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Bondar Violet Hour Shiraz 2024
$30.00Andre Bondar and Selina Kelly approach McLaren Vale shiraz like young renovators who’ve just inherited an old mansion from an eccentric old aunt. What was once dark has had the light let in, abundant artifacts and ornate over-stuffing replaced with cleaner lines and more open space. It’s still the beautiful place it always was, but […]
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Bondar Fiano 2025
$30.00Mainly from Ben Lacey’s Branson Road vineyard in Tatachilla, supplemented with fruit from the Minchella family, also in Tatachilla. Predominant steel ferment, with some older oak and amphora, then blended and raised in steel for four months. The ’24 was the best Bondar fiano I have seen, and this sits squarely beside it. Golden apple […]
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Bondar Rose 2025
$26.00Now all home Rayner vineyard fruit, with grenache (90%) off vines planted in 1970, with some from ’19 and ’17. The other 10% is an even split of cinsault and mataro, with the latter seeing older oak. This is as good as any rosé from this address, and that’s saying a lot, with the bar […]
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Somos Biodynamic Aglianico 2023
$35.00How to tame those aglianico tannins! This is classically styled in a sense, but has the vibrancy, energy and brightness of a contemporary wine. Black and bramble fruits, licorice, fennel, cola, rosemary and violets. Sweet and sour fruit, some fruit case spice, seaweed, tobacco and a tension between angular tannins, prickling acidity and pure high […]
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Dr Edge Tasmania Pinot Noir 2024
$55.00Peter Dredge is the very model of the modern major winemaker. Classically trained, technically strong, he has the solid foundations required to push things, as he punningly promises on the label, to the edge. Without the disciplined fruit sourcing, the commitment to keeping multiple parcels separate through fermentation and the finely tuned skill to blend […]
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Bondar Violet Hour Shiraz 2023
$30.00The value here has always been super keen. That’s as true as ever with this iteration from a cool year, typically lifted and fragrant but also with some serious import. A tick up from mid-weight, this is spicy and peppered ferruginous minerality, along with blackberry, dark cherries, tapenade, violet, cassia, bay, coffee bean, and salted […]
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Bondar Rayner Vineyard Shiraz 2023
$45.00From the two oldest blocks on the Bondar-owned Rayner vineyard. The 1960 vines are on clay and limestone; the 1950s, being the major component, on deep sand with ironstone. Andre Bondar is never going to pursue rich styles, but this bottling usually has a little more supple generosity. That’s still true here, with a sultry […]
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Bondar Junto GSM 2024
$30.00One of my favourite Bondar wines. We had a 2022 a year after release and it was gorgeous, better after a year in bottle. Vibrant from start to finish with pure black, red and blue fruits, dried flowers and mixed herbs. Curvy, full flavoured and downright easy to drink, with lithe tannins and gentle acidity. […]
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Holyman Chardonnay 2024
$60.00Only a tiny amount of this wine is made each year, and very little ever leaves Tasmania. It’s a pure, confident expression of site – built to reward patience in the cellar. Aromatically, it opens with white peach, and sweet citrus notes. The palate is taut and zingy, carrying through long on the finish. Oak […]
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Holyman Pinot Noir 2024
$60.00Despite the light colour, pouring the wine releases an immense bouquet. I know we’re in for a treat! Expressive and vibrant with plum, cherry, raspberry, blackberry and five spice. Deep, succulent and complex and so much presence and grip. Tannins are very fine, that seem to tighten towards the close. Scaffolding acidity, with the length […]
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Dr Edge Brut Nature NV
$50.00Very light yellow/straw colour with freshness and some aged complexities introducing a toasty element. The wine is very dry and rich, complex and deep, with incisive lemon, verbena/herbal and lightly toasty flavours of balance and charm. Appetising and high-energy. Long, refreshing finish. A very smart non-vintage wine. 95 Points, Huon Hooke – The Real Review […]
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Bondar Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2024
$40.00Fruit sourced from a single vineyard in Echunga in the Adelaide Hills. Hand-picked and lightly pressed straight to barrel sans sulphur, the juice was allowed to ferment naturally in French oak barrels (about 25% new) for ten months.
