Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The wine is a pretty red with great clarity in the glass, the nose starts savoury with undergrowth notes that are backed by black cherry and graphite before an embellishment...
Pinot Gris
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
A wine that enjoys both nature and nurture with wild yeast and time on skins before a portion being aged in oak. You are met with...
Sauvignon Blanc
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
Punchy and interesting, pretty much the catch cry for the Airlie Bank range from Punt Road. There are some tropical and herbaceous notes that one expects on the nose, but...
Other Red
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A pretty colour and beautiful fine bead, a great place to start with this unique and exceptionally made sparkling Pinot Meunier. The nose meets you with wild...
Chardonnay
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
This is the second single vineyard chardonnay from the Henk Vineyard in Woori Yallock. It takes on the characteristic Oakridge style with a lees induced edge that is masterfully carried...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
This is the first tine I've met Henk. I like Henk! Henk is the name of the owner of the vineyard in Woori Yallock from which...
Pinot Gris
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
Gris fermented on skins; it sounds like a dish from Heston Blumenthal but this is a stylish, crunchy, yet generous spring release from Punt Road. If I close my eyes...
Pinot Noir
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
This is a well put together rose that has a youthful crunch, but clever winemaking and some time on lees has given texture and mouthfeel. The wine is made from...
Shiraz
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
The wine opens with that faintest touch of volatile aromatics that are swept up by crushed sage and bay leaf with a baseline of dark cherry and plum fruit. ...
Viognier
PE
Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
There is a less is more approach to most of the whites from Warramunda with elegance and structure winning out over brash expressions of fruit and oak. This wine came...