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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 Grenache 2022
$18.00Jeremy’s score 89/100Scented with blue flowers, cranberries and a whiff of citrus, this deliciously flavoured, fresh and spotlessly pristine grenache is soft, juicy and underpinned by a dusty cut of drying tannin. A terrific quaff.
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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 Riesling 2023
$18.00Jeremy’s score 89/100Scented with pear, lime and a whiff of apple blossom, it’s juicy and generous, with a gentle, lingering and faintly chalky palate whose faint sweetness is balanced by a refreshing acidity.
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Mr Mick Rose 2023
$18.00Jeremy’s score 89/100A dry, zesty rose whose floral aromas of raspberries and red cherries overlie suggestions of meatiness and citrus rind. Smooth and effortless, its mouthfilling palate tapers gently towards a faintly saline finish of gentle acids.
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Mr Mick Sangiovese 2023
$18.00Jeremy’s score 91/100This astonishingly pure and vivacious sangiovese takes me straight into Chianti. Steeped in classic varietal qualities of dark cherries, blood plums and raspberries, its spicy and floral bouquet also reveals a hint of baked earth and leather. It’s framed by a fine, drying spine of powsery tannins and wrapped in a racy acidity,extending with length and flavour towards a drying and savoury finish. No idea at all how this wine could be this price!
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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.