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Ashton Hills Reserve Pinot Noir 2010 scores 97 from Halliday!

Ashton Hills Reserve Pinot Noir is the flagship wine from this leading Adelaide Hills producer.   Not surprising the Ashton Hills Reserve Pinot Noir 2010 has just scored 97 points from James Halliday in his recently released 2013 Australian Wine Companion.  He wrote … “Bright purple-red, with some depth; a beautiful wine that takes the best…

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Harewood Estate Reserve Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2011 is “Best of the Best”.

Harewood Estate Reserve Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2011 was voted “Best of the Best” in the Sem Sav Blanc category by James Halliday in his 2013 Australian Wine Companion.  He wrote… “Restraint and perfume are not the usual hallmark of this blend in Australia, but this example is fragrant, perfumed and enticing; gun flint, tropical fruits, namely…

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Ashton Hills Estate Pinot Noir 2010 .. just in and 94 points from Halliday!

Ashton Hills always score well with leading wine writer James Halliday and the Ashton Hills Estate Pinot Noir 2010 is no exception.   In the recently released 2013 Australian Wine Companion he wrote .. “Clear, light purple-red; very much in the Ashton Hills style, fragrant and elegant, the flavours capturing elements of red fruits, spice…

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Swan Bay Sauvignon Blanc Sem 2011 “Great Value” and 93 points.

Scotchmans Hill are gaining loads of great reviews in Halliday’s recently published Australian Wine Companion.  The Swan Bay range represents excellent quality for the price.  None more so than the Swan Bay Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2011. We were impressed and surprised by this! Halliday marked it as a “Special Value wine and rated in 93 points.…

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New into Cellar! Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Brut Tradition scores 92 in Wine Advocate.

Egly-Ouriet Grand Cru Brut Tradition is still our “death-row” Champagne!  Thrilled to have new shipment of the freshly disgorged Grand Cru into our cellars.   Here’s what leading wine writer Antonio Galloni from the Wine Advocate had to say … “[Egly-Ouriet] NV Brut Tradition Grand Cru possesses gorgeous warmth and openness in a radiant, broad-shouldered style…

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Scotchmans Hill Shiraz 2009 rated 93 points by Halliday.

We still have some limited stock of the long sold out Scotchmans Hill Shiraz 2009.   James Halliday rated it 93 points in his recent 2013 Australian Wine Companion and wrote .. “The winery formula: hand-picked, destemmed, cold soaked for five days, then seven days wild yeast fermentation in small vats; matured in new to…

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Egly-Ouriet restocked and just arrived into our Cellars!

Egly-Ouriet has been awarded 3 stars -the highest rating in Le Classement by La Revue du Vin de France. Le Classement is a ranking of the 1300 best domaines in France and only 56 domaines in France have 3 star status. Only 5 champagne houses have 3 star status including Egly- Ouriet together with Krug,…

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Scotchmans Hill Pinot Noir 2010 .. 95 points The Wine Front.

Scotchmans Hill Pinot Noir 2010 hit the spot for Gary Walsh of The Wine Front … He scored it 95 points and wrote this …“I have found a fondness, surprisingly, for Bellarine and Geelong Pinot Noir.  A little meaty, pepper and spice, dark fruit and incense, creamy vanilla oak. Medium to full in weight with…

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Scotchmans Hill Shiraz 2010 “a superior vintage” and 95 points.

Scotchmans HIll Shiraz 2010 received a glowing review from Huon Hooke, who rated in 95 points and his Wine of the Week in April 2012…. “Shiraz isn’t always in its element on the cool Bellarine Peninsula, near Geelong, but 2010 is a superior vintage. This is yet another superb wine from Scotchmans’s experienced winemaker, Robin Brockett.…

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Just Arrived! Egly-Ouriet Les Vignes de Vrigny NV, 91 points from Wine Advocate

Just in from Egly-Ouriet is their stunning 100% Pinot Meunier Les Vignes de Vrigny NV.   Antonio Gallioni, from The Wine Advocated scored it 92 points and said … “The NV Brut Premier Cru Les Vignes de Vrigny emerges from the glass with warm, toasty notes that lead to an expressive core of pears, nuts, spices,…

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