$65
A single vineyard from McLaren Vale that really delivers the goods
$25
92 points
Dandelion Vineyards has successfully rejuvenated the marriage between Shiraz and Riesling, presenting a new hot duo to walk the red carpet aside the ever-popular pairing of Shiraz and Viognier. With ripe dark plums, soft supportive tannin and a like-scented hint of pepperina, this wine walks elegantly and boldly and is sure to win over those [...]
$17
93 points
It was a lot of fun buying Koonunga Hill in the mid-90s, leaving it in my cellar for what seemed like far too long, then pulling it out and wowing all and sundry with a wine that I picked up for next to nothing. There are still a few of those kicking around in there [...]
$30
93 points
There is an arsenal of special release 2008 reds lurking in the Penfolds cellar as testimony to one of the most legendary vintages this decade. For now, you’d have to take my word for this, if it weren’t for the sneak preview that this wine offers. Peter Gago names this the best 138 he’s ever [...]
$90
94 points
Celebrating his fiftieth birthday this year (fifty commercial releases), Monsieur Henri is a dignified chap and he’s not putting on much of a show to mark the occasion. That’s him in the corner, as restrained and reserved as ever, comfortable to sit back while the rest of the family flaunt their showy new oak and [...]
$17
93 points
First impressions of this wine will not last. Open the bottle and watch every glass that is poured progressively unravel its delicate vanillin and aniseed aroma and flavour. Just be sure to give the wine a good decanting, and then sit back and watch the splendour unfold. A tribute to the first Koonunga Hill label [...]
$57
98 points
The more of the wine world I explore, the more I appreciate that the correlation between price and quality is a tenuous one. It is not difficult to find ear-splittingly expensive wines that fail to impress. More difficult to discover well-priced wines that compete at the very highest level on the world stage. My score [...]
$550
97 points
2005 may not be the most profound Grange, nor will it be the most long-lived, but, oh my goodness, is there some complexity tucked into its crevasses! It is not the blockbuster of 2002 and doesn’t have the stamina and hidden secrets of 2004 (which took hours to reveal itself) but there is no question [...]
$85
97 points
At the base of the cliff face of Mount Langi in the Grampians is nestled one of the country’s most picturesque vineyards. The most exacting traditional approaches unite with cutting-edge space-age technology in the vineyard and winery to create the most compelling wines in this vineyard’s illustrious forty-year history. The 2008 is the greatest of [...]
$40
96 points
Adam Marks has a simple philosophy of winemaking. “I knock off work like everyone else, and I want decent booze to drink!” A self-confessed “shocking Francophile” his wines are unashamedly French-inspired. This Shiraz is an utterly enthralling wine, as reminiscent of the Northern Rhone as it is south-western Heathcote. Violet perfume and finely ground white [...]
95 points