Ashton Hills Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2007 comes from the James Halliday rated 5 star winery - he also gave it 95 points in his latest edition of the Australian Wine Companion. He wrote: "Brilliant green-yellow; the bright bouquet does not fully prepare you for the energy and drive of the long palate, built around grapefruit, nectarine…
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Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Pinot Rose 2009 is one of our customer favourites - its also graced the stands at Wimbeldon. It scored 94 points from Halliday and was named Best of the Best in the Rose Category - here's his review from the 2011 Aust Wine Companion: " Bright pink; perfumed aromas of…
Ashton Hills Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2007 was named "Best of the Best" in the Pinot Noir Category and awarded 95 points by James Halliday in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion. In the review he said: "More texture and complexity than the varietal; no hint of mint, but spicy/foresty/bramble characters run alongside the predominantly…
Bird in Hand Adela ide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2009 was rated 95 points and the Best of the Best in the Sauvignon Blanc category in James Halliday's 2011 Australian Wine Companion " An elegant and quite juicy wine, with pleasing tropical fruit flavours on the palate, the finish lengthened and enlivened further by lemony acidity. Rating…
Teusner Barrossa Valley Joshua Grenache Mataro Shiraz 2009 was named by Huon Hooke as his "Top Aussie Red" for the week in the Sydney Morning Herald October 5, 2010. He wrote: "Grenache leads the way with a boiled-lolly aroma layered with spices and sweet berries. Very ripe and charming. No apparent oak, leaving the sweetly ripe…
Ashton Hills Reserve Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2008 was rated "Best of the Best" in the Pinot Noir Category and given 96 points in James Halliday's Australian Wine Companion. In his review he wrote: "Relatively light, but bright, hue; fractionally more purple than the Estate; very stylish, and in the mainstream of the Ashton Hills style,…
Bird in Hand Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2009 has received some great awards so far this year. Here's what Australia's leading wine critic James Halliday had to say in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion: " Bright, light green-straw; nectarine and melon fruit with light French oak aromas and flavours have good line and length and overall…
Longhop Shiraz, Mount Lofty Ranges 2009 has been named a "Best Buy Wines $15 and under in Gourmet Traveller Wine's Oct/Nov 2010 edition. Max Allen wrote: "The Longhop and Old Plains wines are a side project of Domenic Torzi (of Torzi Matthews in the Eden Valley) and old school mate, Tim Freedland, made from old vineyards on…
Spinifex Esprit 2008 received 93 points from James Halliday in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion. He wrote: "Typical relatively light colour; a lifted, spicy aromatic bouquet of predominantly red fruits, the savoury, textured medium-bodied palate a logical follow-on with spicy fruitcake flavours backed by fine tannins. Shiraz/Grenache/Mataro. 93 Points."
Ashton Hills Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2008 scored 96 points from James Halliday in his 2011 Australian Wine Companion. He wrote: "Superb green-straw; an immaculately crafted wine, with flavours of white peach, melon and fig; it is the texture that is quite outstanding, the creamy mouthfeel tied by a bow of acidity on the finish; you know French…
