 vintages, disgorged October secondary fermentation and matured apple, lemon zest and unsweetened practice, and style trademark The 16% pinot meunier. It has a magical '17 after 51 months on lees. Fourth Cabernet and some great examples of their Single Vineyard Range such as Stevens, on lees for five years, the dosage 9g/l. lemon juice flavours cloak the deliberate complex bouquet of multi-spice and combination of extreme complexity, generation vigneron Francois Egly's Belford and HVD. There will also be some special back-vintage wines to savour. A powerful wine, the bouquet spicy, tannins in the wine, are all there as part brioche aromas drape the wine's texture and finesse, the complexity ex determination to make only the best with dried flower and fruit aromas, the of the structure and texture that make structure emphasised by more than toast, nougat, honey and dried fruits, the quality champagne means he now sells As always this will be a lot of fun, so make sure you book early to avoid missing out. palate picking up the chase immediately. this wine so exceptional. Alcohol: 12.5%. eight years on lees and a dosage of 7 g/l. freshness from mouthwatering citrus/ on allocation. This wine is supremely Alcohol: 12.5%. Closure: Diam. Date Tasted: Sep 2018. Price: $84. Rating: Price: $230. Rating: 97/100. mineral acidity. Price: $299. Rating: concentrated, and equally classy. Price: Want FREE delivery? tasted: Sep 2018. Price: $45. Rating: 96/100. James Halliday, 98/100. $181. Rating: 97/100. 95/100. James Halliday, James Halliday, WHEN: Thursday 28th March (Dinner) 6.30pm for 7pm AND James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday, James Halliday, James Halliday's Top 100 RRP $230 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 Friday 29th March (Lunch) 12 noon for 12.30 James Halliday's Top 100 RRP $84 RRP $299 RRP $181 Why go through the hassle of looking for parking and burning cash on petrol? RRP $45 $ .00 WHERE: Buon Ricordo, 108 Boundary Street, Paddington, NSW Just order 4 or more dozen wines and we’ll deliver those (heavy) boxes $ .95 195 $ .00 $ .00 FREE. These charges apply to Australian state capital cities. For less $ .95 59 in any 12 PER BOTTLE 265 in any 12 155 COST: $195 a head than 4 dozen wines, we’ll deliver for a flat $10. Please give us a ring on 37 $62.95 PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE $41.95 PER BOTTLE Book your place: [email protected] or call us on 13 888 1 13 8881 if you need more info.

2 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 3 The James Halliday Top 100 whites under $25 list is dominated by wines which are all about fresh flavours, crisp acidity and, coincidentally, great value for money. Top quality riesling and are found throughout this category, and should cover everyone’s festive white wine entertaining Larry Cherubino requirements with plenty of style. Larry Cerubino’s journey has been very busy, having been head The over $25 category adds a number of outstanding With over 150 years of winemaking experience you are sure to find winemaker at Houghton, a traveling winemaking consultant, designing chardonnays and semillons which scream “special occasion”, some absolute gems in the Tahbilk repertoire and there is a history vineyards and wineries, and also working vintages in New Zealand, and character with that goes back generations. USA, France, Italy and South Africa. and some new-breed textural, cellarable sauvignon blanc and blends. Each wine on this list is an ideal option for the Marsanne is one of the world’s rarest grape varieties originating in the Larry and wife Edwina purchased their first parcel of land in Frankland Northern Rhone and Hermitage regions of France. It is grown in only 3 River in 2004 with dreams of planting our own vineyard. It was a small season's special events other countries, Australia, America and Switzerland. Tahbilk holds the parcel that had originally been part of a large, historic land holding largest and oldest single planting of the variety in the world. Tahbilk’s called Riversdale. A few years later they had the opportunity to buy the history with Marsanne is traced back to the 1860’s with the sourcing of neighbouring vineyard, and acres of prime river and vineyard country. ‘White Hermitage’ cuttings from the ‘St Hubert’s’ Vineyard in Victoria’s Larry Cherubino Wines began in a spare room in 2005 with the release Yarra Valley. The grape was Marsanne and although none of these of one wine. plantings have survived, the Estate still produces Marsanne from plantings dating back to 1927. Much has happened since, with the stellar quality of his broad "Patritti winemaking team is a cut above", "likely price of $16-$17 from the larger James Halliday retailers", James Halliday portfolio resulting in countless major accolades and regular rave “A wine of spectacular flavours and reviews from the wine press. "it's lipsmackingly good", James Halliday complexity”, James Halliday "Tahbilk knows marsanne like the back of its Patritti Pinot Grigio 2018 Evans & Tate Breathing hand", James Halliday Wirra Wirra Hiding Domaine Naturaliste Region: Adelaide Hills Space Chardonnay 2017 "the value offered needs no comment", Rating: 94/100CC Tahbilk Marsanne 2018 James Halliday Champion Sauvignon Sauvage Wallcliffe Region: Margaret River 'Peach, lime and pear' says Patritti. This has Rating: 94/100 CC Region: Goulburn Valley Blanc 2018 Sauvignon Blanc 2016 Rating: 94/100 Larry Cherubino Ad Hoc very good mouthfeel and depth, the lingering The first vintage of chardonnay under this CC Region: Adelaide Hills Region: Margaret River finish fresh, without any unwanted phenolics. label. Cool, cloudy juice delivered direct Wallflower Riesling 2018 Rating: 95/100 Rating: 96/100 Tahbilk knows marsanne like the back of its CC CC The Patritti winemaking team is a cut above, to 1yo French oak, wild ferment at ambient Region: Great Southern hand, having long established the - having long since created a well-justified temperatures, thence to 10 degrees C storage Rating: 95/100 Reflects the cool, late vintage that came One-third fermented and aged for 10 months site bond. This is akin to a 1yo semillon, but CC as a relief after '16's fast and furious antics. in new 500l French puncheons, remaining reputation for high quality McLaren Vale with stirring until bottled. It's amazing how with a greater span of aromas and flavours. grenache and shiraz. Alcohol: 12.5%. Closure: Wallflower indeed. The bouquet is full of high- Handpicked from the Yandra Vineyard, it on lees during maturation. The extra year a wine of this provenance and quality has a Honeysuckle and straw on the bouquet, screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: pitched citrus and wild flower aromas, the palate has intensity, focus and length, uncommon in bottle has created a wine of spectacular likely price of $16-17 from the larger retailers. then pear and Granny Smith flavours bound 2020. Price: $25. Rating: 94/100. beating a tattoo of drums with its intensity and qualities for sauvignon blanc, as are the flavours and complexity, green apple and Alcohol: 13.5%. Closure: screwcap. Date by citrussy acidity. Alcohol: 12%. Closure: insistent length. The name suggests it's a shy mineral and citrus heartstrings of the palate. gently spicy oak all dance around the mouth. James Halliday, tasted: Mar 2018. Price: $19. Rating: 94/100. screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: and unassuming wine, and I totally disagree It's lipsmackingly good. Tasted: May 2018. This will go on its merry way for several few James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday, 2028. Price: $19. Rating: 94/100. with that. The value offered needs no comment. Price: $24. Rating: 95/100 years yet. Alcohol: 13%. Date tasted: Sep RRP $25 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday, Alcohol: 12%. Closure: screwcap. Drink to: 2030. James Halliday, 2018. Closure: screwcap. Drink by: 2022. RRP $19 James Halliday's Top 100 Price: $21. Rating: 95/100. Price: $30. Rating: 96/100. James Halliday's Top 100 $ .95 RRP $19 in any 12 James Halliday, RRP $24 James Halliday, 17 $ .95 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 $19.95 PER BOTTLE 12 in any 12 $ .95 RRP $21 $ .95 RRP $30 $14.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 in any 12 12 17 $14.95 PER BOTTLE $19.95 PER BOTTLE $ .95 $ .95 in any 12 in any 12 24 16 $26.95 PER BOTTLE "An Australian classic in the making!", "Could oh easily be identified as Meursault", $18.95 PER BOTTLE James Halliday James Halliday "sends all the senses into overdrive ", "a palate of striking intensity", "electrically charged palate", James Halliday James Halliday James Halliday "exceptional varietal flavour", Tyrrells Vat 1 Semillon Clyde Park Block B3 James Halliday Bests Great Western Kilikanoon Mort's 2013 Chardonnay 2017 Tahbilk 1927 Vines Region: Hunter Valley Region: Geelong Marsanne 2012 Larry Cherubino ‘The Yard’ Riesling 2018 Block Riesling 2017 Rating: 97/100 Rating: 97/100 CC CC Region: Goulburn Valley Channybearup Sauvignon Region: Great Western Region: Clare Valley Rating: 96/100CC Rating: 96/100CC x 2 The Emperor, shy but strident, wearing a P58 clone planted '95, whole-bunch pressed, Rating: 97/100 2 THUMBS Blanc 2018 myriad of citrus and orchard colours and a full solids ferment in French oak (30% new), Pale straw-green: the bouquet is enticing, but Hand-picked, free-run juice cold-settled. Brilliant gleaming straw-green; marsanne Region: Great Southern tensile sash of calm, and poise. This majestic matured for 8 months. As complex as it is it's the palate that sends all the senses into The bouquet wastes no time in establishing x 11 x 3 isn't an aromatic variety (nor is semillon), so Rating: 95/100CC wine's light weight belies its sheer stretch classy, this could oh so easily be identified overdrive, with intense lime juice intersecting the region, variety and quality of this single of flavours across the palate. Energetic and as Meursault (Burgundy) in a blind tasting. even when 6yo, don't expect too much on This has exceptional varietal flavour, both with shiny, bright acidity. Great length vineyard, multi-block riesling. The floral gently grippy; tightly wound but bristling with Top class stuff, with a layered, slightly funky, the bouquet. Conversely, expect more, much complex and long; it's not obvious, but the wine inevitably follows, promising a very long life. bouquet leads into a palate of striking mineral intent. Bottle age has softened this richness that expands on the finish. Alcohol: more on the electrically charged palate. It was partially fermented in French oak, which The Great Western subregion deserves far intensity, texture and structure, lime and ever so slightly. Nothing more. An Australian 13%. Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Mar is beautifully balanced, honeysuckle, lime, hasn't diminished the fruit expression, but has greater recognition for its rieslings. Alcohol: lemon both claiming ascendancy, neither classic in the making! Alcohol: 11.5%. Closure: 2018. Drink by: 2029. Price: $75. Rating: lemon, honey and ginger playing within a subtly increased the complexity. Appropriate 11%. Closure: screwcap. Drink to: 2032. winning. Alcohol: 12.5%. Closure: screwcap. screwcap. Drink by: 2033. Price: $85. Rating: 97/100. near-invisible net of acidity. Alcohol: 11%. terroir, high quality grapes and good winemaking Rating: 96/100. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: 2029. Price: Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 18 Drink 97/100. James Halliday, at work. Alcohol: 12.8%. Date tasted: Sep 2018. $25. Rating: 96/100. by: 2030. Price: $46. Rating: 97/100. James Halliday, James Halliday, James Halliday's Top 100 Drink by: 2021. Price: $25. Rating: 95/100. James Halliday, James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday, James Halliday's Top 100 RRP $75 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday, RRP $31.95 James Halliday's Top 100 RRP $85 James Halliday's Top 100 RRP $25 RRP $46 RRP $25 $ .95 $ .95 $ .95 in any 12 in any 12 $ .95 in any 12 69 $ .95 22 in any 12 62 $73.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 $ .95 $24.95 PER BOTTLE 17 $66.95 PER BOTTLE 34 18 in any 12 $19.95 PER BOTTLE $37.95 PER BOTTLE $20.95 PER BOTTLE

