Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 07, 2025
A medium red in colour, with a nose that opens up a touch reductive before clove, cured meat and pepper sit atop of black cherry and plum fruit. The...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 07, 2025
The Gumboot clone, as legend goes it came from the DRC vineyard in Burgundy. This is the most impactful and complete of the clone series from Sidewood, a delicious...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
Updated
January 07, 2025
I look forward to tasting the single clone releases each year, it shows the different characters that the clones bring to a finished wine, the Oberlin clone is less...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 07, 2025
Sidewood continue to produce great quality and value Pinot Noir, with the 2023 having elegance and prettiness from a cooler year, whilst still having a pervasive savouriness. ...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 01, 2025
Flint, nougat, nectarine and wood spice are attractive and impactful on the nose. The palate has taut lines of acidity, with stone fruits that have a faint mealy thread...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 01, 2025
A glossy deep red in colour, the nose has bay leaf, crushed tarragon and a ferrous note to blackberry and black cherry fruit that is true to the Syrah...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 01, 2025
Partially whole bunch pressed, fermented in barrel with wild yeast and aged on lees for 10 months prior bottling. A refined...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 01, 2025
A wine produced from select parcels of fruit with partial whole bunch, wild yeast fermentation and aged in new (35%) and old French Oak. ...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
January 01, 2025
A light, slightly cloudy red in colour, wonderfully spicey with earthen undertones to vibrant red cherry fruit. The palate shows the influence of whole bunch with smoke and savoury...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
A vibrant red in the glass with a nose of black plum that is supported by pepper, charcuterie and earth. The palate is more old world than new with savoury,...