Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2010
I never tasted this on release, which is a shame. Pure laziness; I bought some fairly quickly, but it lay dormant in wine storage until recently. Working backwards from how it tastes now, I can imagine...
View ArticleGrosset Springvale Riesling 2010
An inevitable companion to the Polish Hill. I’m having an easier time with this wine and, as I imagine it was on release, this is the more accessible, friendlier style. Sometimes, I feel that we value...
View ArticleDowie Doole Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
I have it in my mind that I’m not very fond of Cabernet Sauvignon from places like the Barossa Valley and the McLaren Vale, a notion that seems of late to be in regular friction with the truth. Indeed,...
View ArticleTapanappa Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay 2010
Earlier in the week, I hurriedly tasted the current releases of Tapanappa’s three single vineyard wines. All are worthy and exciting but I was especially drawn to this one. I have been looking forward...
View ArticleDomaine Alain Chavy Bourgogne 2010
In some ways, the styling of affordable wines is just as interesting to me as the achievements of great, no-holds-barred labels. It’s a mantra nowadays that with great fruit, the wine “just makes...
View ArticleMatison Wines The Kirk Pinot Noir 2010
Some wines taste a bit wild, and I don’t use that word as a euphemism for faulty. These are the wines that leap from the glass with abandon and offer aromas that suggest the forest floor, freshly...
View ArticleShaw and Smith M3 Chardonnay 2010
The other day, I found myself expressing the view that above all else, a wine should be delicious. Yet, tasting this wine, I feel that delicious flavours aren’t enough. There needs to be a sense of...
View ArticleDowie Doole Scarce Earth Shiraz 2010
One of the more interesting recent wine initiatives is McLaren Vale’s Scarce Earth project, a region-wide effort to systematically highlight the character of specific plots within the region. It’s also...
View ArticleBest’s Old Vine Pinot Meunier 2010
I have a slight obsession with still Pinot Meunier. I try to taste every example I can, which isn’t hard as I’m only aware of a couple of producers in Australia who pursue this Pinot Noir mutation as a...
View ArticleLouis Moreau Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos 2010
With so many producers in Australia ostensibly chasing Chablis-esque expressions of Chardonnay, it’s refreshing to go back to the source. Although a tight, linear wine, this is far from lacking in...
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