4 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 5 James Halliday was extremely impressed with the red wine division of this year’s Top 100. From 664 submissions across the ‘under $30’ and ‘over $30’ categories, he found outstanding wines from a wide range of varietals and Yangarra Estate blends, especially pinot noir, shiraz, grenache , and, of Since 2000, Peter Fraser has been the winemaker and driving force course, the wildly popular roses. behind Yangarra Estate Vineyard. Like most of today’s top winemakers, Peter focuses much of his attention on the vineyards. When it comes to winemaking philosophy, Peter believes it is less about technique and more about preserving the essential taste of the vineyard: he knows that intelligent viticulture is the key to creating great wines. He also acknowledges that “you need a scientific background, then a fair bit of intelligence, experience, and bravery to let nature have her way." Amongst his many major winemaking awards, Peter was named ‘Winemaker of the Year ‘by James Halliday in 2016. "thoroughly persuasive parcel for lazing "small wonder that it quickly won two gold around", James Halliday medals", James Halliday "sheer beauty", James Halliday Best Red Wine, Sydney Royal Wine Show 2018 "a knockout at this price", James Halliday "bloody gorgeous", James Halliday Stella Bella Robert Oatley Signature Henschke the Bleasdale Wellington Larry Cherubino Ad Hoc Yangarra Estate Shiraz 2016 Skuttlebutt Rosé 2018 Series Cabernet Wheelwright Shiraz 2015 Road GSM 2016 Middle of Everywhere Region: McLaren Vale Region: Margaret River Sauvignon 2017 Region: Eden Valley x 2 Region: Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2017 Rating: 97/100 x 3 CC Rating: 95/100CC Region: Margaret River Rating: 96/100C Rating: 96/100CC Region: Frankland River 50% whole berries, 50% destemmed, wild yeast The bright, clear crimson colour is a good Rating: 95/100CC Commemorates 150 years of family A 49/45/6% blend. The grenache and shiraz Rating: 95/100CC open-fermented, matured for 10 months in used x 6 start. We don't know the percentages of the From the warmer districts of Wilyabrup, winemaking, crafted from 50yo vines. were co-fermented, blending and bottling A plume of exotic spices is threaded through French oak. Just another $30 McLaren Vale shiraz? shiraz and tempranillo used to make this taking place within 6 months of vintage. This Absolutely not. This is profoundly exciting, another Carbunup and Cowaramup, matured for 12-15 It is a vibrantly fresh and aromatic wine with the fragrant bouquet of plum and blackberry wine, but the cherry flavours are seamless, months in French oak. The warmer climate has kept the fruit fresh without diminishing fruit, and the vibrant palate follows the lead masterpiece from Peter Fraser, Wine Companion the palate crisp and long, the slippery acidity elegance and finesse its cornerstones as it the overall complexity of a lovely wine. I Winemaker of the Year '16. It's not often I'm tempted shows through very clearly with velvety slips through the net of full-bodied shiraz. Its with enthusiastic support. The texture and adding to a thoroughly persuasive parcel for mouthfeel, plum and blackcurrant fruit, and a drool as I think about the not yet released '17 structure of the mouthfeel add a further to sneakily swallow half a mouthful of a wine, it's lazing around with in spring. Alcohol: 13%. fruit flavours are as much red as black, and version. Alcohol: 14%. Closure: screwcap. almost as if an unseen force refuses to let me brocade for the velvet. Small wonder that it you can sense the tannins but not actually dimension to a very, very smart wine. A Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. quickly won two gold medals. Alcohol: 13.5%. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: 2026. Price: knockout at this price. Alcohol: 13.8%. actually drink a little. The wine is spicy, textured, Drink by: 2022. Price: $18. Rating: 95/100. taste them. Sheer beauty. Alcohol: 14.5%. $29. Rating: 96/100. with a rainbow of dark fruit flavours - bloody Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Closure vinolok. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Drink Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. gorgeous. Alcohol: 14.5%. Tasted: Mar 2018. Drink James Halliday, Drink by: 2032. Price: $23. Rating: 95/100. by: 2065. Price: $130. Rating: 97/100. James Halliday, Drink by: 2032. Rating: 95/100. James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 By: 2036. Price: $35. Rating: 97/100. James Halliday, James Halliday, James Halliday, RRP $18 RRP $29 James Halliday, James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 RRP $23 RRP $130 RRP $25 RRP $35 $ .95 $ .95 14 in any 12 $ .95 $ .95 24 in any 12 $ .95 $ .95 $16.95 PER BOTTLE 16 in any 12 129 $26.95 PER BOTTLE 19 in any 12 27 in any 12 $18.95 PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE $21.95 PER BOTTLE $29.95 PER BOTTLE "Flavour and texture balance beyond "A heart-skipping wine, exquisitely detailed "a truly beautiful and graceful cabernet", "a beautiful pinot", James Halliday One for the long haul in the cellar compare", James Halliday and elegant", James Halliday James Halliday “It is a glorious example of grenache” Oakridge Over the West Cape Howe Hardys Eileen Hardy Hardys 165th Cullen Vanya 2015 Yangarra Estate Old Vine Shoulder Pinot Noir 2017 Shiraz 2017 Shiraz 2015 Anniversary Cabernet Region: Margaret River Grenache 2017 Region: Yarra Valley Region: Frankland River Region: McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 Rating: 99/100CC Region: McLaren Vale Rating: 95/100CC Rating: 95/100CC Rating: 98/100C Region: Multi Regional Two-thirds whole berries/one-third crushed into Rating: 97/100CC From three vineyards, hand-picked, chilled The spicy black cherry/berry aromas of From two old vineyards in McLaren Vale Rating: 99/100CCC 300l terracotta amphorae for wild fermentation, Planted in 1946 on a sand dune in the cooler, 10 weeks on skins before pressed to French oak overnight, 90% whole-berry fermented, a 10% 13 to the the bouquet show the way for the palate with an average age of 80+, wild yeast, In celebration of its 165 year history, elevated northeast of McLaren Vale. Hand-picked (66% new) for 5 months. Stripping away all the whole bunch component blended in. Bright to follow. It does just that, adding its own open fermented and basket-pressed. Hardys has released a special wine from and sorted in the winery, the fermentation is obvious questions re price - and yes, it is cheap crimson-purple; a sign of great things to character to the fine, persistent tannins, part Deeply coloured, this plum, blackberry the outstanding 2014 vintage. From the wild. It is a glorious example of grenache picked dozen compared to Grange and Hill of Grace - this is a come from the '17 vintage in the Yarra Valley. from fruit, part the new and used French and dark chocolate wine has countless best from Frankland earlier than in the past, retaining all the freshness truly beautiful and graceful cabernet. Its purity A beautiful pinot for drinking now or later. oak in which this estate-grown wine was layers of tightly wound fruit, the gently River, Margaret River and Coonawarra of red cherries/berries, spices starting to build, of varietal fruit expression, its perfect fruit/oak/ Long, pure cherry plum fruit; fine tannins. matured. Alcohol: 14%. Drink to: 2037. Price: savoury finish providing flavour and fused with shiraz from 100 year old vines tannins beautifully shaped. Alcohol: 14%. Closure: tannin balance and its length are exceptional, Great value. Alcohol: 13.3%. Closure: $22. Rating: 95/100. texture balance beyond compare. in McLaren Vale. James Halliday has rated screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: 2032. and amply justify Vanya Cullen's belief the wine screwcap. Date tasted: Feb 2018. Drink by: James Halliday, Alcohol: 14.5%. Closure: screwcap. Drink this 99/100 declaring it "a heart-skipping Price: $35. Rating: 97/100. 2029. Price: $23. Rating: 95/100. by: 2055. Price: $135. Rating: 98/100. will age well for at least 50 years. Alcohol: James Halliday's Top 100 wine, exquisitely detailed and elegant". 13.5%. Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Dec 2017. James Halliday, James Halliday, RRP $22 James Halliday, Winner of the 2016 Great Australian Red Drink: to 2055. Price: $500. Rating: 99/100. James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 James Halliday's Top 100 Challenge. Beautifully packaged, it makes James Halliday, RRP $35 RRP $23 RRP $135 a truly unique and special wine gift. James Halliday's Top 100 Kemenys $ .95 RRP $500 $ .95 $ .95 in any 12 $ .95 RRP $250 in any 12 17 30 in any 12 $19.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 $ . $32.95 PER BOTTLE 17 94 . 00 $19.95 PER BOTTLE $99.95 PER BOTTLE $ 00 480 195 PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE

6 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 7 "continues to deliver genuine value for We’ve stumbled across a very interesting website called The Wine Radar selection criteria is: money", James Halliday wineradar.com - which might make it much easier and Quaffer:Under $15, any discount, 90 points Seppelt Chalambar less time-consuming for you to find an absolute wine Shiraz 2016 bargain. Premium: $15 to $40, 25% discount, 92.5 points Region: Victoria Rating: 95/100 2 THUMBS It’s run by a wine-loving IT pro who has noticed that a Super Premium: Over $40, 20% discount, 95 points Seems to be showing a stronger Heathcote great wine special does not make a great wine - but when Kemenys regularly has a remarkably high hit-rate on influence with this release, or perhaps it's the more than one expert agrees that an inexpensive wine is warmer vintage expressing itself. In any case Wine Radar. In November alone, 6,704 wines were a great drink, then that wine should be on your shopping it's quite an open and accessible wine, spicy scanned and cross-matched across Australia’s top nine list. and sweet-fruited, although there is a gamey, on-line wine retailers, of which only 90 wines qualified savoury element. Finished with a smooth How does Wine Radar work? as a hit on Wine Radar. Kemenys were responsible for 33 veneer of oak, it's a well rounded package of those hits, or about 37% percent of the wines. That’s and continues to deliver genuine value for Wine Radar scans Australian online wine retailers for money. Alcohol: 14.5%. Closure: screwcap. a very significant proportion of hits across the top nine specials. When it finds a special, it automatically cross- Date tasted: Feb 2018. Drink by: 2028. Price: retailers. references the scores from the experts. (The retailer’s $27. Rating: 94/100. own score is never taken into account). When at least It again highlights the supreme skills of the Kemenys James Halliday, two reputable experts award great scores and no experts tasting and buying team to identify, for you, highly rated Australian Wine Companion RRP $27 register unfavourable scores, Wine Radar takes a closer wines at great prices. look. If the price and the average score meet the selection $ .95 criteria, that's a hit on the Wine Radar. 17 in any 12 $19.95 PER BOTTLE

"very impressive", Huon Hooke "exceptionally intense and concentrated", "intensity that brings you up with a jolt", “A lovely wine of excellent fruit purity, line "ridiculously cheap for a wine of this James Hallidayy James Halliday and length”, Huon Hooke “This is the cat's whiskers”, James Halliday quality", Ray Jordan Howard Park Cape Mentelle Seppelt Jaluka Petaluma Hanlin Hill Clyde Park Estate Pinot Vasse Felix Cabernet Abercrombie Cabernet Chardonnay 2016 Chardonnay 2016 Riesling 2017 Noir 2017 (Feature) Sauvignon 2015 Sauvignon 2013 Region: Margaret River Rating: 97/100CC Region: Henty Rating:: 95/100 CC Region: Clare Valley Rating: 96/100CC Region: Geelong Rating: 96/100 CC Region: Margaret River Rating: 96/100CC Region: Western Australia Rating: 98/100 CC Whole-bunch pressed to French barrels for Right up there with its proud history of Bright, light yellow colour with a fresh, From all five blocks/seven clones of Captures the elegance of this great vintage. Very deep, dark, dense colour and a wild fermentation and a lengthy sojourn. quality, and also a world record number of intense, crisp aroma of dried flowers and the estate vineyard, 25% whole-bunch Doesn't have the density and opulence of the concentrated cassis bouquet, some Full-on green-gold; it's exceptionally intense label design changes - please don't try to dried herbs, the palate tight and bright, fine pressed and open-fermented. This is the 2014 but there is classic angular structure. chocolate; the palate firm and almost and concentrated, with all manner of stone improve what you have now. Even though and long, with great tension, nerve and $ . cat's whiskers, making you itch to taste Typical graphite, soy and savoury notes with astringent with lively tannins and a deal $ .95 95 of grip. Acidity is vibrant, too. The wine is fruits and a savoury gauze of grapefruit juice in any 12 tasted in unavoidably warm conditions, came restraint. The combination of concentration in any 12 the individual block wines. Deep, bright a hint of tobacco leaf with black olive nuance. and zest. The acidity is important now, and 17 through with flying colours. It has a vibrancy and refinement is impressive. A lovely wine 29 crimson-purple, its flavours are strung Classy oak integration and fine-grained young and tight and demands more time. $31.95 PER BOTTLE will be so later. Striking. Alcohol: 4%. Date $19.95 PER BOTTLE and intensity that brings you up with a jolt, of excellent fruit purity, line and length. along a high tensile wire of foresty notes tannins. One of the very finest that marks Long term. This could be a stand-out in time. tasted: Sep 2017. Drink by: 2026. Price: $47. but you settle down quickly, enjoying the Alcohol: 12.5%. Tasted: May 2018. Drink: 2018- ex whole bunches, dripping satsuma plum the next statement of Vasse Felix cabernet. Very impressive. Closure: screwcap. Drink: Rating: 97/100. typical white peach/pink grapefruit flavour 2032. Price: $30. Rating: 96/100. and strawberry, curtailed and balanced by Ridiculously cheap for a wine of this quality. 2019 to 2039. Price: $135. Rating: 98/100. James Halliday, spectrum. Alcohol: 12.5%. Date tasted: Huon Hooke, savoury notes and fine tannins on the finish. Best drinking: Now to 2030. Rating: 97/100. Huon Hooke, Australian Wine Companion Mar 2017. Drink by: 2031. Price: $27. Rating: The Real Review Alcohol: 13%. Closure: screwcap. Date Ray Jordan The Real Review 95/100. tasted: Mar 2018. Drink by: 2030. Price: $45. RRP $47 RRP $30 RRP $47 RRP $135 James Halliday, Rating: 96/100. $ .95 Australian Wine Companion $ .95 James Halliday, $ .95 $ .95 34 in any 12 RRP $27 19 in any 12 Australian Wine Companion 34 in any 12 94 in any 12 $36.95 PER BOTTLE $21.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $45 $37.95 PER BOTTLE $99.95 PER BOTTLE

