Reds
Sangiovese 2022
A soft wine;delicate flavour with a big, but soft mouth feel and long finish. Signature fresh cherry flavour. Lots of acid and alcohol. Will cut through any combination of savoury Mediterranean flavours. Ready to drink now. Think Caesar salad, Minestone, Pizza, Bolognese Lasagne, Osso Bucco and barbequed Bullboars.
Cabernet Sauvignon 2021
A pleasant, fruit-driven red with typical warm climate black currant and mixed berries. Plenty of mid palate flavour but won't dominate modern cuisine. Generous amounts of alcohol and mouth feel and gently oaked. Long finish and clean, firm aftertaste. Drink it now or put it down for a few years. Quaffs nicely. Partner with roast beef and pepper sauce or cold rare beef and horseradish cream.
Home Block Shiraz 2021
A pleasant, fruit-driven red with typical warm climate spices and berries. Plent of mid palate flavour but the wine won't dominate modern cuisine. Generous amounts of alcohol and mouth feel and gently oaked in American oak barrels. Long finish and clean, firm aftertaste. Drink it now or put it down for a few years. Quaffs nicely. Partner with roast lamb and mint or cold rare beef and horseradish cream.
Malbec 2022
Grapes fermented with selected yeasts that provide a spectrum of fruit and
savoury characters. Aged in French oak for 15 months. Potential for bottle aging.
This wine has the blackberry, cherry and plum flavours typical of warm climate
Malbec and the characters of French oak.
Goes with lean meats, BBQs and blue style cheeses.
Merlot 2021
This is a superb wine, with subtle nose, intense colour and a strong chocolate taste over a berry palate. Colour is deep red, tending to black. Viscosity is obvious with arches prominent when wine is aerated in the glass. Strong integrated flavours are complimented by the luxuriance of chocolate and a suggestion of acid which helps define the taste sensation. The aftertaste is moderately long and ill defined, giving a playfulness to the tasting experience.
Whites
Wooded Chardonnay 2022
A clean and clear white. Inviting vinous nose. Well structured wine with a little overt fruit and a range of subtle yeasty, biscuity and dairy characters from fermentation and aging on lees. Ample, but not over the top, oak characters from 6 months on French oak. Enough acid to cut through fats and generous alcohol. Perfect for a range of poultry dishes and non-white or smoked fish. It's just wonderful for quaffing and will impress the most critical palates.
Sauvignon Blanc 2022
Grapes cold fermented with selected yeasts that enhance primary fruit and varietal characters. This Sauvignon Blanc is in the modern tropical fruit forward style. Entirely tank fermented. High in acid with a gentle aroma and overt fruit character. Some residual sugar.
Goes with Asian and white meat dishes. A good quaffer.
Sweet
VP Fortified Shiraz 2008
VP Shiraz is a rich and sweet single vintage fortified. It is intense, fruity and luscious with a strong tannic backbone. Barrel aging for two years has contributed to the wine's early maturity for this style. Ready to drink now. It will probably throw a sediment in future and need decanting. Potential as a desert or after dinner wine.