Mid-week wines
Showing 31–60 of 138 resultsSorted by popularity
-
Tillie J Aligote 2025
$42.00Aligote has become trendy, presumably because in Burgundy at least, it’s hard to tell the difference with chardonnay and they are invariably cheaper. Ironically, I find it’s more varietal in Australia, being more linear than chardonnay and fine boned. Tillie J’s is remarkable, a shock really, it’s just so damn good and such good value! […]
Add to cart Producer: Tillie J -
Rob Hall Pinot Noir 2025
$30.00Such a wonderful wine, Rob Hall’s Yarra Valley pinot noir, one of the most consistent and best value wines in the region. Lifted aromatics with lavender, sweet and tangy red fruits and savoury spice. Light to medium bodied, with fantastic concentration of flavours, perky acidity and soft, fine tannins. Bargain territory. Norris at Waters Wine […]
Add to cart Producer: Rob Hall -
Pokolbin Vintners Pokolbin Mountain Light Dry Red 2024
$35.00Hand harvested with 20% whole cluster. Charming and detailed with satiny, wave-like flow; perfectly medium weight, yet with impressive flavour density. Sourced from 50-plus-year-old vines rooted in terra rossa soil overlying Permian limestone, from the top of Tinklers vineyard on Pokolbin Mountain. Ripe red plum, soft cranberry, crushed berries and a fleck of bright, fragrant […]
Add to cart Producer: Pokolbin Vintners -
Gembrook Hill Village Pinot Noir 2025
$38.00A taste of Gembrook Hill’s quality and style, though not from their vineyards. Classic Yarra Valley Pinot notes of English strawberry, raspberry, poached plum, violets and a hint of fresh compost. The aromatics are incisive and vibrant, with vivid, translucent fruit. Medium to full-bodied, it’s plush and pillowy, with more depth and weight than expected – […]
Add to cart Producer: Gembrook Hill -
Tripe Iscariot Karridale Chenin Blanc 2023
$30.00The previous vintage put this and its Wilyabrup sibling under the Absolution range, but that name’s been removed from both now – more about the subregion and variety perhaps. Trying the two site-specific chenin blancs side by side offers great insights: this more textural, a bit waxy with pear skins and baked apple, a little […]
Add to cart Producer: tripe.Iscariot -
Kleine Zalze Cellar Selection Chenin Blanc 2022
$25.00The grapes for this wine come predominantly from selected vineyards in Stellenbosch, Paarl and Swartland. Owing to the nature of bush vines, careful canopy management was exercised so that no bunches were exposed to excessive sunlight and that an even ripening of the grapes was ensured. The 2022 harvest started very late due to covld […]
Add to cart Producer: Kleine Zalze -
A Rodda Cuvee de Chais 2022
$38.00An array of red and purple fruits (think redcurrants, dark cherries and plums), heightened by aromas of violets and wild herbs. The supple fruit characters are interwoven with fine, velvety tannins giving the wine great balance and finesse. ‘Cuvée de Chais’ loosely translates as Cellar Blend and is Adrian’s interpretation of a traditional Bordeaux […]
Add to cart Producer: A Rodda -
Frederick Stevenson Grenache 2023
$35.00An awesome Barossa Grenache that stands apart from the pack. A compote of sweet red fruits layered with orange peel, earth, alpine herbs and sweet spice. Curvy and energetic, it carries a surprising sense of lightness despite its richness. Firm, fine tannins and a savoury edge bring tension and shape, pulling everything into focus. Distinctive, […]
Add to cart Producer: Frederick Stevenson -
Granite Hills 1971 Block Riesling 2022
$35.00Intense aromatics of passionfruit, lime, blackcurrant, cherry, stone fruits, honey, mustard and savoury spice. Dense, concentrated, in fact, perhaps the deepest core of power that I have tasted in an Australian Riesling. Expansive palate, direct in flavour, precise scaffold, chalky texture and that width! There is so much hidden here, so much pleasure to come. […]
Add to cart Producer: Granite Hills -
Mulline Pinot Gris 2025
$35.0020% was crushed and fermented on skins for seven days. A pale, bright salmon colour. Beautifully poised with its aromas of redcurrant, nectarine, pear and blood orange. Even better on the palate, where the flavours and texture are perfectly balanced by subtle time-on-skins tannins, before finishing orange-pithy and long. Should age nicely, too. Excellent. 96 […]
