Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
The freshly minted 2016 release comes complete with a new label, a classic almost retro spin on the Giant Steps label that looks great. The majority of...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A wine with all the trimmings from a wine making perspective, selected parcels of fruit were fermented and kept on skins for 45 days post ferment maceration before the wine...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
This wine was released to celebrate 70 years of winemaking of Highland Heritage in the Orange wine region, this is an ultra cool climate Cabernet Sauvignon with the fruit coming...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The Single Vineyard releases from Ten Minutes by Tractor showcase the impact that site, and some slight variances in winemaking can have on a wine. This is something that needs...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The Estate Chardonnay is produced from the Wallis (53%), Judd (27%) and McCutcheon (20%) Vineyards. The Estate release is a plusher, more fruit driven wine than the Single Vineyards and...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The Wallis Vineyard was planted in 1992, it is the lowest of the Estate Vineyards and is typically the earliest ripening. This wine gives the starkest textural contrast of all...
Tempranillo
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
The more Tempranillo that I try from McLaren Vale the more it seems the variety is well suited to the region, the nose is inviting with cherry cola, sweeter spice...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A unique blend of Tempranillo, Grenache and Graciano that is a light glossy red in colour. The nose gives lifted notes of cherry cola and sweeter cranberry. The wine gives...
Tempranillo
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A youthful, vibrant red in the glass as expected from a young wine. The nose has dark cherry with a savoury edge. Medium bodied with an earthen aspect to cherry...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
A light yellow in colour, a decidedly tropical nose that points to little time in barrel or on lees, the fruit on the nose is almost sauvignon blanc like with...