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2006 Tyrrells Rufus Stone Shiraz @
$14.00.
"Striking purple - red. this elegant, medium - bodied wine
has ravishing black cherry and spice fruit, perfectly
matched by seamless tannins and oak. Gold Medal National
Wine Show 2007.
From: Heathcote, Victoria
Drink: Now to 2015
James Hallidays Top 100 Wines. Weekend Australian. Nov 8
- 9 2008 |
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2008 Bird in Hand Rose @ $15.00
has
been generating a reputation as a faultless serve, being selected
twice for service at Wimbledon. Whatever you think of tennis,
quality pinot and rose always make for a good double. Sour cherry
and strawberry of the pinot match well in this elegant, slightly
sweet wine. Fine acidity, vibrant redcurrant and strawberry fruit
and a measured dose of sugar is the perfect aid to the fruit. Very
elegant… screwcap
2007
Nepenthe Sauvignon Blanc @ $16.00
is one of 2 benchmark Adelaide Hill savvys. It regularly features
gooseberry and tinned asparagus fruit, good mid weight mouthfeel and
intensity. This edition shows riper fruit than normal and has a
touch of passionfruit to it as well… screwcap
2008
Sorby Adams WA Semillon Sauvignon Blanc @ $14.00. This is top cool climate territory and the wine
is fragrant, herbaceous, light and yet intense. The winemaker is
Simon Adams, former Cellarmasters winemaker, and brother of Tim
Adams … screwcap
2008
Australian Domaine Wines Clare Viognier @ $17.00.
Here’s a variety struggling for an identity – Aussie
production runs the gamut from super ripe and oaked to under ripe,
fragrant and lean. While the variety has something to recommend it
at either extreme it has yet to assert itself at any point of the
spectrum. This wine however, is lovely, very steady on its feet,
elegant, taut and just ripe, showing lovely apricot kernel
characters, a touch of citrus blossom and pear. This wine is perfect
with a green salad featuring a bit of young asparagus straight from
a hot griddle pan, rocket, fresh pear, parmesan and olive oil …
screwcap
2008
Bird in Hand Sauvignon Blanc @ $19.00.
Grapes were picked at staggered intervals, and varying
degrees of ripeness. The result is a complex wine, starting at
cat-spray and gooseberry and finishing at tropical. A relative
newcomer, but hot on the heels of Shaw and Smith … screwcap
2006
Tim Adams Clare Riesling @ $19.00.
The 06 is one of the finest Tim has produced, deserving the Hyatt
International Riesling challenge trophy. This wine fended off 457
other entries from 9 countries (including much of the best of
Germany). There’s plenty of citrus aromatics here, with couture
quality fruit flowing over model acidity … screwcap
2006
Pikes White Mullet @ $13.00.
It’s usually a dangerous thing to release a white blend (unless
it’s an SSB) especially one that features a lot of different
varieties (Riesling, Viognier, Sauv and Chenin Blancs in this
instance). Kinda screams ‘left over bits we didn’t know what to do
with’. These particular bits however are quality, massaged into
cohesion with fine acid and settled into place with the faintest
hint of sugar … screwcap
2006
Miranda Pioneer’s Raisined Muscat 375ml @ $11.00.
Here’s Muscat made as a late harvest style, rather than the more
traditional porty style. Choice mags panel rated it best of the late
harvest styles, beating more expensive and more highly fancied
opposition including offerings from Cloudy Bay,Torbreck, Brown
Brothers and Stella Bella … cork
2006 Pike & Joyce Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc @ $14.00. Snow
pea and passionfruit are the key elements in this wine. Neil Pike
(winemaker) reckons it looks better than when it was released. I
didn’t have it as a youngster but can happily say it looks as fresh
as many 08 releases. Because the market demands the current vintage
so strongly, it can be had for $14 - awesome … screwcap
2007
Black Chook Viognier Marsanne Rousanne @ $14.00.
This wine is a blend of Viognier, Marsanne and
Rousanne- so it’s got great texture and length, and flavours of
pear, apple, apricot and honeysuckle. Fresh, bright and layered …
screwcap
2008
Bird in Hand Sparkling @ $20.00
is fast achieving cult status, and with good reason. The wine is
soft, creamy and strawberry laden, with excellent length and
beautiful balance … cork
2007
Two Hands Moscato @ $16.00
is a
fresh, lightly sparkling dessert style wine made from frontignac.