Trophy, Wine of Provenance, Royal Perth Wine "will only get better with cellar time", “looking to the future rather than the "a beautiful Vat 8 that will wow and woo a 6 Trophies, 18 Gold Medals Show 2017 Huon Hooke "This hits the bullseye", James Halliday past…a lightness of touch”, James Halliday great many", Gary Walsh Tyrrells Vat 47 Brookland Valley Estate Alkoomi Black Label Majella Cabernet John Duval Plexus Shiraz Tyrrells Vat 8 Shiraz Chardonnay 2013 Chardonnay 2016 Riesling 2016 Sauvignon 2015 Grenache Mourvedre Cabernet 2014 Region: Hunter Valley Rating: 97/100CC Region: Margaret River Rating: 96/100CC Region: Frankland River Rating: 95/100CC Region: Coonawarra Rating: 96/100CC 2016 Region: Hunter Valley Score: 96/100C Region: Barossa Valley Rating: 96/100CC x 6 Smoky, complex, low-level sulfides, a more Hand-picked, whole bunch-pressed, wild Palish colour; very young, unevolved dry This hits the bullseye, a great example of Red and black fruits, choc-licorice, but fresh, modern style emerging. Biscuity oak, seems fermentation in French barriques, including grass and mineral, earthy low notes of the synergy between place and variety. Its A 52/30/18% blend open-fermented separately, some vanilla cream. Medium bodied, smooth like a different kind of oak. Very good flavour mlf, matured on lees for 8 months with aroma. Not especially aromatic, but edgy colour is good, as is the bouquet, and that the grenache with up to 20% whole bunches, $ .95 operator, silky tannin, polished with perfect depth and richness allied with subtley and stirring. The vinification was sure-footed and minerally. A delicate, subtle, refined wine arrow arrives the moment the wine enters the matured for 15 months in French hogsheads in any 12 ripeness and a ribbon of red fruit flowing x 18 refinement, then a long, long carry. Very from start to finish, as was the picking date. with finely-woven laciness, seamless acidity mouth. It has waves of luscious, juicy red and 54 into the distance. Shows some oak and (13% new). This is a very good Barossa Valley $58.95 PER BOTTLE smart wine. Closure: screwcap. Drink to: The result is an almost delicate wine with and a long, fine finish. A lovely wine, which black fruits that fill every corner of the palate, SGM, looking to the future rather than the offers a more seductive, come-hither style 2027. Price: $75. Rating: 96/100. delicious stone fruit and pear flavours, the will only get better with cellar time. Alcohol: tannins and oak doing the job expected of $ .95 past. While the flavours are complex, there is for Tyrrells, though by the standards of many Huon Hooke, oak playing a pure support role having been 12.5%. closure: screwcap. Drink: to 2028. them. Alcohol: 14.5%. Drink to: 2040. Price: 31 in any 12 a lightness of touch ex the winery after careful other wineries in the region, it's subdued The Real Review used as a means to an end. Alcohol: 13.5% Price: $24. Rating: 95/100. $38. Rating: 96/100. $33.95 PER BOTTLE monitoring of ripeness in the vineyards. Thus and stylish. This is a beautiful Vat 8 that Tasted: Feb 2017. Drink By: 2026. Price: $48. will wow and woo a great many. Alcohol: RRP $75 Huon Hooke, James Halliday, it has the best of both worlds, and by rights Rating: 95/100. The Real Review Australian Wine Companion should please everyone with its mix of cherry, 14%. Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: May 15. Drink: 2017-2028. Rating: 95+/100. $ .95 James Halliday, RRP $24 RRP $38 plum and blackberry couched in savoury in any 12 Australian Wine Companion tannins on the finish. Alcohol: 14.5%. Closure: Gary Walsh, 54 screwcap. Date tasted: Jan 2018. Drink by: The Wine Front $58.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $48 $ .95 $ .95 16 in any 12 29 in any 12 2026. Price: $47. Rating: 95/100. RRP $75 $ .95 $18.95 PER BOTTLE $31.95 PER BOTTLE James Halliday, 33 in any 12 Australian Wine Companion $36.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $45 8 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 9 SUMMER IN A BOTTLE TAITTINGER BONUS OFFER A CORK WITH VEUVE MOISANS Pinot Gris/Grigio vines were initially brought to Australia in 1832 as Pineau Gris from PINOT GRIS OR PINOT GRIGIO? Buy a dozen the French Cote-d’Or by the godfather of Australian viticulture, James Busby. The road Made from one grape variety, a member of the Pinot Noir family, this grape has two leading to its current mass following has been a long one. Veuve Moisans different names thanks to the two countries which originally grew the variety. Sparkling wine is such a great drink at this time of year. Chilled and bursting with bubbles, and get a FREE bottle Pinot gris has all the attributes to provide great summer drinking. With rich but lively Essentially, pinot gris is French name for the grape named pinot grigio by the Italians. it screams fun and celebration. It’s not always an option to crack open a high-end sparkler, citrus complementing the crisp varietal pear and apple flavours, it begs to be chilled of Taittinger Brut Both names refer to the grey coloured tinge to the mature grape. The difference in the so it’s reassuring to know there is a wide range of highly affordable, quality wines available and enjoyed over the summer months, especially with seafood, white meats and salads bottle is that pinot grigio is a lighter, dryer, tangy style with distinct acidity, usually as to fit the bill. Reserve NV worth $55 and also as a refreshing aperitif. A great all-rounder. a result of earlier harvesting. Strictly speaking Pinot Gris is generally picked later and We’ve scanned our huge range of sparkling wines to come up with a list which represents riper, to allow for a more textural, complex and luscious wine, sometimes with a touch excellent quality and outstanding value. From local pinot-chardonnay bends, to Burgundian of sweetness. blanc de blancs and Italian prosecco, there is ideal sparkler for your enjoyment. Free Taittinger Brut Reserve Champagne with every dozen! “cool climate plus the very cool vintage "excellent wine", Huon Hooke “Interest and intrigue”, Toni Paterson have come up trumps”, James Halliday Veuve Moisans Blanc Lethbridge Estate The Other Wine Company Holm Oak Pinot Gris 2017 de Blancs NV Pinot Gris 2017 Region: Northern Tasmania Rating: 95/100CC Region Loire Valley Rating 93/100 C Pinot Gris 2016 Region: Adelaide Hills Rating: 94/100C 20% was wild-fermented in stainless steel Produced in the cool continental climate Region: Geelong Rating: 95/100CC without temperature control, the remainder One of Australia's best value vintage of the French, Loire Valley using the Made by the kings of the Adelaide Hills - Shaw Just the thing for summer entertaining sparklings 'Charmat Method', this pale golden Medium copper colour, very gris. The bouquet cool-fermented in tank with cultured yeast. Very + Smith. Brilliant pale straw colour. Mouth- straw blend of Chardonnay, Chenin and is fragrant and lifted with lots of spice and faint blush hue; pear blossom and pear fruit watering flavours with a zippy line of acidity. Pasqua Audrey Hepburn Blue Pyrenees Midnight Sauvignon Blanc is an elegant Blanc de talcum powder, and some nutty barrel-derived hold centre stage on the bouquet, but do make Bright and textural with lemon freshness. Prosecco DOC NV Cuvee 2012 Blancs. Uniquely light bodied with fresh complexity. The wine is light and fresh in room for other notes there and on the palate. It Master of Wine, Toni Paterson noted that there simple fruit flavours. Aromas of Granny the mouth, zesty with good acidity and fruit builds on re-evaluation, and there's no question Region: Veneto Score: 93/100C Region: Pyrenees Score: 94/100CC "there is a contemporary savoury edge that Smith apples, fresh citrus and delicate intensity, lively and firm, dry and savourybut the cool climate plus the very cool vintage have adds interest and intrigue". Wines like this are the reason Prosecco is riding One of Australia's best value vintage sparklings. floral notes combine with toasted bread, also has plenty of fruit. The finish and aftertaste come up trumps. Alcohol: 13%. Date tasted: Nov a huge wave of popularity. Third generation Produced through the "methode traditionelle" biscuit, malt, honey and marzipan are clean and refreshing, balanced and Kemenys 2017. Drink by: 2022. Price: $28. Rating: 95/100. Prosecco producers, Pasqua have come up Buy 6 get method. Fruit is handpicked in the cool of night characters. The palate is refreshing long. Excellent wine. Alcohol: 12.5%. closure: RRP $26 James Halliday, with a delicious wine. Aromas of blossoms for optimal fruit conditions. An elegant, delicate with crisp acidity and tight structure, screwcap. Drink to: 2021. Price: $32. Rating: Australian Wine Companion with a mixture of peach, pear and tropical fruit 1 free nose of green apples and citrus fruit. The palate balanced with a hint of residual 95/100. $ .95 RRP $28 notes. Flavours are creamy and zesty with is crisp and lively, the flavours in the lemon and in any 12 sweetness to soften the wine and finish. Huon Hooke, 22 grilled hazelnuts, crisp green apples, melon and lime spectrum with attractive minerally and A delicate fine, light mousse, this drink The Real Review $24.95 PER BOTTLE $ .95 balancing acidity. leading to a fresh moreish acidity running through. All class. now style is the perfect light starter to RRP $32 23 in any 12 finish. Just the thing for summer entertaining. Kemenys accompany appetisers. $25.95 PER BOTTLE rosecco, there is an ideal sparkling wine to see RRP $36 you happily through the summer and beyond. Kemenys $ .95 RRP $20 24 in any 12 Kemenys $ .95 $26.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $22 27 in any 12 $ .95 $ .95 $29.95 PER BOTTLE 14 in any 12 in any 12 $16.95 PER BOTTLE Felton Road's neighbour It;s already delicious", Michael Cooper Tasmania's top pinot gris? 14 $16.95 PER BOTTLE Domain Road Pinot Gris Quartz Reef Pinot Gris Bay of Fires Pinot Gris 2017 2017 2018 "long the best value sub $10 sparkling on Region: Central Otago Rating: 94/100CC Region: Central Otago Rating: 95/100CC Region: Northern Tasmania Rating: 95/100CC the shelves", Tyson Stelzer Tysons Stelzer's Sparkling Wine Under $20 Beautifully packaged sparkling This has sold out at the winery in a flash. No Awarded 5 stars "Certified biodynamic, the very Already boasting a major gold medal from the Wolf Blass Red Label Redbank Emily Bird In Hand Pour Les surprise, as Domain Road's Defiance Vineyard classy 2017 vintage (5*) was estate-grown at Melbourne Royal Wine Show 2018, Bay of Fires Chardonnay Pinot Noir Chardonnay Pinot Noir Amour Sparkling Pinot is on Felton Road just next to the vineyards of Bendigo, hand-harvested and fermented and Pinot Gris continues to lead the way with this Premium Cuvee NV Brut Cuvee NV Noir 2016 arguably New Zealand's most famous name lees-aged in tanks. Bright, light lemon/green, very popular varietal. Both aroma and flavour Region: South Australia Rating: 91/100 Region: King Valley Rating: 92/100 Region: Adelaide Hills Score: 93/100 whose wines sell for much higher prices. it is highly scented and mouthfilling, with cover the classic gris recipe of poached pear CC CC Aromas of pear, peach, and toffee apples on beautifully vibrant, well-ripened pear, lychee and apple, quince, citrus and Turkish delight. This is indeed one of Australia's iconic sparkling 67% Chardonnay, 33% Pinot Noir. The blend of Bird in Hand winery and fashion identities the nose, mingled with hints of honey and and spice flavours, showing excellent intensity, Great length, crunchy acidity and stony mineral wines. The winepress wax lyrical, year after just two family-run vineyards at the cool heights Dan Single and Bambi Northwood-Blyth have elderflower. On the palate it provides flavours finely balanced acidity and a dry, lingering texture complete the story. Classic Tassie gris. year about the quality of this classic blend of of 860m and 550m in Victoria's alpine country, collaborated on this beautifully packaged of peach, apple, citrus and ginger. A creamy finish. It's already delicious. $ .95 sparkling. Made from 100% Adelaide Hills Kemenys of chardonnay and pinot noir. It's a refreshing in any 12 this is a crunchy and fruity style that celebrates texture, it has balanced acidity with good levels Michael Cooper, balanced style that showcases the lemon, pear 10 the tension of the King Valley. At this price, pinot noir, it has strawberry and cherry aromas RRP $35 $12.95 PER BOTTLE of complexity and concentration followed by a New Zealand Wine Buyers Guide and peach flavours of chardonnay and pinot the complexity and texture of lees maturation accompanied by a floral lift enhanced by the long lingering finish. Bargain. RRP $35 $ .95 noir to compelling effect. Sparkling expert, in bottle are impossible to dial up. What you very fine persistent bead. The perfect pre Kemenys in any 12 Tyson Stelzer says that "this is singly the wine get instead is the fruity and friendly appeal dinner or celebratory drink. 29 I recommend more often than any other for big of cool climate chardonnay and pinot noir, RRP $30 $ .95 $31.95 PER BOTTLE Kemenys in any 12 receptions where budget is everything" and balancing red apple and pear fruit with lemon RRP $40 27 going on to say "long the best sub-$10 sparkling tang and taut acidity in a clean, primary blend $ .95 $29.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 on the shelves". of refreshing integrity and great value. The 19 ultimate big party toast Alcohol: 11.5%. Price: $ .95 $21.95 PER BOTTLE Kemenys in any 12 $16.00. Rating: 90/100. 19 RRP $14 $21.95 PER BOTTLE Tyson Stelzer, $ .95 Sparkling Report 2018 6 in any 12 RRP $16 $8.95 PER BOTTLE 10 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 11 Alsace Sancerre Chianti Piedmont Tucked into France's north-eastern corner, Alsace follows The small Loire Valley town of Sancerre is the Situated in the beautiful rolling hills of Tuscany, Chianti Piedmont is situated in the north-west corner the Rhine River through its long journey. Over 90% centre of the best-known sauvignon blanc in is one of the world’s most famous and popular wine of Italy and considered by many to produce FRANCE of Alsace wines are made from white grape varieties France. It’s also the inspiration behind our local ITALY styles. Made mainly from sangiovese grapes, Chianti the finest Italian wines, led by magnificent such as riesling, pinot blanc, pinot gris, gewurztraminer savvy boom. Sancerre has classic limestone is a rustic wine of dark and red berry flavours, and Barolo and Barbaresco. These two styles and crémant d’Alsace: a sparkling wine. Aromatic and terroir and the cool climate to produce crisp, flinty usually characterised by substantial tannins and brisk only account for 3% of Piedmont’s output, so balanced with impressive acidity and structure, these sauvignon blanc with flinty citrus/gooseberry acidity, which makes them tremendous food wines. there is a multitude of great red wines made wines are remarkably food friendly. flavours and super tight acidity. They don’t have ,predominantly, from barbera, nebbiolo and the overt grassiness of New Zealand savvys, which make Sancerre a far more versatile food wine. dolcetto. Dry and textural A striking blend Cracking young Chianti Classico ONE OF THE STARS OF THE REGION Domaines Schlumberger Hugel Gentil 2016 Vigna Vecchia Chianti Poggiotondo Chianti Pinot Gris 2016 Region: Alsace Classico 2015 Riserva DOCG 2011 Region: Alsace Rating: 94/100C Region: Tuscany Region: Tuscany Rating: 95/100C A striking blend of blend of Alsace Rating: 93/100C Rating: 96/100C Impressive pinot gris from Alsace showing both white grape varieties which is aromatic, Aromatic Chianti Classico with typical red berry, Made by one of the world's most revered Fine and intense Piedmont nero power and elegance. Full, ripe citrus, stonefruit flavoursome and very food friendly. It has What savvy is all about spice and attractive leathery notes. Typically winemakers - Alberto Antonini - voted by Tenuta San Pietro Nero and spice aromas. Flavours are of fully ripened aromas of spice and florals, with stone medium bodied with fresh, ripe cherry/ his peers as one of the top winemakers in white stonefruit, lychee and lime with a dusting fruits and some tangy citrus. Flavours are Domaine Christian boysenberry, gentle spice and a light touch the world, based on Decanters latest review. 2013 of baking spice. Despite the volume of fruit, its soft with a touch of sweetness, showing Salmon Sancerre 2017 of dried herb. Supremely balanced with soft The grapes are sourced from select parts of Region: Piedmont muscat, yellow peach and lemon, with dry and has a chalky mineral texture. Excellent Region: Sancerre tannins and cleansing acidity, there's plenty of low yielding vineyards. The extended time Rating: 94/100C a lovely line of natural acidity and some drinking. Rating: 94/100 enjoyment to be had here. on skins and ageing in oak barrels, delivers San Pietro Estate is located at Tassarolo gentle minerality. a wine that exhibits beautiful black fruit Kemenys Brilliant pale straw colour with greenish Kemenys in Piedmont in the Gavi DOCG area. RRP $40 Kemenys RRP $33 flavours and elegant spices. An endearing Highly aromatic with red berry, florals, RRP $28 highlights around the edges and a watery Chianti that is one of the stars of the region. hue. Aromas of citrus and subtle lime are aniseed and leather. Medium bodied with $ .95 laced with hints of grassiness and spicy $ .95 Kemenys concentrated flavours of ripe raspberry in any 12 $ .95 fresh herbs with stony mineral end notes. in any 12 RRP $60 and plum, gentle herb, dark chocolate, 29 in any 12 17 leather and spice. Brilliant drinking with $31.95 PER BOTTLE 18 The palate shows good concentration and $19.95 PER BOTTLE $20.95 PER BOTTLE $ .95 pasta bolognese or a veal parmigiana. has a fullish textural feel featuring flavours in any 12 of ripe citrus fruits overlaid by some grassy 44 Kemenys asparagus characters and a touch of lime $48.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $36 with a dry stony mineral finish. Kemenys $ .95 RRP $40 Sicily is one of Europe's oldest viticultural regions. Sicily's oenological history is an ancient 19 in any 12 MACON VILLAGES/CHABLIS $ .95 one, dating from the time when the island was part of Magna Graecia. One usually associates $21.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 fine wines with western Sicily or the areas near Mount Etna, with its volcanic soils and cooler Macon whites and Chablis are both sub-regions Burgundy, whereas the Chablis wines are grown 34 climate. The wines we have selected are fine, food-friendly reds with a combination of rich $37.95 PER BOTTLE SICILY of Burgundy, and both are made from Chardonnay. on limestone soils which lead to a far more flinty, fruit, complex savoury elements and fine tannins. Compared to Chablis, Macon wines are of a more austere style. "wonderful wine", Huon Hooke Reflects the true Italian palate for wine rich and luscious style more in the style of White Bruno Rocca Exuberant, single vineyard Sancerre and food Classic blend of indiginous Sicilian varieties Barbaresco 2015 An absolute standout A joy with seafood Terre di Giurfo Terre di Giurfo Etna Rosso Domaine du Nozay Region: Piedmont Joseph Drouhin Macon Domaine Fevre AC Sancerre 2016 Maskaria Cerasuolo di 2013 Rating: 97/100CC Villages Chardonnay 2016 Chablis 2015 Region: Sancerre Vittoria DOCG 2012 Region: Sicily Rating: 96/100 This is coming on superbly: a wine of Region: Chablis Region: Chablis Rating: 96/100CC Region: Sicily C superb harmony between savoury and Rating: 96/100 Rating: 94/100 Rating: 95/100 CC C Multi-award winning Sancerre from a C A blend of the native grapes (85% Nerello Mascalese fruit rich nuances. Excellent palate with and 15% Nerello Cappuccio). Sourced from 80 year Macon is a great introduction to the white Fresh, mouth-watering chablis that begs to passionate, winemaking family dedicated If you are looking for a wine that reflects lovely fleshiness and tannins to match the old vines on the high-altitude volcanic soils on the burgundy style without the breathtaking prices. be served with natural oysters. Lovely crisp solely to the pursuit of making perfect the true Italian palate for food and wine, generous volume of flavour. Wonderful slopes of Mt Etna - one of the world's most exciting The aromas are fresh and fragrant with citrus, citrus and stone fruit aromas with a little sauvignon blanc. This is an intense savvy, Terre di Giurfo's Maskaria is a great wine. Drink by: 2038. Price: $110. Rating: appellations. A Southern Italian Rosso of power honeysuckle and green melon with lemon fresh herb and crushed shells. Tight, dry and completely different to Marlborough or example. It is a Cerasuolo di Vittoria which 96/100. and grace It's fine-boned but deep, and intensely blossom. The flavours are crisp and generous, complex on the palate with lemon, green Australian expressions. Super dry with crisp is the only Sicilian wine style with DOCG Huon Hooke, flavoured with red cherry and spice on a precisely displaying grapefruit, stonefruit and melon apple and nectarine bolstered by vibrant lemon/lime flavours backed up by tense status. It is a blend of two native Sicilian The Real Review textured framework of stony minerals and tight with a little fig and brown spice. We actually acidity and excellent river-stone mineral natural acidity and powdery mineral texture. grape varieties: Nero d'Avola (locally acidity. Delicious with antipasto or hard cheeses. Will RRP $110 preferred this over the more expensive Joseph texture. A joy to drink with anything seafood. Oysters are a match made in heaven. known as Calabrese) and Frappato as the remainder. Deep cherry red in colour develop well for a decade or so. Try one and see what Drouhin Chablis. At a relatively modest price Kemenys Kemenys $ . with ethereal notes of blackberry and all the fuss is about. 95 for Burgundian chardonnay it is an absolute RRP $45 RRP $50 in any 12 raspberry. Pleasant and harmonic, slightly Kemenys 94 standout. tannic, velvety and most of all totally $99.95 PER BOTTLE Kemenys . RRP $60 $ . $ 95 flexible with most food pairings especially RRP $32 95 in any 12 in any 12 38 meat, pasta and cheese. $ . 34 $41.95 PER BOTTLE $ .95 95 $ .95 $36.95 PER BOTTLE 24 in any 12 Kemenys 39 in any 12 24 in any 12 $26.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $45 $41.95 PER BOTTLE $26.95 PER BOTTLE

