2023
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Castle Rock Porongurup Estate Riesling 2023
$32.00Out of Stock
A flagship wine for the brand which they have been making since 1986. So it’s no surprise they have absolutely NAILED it once again. It’s almost like what freshly bathed baby skin smells like, pure and immaculate. Apple blossoms, white nectarine and lychee. Greengage plums, lime pith and quartz. Slippery and nimble on the palate […]
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Traviarti Rosso 2023
$35.00Out of Stock
A very different expression this year, 2023 being cool and wet; rounder, softer and juicier. Blackberry, cassis, plum, dark cherry and raspberry, with a savoury squeeze of fennel, bay leaf and dried flowers. Is there an evolution in style, or is it the vintage? I’m thinking the latter. The more gentle structure a product of […]
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Rieslingfreak No 3 Clare Valley Riesling 2023
$25.00Excellent value here as this Clare Riesling delivers admirable complexity of chalk, citrus, white pepper, and stony complexity delivered with precision and focus. It then builds more exotic lavers of musk sticks, lychee and sherbet flavours all kept in line by a bolt of fresh acidity, with excellent volume lingering over a sustained finish. A […]
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Rieslingfreak No 5 Clare Valley Off Dry Riesling 2023
$25.00Beautiful floral, honeysuckle, lime, talc scented, highly aromatic bouquet: there’s the sense that the residual sugar is lifting the fruit, which is often the way in off-dry and semi-sweet style rieslings. Exquisite aromas, a note of stone-fruits, the taste off-dry but you would never describe it as sweet. It dries off towards the back-palate with […]
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Traviarti Chardonnay 2023
$50.00Aged in 600 litre Stockinger demi muids, it’s a testament to the richness and depth of fruit that the oak plays only a supporting role. 2023 is a cool, wet vintage and this is looking very Chablis-like, with its silky texture, mineral grip, oyster shell and long line of salinity. Medium bodied, rounder in shape […]
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Bondar Rose 2023
$26.00A beautiful, pale, dry rosé made from McLaren Vale Grenache and Cinsault. Bright, fresh, delicate and aromatic. Click here for our full Bondar range
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Crawford River Riesling 2023
$52.00Very light, bright yellow colour with a haunting fresh fragrance of lemon-peel, lime juice and high-toned estery floral notes. The wine is tremendously intense and rich in the mouth, lifted in the core by a tickle of sweetness which niftily counteracts the quite high acidity. There is a firmness that stops just short of austerity. […]
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Rieslingfreak No 8 Schatzkammer Riesling 2023
$35.00With an abundance of natural acidity in the grapes, 2023 makes for an exciting vintage for our iconic “Schatzkammer” Riesling. The bouquet is sweetly scented with aromas of orange sherbet, passionfruit, grapefruit, jasmine and honeysuckle, which carry through onto the lusciously flavoured palate. This wine is low in alcohol with a finely-tuned balance of succulent […]
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Meadowbank Riesling 2023
$39.00Aromatic and open with Gardenia, lemon, saltbush, dried oregano, grapefruit, pawpaw and green mango. Rich and almost full bodied, indeed I’m not sure we’ve ever had a Tasmanian Riesling with such dimensions and depth as this. For all its size and opulent shape, it’s very focused and structured, the richness of fruit tensioned by minerals, […]
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Mesh Eden Valley Riesling 2023
$35.00Mesh is a collaboration between Yalumba’s Robert Hill Smith and Jeffrey Grosset, two of Australia’s greatest riesling producers. Typical of the vintage, the 2021 has that extra level of concentration. White flowers, mandarin oil, lemon zest and juicy ripe limes. Texturally, there is a chalky/salty mineral feel, that really lifts the finish. Precise, elegant, detailed […]
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Stargazer Single Vineyard Riesling 2023
$35.00A feinherb style that is at once richer and more tense than the 2022. Stunning aromatics of green mango, kiwi, star jasmine, pink grapefruit, lime, white cherry and blackcurrant. Stunning breadth, absolutely palate coating, focused, intense and mineral. The fruit is perfectly ripe, yet tangy, mouthwatering and so pristine, you’ll have to have another sip. […]
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Rieslingfreak No 2 Polish Hill Riesling 2023
$30.00This 2023 Polish Hill River Riesling delivers immediate complexity and generosity of fruit with mandarin skin, nectarine, pear and touches of stony spice providing an impressive start. Great volume of flavour to follow, gentle grip well placed and giving a serious feel supporting its density and shape through to a lengthy finish. Great overall tension […]
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Pewsey Vale Vineyard Riesling 2023
$25.00One of Australia’s most consistent and best value whites. A great vintage for this wine too. Expressive and concentrated. Lemon, lime, white peach, start jasmine and sculptural acidity. Fleshy fruit, some zest and rind for texture and that Clare Valley zing. Drink over the next 20 years at least. Waters Wine Co Riesling sourced […]
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Stargazer Rada Pinot Blend 2023
$35.00A vibrant high-toned nose of wild raspberries and stewed blueberries is supported by a fresh and crunchy palate and long soft tannins. Translucent red fruits are the hallmark of this wine, combined with savoury, spicy notes from the Meunier component and fresh cherry pip acidity on the finish. Winemaker’s Notes Shop ALL Stargazer
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Grosset Springvale Riesling 2023
