Red Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
What a great name for a wine, one one that makes sense when you consider the marginal climate that the grapes for this wine grow. Perched 770m above sea level...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
The tribute series are the reserve releases from Coombe Farm and throws a pretty light red in the glass. The nose gives lifted strawberry and cherry with some enjoyable sappy...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
I find it incredibly hard to believe that this wine is retailing for $28 a bottle, I made the mistake of making a claim that only d'Arenberg would hold back...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
If this is the 10x Pinot, it's time to start saving your pennies for the 2017 Estate and Single Vineyard releases. There is an effortless elegance to this wine, yet...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
An Inky dark red to purple in the glass, the nose is varietal but also distinctly McLaren Vale with blackberry and black currant fruit that's joined by a touch...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A nose that is all about mocha and dark chocolate with rich plum and blackcurrant fruit. An effortlessly svelte wine with generosity in all the right places...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A serious Yarra Valley Cabernet that is a benchmark example of the variety in the region. The nose is defined by piercing blackberry and mulberry fruit that's...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
Inky but vibrant dark red in the glass, the nose is characteristic of Ulithorne with decadence of integrated vanillin oak that also provides an array of spice and cedar notes....
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
A single vineyard wine produced from The Strathmore vineyard in Geelong. Initially a touch reductive with dark cherry and plum fruit supported by clay, rhubarb and finely nuanced spice from...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
The team are on fire down at Punt Road with this Gamay release striking the balance between a youthful drink now style and something that is a little more substantial...