12 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 13 Celebrating 50 Years of crafting Special Magnum Offer The Revolution Continues Buy 6 bottles of Pasqua 11 Award-Winning Wines Minutes Rosé 2017 and get a Taylors’ vision to craft world class wines started back in 1969 on the banks of the Wakefield cabernet sauvignon vineyard. In 2004 they were the first major winery to release 100% of their River in the Clare Valley. It was the day mankind walked on the moon when they first stepped wines under screwcap. From their first vintages, Taylors have stuck to the principle that the The rose revolution continues to rage, with no sign of slowing up. As we’ve pointed out 1.5 Litre foot onto the terra rossa soils of what was to become the Taylors family estate. A momentous finest wines are those made with the greatest dedication and care. Above all, the imperative day in history and an auspicious start to Taylor’s winemaking journey. In digging the first has always been to respect the fruit. It’s a philosophy that has succeeded admirably. previously, the French drink more rose than white wine, and in Australia, rose consumption gift-boxed vineyard dam, there was a surprising discovery - tiny fossilised seahorses in the limestone continues to rise, especially during the warmer months. It’s really the ideal wine for From more than 50,000 producers and 700,000 wines, Taylors was ranked #1 by the World bedrock, a reminder that 600 million years ago, the soils were part of an ancient inland sea. Association of Wine Writers and Journalists in 2017 across the top 80 international wine Australia’s lifestyle. It matches any cuisine and is a great thirst quencher on its own. Taylors adopted these seahorses as the symbol for the family wine brand. magnum of competitions. In 2018, they were again humbled to receive the award for the ‘World’s Best Freshness and versatility at once. Despite fortified and sweet wines being the preferred styles of the day, in the quest to create Cabernet’ in the spiritual home of Cabernet, France, at the prestigious Concours International table wines that rivalled the best of the ‘old world’, the family planted Australia’s largest des Cabernets. Here we have a great international selection of roses, all in our preferred dry and pale Pasqua 11 salmon pink style. Minutes Rosé (worth $55) Bordeaux via Taylors Tradition continues True to its region and variety LUCIOUS ELEGANCE Taylors Taylors Estate Taylors Estate Taylors Jaraman x 2 Magnum available separately FREE Winemakers Cabernet Shiraz 2017 Shiraz 2017 for $55 a bottle Project Bordeaux Sauvignon 2017 Region: Clare Valley Region: Clare Valley Drink it from sunrise to sunset and every hour in between New Zealand's rose hit sensation Blend 2014 Region: Clare Valley Rating: 93/100C Rating: 94/100C Chill it and love it. Region: South Australia Rating: 93/100C Following on from the success This is a synergistic blend Pour Les Amour Provence Indian Summer Rosé 2018 Pasqua 11 Minutes Rating: 95/100CC Continuing the Taylors tradition of the 2016 vintage, the 2017 is of Clare Valley and McLaren Rosé 2017 Region: Hawkes Bay Rating: 95/100CC Rosé 2017 a great successor. It has to be Vale fruit which melds the Region: Cotes de Provence Rating: 94/100 TWP stands for Taylors Winemaker's of outstanding Clare reds, this CC New Zealand's rose hit sensation has arrived Region: Italy Rating: 94/100 is cabernet of great intensity one of the most outstanding best characteristics of both C Project. When you let skilled Pour Les Amour Rose is made from organically at Kemenys - first. This is the first time that with deep aromas of dark value for money shiraz around. regions. The Clare component This has spring and summer drinking all winemakers off the leash to grown grapes from Provence in the South Indian Summer has been available in Australia $ . berry, subtle spice and a True to its region and variety, contributes richness of 95 over it. From Veneto this is made from experiment in making wines that of France. It is a Cinsault dominate wine despite its meteoric rise to become one of the in any 12 touch of eucalypt. Distinctive showing ripe plum and blackberry fruit, mint and spice. 19 50% Corvina grapes, 25% Trebbiano they want to drink you often get with Mouvedre and Grenache for depth and best selling rosés across Asia. Waiana Estate, blackcurrant and cassis fruit blackberry fruit with minty McLaren Vale grapes provide $21.95 PER BOTTLE di Lugarna with a little and a great result - in this case, it is complexity. This 2017 Rosé is delicate pale located in Hawkes Bay, only produce rose and flavours, chocolate, dried notes in the background. A dark chocolate and savoury Carmenere. The name '11 Minutes' refers exceptional. Taylors winemakers pink in colour with lots of mouthwatering light they are very good at it. Blended from pinot gris leaves and spice. A cabernet touch of vanillin oak adds ferrous/earthy elements. It has to the amount of time the juice is left in have created a delicious red blend fruit flavours including guava, watermelon, and and it is a dry, ultra-pale Provencal-style to be enjoyed upon release additional interest. A versatile, excellent grippy tannins and contact with skins in order to extract from Bordeaux's traditional varietals tangelo. On the palate it is creamy, round, and rose boasting mountains of minerality. It is and reward careful cellaring food friendly shiraz for any loads of length. Match it with colour. Pale salmon in colour, this has of: cabernet sauvignon, merlot, full, yet it is bone dry with a crisp finish, lovely about as close to a Provencal rosé as you'll find up to 2028. occasion. anything beef. red berry, floral and spice aromas. Fresh malbec and cabernet franc. A texture, and great length. Drink it from sunrise outside of France. Try it and see what all the Kemenys Kemenys and dry on the palate with lively citrus, silky amalgam of blackcurrant and Kemenys to sunset and every hour in between. fuss is about. Perfect on a hot summer's day. blueberries, spices, tobacco and RRP $20 RRP $20 RRP $32 strawberry and raspberry flavours Kemenys Kemenys balance with fine acidity. Chill it and smoky oak and excellent length. $25 $ .95 Extraordinary value drinking. $ .95 $ .95 $ .95 $32 love it. in any 12 in any 12 in any 12 in any 12 19 Kemenys 13 13 24 Kemenys $21.95 PER BOTTLE $15.95 PER BOTTLE $15.95 PER BOTTLE $26.95 PER BOTTLE $ .95 RRP $30 $ .95 in any 12 RRP $30 in any 12 19 24 $21.95 PER BOTTLE $26.95 PER BOTTLE An unusual fusion THAT WORKS FLAGSHIP CLARE VALLEY RIESLING Taylors Jaraman Taylors St Andrews Chardonnay 2017 Riesling 2017 "beautifully restrained modern rose", Buy a straight or mixed case of any Affordable luxury Pure refreshment at an exceptional price Toni Paterson MW Region: Clare Valley - Region: Clare Valley Margaret River Rating: 96/100CC Chateau de Bregancon Devils Ridge Block 1 Marchand & Burch Rating: 94/100 Taylors wines and get a case C Very interesting: Taylor's says the La Reserve Cru Classe Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir Villages Rosé 2017 An unusual fusion of the Clare grapes are harvested, pressed Provence Rosé 2016 Rosé 2017 Region: Great Southern Rating: 95/100CC Valley and Margaret River fruit. and chilled below 10 degrees (12 x 375ml) of Singapore’s Region: Cotes de Provence Rating: 96/100CC Region: Adelaide Hills Rating: 93/100CC The source area for this sophisticated rose is It has intense lifted aromas C within 15 minutes of harvest. mainly the Great Southern with a small portion of ripe citrus and fresh stone That's some sort of speed record, Provence is the spiritual home of rosé and Made in the provence style this a pale salmon, national lager - Tiger - worth $25 from Margaret River. A beautifully restrained fruit with a hint of flint and even if the vineyard is adjacent this is one of its best. It was recently rated in dry pinot rosé from one of the First Families modern rosé with fresh cream aromas and spice. The Clare Valley element to the winery. Opens quietly then the top five 2016 Provence rosés in US Wine of Wine. Vibrant summer berry aromas with a pale salmon-pink hue. Bright integrated delivers mid palate fleshiness rapidly gains flavour and length as & Spirits magazine. A blend of Grenache and some fresh herb and spice. Beautifully light and acidity with flavours of ripe lemon and starfruit. along with enticing citrus and it moves towards the lovely, juicy cinsault. The colour is luminous and pale. crisp, with fresh, tangy flavours of strawberry, Fermentation in old oak barrels has helped white peach characters whilst lime-infused finish. Alcohol: 12.5%. The complex and delicate nose is marked by raspberry and spice. Smooth, dry and supple, create a savoury, crisp, refined dry rosé. Despite the Margaret River component Drink by: 2032. Price: $40. Rating: peach, grapefruit and exotic fruits. The palate with balanced acidity, it should be served its restraint, the wine has a lovely frame. Highly contributes elegance and 95/100. is silky and elegant. A bowl of garlicky clams or well-chilled. Pure refreshment at an exceptional recommended. Drink to: 2019. Price: $26. restrained flinty notes that are mussels please. price. James Halliday, Rating: 95/100. typical of this region. There is Australian Wine Companion Kemenys Kemenys a smooth creaminess and the Toni Paterson MW, RRP $40 $40 texture is fine and tight with a $ .95 The Real Review $ . fresh, crisp acidity and a long, $ . $ . in any 12 RRP $26 95 graceful finish. 95 95 8 19 in any 12 29 in any 12 24 in any 12 $10.95 PER BOTTLE $ .00 $21.95 PER BOTTLE Kemenys $31.95 PER BOTTLE $26.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 RRP $26 19 $21.00 PER BOTTLE

