Vermentino 2012
Crisp oily salty fresh citrus herb notes. Warm and vibrant, balanced and fresh, plenty of character and texture, a bit of depth.
Sagrantino 2009
Core of sweet dark fruit on the nose, floral and intense. Quite dense but in no way oppressive or aggressive, earthy and full without heaviness. Slight savoury finish, needs food.
Oliver’s Taranga sign
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Il Vescovo White 2011 (savagnin, verdelho, roussanne)
Clean bright salty crisp citrus and peach. Fruity and flavourful, clean palate, nice fresh finish, good food wine. Outstanding for the style.
Verdelho 2012
Somewhat shy but fresh and clean. A little more concentration but at the same time thin, lacking depth.
The Chosen Gorge Block Chardonnay 2011
Riper more tropical riots, pineapple citrus freshness. Quite subtle and gentle, elegant long but in the riper spectrum. Well managed oak.
Il Vescovo Sangiovese Rosé 2012
Bright cherry strawberry raspberry fruit aromas. Lots of flavour and character but great acidity freshness. A kick of fruit weight and hints of sweetness, but good depth and expression.
Il Vescovo Tempranillo 2011
Tight lean slightly meaty dusty red fruits. Quite intense but lean and soft. Lacking a bit if fruit sweetness and plumpness?
Il Vescovo Tempranillo 2012
Nice and bright, intense and fruitful nose. Generous and full, but still lots of great acidity freshness.
Il Vescovo Sangiovese 2011
Potentially faulty, potentially not sangiovese. Different varietals in style, pretty dark and intense. Very dense. Repassed over cabernet skins.
Bush Vine Grenache 2011
Lovely dark spicy notes, intense but lots of juicy red fruit. Soft round but good acid, intense fruit but good balance of savoury spicy pepper. Robust bit boy too heavy or hot.
Mourvèdre 2010
Nice deep dark plum spice aromas. Juicy soft rich sweet dark fruit. Powerful and explosive, warm but balanced with adequate fruit. Intensity.
The Chosen Road Block Shiraz 2008
Minty juby jammy black fruit plum. Full juicy concentrated intense, but not too oaky or hot, just lots of fruit.
The Chosen House Block Shiraz 2008
More earthy savoury characters, less mint. more subdued concentration, slightly more savoury, but still very intense fruit. Better block wine.
Back vintages of the Chosen Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon wines
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Fiano 2012
Nice bright crisp slightly oily aromatics, intense but also friendly. Soft round generous but full texture, mouth- filling and bold fresh fruit, good weight without fat or sweetness.
Nero d’Avola 2012
Cherry ripe, dark earthy red fruit sweetness, raspberry muesli bar. Very light soft and a bit thin, consistent with bouquet. Showing some nice savoury notes but a little out of balance.
Barbera 2011
Nice bright dark fright but some sharpness and hints of floral elements. Full fruit but on the sharp side, long and persistent acids, good lines and expressiveness, could possibly do with a bit more fruit.
Sangiovese 2011
Light bright colour. Classic aromatics, raspberry and tomato, juicy bright and fresh. Soft full fresh, intense but clean and bright, possibly a touch warm. Extremely adaptable with food and also pleasing to many palates.
Vita Reserve Sangiovese 2009
Dark and oaky, more like Shiraz in character, international winemaking nose. Depth character weight and extension, soft round but appreciated acids. A much more premium wine, certainly hallmarks of Australia on it.
Sagrantino 2009
Tight and talcy, intense red fruits. Very powerful and intense expression but not heavy aggressive or cloying, explosive fruit and tannin with balanced alcohol, nothing getting in the way.
Coriole tasting
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Silvaner Trocken 2011
A slightly shy yeasty nose, bold fruit and some texture, but not much length or complexity.
Riesling Trocken 2011
fun fruity and approachable wine with nice clean lime and kiwi fruit characters.
Selection ‘S’ Weisser Burgunder 2010
The reserve wine of the variety, it had lovely volume and depth, and had the character of a pinot blanc made in a chablis style.
Brunnenhauschen Auslese 2010
Very quiet kerosene mineral nose, was somewhat rich and syrupy, but had a lovely fresh finish. There were some hints of savoury characters combining with the bright citrus notes, certainly one for ageing.
Weingut Wittmann tasting
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Fritzs Riesling 2010
Lovely and fresh with a little R/S to keep it approachable and friendly.
Qualitatswein Riesling 2010
Orange and mango aromas and a soft acid freshness
Nackenheim Riesling 2010
Slightly more reductive mineralic nose and more rich and concentrated youth.
Nierstein Riesling 2010
Fuller and broader and certainly more approachable now.
Rothenberg Grosses Gewachs Riesling 2010
Dense in the mid-palate, and with such concentration and austerity makes you want to drink it in at least 10 years.
Rothenberg Spatlese Riesling 2010
Some lovely tropical pineapple mango characters, and had fantastic balance and concentration.
Rothenberg Auslese Riesling 2010
More juby glycol texture and viscosity.
Nackenheim Rothenberg Trockenbeerenauslese 2008
Includes the juice macerating on skins for 30 days and takes a year to finish fermenting. The wine is one of the most complex I have ever tasted, as it had the rich syrupy stone fruit and fresh acids, but then showed exquisite oxidative hazelnut and oats.
Top dry wines of Gunderloch
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Delight Vermentino 2012
Clean light salty, hints of apricot. Nice weight and texture, brightness of fruit and acid, just a little RS to make things friendlier, a little citrus rind zest.
Delight Vin de Soif 2011
(Gren, mataro, Shiraz, carignan)
Nice spicy peppery rhone nose, crushed white pepper and clove, red fruits. Intense but bright and fresh, clean and great balance between fruit and savoury.
