Cabernet Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A dark yet glossy wine in the glass, the nose gives quality vanillin oak richness with brambly blackcurrant and plum a perfect accompaniment. There is an attractive...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
The NV Pinot Noir Chardonnay blend from Petaluma is a reliable buy for quality Australian Fizz with a price tag less than $20. The wine shows a nose of wild...
Cabernet Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine has benefited from time in the bottle and is a good example of the quintessential Australian blend. The nose shows it's varietal components with concentrated blackberry and plum...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
Tasmanian Chardonnay is built to last, even so it was pushing it when this was opened just short of it's 30th Birthday ! It may have seen better days, however...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The wines crafted from the Whalebone Vineyard have a consistency and class that speaks of both the site and producer with the blend of Merlot and Cab Franc an oddity...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
This wine is humming along given the components of the blend and the fact it's almost a 17 years old. A mature red bricking towards the rim,...
Cabernet Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
2012 continues to show its class across Australia with the always consistent Scribbler looking great after a couple of years in the bottle. The wine is a deep red with...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
This was a shot in the dark given it's age, however was surprisingly enjoyable. The wine would have no doubt been better at half the age, but it was still...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Tasted as part of my 30th birthday celebration, this was the pick of the wines opened. 1985 wasn't considered a great year across Australia, but this was as good an...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
Produced by Taltarni, Clover Hill has been a forebear for sparkling in Tasmania, creating a niche in the upper echelon of producers in the region. The wine...