$55.00A flavoursome release of this stalwart Clare riesling; easy access in youth with a sense of high drinkability, concentration of flavour and crystalline acidity. Scents of frangipani, sweet lime, ozone and green apple with similar flavours and a fine, chalky pucker to texture. There’s a general prettiness, an inviting juiciness, despite the excellent, powdery textural […]
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Patrick Sullivan Chardonnay 2023
$29.00The fruit is whole cluster crushed, pressed then drained off into tank for settling. Primary fermentation takes place in barrique 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 […]
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Bloody Hill Villages Coldstream Pinot Noir 2023
$42.00A gorgeous, light to medium bodied Yarra pinot, packing plenty of flavour and complexity. Pretty, with floral notes, cherry, kirsch, strawberry and blackcurrant. Filling out the palate with sweet and tangy red fruits, fresh compost and hints of game. It’s great drinking already, but will be better in a few years time. Waters Wine Co
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Rieslingfreak No 4 Eden Valley Riesling 2023
$25.00Classic Eden Valley dried wildflower aromas, pot-pourri, not as dry as the Polish but close. There is high, rapier-like acidity but it avoids tartness. Very lively but soft and with generous fruit, which gives it remarkable approachability—the most up-front of this maker’s ’23s—although it’s obviously going to age well. (A blend of Eden Valley vineyards. […]
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Reed Frequency Botrytis Riesling 2023 (375ml)
$55.00The wine is poured from across the room, our kitchen to be exact, with the kids running around, the detritus of a busy family home everywhere. And yet, I am utterly fixated on the aromas teasing my attention. A wine of pure natural power, decadence and sensual complexity to take your mind from the busyness […]
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Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2023
$79.00An outstanding release of this vaunted wine. It’s intense, it’s racy, it’s complex and nuanced in its fruit, spice, mineral and subtle savoury elements, all of it woven into an extremely persistent and poised textural experience. There’s stacks of flavour in all this, yet held within a tensile thrust of raciness and faint chalky pucker. […]
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Bloody Hill Villages Rose 2023
$32.00European in style. At least in the sense that it’s herbal, savoury, spicy and salty. Lifted red fruits, but it really is about those herbal elements and some lanolin fluffiness on the midpalate. Finishes mildly textural and slightly saline. Mouthwatering and delicious. Give it some food! Waters Wine Co
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Bloody Hill Villages Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
$35.00One of the great bargains of Australian wine is Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon. A favourite of the 2023 release, this is a classic lunch claret. medium bodied, with layers of blackcurrant, blackberry, mulberry, graphite, black olive and tobacco leaf. Pure and fresh palate, a terrific interplay of fresh fruit and savoury notes lead onto long, […]
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Bloody Hill Villages Coldstream Chardonnay 2023
$42.00A chardonnay that is impossible not to like. Fresh, bright and intense, with melon, white peach, nectarine, jasmine, quince and mandarin. Lovely tension between the hyper fresh citrus notes and the richer, fleshy stone fruits. A nod to both contempory and classic Yarra Valley. Waters Wine Co
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Domenica Rose 2023
$32.00Domenica Rosé is built from select parcels of fruit fermented in neutral barrels shaping a complex wine worthy of attention. It has been featured by The WineFront and Halliday magazine as one of Australia’s leading rosé wines. The 2023 is no exception to its predecessors, made with intention as a serious and refreshing style.
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Bloody Hill Villages Pinot Gris 2023
$42.00Terrific and very complex, particularly considering the price. Whole bunch pressed into old barrels and fermented dry. Rich and full bodied with fresh flowers, lime, honey, nashi pear, dried pineapple, passionfruit, apricot and spice. Lovely curve and flesh, with invigorating freshness. Waters Wine Co
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Stonegarden Riesling 2023
$40.00A great vintage for Eden Valley Riesling, combining soaring aromatics, richness, complexity and precision. Vivid flavours of grapefruit, fresh lime, lime preserve, green mango, jasmine, cumin, green apple and white peach. Very pure mouthfeel, ripe thank heavens it’s not picked too early, and masses of freshness. Poised, elegant and immensely powerful, the fruit thrusting to […]
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Domenica Chardonnay 2023
$55.00‘A very fine chardonnay, without quite the precision, detail and tension that I recall from other years. Stone fruit, flint, lanolin, porcini and that regional tattoo of glazed quince. Quinine bitterness at the finale. Mid-weighted and nicely nervous in the mouth, while suitably open-knit enough to breach already. Fine. Drink or hold. Screw cap.’ 95 Points […]
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Vinya Vella Grenache Rose 2023
$30.00Something of Corsica here, with its contrast of dryness, savoriness and sweet red fruits. A rose of presence with discreet aromatics of raspberry, cherry, redcurrants and Middle Eastern spice. There is a great textural presence, woven with tangy fruit, the grapes picked earlier it would seem than the grenache for vivid freshness. Very refreshing and […]
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Reed White Heart Riesling 2023
$36.00A remarkable feinherb style. Tangy, tense and lithe with very high levels of natural acidity balanced by gentle sweetness. Flesh and zest of lime, grapefruit, white flowers, lemon, cumquat and tangerine. The acidity and salty minerality lend a sort of chisel and muscularity. This is certainly approachable now, but ideally better in a year or […]
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