Bass Phillip 'Estate' Pinot Noir 2020

Torzi Matthews Francesca Grillo Collina Calcarea Syrah 2021

Beechworth Estate Chardonnay 2019

Claymore Dark Side of the Moon Shiraz 2019

Bannockburn Pinot Noir 2021

"A wine of real gravitas and presence."  
95 points, Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion

"This is a beauty."
 94+ points, Campbell Mattinson

“Batches of pinot noir from different blocks, wild fermented with 20% whole bunches. Matured 10 months in French hogsheads (25% new). A wine of real gravitas and presence, the '21 reflects a most impressive year. Abundant, enticing aromas in pristine red fruits, maritime herbs, humus and dusty beets. The palate fairly bristles in fruit freshness and energy, the tannins pricking the tastebuds and laying the foundation for a long life. Oak? Yes, it's evident in the texture and the binding but totally integrated.”  95 points, Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion

“Bannockburn has never really been out of form but I get the feeling that winemaker Matt Holmes and team have the ship about where they want it to be, now. This is a beauty. Fragrant and attractive from the outset but then expansive on the palate as well. Earth, twigs, root vegetables and cherries with woodsy spice notes rippling throughout. Tension and flow, texture and tannin. There’s a smoky meatiness to the aftertaste, mixed in with decaying red roses, and it’s most attractive way for the wine to sail out. Drink it now, drink it later; it will deliver.”  94+ points, Campbell Mattinson, WineFront

Bannockburn Chardonnay 2021

"True to the Bannockburn style which offers both power and finesse."
 95 points, Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion

"This is an excellent release; it’s good for drinking now but it has many years up its sleeve.”  
94 points, Campbell Mattinson

“Whole-bunch pressed, fermented wild in French hogsheads and puncheons (20% new), 10 months on lees, partial mlf. True to the Bannockburn style which offers both power and finesse. The former is set in structure and solid in body. The latter is all about a world of marvellous fruit and oak flavours: mandarin skin, nectarine, white peach, buttered toast, almond bread, quince paste. It's dense, lifted by a citrusy acidity that is just so cleansing, so right.”  95 points, Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion

“Grown on a range of vineyards across the Bannockburn holdings, from 1976 plantings through to the most recent (2016). 20% new oak, with 70% of the final wine going through malo. Bannockburn chardonnay is never short of flavour and so to this release, though the fresh zing of the finish brings a more modern twist, arguably. Pear, grapefruit, peach, cracked wheat and cedar flavours come strong and convincing, aided by citrus and fennel notes, the latter especially notable on the finish. The flavour of tinned pear here is as strong as it is delicious, it must be noted. This is an excellent release; it’s good for drinking now but it has many years up its sleeve.”  94 points, Campbell Mattinson, WineFront

Mayford Tempranillo 2019

"This is a very serious example of Australian tempranillo" 
Angus Hughson.

"This wine is definitely heading in the direction of super-complexity." 
Jeni Port.

Trophy  – Best Tempranillo
Winewise Small Vignerons Awards 2021

"Winemaker Eleana Anderson is among a handful of leading tempranillo producers in this country forging ahead with the grape. This is a smart tempranillo, delivering a fine-grained elegance. Ripe, dark fruits lead by black cherry envelope the senses. Red licorice, violets and herbs add a fragrant touch on the palate, nicely entwined by savoury tannins. This wine is definitely heading in the direction of super-complexity. Keep it ageing a little longer, if you can."  95 points, Jeni Port, Halliday Wine Companion

"There’s plenty of bold flavour here though there’s a firm undertow of tannin and it feels seamless throughout. In fact overall integration here, particularly of oak and fruit, is excellent. Coffee, cola, black cherry, sweet herbs and roasted meat notes. It feels up-front and generous at first but then the finish trails out beautifully."  94 points, Campbell Mattinson, Wine Front

"Mayford have over the last decade risen up and are now considered one of the leading producers of tempranillo in the country, while at the same time also helping the Alpine Valleys region to build a name for itself with alternative grape varieties. Attention to detail is high with 14 parcels of fruit handpicked over 18 days, which is a hell of a lot for what is a small production wine, with some whole bunches also used in the ferment. It has produced quite an unusual style of Australian tempranillo, almost sangiovese like with its combination of bright acidity and firm tannins. It’s embryonic and would up tight with fleshy dark berry fruits plus a dusting of tobacco and stalky spice. It’s so juicy, but also muscular with deep set tannins and balanced but visible oak helping to drive a long, acid driven finish. This is a very serious example of Australian tempranillo built for the long term. But if you want to drink it young, make sure you match it up with slow cooked lamb shanks."  Angus Hughson.  The Wine Pilot

Moss Wood Cabernet Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

99 points - Ken Gargett, Wine Pilot
98 points -Sam Kim, WineOrbit.com
96 points- Gary Walsh, The Wine Front
 

