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Saltram Mamre Brook Shiraz 2023
$30.00Jeremy’s score 91/100While it’s a hefty 14.5% alcohol, this Barossa shiraz reveals the restrained and approachability you see from the cooler seasons. Its aromas and flavours of cassis, blackberries, dark plums and blueberries knit tightly with cedary, chocolatey oak, while its soft, round and slightly warm palate is framed by a gentle cut of pliant tannins. It’s no fruit bomb, and neither does it finish sweet. Instead, it’s a pleasing, generous and approachable Barossa shiraz for those who enjoy the species but don’t fancy being whacked by it.
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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
$26.00Jeremy’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 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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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 Eocene Pinot Noir 2021
$85.00Jeremy’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…
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Scorpo Pinot Noir 2020
$60.00Jeremy’s score 94/100It’s been pleasing to see the evolution of structure in this label over the years, and the 2020 edition delivers the drive, perfume and structure I now expect from this site. A heady, floral perfume of red cherries, blood plums, reveals a whiff of citrus oil ana mushroom. It’s long and fleshy, with a charmingly plump core of cherry/berry fruit that moves down a loose-knit spine towards a spicy finish of red licorice. Very reserved, but likely to build considerably over time.
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Seppelt Drumborg Vineyard Pinot Noir 2024
$45.00Jeremy’s score 96/100Without question the finest pinot noir from this stunning but marginal vineyard for red winemaking, this wine takes me straight to Burgundy. Heady aromas of rose petals, dark cherries, blood plum, redcurrants, musky spice and smoky cedary oak precede a genuinely ripened and beautifully weighted palate. Steeped in small dark cherry/berry flavours, it’s artfully layered with fine silky tannins and smoky oak in perfect balance. It’s long and vivacious, driving with elegance and precision towards a sumptuous and explosive finish that will become more savory with time. Australia’s new benchmark pinot beneath $50. It could easily command $100.
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Seppelt Limited Release Show Sparkling Shiraz 2012
$100.00Jeremy’s score 97/100Classic Great Western shiraz given the full Champagne treatment – one of the finest examples of Australia’s unique sparkling wine. 2012 delivers a vintage whose exceptional bouquet of mulberries, cassis, dark plums and dark chocolates reveals nuances of sous bois, mushrooms and cigarbox. Long, crackly and creamy, it delivers a vivacious core of blackberries, blueberries, cassis and dark plums underpinned by a fine chalkiness. Given crunch and texture courtesy its fine effervescence, it reveals a hint of sweetness that is finely balanced by tannins and acids. Superbly balanced, already complex, it’s set for the ultra long term.
