Riesling
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
2018 is an impressive year for Riesling, with this release from Allegiance a real surprise especially when you can find it on special. The wine itself is more about jasmine...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A vibrant bright red in the glass, a nose that has strawberry upfront with red cherry and faint earth notes secondary. A well made wine that has balance, good structure...
Other White
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A wine that is only made in small amounts and highlights the promise that mediterranean whites have in McLaren Vale. A light to golden hue in the glass with honeyed...
Tempranillo
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A blend of Tempranillo and Grenache, one that you don't see often. The wine is unadorned by oak, letting primary fruits and varietal pedigree shine. There is a sweetness of...
Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A blend of 54% Shiraz, 37% Grenache, 9% Mourvedre. It's nice to see a SGM released with a bit of age, the nose has some real interest...
Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
An opulent nose that leaps out of the glass, the Shiraz provides plum and blackberry fruit with a graphite edge and the inclusion of Viognier a floral lift. As is...
Merlot
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
The nose has floral and herbaceous tones to violets and plum; some subtle peppery notes are somewhere in the background if you look hard. The herbaceous thread defines the wine...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A wine that's only made when the vintage dictates. This is a serious Canberra District Shiraz that has the pedigree to age but has already settled beautifully into it's peppery,...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A delicate light red in the glass, this is a wine of elegance and persistence. The nose gives floral red cherry with sappier rhubarb notes and genoristy of spiced oak....
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
The nose meets you with ripe black berry fruits and a sweetness of oak. A decadent palate that has a plushness of oak and some pretty serious fruit that is...