Red Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
96
The nose gives a heady mix of charcuterie, plum, and touches of peppercorn all within a beautiful envelope of aromatic french oak. The texture of this wine is something to...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
The nose has new season raspberry with touches of red cherry that is framed amongst a brambly, ever so dusty backdrop. The palate is drying in terms of both the...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
A glossy deep red hue in the glass, the wine shows it's cool climate roots with white pepper laced black fruits amongst background notes of charcuterie. The palate has concentration...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
I certainly have an affinity with this generally unknown variety in Australia, having crafted some examples of the variety from plantings in Heathcote, needless to say this wine that is...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
There is some pretty impressive winemaking that went into this wine, a portion whole bunch, plenty of time on skins, some carbonic maceration going on and 30% new oak before...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Willunga 100 are the Grenache Specialists' and continue to craft great value wines that deliver value above their price point. The Shiraz Grenache is an attractive light red in the...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
A single vineyard release that follows on from the very good 2012 that has been given a facelift in terms of packaging which certainly makes it look the part. ...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
90
Merlot may not get the best wrap, but it's in part due to a number of bulk producing wineries' creating wines of little substance that are based more on chemistry...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
A beautiful light red in the glass with an initially reductive nose that with time in the glass gives baked rhubarb with gentle baking spice to strawberry and lighter red...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
A medium red hue in the glass, with both a floral and earthen lift to the dark berry fruit on the nose. Elegantly structured and tightly bound...