Add to cart Producer: Mulline -
Thistledown Thorny Devil Grenache 2023
$35.00From several districts, off old, dry-grown bush vines. The ferments are all nuanced, but all are wild, and there is always some whole bunch; maturation for eight months in old French oak. Pale in hue and pretty in fragrance, such is the vintage. Flavours skip through cranberry, wild raspberry, pomegranate and rose, with white pepper […]
Add to cart Producer: Thistledown -
Inkwell Infidels Primitivo 2022
$30.00Inkwell make zinfandel and primitivo. Same, same, essentially. But the different blocks perform differently, so the nomenclature reflects that. This is genuinely reminiscent of Puglian primitivo, resplendent with dried fruits, currants, fig and date, blackberry, and hit heavily with spices, in an amaro and panforte register, anise to the fore, and underwritten by a dry, […]
Add to cart Producer: Inkwell -
Spinifex Syrah 2022
$27.00Syrah from both the Barossa and Eden Valleys with pure, lush, dark plum, blueberry and mulberry fruit tones with hints of exotic spice, struck flint, dried herbs, wildflowers, crushed granite, charcuterie and dried citrus rinds. Full bodied with a calm, graphite and sage-flecked stony flow on the palate. Jeez, it’s easy to drink, with a […]
Add to cart Producer: Spinifex -
Jasper Hill Lo Stesso Fiano 2024
$32.00From estate grown and purchased fruit, Jasper Hill’s Lo Stesso fiano is one of the country’s best. White flowers, pawpaw, creamy and spicey aromatics. Displays all the versatility of fiano, with a lovely pumice-like texture, juicy white and yellow peach, rhubarb, fig, quince and cardamon. Beautifully balanced, a harmonised seam of acidity freshens, brightens and […]
Add to cart Producer: Jasper Hill -
Crawford River Cabernets 2024
$38.0075/25% cabernets sauvignon/cabernet franc. A medium, bright crimson purple. A lovely, fragrant cool-climate cabernet featuring aromas of sour cherry, blackberry and both dried roses and herbs. This is medium bodied, with good depth of fruit together with firm, chalky tannins that, while balanced, will need some time to ameliorate. 93+ Points – Philip Rich, Halliday […]
Add to cart Producer: Crawford River -
Curator Wine Co Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022
$30.00Sourced from 5 plots from Curator’s own vineyards in Marananga. Unmistakably Barossa and it’s done so well. Rich, deep and full bodied, a compote of black, blue and red fruits, with well integrated oak spice. Glossy and silky, the tannins cascading and very fine. A wine to buy a dozen bottles of, as there is […]
Add to cart Producer: Curator Wine Co -
Tripe Iscariot Wilyabrup Chenin Blanc 2023
$30.00It’s racy and juicy, with more upfront acidity and drive than its Karridale sibling, which is a much more textural wine. Super spicy with fresh and preserved lemons, lime zest, lemon sorbet acidity and neat phenolics adding shape as much as a smidgen of texture. Mouth-watering and vibrant; just another cracking chenin blanc from a […]
Add to cart Producer: tripe.Iscariot -
ChaLou Pinot Noir 2024
$42.00A fantastic pinot noir from Orange. Terrific complexity with hedge fruits, liqueur cherry, poached plum and blueberry. There is a lot of detail, with layers of flavour and texture. Interwoven notes of Amaro, savoury spice and fresh compost. Plenty of flesh on the mid palate, the fruit becoming sweeter and more pure as the wine […]
Add to cart Producer: ChaLou Wines -
The Wanderer Macclesfield Yarra Chardonnay 2024
$40.00Citrus order delivered. All kinds of citrus, the cool citrus of lemon and limes, grapefruit, mandarin, fresh and preserved. Citrus blossom and some tangy stone fruits too, with a dusting of cashew, smoke, spring honey and alpine herbs. Pure and quivering, supremely intense, all muscle and tension. There’s just that delightful mid-palate softening texture, cream […]
Add to cart Producer: The Wanderer -
Paralian Blewitt Springs Grenache Shiraz 2024
$35.0060/40% Marmont vineyard grenache/Paralian-owned Springs Hill vineyard shiraz. The most fruit-forward and ‘primal’ barrels are selected for this. This is delightfully upper mid-weight, joyously fragrant and supple, redolent of cherry juice, roses in bloom, musk, sumac, cinnamon, the gently creeping darker fruit and spice of shiraz latterly joining the grenache lead, adding a little growl […]
