Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The 09 K&B (Kerrigan and Berry) is a 50/50 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon sourced from Mount Barker and Margaret River regions and produced by a couple of excellent producers, Hay...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
This is a wine that has impeccably concentrated fruit, around which everything else revolves. A deep red in colour, the nose is saturated with dense dark berries and a suggestion...
Cabernet Sauvignon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A dense dark red with a slight purple hue around the rim, the nose shows olive, cedar and blackcurrant with another dimension provided by quality vanillin oak. ...
Sauvignon Blanc
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A pale yellow to light green in colour, the nose is wonderfully perfumed with citrus blossom, gooseberry and a touch of cut grass. The palate balances a...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A golden yellow in colour that is deceptive given the wines relative youth. The nose is melon and stone fruit dominant with nougat and flint aromas giving it an extra...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
What a nose, meaty satsuma plum, savoury oak, layers of aromas that open up in the glass. The wine has amazing structure, concentrated plum gets a savoury...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The 2010 Yakka Shiraz is a classy wine from start to finish, it is decidedly medium bodied but shows, structure, elegance and depth well above its $27 dollar price point....
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
86
The wine is starting to show its age in terms of both colour and smell, tending towards a dark to brick red in colour and the nose having dull dark...
Grenache
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The 2010 Ochota Barrels release is a distinctive one, exhibiting subtlety and structure that is not always shown by the variety. The wine itself comes from 63 year old bush...
Grenache
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
The 2011 is an interesting take on Grenache, still hitting at 15% which is a minor miracle given the 2011 growing conditions, it is initially hard to place the nose...