Smells like a plate of fresh tropical fruit dusted with bathpowder.
Palate is light and sweet without being over the top in the sugar
stakes. Perfect with fresh fruit, loud pants and happy weekend
catchups … cork
2006
Tempus Two Cab Merlot @ $20.00
Here’s a fruit rich medium bodied wine with plenty of cassis and
black currant. It’s well polished with bright fruit, and good
intensity for the price. It’ll cellar well, but it’s so juicy and
slippery that it’s unlikely to last that long … screwcap Buy 6
get 6 FREE
2006
Tempus Two Shiraz @ $20.00
Medium
bodied, with bright fruit, this is an excellent current drinker
which will also reward a few years cellaring. Fruit is plummy with a
hint of blackcurrant and is finished with vanillan oak … screwcap
Buy 6 get 6 FREE
2006
Leconfield Cabernet @ 22.00
just
scored the Best Cab award at the recent Hyatt wine awards. It is
typical Leconfield Coonawarra- long, fine and intense whipped into
shape by cedary oak and finishing with fine, drying tannins. Will
reward cellaring … screwcap Just announced – has also
just been awarded a gold medal and best in class at the
International Wine and Spirits Comp.
2005
Tim Adams Cab Merlot @ $17.00
This brand spanking new wine from Tim Adams has just finished a 2
year stint in French oak. It’s a big Cab Merlot blend and the fruit
has soaked up the oak beautifully, showing stunning fruit intensity
and clarity with a cedary finish Lots of Cab characters here, like
violets and blackcurrant, softened beautifully by plump, plummy
merlot … screwcap
2006
Tyrrells Rufus Stone Heathcote Shiraz @ $15.00
has
just picked up a gold medal at the Adelaide Wine show. This wine
shows signs of increasing vine age with layers of complexity and
good fruit intensity. I love Heathcote for its ability to provide
super ripe fruit with high natural acidity and a streak of
minerality. A bit like being praised and spanked at the same time …
screwcap
2006
Australian Domaine Wines Padthaway Shiraz @ $16.00
is a belter, offering big, ripe dark fruit, chocolate and
tobacco, with a seam of fine acidity for balance. There’s quite a
bit of oak here, it doesn’t dominate, adding a hint of smoke and
some cedary/vanillan complexity. Very much like drinking a $35
Shiraz and paying half … cork
2006
Pikes Red Mullet @ $12.00
features shiraz, mouvedre, tempranillo and grenache. Seems an odd
blend, but these are all complementary varieties and work
beautifully in this wine. Complex and perfumed with dark fruit,
mouth-watering spice and smoke this is an excellent wine. Fantastic
everyday drinker … screwcap
2007
Gemtree Bloodstone Shiraz Viognier @ $16.00
This is
the best example yet, full bodied and feminine, with mouthwatering
black and blue fruits on the palate and plenty of length … screwcap
Has picked up 1 gold medal so far|
2006 Mr
Riggs Shiraz Viognier @ $20.00
is black as the ace of spades, smells of apricot and blackberries
and has a smooth intense pallet of currants, blackberry and licorice.
This is seriously intense booze with lovely mouth feel finished off
with lots of fine, powdery tannins … screwcap
2007
Gemtree Uncut Shiraz @ $17.00
This
vintage, the 07 is a ripper. Yields were substantially down and the
resulting wine is super concentrated, thick and complex. It’s hard
to resist right now but will improve for 10+ years if cared for …
screwcap
2006
Hamilton Hut Block Cabernet @ $15.00
This wine smacks of classic Cabernet, offering vibrant fruit which
crossed over from violet into blackcurrant, supported by ripe, chewy
tannin, coffee and tobacco characters. Oak somewhere in the
background, as it should be! … screwcap
2004 Murray Street
Barossa GSM @ $22.00
is the
creation of Andrew Seppelt, formerly of Rockford fame. Old vine
grenache, shiraz and mataro, with a hatful of cincaut thrown in.