Add to cart Producer: Paralian -
Chateau de Coulaine Chinon 2023
$45.00Cooler than the 2022 with vibrant red fruits, blackberry and violets. Sleek, streamlined and supple, with terrific energy and freshness. Gentle tannins and a highly elevated finish. Lovely, easy drinking Chinon. Waters Wine Co Mostly from younger vines up to about 20 yo coming from slopes and on the plateau close to the chateau. […]
Add to cart Producer: Chateau de Coulaine -
Bubb and Pooley Riesling 2024
$45.00‘Back to more “normal” vintage conditions with warm days and rapid ripening. Sourced from two vineyards in the Coal River Valley. Hand harvested, whole bunch pressed, fermented with yeast to dryness minimal time on yeast lees. Fermented in stainless steel. A very classic take on riesling from the Valley in a warmer year. High acidity […]
Add to cart Producer: Bubb & Pooley, Pooley -
Domenica Rose 2025
$35.00Very light salmon-pink hue; rose petal/pot-pourri aromas rise from the glass; damp straw and poached quince as well. It’s light, refreshing and dry on the tongue, savoury rather than grapy, with a faint note of deli meats. Lovely balance and drinkability. A very smart and more-ish rosé. 95 points – Huon Hooke, The Real Review […]
Add to cart Producer: Domenica -
Giant Steps Yarra Valley Rose 2024
$30.00Inspired by the wines of Provence, showcasing the perfume and beauty of early-picked Yarra Valley Pinot Noir and Syrah. Strawberry, raspberry and rhubarb, with a dash of cream and middle eastern spice. Excellent acidity, balance and flavour! A blend of early picked pinot noir and syrah; hand picked and whole-bunch pressed. A light orange […]
Add to cart Producer: Giant Steps -
Bulman Grenache Rose 2025
$27.00There’s not much more you could ask for in a classically styled rosé – from the brilliant rose gold hue, the lifted aromatics, textural slosh of the palate and crisply vibrant and pithily detailed conclusion, with rose and orange blossom scents and good-time feelings trailing oh-so long. The vintage has gifted depth and intensity without […]
Add to cart Producer: Bulman -
Patrick Sullivan Chardonnay 2024
$29.00The fruit is whole cluster crushed, pressed then drained off into tank for settling. Primary fermentation takes place in barrel and tank with approx. 15% new oak used. Grown on volcanic top soil with varying limestone, basalt and flint stone depending on site. Cream, white peach, citrus vanillin brioche. Mineral, Peaches, lime and cream. Winemaker’s […]
Add to cart Producer: Patrick Sullivan -
Poggio Al Sole Chianti Classico 2022
$45.00Poggio Al Sole’s vineyards are set high and the site is relatively cool by Tuscan standards. Super fresh and vibrant, with pure, sweet red and black fruits, crushed flowers, bay leaf, black olive and tobacco. Lovely tension between savoury and sweet, and the volumes of fruit feel effortless. A supremely balanced wine of great, but […]
Add to cart Producer: Poggio Al Sole -
Badenhorst Secateurs Chenin Blanc 2024
$35.00The grapes are hand picked with great care and chilled overnight in a cold room. The following day they are whole-bunch pressed to a settling tank. These vineyards were picked over a period of 12 days and each day fresh juice was added to the already fermenting tanks. This extended the alcoholic fermentation by about […]
Add to cart Producer: Badenhorst -
Sale!
Castle Rock Estate Porongurup Riesling 2024
$29.00Always from the first press juice, as always this is terrific. 2024 is a very warm vintage of low yields and deep concentration, but somehow Castle Rock manage a stunning mineral, energetic and pure riesling, regardless of conditions. White flowers, citrus blossom/fruit/zest, with oyster shell, thyme and pink lady apple. Juicy and easy drinking, it’s […]
Add to cart Producer: Castle Rock Estate -
Frederick Stevenson Montepulciano 2024
$35.00Utterly captivating, with all the heightened sensuality of Montepulciano. Layers of blackberry, plum, blackcurrant and mulberry unfold into notes of licorice, dried herbs and mint. Curved and supple, with fine, bow-like tannins giving shape and line. Plush yet controlled, the focused acidity drives the wine long through the finish. Abundant, succulent, and seriously compelling. Bright […]
Add to cart Producer: Frederick Stevenson
