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Ros Ritchie Pinot Meunier 2022
$34.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Irresistibly perfumed and vivacious, this delightful pinot meunier massively over-delivers. A fragrance of red and blue berries, red cherries nsd rose petals reveals suggestions of underbrush, spice and citrus oil. Medium in body, it reveals a plump core of juicy flavour that extends down a powdery spine of fine tannins towards a long and refreshing finish. It makes you feel Spring has sprung.
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Ros Ritchie Sauvignon Blanc 2023
$26.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Pungent, ripe aromas of gooseberries, lychees and a whiff of passionfruit are backed by creamy, nutty suggestions from yeast and older oak. It’s creamy and vivacious, extending long and smooth down a pithy spine towards a mouthwatering finish of lemony acids. A proper sauvignon blanc – fruit-driven and textural.
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Saltram Mamre Brook Shiraz 2021
$30.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Smoky scents of violets, black and blue berries, vanilla, cedar and coconut are lifted by a note of cracked pepper. Long and polished, it’s smooth and handsomely oaked, with a plush but gentle core of blackberries, blueberries and blood plums framed by fine tannins and wrapped in soft acids. Very measured and approachable but able to cellar – a terrific Barossa shiraz.
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Sanguine Estate D’Orsa Shiraz 2021
$70.00Jeremy’s score 94/100A sumptuous Heathcote shiraz whose brightly lit bouquet of dark berries, plums and chocolatey oak reveals smoky undertones of roasting meats and bramble. Smooth and seamless, delivering a concentrated expression of dark plums, blackberries and redcurrants, it’s tightly knit with fine-grained oak and framed by a chewy extract of gravelly tannin. Despite its richness and generosity, there’s more than an element of Rhone-like style about this wine, which finishes with lingering sour-edged fruits, earthiness and a savoury aspect.
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Sanguine Estate Progeny Shiraz 2022
$28.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A shapely, medium to full-bodied shiraz whose heady, wild and peppery scent of blackberries, dark plums and a whiff of chocolatey oak is lifted by a note of eastern spice. Long and complete, its penetrative expression of dark plums and berries knits with chocolate/cedar/vanilla oak, is underpinned by fine drying tannins and finishes with lingering notes of licorice.
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Scorpo Aubaine Chardonnay 2023
$38.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Again, tasting another Aubaine, I’m left with the impression that Scorpo’s ‘entry level’ chardonnay surpassses most of the region’s more prestigious and ambitiously priced labels. Intense aromas of ruby grapefruit, lemon and yellow peach with chalky, briny mineral undertones reveal creamy, meaty nuances and a whiff of coriander. It’s medium to fullish in weight, with true length and a mineral crunch, unfolding a core of citrus and stonefruit before finishing with smoky, spicy and mineral notes and a refreshingly brittle acidity. Outstanding value.
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Scorpo Bestia Pinot Grigio 2021
$45.00Jeremy’s score 95/100It’s a skin-contacted grigio, so there’s plenty of orange and pink in its colour, but don’t be concerned! Its heady, potpourri-like bouquet of raspberries, cherries and dried herbs reveal citrus-like undertones and a note of musk stick. Long and luscious, with a juicy core of vivacious red and orange fruit underpinned by a fine chalkiness, it extends long, dry and refreshing towards a savoury finish of pleasingly vital acidity. Treat it as a rose – and a very very good one!
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Scorpo Chardonnay 2021
$55.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Superbly shaped and harmonious, with an alluring bouquet of white and yellow flowers, melon, grapefruit and lemon backed by creamy vanilla oak and nuances of smoke and mineral. A deft choice and application of smoky vanilla oak knits tightly with a core of grapefruit, lime and lemon flavour, moving with crunch and focus before finishing long, slightly pithy and wrapped in racy acids. More proof that it’s obvious that like the best chardonnay made everywhere else, the best from Australia is based around fruit and ripeness.
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Scorpo Eocene Chardonnay 2021
$80.00Jeremy’s score 96/100Slightly leaner than previous releases under this label, here’s a wine that will flesh out over time. Its creamy, buttery fragrance of white and yellow flowers and yellow peach reveals notes of melon and grapefruit, a hint of nougat and a faint meatiness. Initially round and luscious, its persistent core of vivacious stonefruit and citrus flavour moves is layered fashion towards a savoury, mineral and faintly saline finish. Try to give it three years at least…
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Scorpo Eocene Pinot Noir 2021
$95.00Jeremy’s score 96/100Heady scents of rose petals, red and black cherries, forest berries and gentle cedary oak reveal faintly earthy, meaty and citrus-like undertones. Underpinned by a firm spine of astringent, slatey tannins, its rich, chewy palate of small berry and cherry flavour extends with remarkable length and drive, as well as balance and restraint, towards a lingering, savoury finish. Everything is in place for this wine to build considerable depth and power over time. Try to give it the chance!
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Scorpo Noirien Pinot Noir 2023
$38.00Jeremy’s score 92/100With a deepish colour and a heady, floral bouquet of red cherries, blueberries and beetroot backed by gentle cedar/chocolate oak and musky spice, this is a pinot of medium to fullish weight with plenty of richness and flavour. Its mouthfilling core of dark fruit drives long and fleshy down a spine of fine, crunchy tannins, finishing savoury with a lingering note of licorice. Scorpo’s third-tier pinot is better than many top level versions priced much, much higher.
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Scorpo Old Vines Shiraz 2020
$55.00Jeremy’s score 92/100A textural, elegant and perfume shiraz of medium weight that has far more in common with shiraz from the Rhone than what most people expect from Australia. Scented with a fiery, musky bouquet of eastern spices, redcurrants, raspberries and blood plums, it’s lifted a sweet floral perfume. With a finely textured, powdery spine, it delivers a gentle core of reserved fruit that will flesh out with bottle-age. LIke many other wines from this producer, it finishes with savoury, saline aspects. It needs a couple of years at least…
