Bright, pale pink with youthful purple hues on the edge. This has a full nose of melons, red berries and ripe, savoury strawberries. Dry to taste, this has good weight and vinous presence on the palate with light and gentle flavours of watermelon, strawberries, and nuances of fresh herbs. Though soft in texture, there is good acidity for freshness, leading to a crisp, dry finish with aromatic strawberry notes. 92% Merlot and 8% Syrah from the winery vineyard, the colour from the addition of the Syrah, fermented to 13.0% alc. and 2.0 g/L rs. Serve as an aperitif and with tapas over the next 2 years. 16.0+/20 Sep 2011 RRP $21.00

 

Made from 92% Merlot and 8% Syrah was made by the addition of Syrah for colour, the wine cool-fermented to 13.0% alc. and 2.0 g/L rs. Very pale pink with a hint of youthful purple to the colour, this is very tight with fine, light perfumes of red berry fruits and a touch of fresh herbs. Dry with light strawberry and stonefruit flavours, this has delicacy and a light-textured palate that carries a thread of grip adding to the dry, refreshing nature. This should soften to reveal a little more sweetness of fruit over the next year.  Aug 2011 

A blend of 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 18% Malbec and 18% Cabernet Franc given a cold soak and basket-press fermented to 14.0% alc., the wine aged 17 months in 75% new French oak. Dark, deep, full ruby-red colour, vibrant and youthful in appearance. The bouquet is full and softly presented with layers of dark red berry fruits and dark plums, with brown spices and cedary oak unfolding. Fresh notes of herbs and redcurrants, along with complexing earth add to the interest of the bouquet. Soft, fulsome and plush on palate, this is full of ripe dark plum and red berry fruit flavours interwoven with Asian spice and cedary oak elements. The flavours are framed in a fine-grained, supple-tannin textured structure. The flavours blossom over a long and sustained finish. This mouthfilling and accessible wine will be a match with rich game meat dishes over the next 8-10+ years. 19.0-/20 Sep 2011 RRP $56.00

A blend of 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 18% Malbec and 18% Cabernet Franc, given a cold soak, basket-pressed and barrel fermented, to 14.0% alc., with 17 months aging in French oak, 75% new, is dark, deep, ruby-red colour with a hint of garnet on edge. Full and deep on bouquet with ripe dark plum aromas, this is complexed by notes of liquorice and spices, tobacco and earth, along with some herb elements. The palate is rich and fleshy, with sweetly ripe, dark berry and plum flavours lifted with an array of exotic spices, cedar and oak, all supported by fine-grained and supple tannins, with fresh acidity. A lovely, already accessible wine that will develop well over the next 8-12 years.  Aug 2011 

Light golden-yellow colour with some depth and a pale edge, this has a full, very intense and concentrated nose of ripe tropical fruits, marmalade and honey, the botrytis fully interwoven with the fruit. The aromatics are presented with great clarity. Extremely sweet, rich and luscious, this is medium-weighted with full flavours of ripe tropical fruits, especially mango, honey and marmalade, seamlessly balanced by fine, racy acidity providing excellent cut and slipperiness. The wine has an extremely long, lingering finish, with nutty oak nuances emerging. Hand-picked, fully botrytised Semillon at 46° Brix, fermented in barrel to 10.0% alc with 220 g/L rs and a TA of 10.4 g/L. Match with rich fruit desserts and caramel flavoured puddings as well as blue cheeses over the next 6-8+ years. (375 ml) 19.0-/20 Sep 2011 RRP $50.00

100% Semillon with full botrytis infection picked at 46 Brix, barrel-fermented to 10.0% alc. and 220 g/L rs with a TA of 10.4 g/L. This has a light golden-straw-colour with a pale edge and a very fine, cutting bouquet of honey and lime marmalade, plenty of talc botrytis and fresh tropical fruits along with subtle, spicy oak. Very rich and sweet on palate, this has great cut and freshness from the racy acidity, balancing the lusciousness from the tropical fruit, honied botrytis and spicy, nutty oak. This will keep 8-10 years and match decadent creamy, caramel-flavoured deseerts. (375 ml)  Aug 2011