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Scorpo Aubaine Chardonnay 2024
$39.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Fragrant schisty mineral and oyster shell-like scents of yellow flowers, grapefruit, white peach and lemon drop with undertones of creme caramel precede a luscious, mouthfilling and fruit-driven palate whose plush, round presence of vibrant fruit is deftly supported by creamy vanilla oak and finished by a refreshing lemony acidity. An excellent wine, easily able to compete with many priced significantly higher.
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Sir Paz Merlot 2019
$37.00Jeremy’s score 90/100This developing and varietally correct merlot unfolds bright aromas of redcurrants, blood plums and dark cherries backed by suggestions of cedary oak and dried herbs. Of medium to fullish weight, its charming core of flavour extends down a firmish, slatey spine, finishing quite dry and becoming more gravelly with aeration.
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Swinney Farvie Grenache 2024
$165.00Jeremy’s score 96/100An astonishing wine that needs time to deliver its very best, this is made from bush vines in Frankland River of around 30 years of age. A profoundly deep, heady perfume of rose petals, red and black cherries, blood plums and cranberries is backed by five spice, cinnamon and a whiff of licorice. Opening out to deliver a plush round palate entirely saturated with flavour but not primary, confection-like fruit, it unfolds layers of fruit that extend down a crunchy spine towards a mouthwateringly fresh and lively finish. Flaunting its style and balance, it easily soaks up oak leaves a lingering presence of red cherries, cranberries and licorice, wrapped in refreshing acids and finishing fresh and savoury.
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Swinney Farvie Syrah 2024
$165.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A stunning shiraz made in a serious, long-term northern Rhone style. Laced with heady scents of musky spices, cracked pepper and dark flowers, its deep core of bright black, blue and red berries and dark plums entwines around fresh, smoky/cedar oak with undertones of vanilla and dark chocolate. As it breathes it becomes more mineral and deeply layered. Underpinned by drying, crunchy tannins of genuine firmness, it’s superbly long and mouthfilling, delivering a powerful bur measured expression of pristine fruit that simply soaks up some showy oak. Looking even better a day after opening, it’s a superbly stylish, complex and balanced shiraz that finishes dark and savoury, with a mouthwatering acidity and a lingering note of black licorice.
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Wantirna Estate Amelia Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 2011
$90.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Charmingly gentle, smooth and supple, with a delicate, dusty bouquet of light floral notes, sweet black and red berries and restrained cedary oak. It’s finely crafted, elegant and willowy, with a pleasing length of gentle fruit, reserved oak and supple tannins, finishing with fresh acids and just a hint of a green edge.