"96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 2% each of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, this is elegance personified. A low yielding and slightly cooler vintage, the grapes went into small open tanks for fermentation, with thrice-daily hand-plunging. 15 days on skins and then pressed to tank before it was racked to French oak, 15% new. Over two years maturation. As mentioned, elegance personified. A silky combination of coiled power and finesse, this is a glorious Cabernet. Blackberries, spices, tobacco leaves, kid leather, violets, cigar box notes, aniseed and delicately integrated oak. There is a gossamer-like web of complexity weaving through the wine. Seamless, great length and cashmere tannins. This is a brilliant wine. Ten years, twenty years? How long have you got? If you are serious about great Australian Cabernet, this is a must for your cellar."  99 pts - Ken Gargett., Wine Pilot.

"Gracefully powerful and exquisitely expressed, the wine shows blackcurrant, dark cherry, cedary oak, green olive and warm spice aromas on the nose. The concentrated palate delivers outstanding fruit purity and intensity, combined with finely textured mouthfeel and beautifully pitched grainy tannins, finishing with a great line and length. Impeccably detailed, precise and undeniably classy."   Rating: 98 Points.  Sam Kim. WineOrbit.com

This needs a swirl or two, it's a little shy from the outset. Then suddenly a whirl of roses, black plums and subtle sweet baking spices emerge. The fruit is poised and wonderfully fresh and there's a graceful air to the palate. It flows across the palate with some pleasing amaro tannins guiding the way. This is an elegant cabernet with a fine yet youthful structure. Its full-bodied warming core has years ahead of it.  96 points.   Bob Campbell.  The Real Review. 

"Generally, contrary to many, I tend to favour 2019 Margaret Cabernet over 2018. I bit more brooding, dense, tight, ‘minerally’, and all that.  Powerful, compact, brooding sort of style, but tight too, all black fruit, dark chocolate, a seasoning of bay leaf and baking spice, some floral notes peeping over the top. Tannin is earthy and dense, but smooth and layered, boysenberry and dark raspberry, firm acidity set neatly inside, and a tobacco and black olive savoury finish of length and intensity. A very strong release, indeed maybe the best in the last decade. High drinkability, even early."  Rated : 96 Points.  Drink : 2027 - 2043+.  Gary Walsh. The Wine Front.

This 6-pack contains one bottle each of the following wines:

Il Pumo Primitivo 2019
94/100 Luca Maroni
Gold Medals at 4 x International Wine Shows
Mundus Vini 2020 - Best of Show Salento

Il Pumo Sangiovese 2019 
It's a standout and fits the bill for drinkable Sangiovese to a tee. It's medium bodied with a melody of ripe red plum and cherry flavours, there's a backbone savoury tannins which integrate superbly.

F Negroamaro 2019
98/100 & 1st Best Red Wine of Italy - Luca Maroni, Best in Show - Mundus Vini
Gold Medals at 5 x International Wine Shows

Manoro Montepulciano 2019
One of the best value examples of the variety in Australia;

Talò Primitivo 2019 
94/100 Luca Maroni
Gold Medals at 4 x International Wine Shows

Cinquanta Primitivo Negroamaro Malvasia Nera +4 
97/100 Luca Maroni,
Gold Medals at 7 x International Wine Shows

"Very fruity, jammy flavours give this medium-bodied wine a sense of sweetness as its ample raspberry and blackberry flavours are carried on a soft, smooth texture."  Jim Gordon, Wine Enthusiast.

This juicy Zinfandel from the North Coast of California is packed with flavour.  Look for dark blue and black fruits, floral aromas, a hint of cracked black pepper, and a wallop of sweet vanilla oak on the finish.

La Crema Monterey Chardonnay 2020

Domenica Nebbiolo Rose 2021

Stella Bella Luminosa Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

"This is very close to perfection"
  99pts, Stuart Knox, The Real Review

# 1 2019 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon - The Real Review

96 points - Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

"Deep ruby-red core into a bright purple rim.  The nose lifts with blueberry and cassis, underscored by a hint of cigar box and wakame.  Power with poise, the fruit is perfectly-ripe black and blue berries, layered amongst this is a line of umami salinity and a softening spice and cedar-wood element from thoughtful oak use.  The tannins are fine and supple on entry, building their presence as the wine's power builds in synchronicity.  That intensity and flow carries it long to the finish, which when it eventually arrives is a clean and perfumed delight.  This is very close to perfection."  99 points, Stuart Knox, The Real Review

"Black fruit, raspberry, baking spice, violet, maybe a little seaweed.  It’s tightly-packed, intense berry fruit, tasteful spicy oak, again that umami kind of nori thing happening, freshness, tight graphite tannin, saline, savoury and perfumed on a long finish.  Tops."  96 points, Gary Walsh, WineFront

"A lot of wine here for the price"  Huon Hooke, The Real Review
"You'll be back for a second glass" Steven Creber, Halliday Wine Companion

