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Range Life Garganega 2023
$26.00Jeremy’s score 94/100A brilliant young white that talks perfectly of its variety, the heart and soul of Soave. Enticing aromas of pear, apple skin, mint and sage precede a mouthwatering palate whose juicy, creamy and finely textured core of flavour extends long and lively towards a refreshingly zippy finish of lemon, lime and pear. There’s an appealing briskness, purity and vitality about this wine, which is by some margin the finest Australian garganega I have tasted. In fact, when I first came across it, I thought it was European.
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Raventos i Blanc de Nit Rosado 2020
$65.00Jeremy’s score 93/100A dash of monastrell contributes the blush to this deluxe Cava, whose creamy, smoky and biscuity bouquet of positive small berry fruit and dried flowers reveals charmingly meaty and oxidative undertones. It’s crackly and crunchy, with a mouthfilling presence of fruit extending long and generous down a chalky palate towards a lingering dry and savoury finish.
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Renzaglia Sangiovese 2024
$37.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Powerfully aromatic, musky and spicy, it unfolds a briary bouquet whose scents of blackberries, cranberries and blood plums reveal fiery, earthy nuances and a whiff of red flowers. It’s long, mouthfilling and hits the varietal bullseye with a palate of translucent clarity and elegance that drives down and fine, gravelly spine before finishing with a classically refreshing acidity. A true delight that’s as expressive and Tuscan-like as it is stylish and measured.
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Rob Hall Full Moon Vineyard Chardonnay 2024
$43.00Jeremy’s score 93/100A finely crafted Yarra Valley chardonnay that finds pleasing middle ground between the provision of ample fruit and flavour with some genuine style and shape. Bright aromas of peach and melon backed by creamy, nutty and faintly buttery oak reveal nuances of coriander and mineral. Its palate commences round and generous, extending long and medium in weight before tapering towards a focused finish of mouthwatering acidity.
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Robert Weil Kiedrich Klosterberg Riesling Trocken
$110.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A stunning off-dry riesling whose pristine scents of iris, lavender, white peach and pear precede a generous, mouthfilling palate of vivacious, translucently clear fruit. Supported by a fine chalkiness, it’s impressively long, pure and expressive, finishing with an artfully balanced punctuation of sweetness and refreshing acidity.
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Rochford Hill Road Syrah 2021
$42.00Jeremy’s score 92/100An elegant, medium-weight, sweetly fruited and textural Yarra shiraz with some powerful St Joseph-like qualities. It’s musky, meaty and spicy, with dark plum and dark berry aromas lifted by a whiff of cracked pepper. Backed by a fine, powdery spine, it’s long and savoury, fleshing out with more richness of fruit with extended time in the glass, finishing with suggestions of charcuterie meats and mineral. If you’re drinking it young, aerate it well.
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Rochford Yarra Valley Estate Chardonnay 2021
$35.00Jeremy’s score 93/100An elegant and very complete Macon-like chardonnay whose intriguing bouquet reveals fresh grapefruit, kaffir lime and creamy vanilla oak backed by pronounced suggestions of coriander, oyster shell and grilled nuts. It’s generous and mouthfilling, long and smooth, with a creamy background of nougat beneath its citrusy, melon-like nad peachy flavour. There’s a fine chalkiness all down the palate and the wine comes together with shape and richness at the finish. If you’re chasing some real style and character in chardonnay but don’t want to pay through the nose…
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Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2000
$270.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Traditional warmer year Barossa red developing more quickly than most under this label, but without a hint of over-ripeness. Sweet earthy aromas of old saddlery, red berries and cherries are interwoven with restrained, dusty cedar and vanilla oak. Soft and creamy, becoming fine and silky at the finish, its bright flavours of cassis, plums and dark cherries, licorice and cloves are showing some earthy maturity.
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Rockford Basket Press Shiraz 2013
$285.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Smooth, velvety and gamey, with layers of small dark plums, berries and polished oak.
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