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Thomas The O.C. Semillon 2023
$30.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Classically fine, shapely, taut and elegant, with a faintly floral bouquet of lemon and lime backed by chalky mineral notes and a whiff of melon. Long and very persistent, it’s pithy and flavoursome, punctuated by a refreshing acidity and finishing with a briny minerality.
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Thomas The O.C. Semillon 2025
$30.00Jeremy’s score 94/100An excellent Hunter semillon that is, quite unusually in fact, wonderful to drink now and through the coming summer but will also develop great complexity and character in the bottle for a decade and more. Its intense, voluminous scents of lemon zest and white flowers reveal a whiff of chalk and mineral, while its mouthfilling core of pristine, translucently clear flavour drives long and crunchy towards a refreshing, dry and faintly saline finish. Honestly, if seafood is your thing…
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Tim Adams Ladera Tempranillo 2021
$40.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Wild and floral, this intense, pristine tempranillo unfolds heady scents of black, red and blue fruits backed by a hint of dark chocolate. Medium to fullish in weight, it’s piercingly flavoured with translucently clear fruit framed by fine, silky tannins and wrapped in a vivacious, frisky acidity.
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Vinea Marson Nebbiolo 2012
$62.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A complete, complex, elegant and savoury nebbiolo whose seductively perfumed, floral bouquet of cherries and raspberries reveals undertones of dried herbs, underbrush and a whiff of spice. It’s supple and savoury, with a beautiful drive of cherry and cranberry-like fruit and evolving leathery complexity underpinned by a crunchy spine of tightly-knit tannins. Culminating in a long and refreshing finish, it’s drinking superbly now but still has plenty of evolution ahead.
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Vinea Marson Sangiovese 2013
$54.00Jeremy’s score 94/100A full, robust sangiovese with a heady, deeply aromatic and floral bouquet of red cherries, plums and meaty, faintly herbal nuances overlying notes of spice and cola. Its sumptuous, deeply flavoured and faintly sour-edged core of red cherries, blackberries and blueberries is supported by firmish, grainy tannins, finishing savoury with profound length, structure and a fine acid balance. As a mature wine it’s deeply flavoured, vibrant and juicy, with plenty of leathery development that works perfectly with its savoury aspects.
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Vinea Marson Sangiovese 2021
$46.00Jeremy’s score 94/1002021 has delivered an exceptional, but different Vinea Marson Sangiovese. It’s deeply ripened, dark-fruited and fleshy, with a wonderful drive of plush but gentle, seamless fruit and extract. More like a Rosso di Montalcino than the more traditional Chianti-like expression from this vineyard, it’s deeply spiced, perfumed and heady. Underpinned by a fine, powdery and superbly integrated backbone, it’s superbly varietal and balanced, finishing quite savoury with refreshing acids, a lingering sandpapery grip and a wonderful drive of dark red fruit.
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Voyager Estate Chenin Blanc 2023
$28.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Marginally sweet, this smooth, generous chenin delivers typically varietal flavours of peach and melon with pleasing nutty and creamy complexity. It’s long and complete, spotlessly fresh and finishes off-dry.
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Voyager Estate Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2022
$24.00Jeremy’s score 87/100A typically herbaceous expression of Margaret River semillon with the gooseberry/lychee characters of sauvignon blanc backed by some creamy, nutty complexity. It’s generous and juicy.
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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.
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Wickhams Road Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2024
$23.00Jeremy’s score 91/100What’s going on here? How on earth does Franco d’Anna fashion a pinot of such intensity, purity, fragrance and depth of flavour – not to mention its structure, drive and balance – for $22? I’m ordering it immediately for our Shop. There’s no way a $22 pinot can be this good; it pulls the rug out from many supposedly illustrious pinots for two or three times its price. A delicious, mouthfilling, satisfying, yong and uncomplicated pinot that gives and gives. And even more the day after if you have the patience…
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Wickhams Road Yea Valley Cabernet Franc 2022
$19.00Jeremy’s score 89/100A long, complete and even stylish cabernet franc whose vibrant but dusty perfume of raspberries, redcurrants and light cedary oak reveals a hint of dried herbs. Supported by a fine, gravelly spine, its vivacious palate of red and blue fruits fills the mouth before honing in towards a fresh and almost savoury finish.
