Sauvignon Blanc
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
This wine gets the best of both worlds, punchy and varietally pure Sauvignon Blanc mixed with enough winemaker intervention to provide texture and depth through time in wood and on...
Other White
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The range at Leeuwin Estate is amongst the best in Margaret River, with the Art Series representing the pinnacle of their wines. I have enjoyed many Art Series wines but...
Other Red
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
Impenetrable dark red in the glass, the nose has dusty raisin and plum with a spicy richness that is drawn from 18 months in French oak. The palate is incredibly...
Chardonnay
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Toolangi are a consistent high performer, but the 2012 Paul's Lane Chardonnay takes it to another plane, the wine was made at Oakridge under the watchful eye of David Bicknell,...
Other Red
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
Mataro or Mourvedre is often part of a blend, but as a single varietal there is a consistency across regions with an underlying brooding nature to the wine, but at...
Grenache
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The Hundred is produced based on select parcels of fruit from a single vineyard in McLaren Vale, the wine is un-oaked and shows how interesting and complex the unadorned version...
Grenache
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
A beautiful pink to salmon colour in the glass, the nose gives wild strawberry and fresh flowers, the palate has fruit sweetness and suggestion of residual sugar and mirrors the...
Cabernet Sauvignon
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
When i think of Pyrenees as a region, the first word that always comes to mind is elegance, a word that is a good descriptor for the 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon...
Shiraz Blend
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
There was an addition of 5% Viognier that went into the blend, giving an ever so subtle richness to a satisfyingly brooding and mineral example of McLaren Vale Shiraz. ...
Other White
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
This was tasted alongside the 2014 and even though a good wine highlighted the benefits of enjoying a Sem / Sav in it's youth when it's youthful exuberance and crunch...