Dominique Piron Beaujolais-Villages 2020

"Very good value''  Tamlyn Currin
"Such a generous and expressive wine"  James Suckling
Equal top-rated Beaujolais  Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine
 

"A charming wine with excellent palate weight with a frame of balanced acidity and fine tannin.  Cherry stone succulence and lingering berry flavours.  An impressive core of concentrated soft red fruit.  Astute winemaking allows the variety character to shine.”  95 Points (equal top-rated Beaujolais), Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine

"Such a generous and expressive wine for this humble appellation with plenty of violet and herbal aromas and healthy tannins.  Ripe black cherries on the mid-palate and a lively mineral finish that pulls you back for more of this beautifully crafted red.  Drink or hold."  91 Points, James Suckling

''Graphite and pomegranate and wild night-jasmine, bosky fragrance.  Particularly fine tannin texture, like a flute whittled out of olive wood and polished to a silky sheen.  The fruit, dark red and sculpted, has startling purity for a Beaujolais-Villages.  Clean, long, evening-breeze-fresh, graphite-lined finish.  Very good value.'' Tamlyn Currin, jancisrobinson.com

“Upper Yarra Chardonnay. Single vineyard. Made by Franco D’Anna.  It’s racy in style but it has the texture, complexity and length to pull it off.  It tastes of lemon curd and sprays of fragrant herbs, though nectarine and cedar push through too.  I don’t overtly see flint here but it’s suggestive of it; it’s a vibe thing.  There’s also a mineral water note, amongst it all, which works beautifully.  We are now a couple of years from this wine’s vintage but it still feels as though it’s a couple of years from really being ready to drink at its best, though of course there’s enjoyment to be had now.  Value once again is very high.”  92+ points, Campbell Mattinson, WineFront

“Inoculated and aged 10 months in French barriques, 25% new.  It seems reds, pinot noir particularly, come loaded with acid and a lighter frame this vintage.  This is simply made but it's a little beauty.  A core of tangy juicy fruit, super fragrant and so juicy with shy tannins.  A light red to enjoy in its youth. Spot-on.”  93 points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion

 “Smoky aromatics and indeed flavours and with a dry, sinewy aspect to it.  This is a pinot noir for those who prefer structure over overt fruit, not that there’s necessarily a lack of the latter.  Red cherries, lots of twiggy spice, crushed fennel, smoke and herbs.  Savouriness writ large.  This will age but, personally, I would tuck into this now.”  91 points, Campbell Mattinson, WineFront

“60% pinot noir, all destemmed and 40% syrah with 25% whole bunches, fermented separately.  It's part of the light dry red movement in the Yarra.  This is just right.  Savoury yet juicy, light and bright with enough textural tannins and lively acidity to go another round.  Or three.”  93 points, Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion

“Blend of pinot noir and syrah from the Upper Yarra.  It’s a lightweight wine with a heap of personality.  It presents a meaty version of the red cherry-and-cranberry style, the acids sitting high in a refreshing/more-ish way and the twig/spice notes flying in all directions.  There’s a smoke note here, a roasted character, in the context of refreshment.  It works for me.”  91 points, Campbell Mattinson, WineFront

“Medium ruby-red colour, crystal clear and bright.  Red cherries, bracken and oyster-shell aromas.  Red berries, cinnamon and pepper-spice roll across the palate.  A lithe and vibrant palate with good length and drive.  A drink-now style that offers a lot of character and value.“  91 points, Stuart Knox, The Real Review

• Best Canberra District Riesling
• Best Riesling
• Best White Wine
• Champion Wine of Show

Luke Lambert Crudo Rosé 2021

Luke Lambert Crudo Chardonnay 2021

Wickhams Road Gippsland Pinot Noir 2021

148 Browns Road Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2020

Pitchfork Margaret River Cabernet Merlot 2018

 "A very appealing, fruit-driven young cabernet at a great price" The Real Review - Huon Hooke

"Outstanding, dazzling, stellar value for money. Don't walk past it"  Rating: 92 Points. Erin Larkin

"Sourced from several vineyards within Wilyabrup. The brilliant 2018 vintage has produced this juicy, spicy and bouncy little number. Outstanding, dazzling, stellar value for money. Don't walk past it."  Rating: 92 Points.  Erin Larkin. James Halliday Wine Companion

"Medium to deep red colour with a tint of purple. The aromas are flowers and violets, cassis and blueberry, a suggestion of leafiness, the palate bright and fresh with lively mouth-feel and great vitality. The fruit is rich, ripe and sweet in the middle,  possibly due in part to a touch of residual sugar. It has intensity and persistence. The tannins are fine but assertive. The finish is very refreshing. A very appealing, fruit-driven young cabernet at a great price." The Real Review - Huon Hooke.

Tahbilk '1927 Vines" Marsanne 2014