Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The wine is produced from an exceptionally cool site that is perched at 750m above sea level on the Northern slope of Mount Macedon. It is Burgundian in its stylings...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine spent 14 months in new French oak prior to extended bottle age before release... all for $33 ! The palate gives concentrated cassis with cocoa and earth...
Grenache
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A tawny to translucent red in colour, lovely spiced Christmas cake with generous plum. Brandy spirit has impact with the wine balanced in terms of fruit and spirit. There are...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The 2019 vintage is shaping up as a good one for the Yarra Valley, with this release from Liv Zak very youthful, but having all the hallmarks to develop in...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A very Rhône like rendition of Shiraz with an initial reductive character that gives way to black fruits, charcuterie and cocoa like spice. The palate is built around a drying,...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
An example of Orange meeting Barossa with a full bodied and fruit driven wine that owns its 15.2% alcohol and generous impact of new oak. The nose...
Cabernet Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The quintessential Australian blend, but don't be fooled there is the structure and class that has a stylistic nod to Bordeaux. The wine is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (62%),...
Cabernet Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine is a blend of Cabernet Franc (63%) and Shiraz (37%) and represents a new direction for Terre a Terre with a focus on Shiraz as a constituent part...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A light to medium red in the glass, the nose has red cherry, rhubarb and faint beetroot tones against gentle spice . A well structured wine with a flowing baseline...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A decidedly light red in the glass with a nose that is primary and dominated by red cherry and a faint sour edge. The palate shows some considered winemaking technique,...