Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
88
A vibrant but light red in the glass, the nose has dark cherry with lashings of vanillin oak that take over the fruit. Oak is the star...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A nose of smoked meats alongside red cherry and plum. Expansive cherry combines with smoked meats with lovely acidity and fine tannin. There is a sweetness...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
Has a surprisingly youthful red hue given the age, and as expected the nose of a lovely aged Shiraz. The fruit is becoming secondary with the nose having leather, earth...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
Only 3250 bottles produced and the wine is made from a single Shiraz clone (savii19) that was also grown from a single vineyard. This is a stylish...
Other White
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A light yellow in the glass with vibrant aromatics that move between citrus blossom, meyer lemon and new season pear. The palate has breadth of floral edged...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A nose that is Chablis like with a mineral aspect to nectarine alongside citrus fruits and honeyed fig. The palate has drive of citrus with a lovely...
Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Lovely aromatics of blueberry and ripe plum; there is such purity of blueberry fruit with wonderfully proportioned acidity and tannin that keeps things flowing but doesn't distract from the...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Piercing aromatics of nectarine that is etched with citrus fruits; the influence of oak and time in barrel is very much in the background. Lovely drive and focus on the...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Amongst the best Pinot Noir from 2020 tasted to date, and a clear showcase of the quality of upper Yarra in the hands of a great producer. ...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A nose of earth, violets and blackberry with top notes of graphite and spice. Floral aromatics show themselves more and more with time in the glass. ...