14 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 15 SHOW STOPPER Whites SHOW STOPPER Reds We’ve drawn together a group of stellar wines which have been having great success on the show circuit. It’s an eclectic mix of producers and styles which should satisfy the most discerning of wine lovers.

Louis Roederer were the stand out winners at the recent Made by the Tate family, pioneers of the Margaret River wine The Baby Doll brand has finally arrived on Australian shores This sheer quality of this wine accentuates the synergy Bleasdale continues to produce spectacular wines at Handpicked Mornington Peninsula Collection Pinot Noir 2017 Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championships industry. This wine has a trophy winning history, with this 2017 with a bang. The wine, made by the incredibly successful between the malbec grape and the unique Langhorne amazingly reasonable prices. This wine has gorged itself on was awarded the trophy for ‘Best Pinot Noir in Australia’ at the awards picking up both the Supreme World Champion vintage cleaning up 3 trophies and 4 gold medals including Yealands group has announced its quality with the coveted Creek terroir. With a trophy in 2016 and golds in consecutive trophies and gold medals, including ‘Best Red’ at the Sydney Australian Pinot Noir Challenge 2018. This is Australia's only award for its Louis Roederer NV Brut Premier as well as ‘Best Value White’ at the Sydney Royal Wine Show 2017. It’s ‘Best Wine from New Zealand’ trophy from the Hong Kong years at the Royal Queensland Wine Show, the 1960 Royal Wine Show 2018. How a wine of this quality can sell at show dedicated to pinot noir and it was awarded 97 points by being named Sparkling Wine Producer of the Year 2018 rare indeed to find such a highly decorated wine at such a International Wine & Spirit Competition 2018. Bleasdale The Pioneer Malbec 2014 is certainly one for such a low price is as mystifying as it is gratifying. judges, beating more than 250 other top tier Australian pinots. low price. the cellar. It will build complexity in the cellar for at least another decade. Louis Roederer Brut Premier NV Miles From Nowhere Baby Doll Pinot Gris Bleasdale Wellington Handpicked Collection 2018 Pinot Noir 2017 x 2 Region: Montagne de Reims Sauvignon Blanc 2017 1960 Bleasdale The Road Shiraz Cabernet Rating: 96/100CC Region: Margaret River Region: Marlborough Rating: 95/100CC Pioneer Malbec 2014 x 2 Sauvignon 2016 x 2 Region: Mornington Peninsula Rating: 94/100 Rating: 97/100CC I've long adored Brut Premier, a masterful x 3 CC Babydolls (miniature sheep) roam freely Region: Langhorne Creek Region: Langhorne Creek presentation of impeccably ripe fruit of A double trophy winning savvy from one of at Yealands Estate. Too short to eat the Rating: 96/100CC x 6 Rating: 96/100CC x 2 Handpicked's 'Collection' label is reserved intricate balance and abundant appeal: grapes off the vines, they make a perfect x 3 for their very best wines. This pinot noir x 2 Margaret River's pioneering family-owned Bleasdale is one of the most historic a dependable bargain in the non-vintage year-round lawn mower. Winner of the Shiraz and cabernet in almost equal ticks all the boxes. Made from pristine wineries - the Tate family. One of the stars Australian wineries, having been champagne stakes... an excellent Brut Trophy for the Best Wine from New Zealand proportions 51:49, and that's exactly what Mornington Peninsula fruit, the aroma of the 2017 Sydney Royal Wine Show taking established in 1850 by Frank Potts, and Premier that captures the depth of at the 2018 Hong International Wine & Spirit you taste. Bright garnet and purple hued. shows dark and red berries, earthy savoury out the trophy for not only 'Best Sauvignon is the spiritual centre of Langhorne Roederer in red fruits, proclaiming a little Competition. Babydoll senior winemaker Blackberry, blackcurrant and spice. The characters, smoky oak and spice. The Blanc' but also the trophy for 'Best Value Creek. With production in the earlier more pinot noir than usual, with all the Natalie Christensen said "after a fantastic 25% new oak adds support and structure palate had excellent weight, with dark White Wine'. Bright and zesty aromas of days going to make a range of fortified biscuity, brioche and ginger complexity of harvest we had a feeling this pinot gris to the medium-bodied frame, but not cherry, herbs and earth, spicy oak and silky citrus, tropical fruits and melon. Crisp ports and sherries, Bleasdale's very first deep reserves in barrels. The vintage lends was going to be something special: intruding. Gold medals across many shows tannins. Drinking beautifully now, and will and lively, showing tangy lemon and lime, varietal wine was actually a malbec its characteristic touch of dry grip to the really focused, with these amazing lifted attests to the quality of the wine. Alcohol: cellar well for another five or six years. inviting tropicals, passionfruit and green in 1961. Possessing classic Langhorne finish, yet less pronounced than in most aromatics and beautiful concentrated 14%. Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Jan melon. Delicious drinking on its own, or a Creek richness, structure and texture, from this season. A cuvee of excellent acid mouthfeel". 2018. Drink by: 2028. Price: $30. Rating: Kemenys perfect match with grilled seafood. this 1960 Bleasdale The Pioneer Malbec drive and well-integrated dosage. Bravo. 95/100. RRP $60 Kemenys 2014 will develop beautifully for over a Rating: 93/100. Kemenys James Halliday, Buy 6 get RRP $18 RRP $22 decade. Only 576 dozen made. Tyson Stezler, Australian Wine Companion $ .95 Kemenys in any 12 $ .95 The Champagne Guide 2018-2019 1 free $ .95 $ .95 $ .60 $ .95 RRP $30 44 68 in any 12 RRP $100 14 in any 12 19 22 in any 12 $47.95 PER BOTTLE $71.95 PER BOTTLE 12 $16.95 PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE $24.95 PER BOTTLE

Hawke’s Nay is ‘Nirvana’ for top shelf syrah and Crossroads is Yealands Family Wines have been named as the creators of Tyrrell’s are the undisputed champions of Hunter semillon A ‘tour de force’ from Penfolds who have firmly established one of the region’s flagship. In 2018 Crossroads took out the clean Tasmania is a beacon for outstanding Australian pinot noir, Over decades, Yabby Lake has had a brilliant show record with its New Zealand’s best Sauvignon Blanc for the second year in and this wine, with 4 major trophies and 16 golds, reinforces themselves as one of Australia’s premier chardonnay sweep at London’s famous International Wine Challenge. It firstly with its cool, slow ripening vineyards and multitude of ideal pinots. Pinot magician Tom Carson has presided over their massive a row at the 2018 Marlborough Wine Show. The WineWorks the reputation. The fact that this began accumulating the producers. This absolutely dominated the Sydney Royal took out the trophies for Best Hawke’s Bay Syrah and Best New micro-climates and soil profiles. Southern Tasmania’s Bream collection of major trophies. This lovely red has four gold medals and Trophy for Champion Sauvignon Blanc was awarded to their accolades from 2015 indicates the benefits of bottle age for Wine Show 2018 and National Wine Show of Australia 2018, Zealand Syrah. It was then judged against all other nation’s Syrah Creek has long been a Kemenys favourite, with their pinot two trophies, including the very prestigious ‘Best Single Vineyard Dry 2018 Peter Yealands Reserve Sauvignon Blanc, the same this classic style – and it’s only going to get better. Way under- winning ‘Best Wine of Show’ and ‘Best White Wine’ in both. trophy winners and was crowned Best International Syrah. It is never less than excellent. A ‘Best in Show’ at the Decanter Asia Red’ trophy at the National Wine Show of Australia 2017. They don’t come honour that was awarded to the 2017 vintage in last year’s priced for such a rare gem. Enough said. rarity to discover a Syrah that has been recognised as ‘best in the World Wine Awards 2018 and a gold at Royal Adelaide 2018 much bigger than that. An icon. competition. world” at a major International Show at a price that is relatively says plenty about this cracking red.. modest by world standards. Penfolds Reserve Bin Yabby Lake Single Peter Yealands Reserve Tyrrells Stevens Single Crossroads Bream Creek Pinot Noir 17A Chardonnay 2017 Vineyard Pinot Noir Sauvignon Blanc 2018 Vineyard Semillon 2011 Winemakers Collection 2016 Region: Hunter Valley x 7 Region: Adelaide Hills x 3 Region: Coal Valley x 2 2016 Region: Marlborough Syrah 2014 Rating: 96/100CC x 4 Rating: 97/100CC Rating: 99/100CCC Rating: 96/100CC Region: Mornington Peninsula x 2 x 3 Region: Hawkes Bay x 4 Rating: 96/100 They've done it again. Crowned for the Pour a glass of this for the unwary, and Hand-picked, wild fermentation and 100% Rating: 97/100 The aromas are fresh, lively and light, CC x 16 CC x 2 second consecutive year as New Zealand's half will think it's a cool climate riesling, mlf in French barriques (40% new). Easy with ample plum, pomegranate and 95% MV6, 5% D4V2 clone, hand-picked, best sauvignon blanc at the Marlborough the lemon juice acidity suggesting the to see how it swept all before it at the The Winemakers Collection Syrah from spiced raspberry richness. The oaking an average of 20% whole bunches Wine Show 2018. An intensely aromatic Eden Valley as one possibility, Porongurup Sydney Wine Show '18, Superb gravitas, Crossroads includes the winery's finest is so discreet as to be invisible as a clear (separate batches 0-30%), wild- savvy showing guava, citrus and fresh another. It is really hard to spit out, chiselled like a marble Roman statue. parcels of fruit, carefully prepared and aromatic note, merely helping to round out fermented, 8-15 days on skins, matured grassy notes. Vibrant flavours of lemon, and I console myself thinking it's only Amazing poise and length, acidity the key selected from their own vineyards. This the wine's aromatic profile and soften the for 11 months in French oak (20% new). gooseberry and stone fruit, balanced with 11% alcohol as I sneak a micro-swallow. to the kingdom. Alcohol: 12.5%. Closure: intensely aromatic wine has complex fruit contours a little. On the palate, the Supple and smooth; red fruits in the tight acidity. A smooth, long wine which Alcohol: 11%. Date tasted: 22 Mar 2016. Screwcap. Drink: to 2027. Price: $125. dark berry and plum with hints of violets wine is lively, juicy, exuberant and long, ascendant on the expressive bouquet deserves its accolades. Try it with Thai Drink by: 2026. Price: $40. Rating: 96/100. Rating: 98/100. pepper and smoke on the nose. The the fruits bubbling and cascading through and palate. Gentle spices will grow over cuisine. James Halliday, palate is rich and silky with blackberry the mouth to a soft, gentle end. Drink: by time, adding another dimension to an James Halliday, and cherry flavours, savoury spices and James Halliday's Top 100 2026. Rating: 97/100. already compelling wine. Alcohol: 13.5%. Kemenys Australian Wine Companion a long finish. There is an elegance here RRP $22 RRP $40 RRP $125 Judges Comments, Date tasted: Mar 2016. Drink by: 2028. that one only finds with top quality cool Price: $64. Rating: 95/100. climate reds. Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2018 $ .95 $ .95 $ .95 $ .95 RRP $42 James Halliday, in any 12 in any 12 in any 12 Kemenys $ .95 $ .95 in any 12 in any 12 in any 12 Australian Wine Companion 15 29 99 39 RRP $55 34 44 $17.95 PER BOTTLE $32.95 PER BOTTLE $104.95 PER BOTTLE $41.95 PER BOTTLE $36.95 PER BOTTLE $48.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $64

