Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
The 2012 included both destemmed and whole bunch fruit as part of the ferment, with the wine spending 15 months in barrel prior to bottling. The nose...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A salmon pink in colour, the nose is aromatic with youthful wild strawberry and a little bit of funk. This wine is ready now, it has an enjoyable mouthfeel...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A wild yeast ferment in barrel (30% new), the wine sees 10 months on lees before bottling without malolactic fermentation. It is this restriction of Malo that really sets this...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The 2013 Estate Chardonnay is barrel fermented using wild yeast. A range of oak formats are used that range from 300 - 2200 ltr with 30% new and the wine...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
This wine is sourced from a number of vineyards that have exceptional provenance if you excuse the pun, namely Darriwill, Grassy Point, Pierrepoint and Sinclair. Scott Ireland has been crafting...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A decidedly deep red in colour for a Pinot; spicy dark cherry on the nose with forrest floor and sap in spades. The wine is in the medium to full...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
Produced from 50 + year old vines on the Greenock sub region that was cropped at 1.5 tonne per acre. The wine saw two years in French oak (56% new)...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The Chardonnay base for this sparkling was wild yeast fermented with 80% in tank and the remaining 20% in older French oak, the wine was then left on fermentation lees...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The 2013 represents a real step up when compared to the 2012, the wine is more complete, with the individual components of oak, fruit and tannin handled masterfully in isolation,...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
A dark red in the glass, the wine takes some time to open up in the glass, when it does there is graphite and savoury characters alongside plum and cherry...