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Morris Bin No. 186 Shiraz 2022
$24.00Jeremy’s score 89/100Deep, dark and profoundly ripe, earthy and leathery, this classically rich and powerfully fruited Rutherglen shiraz delivers impactful plum, berry and prune-like flavour with gentle oak and meaty undertones. Its bouquet is underpinned by scents of the roasting tray, while there’s plenty of fine, drying tannins beneath its sumptuous core of fruit that will enable it to develop for at least a decade.
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Mount Mary Quintet Cabernet Blend 2010
$285.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A deep, alluring perfume of violets, cassis, raspberries and mulberries is augmented by fresh, fine-grained cedar/vanilla oak and undertones of dried herbs. With time it has begun to reveal suggestions of wet wool and lanolin, losing the brightness of its youth. It’s still supple and fine-grained, with a lively core of red berry flavour, but it’s drying out from the finish and does finish with some slightly edgy and awkward aspects.
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Mount Mary Quintet Cabernet Blend 2011
$250.00Jeremy’s score 91/100Willowy and elegant, with the structure, length and balance and mature with grace. Dusty and faintly herbal aromas of small black and red berries, mulberries and violets backed by restrained oak and musky forest floor undertones, reveal a hint of capsicum. Initially plump and juicy, it’s medium to full-bodied, with restrained but lively black and red berry and plum flavours supported by reserved oak and a supple spine of dusty tannin. It finishes with length and persistence, but with some underlying herbal notes and a suggestion of green-edged acidity.
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Mount Pleasant Mount Henry Shiraz Pinot Noir 2022
$40.00Jeremy’s score 90/100A gentle, charming short to medium-term red blend whose floral bouquet of fiery small red berries and plums reveals a whiff of cracked pepper and eastern spice. It’s medium-bodied, smooth and gentle, with a fine, elegant palate whose vivacious black, blue and red fruit flavours are underpinned by notes of beetroot, briar and charcuterie meats, extending down a loose-knit spine towards a lingering and brightly lit finish of licorice and fruit.
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Mount Pleasant Old Paddock & Old Hill Shiraz 2022
$60.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A superb, fine, Burgundy-like shiraz whose spicy fragrance of red cherries, redcurrants, blood plums and white pepper reveals a hint of meatiness and some very restrained, cedary oak. It’s richly and generously flavoured, with a mouthfilling presence of pristine redcurrant, cherry and raspberry-like fruit underpinned by fine, slatey tannins before finishing supremely long and savoury. Artfully balanced and delivering medium-weight Hunter style on steroids.
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Mr Mick Cabernet Merlot 2019
$18.00Jeremy’s score 89/100A solid, flavoursome Clare cabernet blend whose ripe and faintly minty aromas of dark plums, cassis, mulberries and creamy vanilla oak reveals a hint of cigarbox. Backed by a firm, drying chalky spine, it’s richly flavoured but remains polished and approachable.
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Mr Mick Fiano 2023
$18.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Powerfully varietal, this tangy, savoury fiano reveals musky scents of stonefruit, melon and pear backed by hints of yellow flowers and saltbush. It’s generous and creamy, soft and dry, finishing deliciously saline and mineral.
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Mr Mick Pinot Grigio 2023
$18.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Floral scents of musk stick and lychees precede a generous, pristine palate whose pristine fruit extends long and juicy towards a faintly briny finish of mouthwatering acids.
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Mr Mick Shiraz 2021
$18.00Jeremy’s score 90/100An exceptional wine at its price, this long, luscious shiraz unfolds a spicy bouquet of dark plums, blackberries and cassis knit with smoky, chocolatey oak and lifted by a whiff of cracked pepper. Supported by a fine, firmish spine, it finishes almost savory, with a lingering presence of dark fruits and licorice.
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Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Barossa and Eden Valleys Shiraz 2021
$50.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Musky, sweetly oaked aromas of cassis, blackberries, dark plums and dark chocolates are lifted by scents of cracked pepper and sweet spices, then revealing more wild blackberry and blueberry notes. It’s smooth and sumptuous, medium to fullish in weight, with an evenly paced expression of plump, vivacious fruit supported by a fine, chalky backbone and finishing with a savoury, almost saline aspect. Dominated by its charming Eden Valley component, it becomes finer and more elegant with aeration, delivering more length and mid palate flavour.
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Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019
$30.00Jeremy’s score 91/100Smooth and sumptuous, this generous, stylish Barossa shiraz leaves many of its more expensive competitors for dead. Wild, floral and faintly meaty, its fiery aromas of black, blue and red berries are underpinned by notes of blood plums, cinnamon and chocolatey oak. Fullish to medium in weight, steeped in fruit, it drives down the palate with depth and polish, finishing with softness and savoury qualities.
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Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Brennecke Grenache 2021
$275.00Jeremy’s score 96/100If Dave Powell has a signature for grenache, here it is. It’s a wild, heady, pungent and emphatic wine that needs either cellaring or significant breathing to deliver its best. Laced with dark flowers and musky spices, it’s steeped in dense aromas of dark plums, blueberries, licorice and bitumen, with star anise gradually appearing. Saturated with dense black, blue and red fruit that borders on bloodiness, it’s tarry and meaty with a hint of currant, driving forever towards a lingering and savoury finish of red licorice and dark cherries.