16 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 17 "Fluid grace and effortless power", STANDOUT James Halliday Mountadam High Eden Chardonnay 2016 GIANT STEPS Yarra Valley based vigneron, Phil Sexton lives with his family in including, whenever possible, vinification using indigenous yeasts Region: Eden Valley Rating: 97/100CC the middle of their 80 acre vineyard established on the high north and gravity flow transfers. face of the Warramate Ranges in the dress circle of the Yarra Valley. From the oldest plantings on the estate, fermented Until recently Giant Steps have made only single vineyard wines, CHARDONNAY Specialising in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir and Syrah, Giant Steps in French oak, matured for 12-14 months before but the new Yarra Valley range is made from handpicked fruit explore site, micro climatic and clonal differences between several a barrel selection for this wine, which is one of from all of the estate vineyards. The wines are produced using the best produced ex the Eden Valley as a whole. specialized vineyards in the Yarra Valley and also new pinot noir indigenous yeasts, gravity-flow winemaking, and minimal fining It has fluid grace and effortless power, the fruit vineyards in Tasmania and Central Otago. Focused intently upon flavours at the midpoint of the stone fruit (white and filtration. This approach produces highly expressive wines, TOSQ Vinyard - Central Otago, NZ reflecting the individual and unique characteristics of each single Chardonnay has made a big comeback in recent years, through the 2000s, with many making tightly wound, peach) /citrus (grapefruit) spectrum. Lovely wine. true to the regional characteristics of the Yarra Valley. after decades of identity crisis. When it first became a highly acidic, flinty wines which many found too much Alcohol: 14%. Price: $40. Drink: to 2026. Rating: vineyard, Giant Steps adopts a minimalist approach to winemaking fashion item of the 1980s, the wines were overripe and of a challenge. 97/100. over-oaked, They were impressive on the first sip but James Halliday, Over the last decade chardonnay producers have it was difficult to drink more than a glass. Chardonnay Australian Wine Companion found their mojo, making a range of classic styles to fatigue was a great boon to the sauvignon blanc RRP $40 suit any palate, from rich and oaky, to refined, complex invasion, with drinkers looking for something light and masterpieces capable of cellaring beautifully for a unoaked. With some notable exceptions, chardonnay $ .95 decade or more. in any 12 winemakers seem to have generally overreacted 29 $31.95 PER BOTTLE

Blast from the past “Very rich and complex”, Huon Hooke Devils Ridge Block 9 Cullen Kevin John Oldest Australian cool-climate Traditional Margaret River Chardonnay 2016 chardonnay vineyards Chardonnay 2017 Region: Margaret River Rating: 98/100 Region: Margaret River CC In the late 1960's industry icon David Wynn set out to find Rating: 93/100CC Mid-yellow, bright colour. The bouquet seems a place to grow truly exceptional chardonnay. He settled forward and overt but is very rich and complex, on land which lies at the highest point of Barossa's Eden This pioneering family of the Margaret River loaded with smoky, toasty, buttery oak, fruit and $ .95 region harvested the first crop of chardonnay Valley. In the early 1970's David pioneered cool climate $ .00 lees complexities, the palate full-bodied and rich, in any 12 from their Miamup vineyard in the early 1980's. chardonnay by planting several clones on the rocky 9 115 multi-layered and long. A tour de force. It seems $11.95 PER BOTTLE In those early days, chardonnay was set aside in PER BOTTLE bigger and more forward than usual for this quartz ridge of the current day Mountadam Vineyards site. barrel for long periods to mature into the classic label, but it is immediately satisfying The longer The east facing ridge rises 550 metres above sea level and style of oak-aged chardonnay. Chardonnay the wine is in the glass and the more you taste, is home to the oldest cool climate chardonnay vineyards tastes may have evolved over the decades but the more details are perceived. Alcohol: 13.5%. "impeccable, really", “Almost luminous in its vibrant taste many long still for that traditional style. This in Australia. A traditional chardonnay with aromas of ripe Closure: screwcap. Drink: 2018 to 2028. Price: Campbell Mattinson “An utterly delicious wine”, Huon Hooke “Wickedly drinkable”, Mike Bennie and colour”, James Halliday “A beautiful obsession” pioneer winery has gone back to its roots, peach and cashews. French oak maturation has led to $125. Rating: 97/100. producing a traditional style of chardonnay a spicy undertone on the palate and partial malolactic Giant Steps Giant Steps Giant Steps Giant Steps Giant Steps TOSQ from the very same Miamup vineyard some 35 Huon Hooke, fermentation has given the wine a smooth, generous mid Yarra Valley Syrah Yarra Valley Pinot Noir Yarra Valley LDR Pinot Noir Syrah Vineyard Pinot Noir years on. Deep oak complexity and rich buttery The Real Review palate. Only 750 dozen produced. character. RRP $127 2017 2018 Chardonnay 2018 2017 2017 Region: Yarra Valley Region: Yarra Valley Region: Yarra Valley Region: Yarra Valley Region: Central Otago Kemenys Rating: 95/100C Rating: 96/100CC Rating: 95/100C Rating: 96/100CC Rating: 97/100CC It's pretty much as you'd expect and Light to medium, bright red/purple It's a ripper drink. Shows pedigree The vintage conditions were ideal for this Giant Steps' obsession with single hope; no better, no worse. Everything colour, with a wonderfully fragrant, of the top Giant Steps wines but rapidly developing style pioneered by the vineyard pinot noir has led them to Best ever Pierro Chardonnay? One of the rising stars of the Great Southern 1960 Mountadam is in good sound order but at the same aromatic nose of spicy red and dark delivers a wickedly drinkable, tangy, pocket rocket winemaker at Yarra Yering source grapes from one of the most time - no mean feat - it offers a pile of cherry. There's a subtle hint of Campari lemon-drizzled-apple-crunch of yummo Sarah Crowe, LDR standing for light dry remote vineyards in Central Otago. This Pierro Chardonnay 2017 Rockcliffe Single Site $ .60 Old Vine personality. Bunchy herb notes, black in the aroma and aftertaste which comes chardonnay with enough pep and vigour red. The red cherry and plum flavours coldest and driest part of New Zealand Region: Margaret River Chardonnay 2015 19 Chardonnay 2016 cherry, svelte mouthfeel, peppercorns from the whole-berry and whole-bunch (and faint salted nutty savouriness) to bond with each other with no sign of a situated on glacial terraces just happens Rating: 97/100CC PER BOTTLE and florals. Heaps going on and yet fermenting techniques. It's light to blast off on those warm, baking summer dividing line - it's almost luminous in its to be perfect for growing pinot noir. Just Region: Denmark Region: Eden Valley Rating: 95/100C it feels seamless. The finish isn't medium-bodied yet very intense, with days. That aside, there's spring to texture, vibrant taste and colour. Alcohol: 13%. to top things off, the vineyard is certified Long at the forefront of great Australian Rating: 95/100CC scintillating, in terms of length, but it's penetrating flavour, line and length. light juiciness, a pucker followed by Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Feb 2018. organic. This bright and expressive chardonnay flagships, Pierro has again A single vineyard chardonnay from one of well and truly satisfying. It's in a good The tannins are light and fine yet quite mouth-watering refreshment to close. No Drink by: 2027. Price: $35. Rating: 96/100. pinot leads with dark cherry, plum and served up a wine of outstanding power and I liked the 2015 but I love the 2016. It's a the rising stars of the Great Southern. It's a special bottling made for Kemenys, in a place. It's a very good wine. Impeccable, present. An utterly delicious wine and a brainer for quality, bright, quietly complex James Halliday, undertones of thyme. Toasted oak notes concentration. Has the intense aromas of beautiful chardonnay. A highly expressive batch of just 750 dozen. Mountadam is really. My score kept increasing the great follow-up to the outstanding 2017. but wholly guzzle-worthy chardonnay. Australian Wine Companion impart a nice mouthfeel against the citrus, stone fruit, spice and toasty oak. The bouquet of stone fruit and nuttiness. It hits longer I sat with it, and this note probably And like that wine, amazing value for Alcohol: 12%. Tasted: Nov 2018. Drink: generous palate through a long finish. going from strength to strength under RRP $35 palate pummels with a rich, deep combination you with a racy palate, built around peach and reflects that. Alcohol: 13.5%. Closure: money. The aromatics are quintessential 2018-2025. Price: $35. Rating: 93/100. Undeniably enjoyable now and will of nectarine, grapefruit and toasted cashews. winemaker Helen McCarthy, and this is as grapefruit and minerally acidity. Judicious use good as it gets for anywhere near $20. It screwcap. Date tasted: Aug 2018. Drink: Yarra Valley pinot noir. Alcohol: 13.5%. Mike Bennie, mature gracefully over the next ten years. A beautifully tight line of acidity maintains of oak provides layers of textural complexity. $ .00 offers stone fruits and cashews and French to 2029+. Price: $35. Rating: 94/100. Tasted: Nov 2018. Drink: 2018-2028. Price: The Wine Front Kemenys freshness and balance on top of an impossibly Pristine and flavoursome. in any 12 oak with seamless integration; it's pitch Campbell Mattinson, $35. Rating: 94/100. 30 RRP $75 long finish. One of the best ever. RRP $35 Kemenys perfect, nothing's overdone here, it's great The Wine Front Huon Hooke, $31.95 PER BOTTLE Kemenys RRP $60 drinking now and will be for the next 2 -3 RRP $35 The Real Review $ . $ .95 RRP $91.95 00 in any 12 $ . years. Bargain. Rating: 95/100. RRP $35 30 in any 12 67 $ . 95 Kim Brebach, $ .00 $31.95 PER BOTTLE $71.95 PER BOTTLE 95 in any 12 in any 12 $ . in any 12 31 Best Wine Under $20 30 00 71 $34.95 PER BOTTLE in any 12 $75.95 PER BOTTLE $31.95 PER BOTTLE 30 $31.95 PER BOTTLE

18 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 19 Winner – ‘Best Australian Blanc de Blancs’ Hidden Label Pyrenees Blanc de Blancs 2013 x 3 (KHL 1325) Region: Pyrenees Rating: 94/100 $ .00 14 in any 12 Gold medals at 2017 Queensland Royal Wine Show and 2017 Melbourne International Wine Competition were $16.00 PER BOTTLE just the beginning. Winner of the Best Australian Blanc de Blancs at the world's premier sparkling show - the Champagne & Sparkling World Wine Championships 2018. Using fruit sourced from the best parcels of The Hidden Label concept is simple. cool-climate Victorian Chardonnay and following the traditional method, the 100% Chardonnay sparkling is classic in nature with notes of subtle peach and lemon. The finish is textural and engaging, yet with bold We sell high quality, highly rated wines for far less than a winery would ever be natural acidity. Great aperitif. Kemenys prepared to let it be sold for under its own label. Simple. Sells for up to $26 under its own label