Devote Shiraz Roussanne 2011
Soft tight but open sweet dark fruits, hints of nutmeg and cumin. Soft sweet core of fruit, a lock of Indian spice on the back. Good acidity, food friendly.
Second Take Grenache 2012
A lot wilder denser dirtier and funkier, wattle leaf notes. Fantastic, fresh and light but not obvious fruit, not sweet or dense, savoury and exciting.
Second take Shiraz 2012
A little more obvious in varietal character, but nicely savoury and bloody in style. Taking cues from southern Rhone, still nice and soft with dark fruit, just enough texture and intensity of acids.
2012 Dolcetto
A bit spirity, almost tequila scotch, sharp red fruits. Pomegranate, spicy savoury notes.
2012 Barbera
Nice intense rubbery notes. Nice and soft, good clarity and intensity, chocolate on the back. Fresh and light but full of flavour.
2012 Primitivo
Deceptively expressive and jubey on the nose, candied red fruit. Soft full and wonderfully dark fruit, bold tannin structure but still relatively elegant and long.
2012 Lagrein
Good structure and depth, freshness and intensity of fruit and acid. Very solid.
2013 Dolcetto
Good core of dark fruit, really vibrant and exciting, forward and friendly. Great fruit driven wine but not classic style, different.
2013 Barbera
Mealy earthy red fruits, nice bite and thrust, freshness and friendliness with sufficient food-friendly acid.
2013 Lagrein
Very dark and intense in colour. Blueberry blackcurrant fruit roll-up. Dark and soft plenty of sweet fruit, but still fresh. Hefty tannins linger on the back.
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Garganega 2011
Nice clean slightly oily, a touch sea salty and blossomy. Fairly crisp, forward on the palate, fresh texture, balanced through the palate.
Viognier 2009
Bright and fresh citrus blossom and almond, some oily minerality. Quite intense and full, warm texture and weight, creamy robust fruit.
Rose 2010 Pinot Noir Sangiovese
Quite dark, approaching Beaujolais. Dark cherry notes, full character. Dark full-bodied, more red wine than rose.
Sangiovese 2009
Dark and intense colour. Over extracted and fruit sweet, pleasant enough but made like a Shiraz.
Lagrein 2010
Really full inky black, lots of dark plum blackcurrant fruits on the nose, raspberry liquorice. Soft mellow full, round and juicy but also very warm and sweet. Nice clean finish, more in the merlot vein.
Saperavi 2005
Dark earthy concentration, sweet intense blackcurrant fruit, soft dark and full. Teeth-staining.
Dolcezza Garganega 2008
Honeyed citrus notes. Nice balance, not overly sweet, fresh and soft, good lines and complex sweetness on the back.
Domain Day Cellar Door
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Barbera 2012
Nice and dark, but not too intense in colour. Characteristic spicy pepperyness, dark red fruits but still extremely lively, intense but not at all heavy, and great acids with enough warmth.
Primitivo 2012
Dense spicy pepper black fruits. Really intense and full but not too clingy or heavy on the back. Great expression and energy, broad on the palate but clean and straight.
2012 Tannat
Quite dark and smoky, subtle spice. Very dense but wonderful structure, full on the palate, nice and broad, firm tannins but not too hot or extractive. Acids and savoury notes there.
2012 Saperavi
Lovely and intense dark and full sweet spice. Sweet fruit but still amazingly fresh and soft,
2013 Barbera
Juicy and bright but lacking in spice and acid.
2013 Primitivo
Dark and sweet black fruits. Dark juicy but perhaps lacking in fruit.
2013 Saperavi
Exceptional structure and velvety tannins. Good fruit weight.
The Massena Barbera and Primitivo
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Wurzburger Stein Silvaner 2010
A slight spritz to it, a very bright fresh nose and palate, but was pretty simple.
Wurzburger Grosses Gewachs Silvaner 2010
A lot more mineral influence, good mid-palate breadth, some viscosity from residual sugar, but was quite warm at 13% alcohol.
Wurzburger Innere Leiste Grosses Gewachs Riesling 2009
An interesting sesame seed character but it tended to overwhelm the fruit.
Wurzburger Innere Leiste Spatburgunder 2008
Some pronounced dark fruit notes with some savoury spice, and a hint of chocolate. In general the wines were a little alcoholic and textural, lacking in finesse and freshness.
Weingut am Stein wines
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Spatburgunder Tradition 2010
Nice spicy raspberry and red cherry notes on the nose, with very light delicate silky tannins and sweet fruit vibrancy.
Centgrafenberg Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs 2008
Very concentrated red currant nose, great balance and elegance, and an earthy texture with some cumin and cinnamon complexity.
Schlossberg Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs 2009
Much more opulent rich wine, with darker berry notes, toasted nut complexity and a savoury finish.
Hunsruck Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs 2009
More blackforest and chocolate elements, and had a grainy tannin texture.
Hunsruck Spatburgunder Grosses Gewachs 2003
Evolved in the bottle to show smokier toasty red currant fruit, with a dark nougat macadamia complexity on the palate.
Centgrafenberg Frueburgunder 2009
Different, presenting as quite stalky and brambly on the nose, but a little salty and warm on the palate.
Riesling 2010
Quite spritzy and vibrant showing slight herbaceous notes.
Riesling 2009
Much softer and more voluptuous, with the herbaceous characters evolving into ripe cucumber and capsicum.
Riesling 2005
Showing bottle development of lovely rich kerosene, crushed hazelnut and walnut, volume and viscosity, lovely texture and length.
Burgstadter Centgrafenberg Eiswein 2001
Amazingly rich and dense in colour and viscosity. There was a very creamy vanilla texture and flavour, combining with citrus to have a lemon custard character.
Rudolf Fuerst wines
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