It’s genteel by Barossan standards and mixes sweet and savoury
characters to good effect. One to drink now with barbecue ribs we
reckon … screwcap
2003
Kingston Empiric Durif @ $10.00
is
black and blue, coincidentally the same colours it’ll leave your
palate after a glass or 2. This one has a nice balance of fresh and
mature characters and is worth decanting before you drink … cork
2004
Tim Adams Shiraz @ $19.00
The
2004 vintage this time, a little fuller bodied and more complex than
the 03 and very easy to drink. Definitely not on the nose, it is one
of those wines you can have an each way bet on – drink now or cellar
for a handful more years … screwcap
2005
Hardy’s VR Merlot @ $13.00
is an
easy drinking, full fruited number offering plum and mocha on the
pallet. Perfect with pizza, pasta and as a piñata stuffer. Well
maybe not the last bit … syn cork. Buy 6 Get 6 FREE
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Mike Press New Releases.
He’s done it again! Mike Press has released his 2008
Sauvignon Blanc and it’s a little ripper, OK, it may be the
wrong time of the year for a savvy but ye gotta try this
little sucker!
2008 Mike Press Sauvignon Blanc @ $12.00
Not sure what happened to Campbell's sample of this wine
but this is a great little Savvy! Its not the most complex
wine but it has all the right stuff. Great fruit weight,
typical fruit bowl with apples, lemon, limes, hint of melon
and wow... someone just cut the grass in the house on the
corner!
Campbell Mattinson got some samples too.......
"A year ago Tyson Stelzer and
The Wine Front
broke the story of
Mike
Press Wines.
The 2005 shiraz and 2005 cabernet were two of the great
bargains of the year, and so in one easy swoop many
subscribers paid for their subscription a few times over by
cashing in and buying up big. Since then the 2006 vintage
reds have been released (and I'm taking a second look at the
2006 cabernet now) and this morning the 2007 Mike Press
Shiraz landed on my desk - along with a few of the latest
release whites. Needless to say, I tore the package open in
a flash!
Now, just to refresh your memory, Mike Press Wines is an
Adelaide Hills outfit that's decided to cut out a few middle
men and provide stellar wine quality direct to consumers -
at delicous prices. I'm not a wine retailer, I'm a wine
journalist, so whether or not anyone buys these wines
matters nothing to me - except that you'd be mad not to.
Here is what Stelzer wrote last year: 'After more than forty
years in the wine industry, including long stints as Chief
Winemaker for both Seppelts and Mildara Blass, Mike (Press)
enjoyed the change (to owning his own place in the Adelaide
Hills). “I have relished the opportunity to establish my own
vineyard, nurture the vines and produce a quality product
without having to worry about the marketing hype and
commercial pressure.”
To be honest, I hear a lot of good stories from a lot of
good wine folks, but the problem is that the wines
themselves often don't stack up. The thing that sets the
Mike Press wines apart is that they've been fabulous quality
AND a good story AND a great price. That's why I was so keen
to try the latest releases ... to see whether we were still
in the honeymoon, or whether it did it was over.
Mike Press Wines Adelaide Hills Unwooded
Chardonnay 2008:
Fresh, peachy, slightly spicy and apple-like. Nice weight,
texture and flavour with a little warmth on the finish. It's
not a great chardonnay but it's a good drink - and still
easily qualifies as a 'deadset bargain'.
Drink: 2008-2009. 87 points.
Mike Press Wines Adelaide Hills Cabernet
Sauvignon 2006:
I gave this a good wrap in
The Big Red Wine
Book
(available in all good bookstores) and it's good to see it
again here. It's a nice wine, full of briary curranty
flavour and then dusty through the finish. I don't rate it
quite as highly as I did six months ago but it's still jolly
good value. It tastes like real cabernet and slips down very
easily.
Drink: 2008-2012. 90 points.
Mike Press Wines Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2007:
This is bright and brilliantly perfumed, a really good
start. It tastes of dark cherries, boysenberries, musk and
plums, the acidity a little spiky but the overall effect
full of charm. This is super. The value here is
extraordinary. Value like this cannot last - indeed, until a
year ago I didn't know that value like this still existed!
Drink: 2008-2012. 91 points"
Campbell Mattinson. The Wine Front |
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