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“Floods the mouth with One of Australia's greatest “This is right up there”, blackcurrant and plum”, "a truly wonderful trattoria "so highly flavoured..but it's "takes you prisoner from the “Vibrant, fresh, textured and Eden Valley riesling in very Extraordinary concentration cellaring bargains James Halliday James Halliday wine", James Halliday dry", James Halliday Destined for greatness Concentrated, lively flavours first sip", James Halliday long”, James halliday Complex textural pinot gris good form. and structure Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Hidden Label Central Victorian Coonawarra Langhorne Creek Barossa Grenache Barossa Valley Special Reserve Pemberton Tumbarumba Margaret River Adelaide Hills Eden Valley Special Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2015 Cabernet Malbec Shiraz Mourvedre Rosé 2017 Hunter Valley Chardonnay 2016 Chardonnay 2016 Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Gris 2017 Riesling 2018 Hunter Valley Sauvignon 2015 (KHL 8813) 2014 (KHL 5459) 2015 (KHL 8814) (KHL 2396) Shiraz 2017 (KHL 7441) (KHL 8551) Semillon 2016 (KHL 2024) (KHL 1603) Chardonnay 2017 (KHL 5201) Region: Coonawarra Region: Langhorne Creek Region: Barossa Valley Region: Barossa Valley (KHL 4180) Region: Pemberton Region: Tumbarumba (KHL 8339) Region: Adelaide Hills Region: Eden Valley (KHL 4335) Region: Central Victoria Rating: 95/100 Rating: 96/100 Rating: 95/100 Rating: 95/100 Region: Hunter Valley Rating: 94/100 Rating: 96/100 Region: Margaret River Rating: 95/100 Rating: 95/100 Region: Hunter Valley Rating: 94/100 It's easy to see why this should 61% cabernet sauvignon, 18% A light, brilliantly coloured blend Grenache, cinsaut and Rating: 97/100 Western Australia's Pemberton Hand-picked, part whole bunch- Rating: 95/100 Made by Australia's second- Made by an iconic family-owned Rating: 97/100 Unimpeachable varietal have won a trophy at the malbec, 9% merlot, 8% petit of grenache, shiraz, mourvedre, mourvedre. The complexity of This outstanding shiraz comes region produces some of pressed and wild-fermented A blend of 86.9% sauvignon oldest family owned and and operated winery in the cool This intensely complex expression from the first whiff Limestone Coast Wine Show '16, verdot, 4% cabernet franc, gold cinsaut and carignan. A finely the fragrant bouquet with its from an excellent Hunter Valley Australia's finest chardonnays. in barriques and puncheons blanc and 13.1% semillon that operated winery (Est.1850) High Eden sub-region of the chardonnay was the result of a of the bouquet to the finish of its juicy cassis fruit augmented medal National Wine Show '15. wrought and balanced wine with exotic spice, dried rose petals vintage and superb parcels of Made by Pemberton's premier (30% new), part fermented in was fermented in a combination .100% Adelaide Hills pinot Barossa. The winery's legendary perfect Hunter Valley vintage and the medium-bodied palate. A by the spicy fruit and tannin Almost nonchalantly floods the just about every spice and every and talcum powder segues to shiraz grapes. Made by one winery, this wine displays stainless steel and kept on lees of both stainless steel and oak, gris, handpicked and whole- founder was the first Australian fastidious grape selection. Made fusion of cassis/blackcurrant, extract, the result of barrel mouth with blackcurrant and red berry you can imagine from the palate with its Byzantine of the Hunter Valley's most aromas of bright, ripe stone for 6 months. The bouquet is this has some ripe fresh tropical bunch pressed, with a 20% winemaker to recognise the by one of the Hunter Valley's black olive, bay leaf and savoury fermentation of part of the wine. plum, the texture mesmeric, this Southern Rhone blend. A mosaic of juicy red fruits. It is acclaimed winemakers, this has fruit, citrus, spice and gentle complex and attractive, but it's fruit notes that are balanced portion undergoing wild, importance ofelevation and most highly acclaimed young tannins. As is usual, oak plays This is right up there in the focusing on the fruit, yet truly wonderful trattoria wine so highly flavoured you might all the finesse and concentration nutty oak. Concentrated, lively the power, focus, drive, length by a fine thread of acidity that old-barrelfermentation for extra cooler climate in producing winemakers, this glorious white a minor role in shaping flavour. context of traditional Aus clones providing the edge of tannin that that soars on the gently savoury expect some sweetness on the found in the very best Hunter flavours of tangy grapefruit, and purity of the palate that runs throughout a wine that is complexity and texture. Fresh elegant, finely structured wines. shows extraordinary depth and Alcohol: 14%. Tasted: Sep 2017. available between '82 and '99. is an integral part of the quality finish. Alcohol: 14%. Date tasted: finish, but it's dry. Alcohol: 12.5%. shiraz. Offers loads of rich, ripe nectarine and melon, integrated takes you prisoner from the simultaneously vibrant, fresh, aromas of citrus, honeysuckle, Dry and tightly wound, this has purity, with aromas and flavours Drink By: 2035. Price: $26. Alcohol: 14%. Date tasted: Dec of the wine. Alcohol: 14%. Date Sep 2017. Drink by: 2030. Price: Price: $25. Rating: 95/100. raspberry, cassis, red cherry nicely with crunchy acidity, first sip. It scales the heights textured and long. Alcohol: 13%. green melon and spice. Pristine pristine Eden Valley riesling of ripe peach, citrus, vanilla Rating: 94/100. 2016. Drink by: 2030. Price: $26. tasted: Jan 2016. Drink by: 2034. $25. Rating: 95/100. James Halliday, and plum fruit aromas. Flavours chalky mineral texture and well- of white peach, green apple Date tasted: Mar 2017. Drink by: flavours of nashi pear, green aromas and flavours of zesty and cashews. Silky smooth Rating: 95/100. Price: $35. Rating: 96/100. James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion are deep and round with dark judged oak. An energetic, supple and pink grapefruit, the 30% 2021. Price: $28. Rating: 95/100. apple and citrus underpinned lemon, lime and green apple. Will and creamy, with outstanding James Halliday, and well-balanced chardonnay new oak swallowed by the fruit, with a classic chalky texture. A cellar very well for more than a Australian Wine Companion James Halliday, James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion Sells for up to $25 under its berries to the fore, savoury earth James Halliday, freshness and perfect acidity. and leather notes, and sweet with a lingering finish. acidity a given. Terrific value. superior pinot gris and a great decade. Eden Valley riesling in Has the depth and concentration Sells for up to $26 under its Australian Wine Companion Australian Wine Companion Sells for up to $25 under its own label Australian Wine Companion dark spices. Sheets of ripe Kemenys Alcohol: 13.5%. Date tasted: Apr match with spicy Asian cuisine. very good form. to cellar for over a decade. own label Sells for up to $26 under its Sells for up to $35 under its own label Sells for up to $28 under its chewy tannins and great length Sells for up to $26 under its 2017. Drink by: 2026. Price: $35. Kemenys Kemenys Remarkable chardonnay. own label own label own label $ . complete a formidable package. Rating: 96/100. $ .00 00 own label Sells for up to $22 under its Sells for up to $28 under its Kemenys $ .00 in any 12 Great drinking now and destined James Halliday, own label own label in any 12 $ . $ . in any 12 14 $ . 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20 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 21 BEST PINOT NOIR UNDER $20 CENTRAL OTAGO PINOT NOIR WITH DUCK Pinot Noir is the grape behind red Burgundies, probably the world’s most volume of fruit per hectare. It’s extremely difficult to find quality pinot noir at A PERFECT MATCH lauded, seductive and desired wine style. At its best pinot noir has an irresistible affordable ‘every-day’ drinking prices. fragrance, a beguiling complexity of flavours and impressive structure. We are very lucky to have sourced a group of pinots which show remarkable Pinot noir and duck have always seemed to be a wine and food match made in Heaven. The gamey, Generally, good pinot noir comes with a high price tag. Pinot is notoriously pinot character and structure, at prices that won’t give you palpitations rich and spicy duck flavours, especially soy and spice laden Asian styles, pick up the savoury, spice difficult and expensive to grow, and requires ideal conditions to display its best and sweet fruit of good pinot noir. characteristics. It also needs to be low-cropped which means there isn’t a great Duck can exhibit quite robust flavours, and this is where Central Otago pinot noir comes into its own. ‘Central ‘ pinot is notable for its ripe, deep, dark cherry and plum flavours, along with exotic Asian-style spice nuances. Combined with fresh natural acidity to cut through any fattiness, Central Otago teamed with duck is clearly the ‘duck’s nuts’. World's best value Burgundy Outstanding Geelong pinot noir "Strong release", Gary Walsh 1960 Scotchmans Stonier Pinot Noir 2017 Domaine Mouton Region: Mornington Peninsula Givry 1er Cru A wine to be savoured and shared with "another winner from Rockburn", Hill Mount Bellarine SURE-FOOTED PINOT friends Bob Campbell MW Rating: 93/100 Clos Jus 2014 Pinot Noir 2015 Here's a stalwart of well priced Australian Region: Burgundy Nanny Goat Vineyard Rabbit Ranch Pinot Noir Rockburn Pinot Noir Region: Geelong Pinot Noir. Light, spicy, strawberry, some Rating: 95/100CC Pinot Noir 2017 2016 2016 Rating: 95/100CC smoke and a touch of creamy oak. Light to Region: Central Otago Region: Central Otago Region: Central Otago medium-bodied, red fruits, spicy and juicy, Domaine Mouton has been growing pinot noir Nestled between the picturesque Port Phillip in Givry's famed Premier Crus Clos Jus region Rating: 95/100C Rating: 94/100C Rating: 96/100CC Bay and Bass Straight, the Scotchmans Hill a little rasp of tannin, crisp and sappy spicy finish of fair length. Tasty. Strong release. for four generations. Now that didn't satisfy New Zealand's Pinot sensation, Nanny Goat New Zealand's top selling pinot noir over Fruit-focused pinot noir with plump plum vineyards are situated on an extinct volcano the famed Bordeaux estate Chateau Mouton known as Mount Bellarine. The unique terroir, Alcohol: 13%. Drink: 2018-2022. Price: $28. Vineyard is the clear leader of the pack $20. You have to love the label. The story and ripe dark cherry flavours, together with Rating: 92/100. Rothschild getting a little cross about the when it comes to affordable Central Otago goes that "sheep couldn't keep up with mixed spice and a hint of floral characters. combining mineral-rich black clay volcanic name, but Domaine Mouton held its ground soils and the cool southern maritime climate, Gary Walsh, Pinot Noir. Delicious already, this is a deeply the nocturnal activity of the rabbits, and in A silken-textured wine in a very appealing (and name). The nose displays aromas of dark coloured, mouth-filling, supple red with the end were driven off the farm land. The and accessible style. Another winner from creates perfect conditions for producing the The Wine Front cherries followed by some meaty game like intense flavours and classic structure of this RRP $28 generous cherry, plum and spice flavours. owner, Mr McGregor, planted some vines Rockburn. Drink: 2017-2025. Rating: 95/100. characters. Similarly, the palate displays dark Showing freshness and vigour, its gently and tried unsuccessfully to reduce the rabbit concentrated and complex pinot noir. Only 1, berry, spice and signature forest floor notes Bob Campbell MW, 000 dozen made. seasoned with oak, in a savoury, complex population. Rabbits now run free on the The Real Review $ .95 adding to the layers of complexity. Is there style with a rich, smooth finish. vineyard and fueled by high altitude Pinot Kemenys in any 12 a better value Burgundy producer than the RRP $45 19 Kemenys Noir, some are reputed to be the size of Mouton family? We doubt it. $21.95 PER BOTTLE RRP $35 ponies, but that's another story". Made in a $ . Kemenys soft, fruit forward, low tannin style - a wine to $ .95 60 in any 12 19 RRP $70 $ .95 be savoured and shared with friends. 34 PER BOTTLE 26 in any 12 Kemenys $37.95 PER BOTTLE $ .95 RRP $28 19 $29.95 PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE $ .95 21 in any 12 $23.95 PER BOTTLE From two of Australia's premium cool climate Cool climate ideal for pinot Unbelievably low price wine regions “So appealing and accessible now”, Central Otago pinot noir at an unheard "wonderfully harmonious and complex", Bob Campbell MW of price. Sam Kim Tomich Hilltop Pinot Noir Matahiwi Single Moppity Lock & Key 2017 Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 Pinot Noir 2017 Amisfield Central Otago Secret Label Central Secret Label Central Region: Adelaide Hills Region: Wairarapa Region: Multi regional Pinot Noir 2016 Otago Pinot Noir 17 Otago Pinot Noir 2014 Rating: 94/100CC Rating: 93/100CC Rating: 93/100CC Region: Central Otago (KSL 1316) (KSL 5668) Rating: 95/100 The cool climate vineyards of Adelaide Hills Matahiwi Estate is a leading pinot noir A marriage of pinot noir from two of C Region: Central Otago Region: Central Otago are ideal for producing top quality pinot noir. producer in New Zealand's Wairarapa region Australia's premium cool climate wine Aromatic pinot noir with floral, violet, dark Rating: 93/100CC Rating: 95/100CC Tomich have a great record with pinot, and (which includes the famous Martinborough regions. With the lifted red fruits, strawberry cherry, plum and spice flavours. A silken- From a renowned vineyard in the Bendigo It is sweetly fruited and delightfully perfumed this wine is no exception. Deep aromas of sub-region - the home of world-class and floral aromas of Tumbarumba pinot textured wine that is so appealing and sub-region of Central Otago. Deep ruby red. on the nose showing dark cherry, spiced dark berry, earth and brown spices. Plenty producers such as Martinborough Vineyard, interwoven with the red cherry and darker accessible now that it's hard to imagine it Full, ripe dark and red berry aromas with plum, thyme, truffle and toasted almond of supple, sweet and tangy fruit on the Dry River and Ata Rangi). The 2016 vintage secondary characters of game and cured getting much better with bottle age. Drink: vibrant spice and smoky oak. Bold, velvety notes. The palate delivers excellent fruit palate, showing black cherry, sweet spice throughout Wairarapa was a stunner and meats of Adelaide Hills pinot, in this instance, 2018-2022. Rating: 94/100. dark cherry, plum and raspberry flavours intensity backed by fleshy mouthfeel and and savoury earthy characters. Fresh acidity this pinot noir shows the benefits in spades. this wine shows that the sum is truly greater Bob Campbell MW, combine with savoury spice, undergrowth, a fine texture together with refined tannins. and super-fine tannins pave the way to a When this pinot noir hit our tasting bench we than its parts. This complex and textured little charcuterie and nutty oak. Fine-grained Wonderfully harmonious and complex. At its persistent finish. Very nice. were floored. Sourced from a single vineyard wine is pure pinot noir: refined, polished and The Real Review RRP $50 tannin and fine acidity add excellent texture best: now to 2020. Price: $60. Rating: 95/100. Kemenys it shows the ripe dark fruits and distinctive seductive. pinosity that you would expect from quality and freshness. A smooth, balanced and Sam Kim, RRP $28 Kemenys Wairarapa pinot noir, but without the hefty $ . complex pinot which would be a classic Wine Orbit RRP $25 95 match with any game dish. $ . price tag that usually accompanies pinot noir 39 in any 12 RRP $60 95 from this region. Kemenys in any 12 $42.95 PER BOTTLE 17 $ .95 RRP $25 $ . Kemenys in any 12 95 $19.95 PER BOTTLE 14 $ . 28 $ .95 $16.95 PER BOTTLE 95 PER BOTTLE 9 in any 12 15 PER BOTTLE 22 WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 $11.95 PER BOTTLE WINEDOMINION SUMMER 2019 23 To join our wine club To join our wine club Customers electing to join Kemenys wine club for the first Customers electing to join Kemenys wine club for the first Kemenyshiddenlabeldozens time receive a FREE bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut KemenysSELECTIONdozens time receive a FREE bottle of Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut NV~$100 Call 13 888 1 or email: [email protected] NV~$100 Call 13 888 1 or email: [email protected]

