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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2022
$32.00Jeremy’s score 92/100A luscious, mouthfilling white of medium weight whose deep, heady perfume suggests white peach, melon, honeysuckle plus a whiff of spice and dried herbs. It’s long and smooth, with a creamy core of fruit underpinned by a fine, powdery texture and finishing with a refreshing,frisky acidity.
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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Chenin Blanc 2023
$32.00Jeremy’s score 93/100Simply delicious, this beautifully balanced, creamy and layered chenin blanc reveals a faintly smoky and waxy bouquet of green melon, white peach and creamy, nutty, nougat-like undertones. It’s luscious but far from heavy – delivering a creamy, nutty core of white peach, melon and apple that extends long and generous down a fine chalkiness towards a mouthwatering finish of soft, measured acidity.
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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Tempranillo Malbec 2022
$42.00Jeremy’s score 94/100I love what Rob Mann does to craft this exceptional wine from his family’s mature Swan Valley site. Wild, briary and floral, laced with black and blue berries, redcurrants, dark chocolates and blood plums, it reveals a hint of dried herbs. Fullish to medium in weight, its wonderful length of juicy, vivacious black and blue fruits is framed by a firmish, drying extract, finishing long, mineral and savoury with a lingering note of licorice. Since its inception, this label has totally reset the bar for Swan Valley red wine.
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Corymbia Rocket’s Vineyard Tempranillo Malbec Blend 2023
$44.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Genius winemaking and a superbly managed site has created the best Swan Valley red in decades. Laced with fiery scents of paprika and eastern spice, its heady bouquet of dark violet-like floral notes, blackberries, dark plums, briar and dark chocolates reveals a hint of roasting meats. It’s sumptuous and bloody, long and mouthfilling, unfolding a smooth core of dark, perfectly ripened fruits framed by firmish fine tannins before finishing with softness, savoury qualities and a lingering note of licorice.
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Coulter C1 Chardonnay 2022
$34.00Jeremy’s score 94/100A stylish, flavoursome modern chardonnay whose emphasis on bright grapefruit, white peach and melon-like fruit is deftly backed with restrained oak and nutty, creamy, nougat-like yeast-derived influences. It’s long and focused but has a ripe core of fleshy flavour, extending with translucent brightness and intensity down a fine, slatey spine towards a crisp, focused and refreshing finish. Watch it build with time.
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Coulter C2 Sangiovese 2022
$34.00Jeremy’s score 91/100Earthy, faintly mineral aromas of dark plums, dark cherries, cedar/dark chocolate oak and gravelly undertones reveal suggestions of meatiness and licorice. It’s medium to fullish in body, with a juicy, fiery core of bright, faintly confectionary dark cherry, plum and berry flavours underpinned by fine, grippy tannins. True to variety, it finishes with some savoury, meaty aspects and a distinctive acidity.
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Coulter C3 Pinot Noir 2022
$34.00Jeremy’s score 93/100An elegant, supple pinot of medium to fullish weight whose musky, floral fragrance of red cherries, redcurrants, blood plums and sweet cedar/vanilla oak reveals notes of paprika-like spice and chocolate. It’s long, gentle and evenly paced, with layers of bright fruit and oak knit with a faintly gravelly, mineral spine, finishing with freshness and balance. Pleasingly savoury; a little reminiscent stylewise of Tollot Beaut.
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Coulter C3 Pinot Noir 2023
$34.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A bright, perfumed young pinot whose musky aromas of raspberries, cherries and rose petals reveal a hint of citrus oil and spice. It’s long and supple, with a village Beaujolais-like weight, with a juicy core of fruit supported by fine, powdery tannins and a hint of dusty oak, finishing with a vivacious acidity. Likely to build richness and depth of the next couple of years.
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Coulter Rathmine SVY (Formerly C1) Chardonnay 2024
$37.00Jeremy’s score 93/100A distinct evolution in Chris Coulter’s chardonnay style, this fuller, rounder and creamier expression is based around ripe yellow peach, nectarine and lemon-like flavour tightly with toasty, vanilla and buttery oak influences. It’s scented with bright yellow flowers, lime and lemon, while its long and generous palate reveals nutty yeast-derived notes before finishing dry and tangy with a brisk, lemony acidity. Quite possibly the very chardonnay many flavour-deprived Australians are seeking, with a lingering core of ripe, buttery flavour.
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Dal Zotto Pucino Prosecco NV NV
$25.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Vibrant and frisky, with a fresh perfume of pear, apple skin and citrusy notes before a long, crackly palate whose pear, apple and lemony flavours reveal a hint of nuttiness and savoury quality. A summer afternoons’ wine.
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Delamere Non-Vintage Cuvee NV
$39.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Bright, penetrative aromas of white flowers, apple skin, citrus zest and a hint of creaminess precedes a long, complete and finely balanced palate whose mouthfilling citrus and stonefruit flavours reveals suggestions of bakery yeast, grilled nuts and lemon. The bead is very fine and there’s a pleasing chalkiness beneath the palate, which finishes fresh and lemony. Very classy – the ideal aperitif wine.
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Domaine Faively Joseph Faively Bourgogne Rouge Pinot Noir 2021
$59.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Typically flavoursome, well-structured and reliable, this regional level Burgundy presents a spicy, floral expression of pinot noir laced with notes of raspberries and red cherries backed by notes of underbrush and blackcurrant. Firmish and drying, with pleasing fruit weight, it’s long and complete, with a lingering savoury finish.
