Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
It's always a pleasure drinking an Australian icon, especially when it's showing it's pedigree and class nearing 20 years with all the indicators of having a long and glorious plateau....
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A mature golden yellow in colour, the nose gives honeyed brioche with white stone fruits. The palate is layered and plush as you would expect given it's...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
The single vineyard series is a great way for Oakridge to showcase the individual expression of different sub-regions and vineyards within the Yarra Valley. The Swallowfield is a savoury and...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
This wine is the apple in the eye of Chapoutier's Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier range from the Pyrenees, the grapes from the aptly named L Block (because of it's shape)...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
Margaret River Shiraz can be somewhat austere and gives away little in it's youth, but with time shows the complexity and character that can be derived from the region. ...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A deep red in the glass, the nose is tightly coiled giving earthen dark plum and graphite, the wine has structural and savoury dark fruits at it's core, considered oak...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
Bottled under screw cap the wine has reductive notes that quickly blow off, the nose is fruit rather than oak driven with a savoury expression of dark fruits on show....
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A glossy but deep red hue in the glass, definitive old world nose with a leathery aspect to the dark fruits. The palate is supple with bright...
Nebbiolo
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
Australia is not known for it's Nebbiolo, this is a pretty impressive example of what can be done with the variety, having been produced from the Beechworth region in Victoria....
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Tom Carson and his team have been making exceptional wines for a long time, i recently had the opportunity to taste the wines that range from the red claw through...