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Peter Lehmann Wigan Riesling 2017
$45.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A benchmark Eden Valley riesling whose faintly oily aromas of lime, lemon tart, musky spices and white Turkish delight reveal suggestions of minerals and a whiff of smokiness. It’s long, sumptuously fruited and mouthfilling, with a superb core of citrus and apple skin fruit that extends down a gentle slate/mineral/bathpowder spine towards a fresh, faintly saline finish of refreshing acids and a lingering smoky mineral note. Great persistence and balance; set for the long term.
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Pewsey Vale Vineyard Prima 24GR Riesling 2024
$29.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Scented with fresh red apple skin, musky white flowers, a whiff of honey and a hint of lemon blossom, this long, textural and complete young riesling artfully balances its clearly evident sweetness with a combination of texture and acidity. Its drive of apple, pear and lime flavour finishes fresh and mouthwatering. The perfect al fresco wine for summer. There’s a hint of oiliness that’s likely to become more pronounced with time.
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Pike and Joyce Beurre Bose Pinot Gris 2023
$28.00Jeremy’s score 92/100A punchy, ripe pinot gris whose musky bouquet reveals intense aromas of lychee, pear, apple skin and white flowers. Initially juicy and generous, it becomes more shapely down the palate, moving with crunch and texture towards a mouthwateringly brisk and zesty finish.
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Pike and Joyce Descente Sauvignon Blanc 2022
$25.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Pure and expressive, with a voluminous and very faintly herbal bouquet of gooseberries, passionfruit, lychees and cassis. Long and generous, with a pure, fruit-focused palate moving down a fine, powdery spine, it finishes with pleasing length of varietal flavour and refreshing acidity. Terrific value.
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Pike and Joyce Descente Sauvignon Blanc 2023
$25.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A finer, leaner and more austere expression of this variety from a cooler season whose bright and faintly herbal fragrance of gooseberries and lychees reveals nuances of cassis and passionfruit. Textural and shapely, with a pleasing length of restrained but lively fruit, it culminates with a lemony and fainty briny finish. Think of shellfish and tapas.
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Pike and Joyce Innesti Nebbiolo 2021
$40.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Scented with faintly musky, peppery aromas of raspberries, redcurrants, red cherries and dark plums lifted with sweet floral notes and backed by nuances of graphite and a faint meatiness. It’s supple and medium-bodied, extending a fine length of red fruits down its fine spine of drying tannins, finishing with freshness, balance and a savoury aspect.
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Pike and Joyce L’optimiste Shiraz 2022
$40.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Spicy and savoury, this is a soft, smooth and unctuous expression of a cooler climate shiraz whose bouquet steadily reveals aromas of redcurrants, raspberries, blackberries and fresh cesary oak backed by faintly herbal, menthol-like notes. Moderate in weight, its structure takes time to emerge, but provides adequate balance and composition for medium-term cellaring. Charming and elegant, with a mouthwatering finish.
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Pikes Il Premio Sangiovese 2021
$75.00Jeremy’s score 92/100A youthful and measured sangiovese whose fragrance of blood plums, redcurrants and eastern spices precedes a youth, restrained palate of medium weight. It’s stylish and fine-grained, with a pleasing length of faintly sour-edged berry/cherry/plum fruit that is wrapped in a typically brisk acidity and will build richness with bottle-age.
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Pikes The EWP Reserve Shiraz 2021
$75.00Jeremy’s score 96/100Heady, musky aromas of blackberries, dark plums, cassis and redcurrants are knit with superb, faintly gamey cedar/mocha oak and lifted by notes of spice and cracked pepper. Long and seamless, its pristine, gentle core of faintly sour-edged blood plums, blackberries and cassis is finely knit with chocolatey oak and fine, pliant tannins likely to build extract with time. It’s a polished northern Rhone style, finishing with great balance and savoury qualities. Exceptional.
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Pikes The Merle Riesling 2022
$55.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A heady bouquet of lavender, lime and lemon becomes more mineral as the wine breathes in the glass. Typically long and supple, it reveals a luscious, pristine core of piercing citrus flavour that moves down a fine, slatey palate towards savoury and almost briny finish of minerals and green apple acids. It will evolve superbly.
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Pipers Brook Tasmania Pinot Gris 2022
$29.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Musky scents of white Turkish delight, pear, apple and rose oil reveal a whiff of potpourri. It’s long and luscious, evenly paced and mouthfilling; delivering fresh, zesty varietal fruit down a bathpowdery spine before finishing with a lingering nuttiness and a refreshing acidity. Very stylish and expressive.