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The bouquet The first vintage of chardonnay Rating: 97/100 Rating: 97/100 way for the palate to follow. It barriques for 16 months. This is full of high-pitched citrus and under this label. Cool, cloudy Kemenys. Babydolls (miniature the flagship Hilltops winery, and The winery is a leader in organic This winery was one of the original We predicted some time ago that does just that, adding its own From the warmer districts hits like a thunderstorm after sheep) roam freely at Yealands one of the rising stars of top-end and biodynamic viticulture pioneers to champion the cool the very determined wine industry of Wilyabrup, Carbunup and wild flower aromas, the palate juice delivered direct to 1yo This outstanding shiraz comes This intensely complex character to the fine, persistent you have navigated the fragrant beating a tattoo of drums with French oak, wild ferment at Estate. Too short to eat the Australian wine. Ranked among from an excellent Hunter Valley with fruit for all wines sourced cclimate Great Southern region. chardonnay was the result of a legend behind this winery and tannins, part from fruit, part the Cowaramup, matured for 12-15 bouquet and taken the first sip. grapes off the vines, they make a the most prolific award-winners from their estate vineyards in Today this riesling under its maker's the drive to become the world's months in French oak. The its intensity and insistent length. ambient temperatures, thence to vintage and superb parcels of perfect Hunter Valley vintage and new and used French oak in Blackberry, red and black cherries The name suggests it's a shy 10 degrees C storage with stirring perfect year-round lawn mower. on the major Australian and shiraz grapes. Made by one of the McLaren Vale. Under its makers label has grown to become one fastidious grape selection. Made most sustainable wine producer which this estate-grown wine warmer climate shows through and plum flood the fore and mid- Winner of the Trophy for the international wine-show circuits, label this Shiraz Grenache is one of the most collected riesling's in would lead them to becoming New very clearly with velvety and unassuming wine, and I until bottled. It's amazing how Hunter Valley's most acclaimed by one of the Hunter Valley's was matured. Alcohol: 14%. Drink palate before the whirlwind of totally disagree with that. The a wine of this provenance and Best Wine from New Zealand this winery has won over 90 winemakers, this has all the of Australia's best known red Australia. A brilliant, pale lemon in most highly acclaimed young Zealand's most successful wine to: 2037. Price: $22. Rating: mouthfeel, plum and blackcurrant black pepper, spice, licorice and at the 2018 Hong International medalsand trophies since 2009. blends. As always the flavours colour with a many and varied mix brand. Countless accolades over fruit, and a brocade for the velvet. value offered needs no comment. quality has a likely price of $16-17 finesse and concentration found in winemakers, this glorious white 95/100. dark chocolate take command Alcohol: 12%. Closure: screwcap. from the larger retailers. Alcohol: Wine & Spirit Competition. A James Halliday 5-star rated the very best Hunter shiraz. Offers are fruit forward and generous, of fresh and poached fruit notes. shows extraordinary depth and recent times have reinforced this Small wonder that it quickly won before the fine, persistent tannins Babydoll senior winemaker winery, they have crafted this with ripe plum, blackberry, The lively citrus zest and green pear, hunch. Pristine pinot gris grapes James Halliday, two gold medals. Alcohol: 13.5%. Drink to: 2030. Price: $21. Rating: 13.5%. Closure: screwcap. Date loads of rich, ripe raspberry, cassis, purity, with aromas and flavours Australian Wine Companion on the long finish and aftertaste. 95/100. tasted: Mar 2018. Price: $19. Natalie Christensen said "after classically structured cabernet red cherry and plum fruit aromas. savoury spice and super-fine the rich lemon curd and quince give of ripe peach, citrus, vanilla from Marlborough's cool Awatere Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: Alcohol: 14.5%. Tasted: Feb 2018. a fantastic harvest we had a RRP $22 Rating: 94/100. sauvignon with a formidable Flavours are deep and round with tannins. Outstanding balance great dimension to the bouquet. and cashews. Silky smooth sub-region has delivered classic Sep 2018. Drink by: 2032. Price: Drink By: 2041. Price: $26. 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Thomas Two of a McWilliams Taylors Kilikanoon Mort's Cherubino Driftwood Dexter Pinot Noir Crossroads Richard Hamilton Cape Mentelle Penfolds Bin First Creek Kind Shiraz 2017 McW Reserve Winemakers Block Riesling The Yard Artifacts 2017 Winemakers Centurion 125 Chardonnay 2016 51 Eden Valley Winemakers Region: Multi regional 660 Cabernet Project Bordeaux 2017 Channybearup Chardonnay 2017 Region: Mornington Peninsula Collection Syrah Year Old Shiraz Region: Margaret River Riesling 2016 Reserve Semillon Rating: 96/100CC Sauvignon 2016 Blend 2014 Region: Clare Valley Sauvignon Blanc Region: Margaret River Rating: 96/100CC 2014 2017 Rating: 97/100CC Region: Eden Valley 2015 55% Hunter Valley, 45% McLaren Region: Hilltops Region: South Australia Rating: 96/100CC 2018 Rating: 96/100CC Bright red/purple colour and a Region: Hawkes Bay Region: McLaren Vale Whole-bunch pressed to French Region: 95/100CC Region: Hunter Valley Vale, fermented separately, Rating: 96/100CC Rating: 95/100CC Hand-picked, free-run juice Region: Great Southern Gin Gin clone from the Driftwood superbly fresh, fragrant cherry Rating: 97/100CC Rating: 96/100C barrels for wild fermentation Highly expressive release. It sure Rating: 96/100CC but blended soon thereafter cold-settled. The bouquet wastes Rating: 95/100 and Churchview Vineyards, wild- aroma, with background spices and a lengthy sojourn. Full-on is up and about. Cool, pristine and matured in barriques. The Full crimson-purple; a cassis/ Deliciously compelling special CC and dried herb traces. Very The Winemakers Collection Syrah Very deep, youthful, concentrated green-gold; it's exceptionally A pristine and complete Hunter blackcurrant and spice bouquet blends from Taylors. An excellent no time in establishing the region, fermented in French oak (27% from Crossroads includes the purple/red colour, the bouquet aromas of lime and lime blossom semillon, it oozes its class from synergy is absolute with this variety and quality of this single This has exceptional varietal new), no mlf, matured on lees intense, vibrant and precise. An intense and concentrated, with with travels of talc asserting vintage. There is a purity to its adds another dimension on combo of cabernet sauvignon, flavour, both complex and long; outstanding young pinot destined winery's finest parcels of fruit, very young and raw, blood plum all manner of stone fruits and a the outset; lemongrass and lime the richly flavoured palate merlot, malbec and cabernet vineyard, multi-block riesling. The for 8 months. The energy and carefully prepared and selected and sweet dried cranberry through the finish. Steely, leaf lead to a beautifully shaped heart, the two regions providing floral bouquet leads into a palate it's not obvious, but the wine was drive of this wine is exceptional, for a long and distinguished life. savoury gauze of grapefruit juice almost gravelly character to the the frame for a truly beautiful overflowing with sweet berries. It franc, this is ripe and juicy with partially fermented in French Closure: screwcap. Drink: 2018- from their own vineyards. This aromas. The wine is concentrated and zest. The acidity is important palate with texture, length and tastes as if it was only taken from lovely red and dark berried of striking intensity, texture and particularly given its finesse intensely aromatic wine has and lushly-fruited, profound aftertaste. Brilliantly dry. There's restraint; it has a pithy and long shiraz. Time will only serve to structure, lime and lemon both oak, which hasn't diminished and freshness. Indeed, there's a 2030. Price:$60. Rating: 96/100. now, and will be so later. Striking. an element to this of sucking on increase its beauty. Alcohol: the barrel a few days ago, the aromas with a dash of spice, the fruit expression, but has complex dark berry and plum and supple, the tannins fine and Alcohol: 14%. Date tasted: Sep finish. Alcohol: 10.5%. Closure: tannins superfine, the finish long. bay leaf, some meatiness and claiming ascendancy, neither delicacy to the precision of the Huon Hooke, with hints of violets pepper and soft, the oak very much in the stones and quartz, if that makes screwcap. Date tasted: Mar 14.5%. Closure: screwcap. Date winning. Alcohol: 12.5%. Closure: subtly increased the complexity. way the components move across The Real Review 2017. Drink by: 2026. Price: $47. sense. In short, it's a gorgeous tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: 2037. A very high quality wine. Alcohol: nutty oak. A silky amalgam of Appropriate terroir, high quality smoke on the nose. The palate is background. Long carry. The Rating: 97/100. 2016. Drink by: 2035. Price: $60. screwcap. Date tasted: Sep 2018. the palate and onto the finish and RRP $60 young riesling. Alcohol: 12%. Price: $25. Rating: 96/100. 14.5%. Closure: screwcap. Date blackcurrant and blueberries, grapes and good winemaking at rich and silky with blackberry and wine is callow and unready but Rating: 96/100. tasted: Sep 2018. Drink by: 2036. spices, tobacco and smoky oak Drink by: 2029. Price: $25. Rating: aftertaste. Alcohol: 13%. Closure: cherry flavours, savoury spices has the makings of something James Halliday, Closure: screwcap. Date tasted: James Halliday, 96/100. work. Alcohol: 12.8%. Date tasted: screwcap. Date tasted: Jan 2018. Australian Wine Companion Oct 16. Drink: 2016-2027+. Rating: James Halliday, Price: $25. Rating: 96/100. with refreshing acidity and Sep 2018. Drink by: 2021. Price: and a long finish. There is an special. (The vineyard's 125th James Halliday's Top 100 Drink by: 2025. Price: $32. Rating: RRP $47 95/100. Australian Wine Companion James Halliday, excellent length. Quality drinking James Halliday, $25. Rating: 95/100. elegance here that one only finds anniversary vintage). Drink: 2021- RRP $25 96/100. RRP $60 Australian Wine Companion over the next decade. James Halliday's Top 100 with top quality cool climate reds. 2038. Price: $80. Rating: 95/100. Campbell Mattinson, James Halliday, James Halliday, RRP $25 Kemenys RRP $25 Kemenys Huon Hooke, The Wine Front James Halliday's Top 100 Australian Wine Companion RRP $40 RRP $30 RRP $25 RRP $55 The Real Review RRP $32 RRP $80

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"A generous and complex Margaret River chardonnay at mouthfilling riesling” , Heathcote shiraz at this price “This hits like a thunderstorm”, a price like this is unheard of James Halliday is unheard of James Halliday “Bravo!”, James Halliday Secret Label Secret Label Secret Label Secret Label Secret Label Margaret River Pemberton Dry Heathcote Adelaide Hills Hunter Valley Chardonnay Riesling 2017 Shiraz 2015 Shiraz 2016 Shiraz 2016 2017 (KSL 2622) (KSL 5157) (KSL 3048) (KSL 6727) (KSL 6549) $7.95 $13.95 $9.95 $13.95 $9.95 PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE PER BOTTLE

Rating: 92/100CC Rating: 95/100CC Rating: 94/100CC Rating: 96/100CC Rating: 94/100CC Margaret River is home to, arguably, Kemenys has long been an admirer After over a century of producing stellar “This hits like a thunderstorm” says After pleading with this famous wine Australia’s finest chardonnays. This of this classic riesling. From the wines exclusively from their 'home' James Halliday. It is deeper and darker producer, we have been given the green one is made by one of Margaret River’s outstanding Pemberton region, this region, one of Australia's most prominent than you would expect from an Adelaide light to sell their Hunter Valley estate pioneering families, responsible for cracking white regularly receives rave family producers made their first wine hills shiraz. Whilst complex, it retains the shiraz for an incredibly low price. Just some outstanding wines at incredibly reviews for its brilliant flavours and from Heathcote shiraz in 1997, having elegance of top Adelaide Hills shiraz that ask for Secret Label Hunter Valley Shiraz reasonable prices. James Halliday says great cellaring potential. It’s a wine of long admired the wines from this famous sells for twice the price. This winery’s 2016 (KSL 6549) and you will receive the that "consistent with other wines under outstanding balance and structure, Victorian region. This shiraz, made by fortunes grew exponentially from 2012, wine, also wearing the producer’s label, this label, a cut above most at $18" - so and its great track record heralds a legendary Australian producer has when the winemaker from none other for only $9.95. It currently sells for $25 at our price of $7.95 a bottle is very, very Pemberton as a region to watch when cemented its reputation as Australia's than Shaw + Smith joined (so he knows cellar door. James Halliday is an admirer, special. Rich and creamy with intense it comes to great riesling. James "go-to" Heathcote shiraz because of its all about making exceptional cool noting that “it is indelibly stamped with stone fruit flavour and excellent length. Halliday in awarding the wine 94/100 outstanding quality and great value-for- climate shiraz). Their shiraz has since Hunter structure and savour. Bravo!...this Match it with BBQ salmon fillet with a was highly impressed by this gem money at the cellar door price of $25 won numerous accolades including the is enjoyable now but will be a surprise coriander and lime pistou. and said it’s "a generous and complex a bottle. Our price of only $9.95 is so title of “Best Australian Red Wine” at after some bottle age”. Don't miss this. mouthfilling riesling…Notwithstanding amazingly low for a shiraz of this quality, the 2014 International Wine Challenge. its development potential, it's no sin that we have to keep the identity of the James Halliday has, very recently, rated to share abottle or two without further wine absolutely top secret. this shiraz a hefty 96 points and it is a delay" serious bargain at its already modest cellar door price of $26 a bottle. We are very fortunate to have secured a small quantity for Kemenys customers at an unheard of price…only $13.95 a bottle.

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