Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The bead is fine, and the quality of the base wine undeniably good. The nose is awash with plum, earth, leather and savoury spice. The win is...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A glossy deep red with milk chocolate and spice wrapped around blackberry on the nose. A beautifully structured wine with drying black fruits and taut acidity that...
Riesling
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Finely chiseled lime fruit with crushed rock and a twist of lemon on the nose. The palate has Incredible concentration of citrus fruits that is met by taut lines of...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
97
A medium red in colour, the nose has floral red cherry with spice, sweet earth and is about as Burgundian as you can get. The palate builds in structure and...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Star Lane offers wonderful consistency and their Shiraz in particular is about structure and mouthfeel with dark cherry, plum and lifted cedar spice a constant. The 2019 is the most...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A wine that has been under screw cap for close to 20 years, with the virtues of the closure ringing true. The nose still has a semblance of dark fruits...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A nose of white peach and nectarine that is lifted by understated fig; the palate shows a well composed wine that is framed by concentrated stone fruits that are contrasted...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A glossy red with blackberry and dark plum, milk chocolate and spice. A full bodied but textured wine with drying, savoury tannin that is contrasted by generous oak with dark...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
An inky, almost purple deep red in the glass. A classical representation of McLaren Vale with textured black fruits supported by milk chocolate, faint spice and understated bramble. There is...
Tempranillo
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
The wine is produced from Tempranillo grapes, giving the wine a burnt orange to pink hue in the glass. The nose centres on wild cherry and red apple with some...