Red Wine
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
91
									The 2014 Petit Verdot release was sourced from Mudgee as opposed to Rylstone due to frost, with a 15% addition of Cabernet Sauvignon from the Clare Valley helping to make...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
89
									The nose is true to Coonawarra with a touch of mint to brambly blackberry and blackcurrant fruit. Over time there is a distinct herbaceous, tomato leaf character that makes itself...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
89
									A youthful red in the glass, the nose gives vibrant red berry fruits with a dusting of spice, the palate continues the juicy, primary fruited theme with blueberry and raspberry...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
94
									Matt Burton is producing some great wines and is undoubtedly one of the up and coming winemakers in Australia.    His rendition of Canberra District Shiraz (with a...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
91
									A perennial favourite when it comes to value for money, the Dragonfly Shiraz delivers again.    WA Shiraz can often be a little backwards in it's youth, but...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
95
									Sourced from the Peerick Vineyard the wine had partial wild yeast fermentation and included 25% whole bunches in the ferment, there was a small addition of Viognier and the wine...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
88
									A new range produced from Tahbilk that is sold exclusively through Cracka Wines.    A vibrant but deep red in the glass there is a peppery rendition of...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
91
									Produced from old bush vine Grenache the wine was fermented using wild yeast with 30% whole bushes before being basket pressed to older oak for 9 months of ageing on...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
93
									This wine is sourced from the Freeman Vineyards in the Hilltops region, it's a wonderfully aromatic and pretty wine but has the structure and constitution to emphasise it's more savoury...
								
							
						
								
								
								
									        
            
                PE
            
        
        Patrick Eckel
								
								        
        
            
                December 07, 2024
            
        
								
								
							
							
							Wine Rating
95
									Pyrenees is a region that produce wines of elegance, structure and longevity when in the right hands. This is exactly what John Harris from Mitchell Harris has achieved, crafting a...