Shiraz Blend
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
Old vines and 2015 is a wonderful combination with the wine a blend of Shiraz planted in1991 and Mataro in 1897. It's a wine that is unabashedly full bodied but...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
This was the first time the wine was produced from the Merindoc flats vineyard which runs next door to the cellar door, it's a cooler site than the springs vineyard...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The midnight cuvee is a consistently high quality sparkling with the 2014 vintage no different; it has a delicate and fine bead and enjoys a nose that showcases the subtle...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
The nose has a little bramble and warmth to dark cherry with some bitter cocoa notes. A drying wine from start to finish with a web of tannin wrapping themselves...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
It's pretty hard to find a Pinot Noir for sup $20 and this is a solid effort but doesn't reach any great heights. It is certainly varietal in terms of...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A bright pink with salmon hues, a nose that is more citrus than red berry with a lemony aspect to red cherry fruit. There is a baseline of crunchy red...
Semillon
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A touch of lanolin, slate and blue cheese to lime on the nose. A very soft palate that has a creaminess to stone fruits and lime but doesn't have the...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
Youthful as expected with gentle mealy richness to white peach and some lemony citrus notes. The palate has good concentration of stone fruits with a powdery line of acidity and...
Pinot Gris
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
87
A nose of honeyed pear with a touch of marzipan; the palate is balanced with good definition of fruit that ranges from pear to unripe peach with AMPLE acidity to...
Pinot Gris
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
A well made and varietal representation of Pinot Gris with a gentle creaminess to nashi pear and green apple. There is an enjoyable contrast between citrus acidity that sits more...