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Dr Edge Blanc de Noir 2020
$60.00Very light colour, with a very subtle blush or taché, the aromas are fresh and mostly primary, with suggestions of iced pastries and brioche, and in the mouth it’s full and rich with quite marked acidity that drives the super-dry aftertaste. It certainly cleanses the tongue, and would be refreshing with lighter foods, especially oysters […]
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Dr Edge Extra Brut Rose NV
$45.00The Dr. Edge NV ‘Extra Brut’ Rosé is a Traditional Method Sparkling made from a blend of Tamar Valley Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier. Predominantly 2023 base material, the wine is left to develop in bottle on tirage for 2 years. Disgorged ‘Extra Brut’ or ‘Dry’ in style – October 2025.
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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Grenache 2023
$74.00Phenomenally complex with tar, English summer fruits, blackcurrant, sweet and savoury spice, cola, blood orange and mixed flowers. It’s very expressive from the aromatics to the finish, the palate, succulent and silky, yet the tannins authoritative. Such a serious grenache, without the loss of sensuality. Long, long, long. Amazing. Norris at Waters Wine Co […]
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Dr Edge Tasmania Chardonnay 2024
$55.00A blend of chardonnay from the Derwent and Tamar Valleys; hand-picked, direct press to 50/50 French oak barrique/clay amphora, wild ferment, nine months on lees. Gorgeous grapefruit and lemon lead, followed by hints of white peach, gentle spice, crushed stone, clotted cream, clover blossom, meal and lemon curd. Such a harmonious wine with a brilliant […]
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Frederick Stevenson Pinot Noir 2023
$36.00A very classical pinot noir. Pure and silken, the intense aromas give way to a gorgeous palate. Dark cherry, blackberry, violets, wood spice, licorice and mint. Even flow, medium bodied, and yet the flavours and textures are intense and enveloping, coating every which way. Generous in a way and so easy to drink. Norris at […]
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Frederick Stevenson Cabernet Sauvignon 2022
$42.00100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 1960s planted vines situated in Vine Vale, Barossa Valley. Currently tended to by Wayne Ahrens and Suzie Hilder. The label, much like the wine, is a nostalgic throwback to some labels of old and features the heritage listed church that we use as our winery and sometimes cellar door – “Oddio” in […]
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Bondar Rayner Vineyard Shiraz 2022
$45.00A very classic style, finessed. Rich and plush, almost full bodied with blueberry, mulberry, blackcurrant, blackberry, Vietnamese mint, black olive, seaweed, soy and five spice. Terrific weave and tension of sweet fruit and savoury elements. Very long, with a mineral, inky close. Also a terrific bargain. Waters Wine Co From the two oldest blocks […]
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Somos Biodynamic Albarino 2024
$35.00Such a gorgeous wine with grapefruit, pear, yellow fruits, preserved lime, lemon, pink lady apple, jasmine and honey. Wonderfully fully flavoured and succulent, with texture and citrus drive focusing and lengthening the palate. All of the Somos wine’s are for drinking upon release, and the prices are eye wateringly cheap, but I would love to […]
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Frederick Stevenson Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
$42.00100% Cabernet Sauvignon from 1960s planted vines situated in Vine Vale, Barossa Valley. Currently tended to by Wayne Ahrens and Suzie Hilder. The label, much like the wine, is a nostalgic throwback to some labels of old and features the heritage listed church that we use as our winery and sometimes cellar door – “Oddio” in […]
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Bondar Hope Springs Eternal Shiraz 2023
$74.00If I had to a serve a South Australian shiraz to a European, unversed in Australian wine, then this would be it. Fragrant, with a compote of brambly, red and blueberry fruit, bitter chocolate, Middle Eastern spices, fresh compost, licorice subtle oak. Lucious and sexy, with an intensity and lavishness of fruit that could only […]
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