Red Wine
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
93
I like to think of the cigar as a baby Menzies, with the wine showing very similar characters to it's more expensive stable mate. The nose has...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Wynns have been producing the V&A single vineyard series for a few years now with the range a worthy addition to the portfolio, producing wines that are stylistically different to...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
This wine provides excellent value, with the quality of fruit and cellar worthy structure of more expensive wines from the same vintage. The wine is a dark...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
94
I have had the pleasure of tasting the 98 Wynns a number of times and at a recent tasting had the wine blind twice in the lineup, with marked results...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
Yalumba is Australia's oldest family owned winery and has been producing exceptional wines since 1849. The 2010 FRD1A release pays homage to the 1974 vintage of the wine that as...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Innocent Bystander under the Giant Steps label release some excellent single vineyard wines, with a number of stellar releases from the 2010 Vintage. The 2010 Tarraford Pinot...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
91
An almost impenetrable red, with some youthful purple hues. The nose is powerful and dominated by concentrated plum and vanillin oak with white chocolate characters. As usual...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
92
Punters Corner is a consistently good producer that represents excellent value and have managed to craft a cellar-worthy red from the excellent 2010 vintage. The wine is...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
95
If you take one look around Morilla estate and the surrounds that include the internationally acclaimed Mona gallery it's obvious to see that no expense is spared, in terms of...
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Patrick Eckel
December 07, 2024
Wine Rating
89
This wine was tasted at cellar door as part of a regular museum wine offering. It was a good opportunity to try some aged Yarra Valley shiraz that was cellared...