Grenache
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
An alluring nose of red cherry, rose petal and wild strawberry. A beautifully precise and pure palate that flows with supple, but textural red berry fruits that move from strawberry...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A blend of Montepulciano, Negroamaro and Aglianico. A deep and glossy purple to red in colour with floral aromatics of violets, red cherry and plum before liquorice and pepper influences....
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
An inky, youthful red in colour with a nose that is a touch reductive before it shows cured meats and primary fruit of plum and red cherry. The palate is...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A mix of whole berry and whole bunch in terms of fermentation and time in new and old French Oak. The aromatics give autumnal red berry fruits with understated savoury...
Chardonnay
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Sidewood consistently craft some of the best value Chardonnay in Adelaide Hills. This wine shows precise cool climate fruit and as always exceptional winemaking. The nose has worked fig and...
Cabernet Blend
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
As the name suggests this wine is a blend of varieties, namely Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec and Petit Verdot. The Malbec in particular shines through on the nose with a plushness...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine is a blend of 42% Grenache, 31% Cinsaut, 24% Syrah, 2% Petite Sirah and 1% Counoise. The wine is a vibrant medium red in the glass, with...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
There is a sheath of flint and oak induced richness that frames the nose, with taut stone fruits and some citrus zest. The palate almost mirrors the nose at this...
Sauvignon Blanc
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
You don't see a significant number of fume blanc's from Margaret River, and i'm not sure why as the punchy and herbaceous expressions of Sauvignon Blanc do well with time...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A grape native to Austria with few plantings in Australia. A light to medium red in colour, the nose has pepper and graphite to black cherry fruit....