James Halliday Australian Wine Companion 2008
"…making cameo amounts of red wines which are beautifully made and of a quality equal to Australia's best."
RATING: 5 STARS

Wine List & Tasting Notes

2009 Merlot Petit Verdot

70% Merlot 30% Petit Verdot
This is a medium-bodied wine with a hint of oak on the nose. It has a fine acid/tannin balance with good length and persistence. It is drinking well now, but will cellar up to 2015. A well-balanced and elegant wine.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 13.2%

$22/Bottle

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2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

This wine displays some hints of mint on the nose. There is some nice sweet cherry fruit with well-balanced oak in the background, and strong but fine-textured tannin. A good acid/fruit balance, intensity of flavour and length will allow for cellaring up to 2017.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 14.5%

$25/Bottle

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2009 The Lurnea

30% Cabernet Sauvignon 30% Merlot 20% Cabernet Franc 20% Petit Verdot
This wine has a lovely floral nose, with richness on the palate. It is well-rounded, with great length and persistence. The silky tannin structure allows for immediate drinking, but will also reward cellaring up to 2015.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 13.5%

$28/Bottle

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2009 La Cima Barbera

This deeply coloured wine has a spicy nose and lovely rounded palate with savoury characters and just a hint of sweet cherry fruit. The tannins are very fine, and the wine is drinking well now, but will cellar up to 2013. It has been made from Golden Grove grapes, and is great with Italian food.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 14.0%

$28/Bottle

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2009 Shiraz

This wine is deep purple in colour, medium-bodied, with spicy fruit, a good full palate and great balance. It has the intensity to live and improve for some time, so can be cellared up to 2017. The wine was made with Harrington Glen grapes.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 13.5%

$28/Bottle

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2009 Estate Shiraz

This wine has fantastic deep colour, with a nose to match. There is some oak showing along with some sweetness, and, on the palate, spice and great intensity. It is a powerful and complex wine with a long future, having potential to cellar up to 2020.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 13.2%

$45/Bottle

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2009 Mourvèdre Shiraz

50% Mourvèdre 40% Shiraz 10% Tannat
This wine has great depth of colour, with a wonderful nose. There is power and intensity of flavour, quite complex, with strong tannin perfectly in balance with the acid and fruit. A wine that will develop for many years and should easily cellar up to 2020. The brave may drink now.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 13.5%

$30/Bottle

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2009 Mourvèdre

This wine has a typical Mourvèdre gamey nose, with soft tannins and a rounded fleshy palate. It is drinking well now, and is not a long-term keeper, with cellaring potential up to 2013. The wine was made with Golden Grove grapes.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 14.0%

$28/Bottle

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2008 La Cima Nebbiolo

This wine is brick red in colour, medium-bodied, with a strong tannin structure typical of Nebbiolo. It is unfined to retain all the varietal character, and the palate is elegant and savoury with just a hint of fruit sweetness in the background. We recommend cellaring up to 2020.

SCREWCAP : Alc/vol 13.5%

$30/Bottle

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