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Frankland Estate Riesling 2023
$30.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Deeply perfumed, intensely flavoured, long and mouthfilling, this exotic and vibrant riesling delivers pristine varietal fruit wrapped in a lively acidity and finishing with a trace of sweetness.
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Frankland Estate Shiraz 2021
$32.00Jeremy’s score 89/100Ready to enjoy right now, with a musky, faintly meaty fragrance of blackberries, briar, dark plums and mulberries backed by a fiery whiff of eastern spice, white pepper and cedar/vanilla oak. Medium in weight, it’s long and evenly paced, soft and smooth, finishing with refreshing acids and some savoury aspects.
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Gaffy and Neal Chardonnay 2025
$50.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A joyful young chardonnay whose pristine aromas of grapefruit and yellow peach are lifted by bright floral notes, lemon and ginger, with an underswell of creamy yeast-derived notes and a whiff of chicken stock. It’s long, smooth and layered, with a round, juicy core of grapefruit and lemon finely balanced with tight-grained oak and underpinned by a fine mineral texture, before finishing long, dry and savoury with a mouthwatering lemony acidity. Shapely and pleasingly complex and textural already, it’s more fruitful than previous editions of this wine. Drink any time over the next decade.
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Gaffy and Neal The Peninsula (Formerly Merricks North) Chardonnay 2024
$75.00Jeremy’s score 97/100A sumptuous, profound and artfully balanced chardonnay built around a powerful core of fruit. Bright and punchy, with an intense, faintly waxy bouquet of lemon, grapefruit, yellow peach and creamy yeast-derived notes, it also reveals a hint of butterscotch. Long, polished and translucently pure, its core of yellow peach and lemon butter unfolds mouthfilling layers of complexity, fruit and texture, soaking up its oak and finishing with dryness and tautness. A true vin de garde, but ready to enjoy now if you’re seeking something special.
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Gaffy and Neal The Peninsula (Formerly Merricks North) Chardonnay 2025
$80.00Jeremy’s score 98/100A spectacular chardonnay whose voluminous and alluring perfume reveals deep layers of stonefruit, grapefruit and lemon tightly knit with faintly toasty vanilla oak spotlit with complex nuances of spice, creamy nougat and roast chicken pie. Its unctuous core of pristine stonefruit and citrus flavour steamrolls long and clear down a finely textured backbone, driving with power and style towards a fine, focused finish of refreshing and faintly mineral acids. Artfully balanced with smoky oak, it’s quite a masterpiece. Acknowledging the role of Darrin Gaffy in its making, this Chardonnay gets my nod as the finest white wine yet released by Doug Neal.
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Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2014
$135.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Austere and traditional, waiting to unfold deep layers of fruit and minerality, this faintly toasty and oily riesling has an alluring bouquet of white flowers, apple, pear and like juice backed by suggestions of schist and lavender. ItÕs rich and concentrated with a long and assertive palate of translucent lime juice, apple and pear-like fruit backed by a fine chalkiness and tightly wrapped in a taut acidity, finishing bone-dry and vivacious.
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Henschke Cyril Henschke Cabernet Sauvignon 1997
$235.00Jeremy’s score 88/100A richly ripened, firm and earthy cabernet with an evolved core of cassis/plum-like fruit. Faintly herbal.
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Henschke Keyneton Euphonium Shiraz Blend 1997
$75.00Jeremy’s score 87/100A very ripe, sweetly fruited and oaky red blend with a lightly spicy core of black and red fruits.
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Hoddles Creek Estate Pinot Noir 2023
$26.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Brightly lit aromas of raspberries, red cherries, musky spices and a whiff of beetroot are backed by floral scents of red rose petals. It’s supple, gentle and medium-bodied, settling down to reveal pleasing red berry/cherry fruits underpinned by a fine, drying backbone of silky tannins and punctuated by a balanced acidity. It will certainly build more richness and depth over time.
