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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.
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Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Herrmann Kalimna Shiraz 2019
$150.00Jeremy’s score 96/100A steamroller of a northern Barossa shiraz – plush and densely packed with brooding tarry, dark berry, cherry and plum-like flavour smoothed out by chocolatey, coffee grounds-like oak and supported by an underswell of fine, kernelly tannins that become more mineral with breathing. Laced with dark pepper and exotic spice, it’s smoky and briary, unfolding notes of roast meats, boot polish and walnuts beneath its generous dollops of plush, fiery fruit. Its exceptional texture, structure and balance stamp it as a high-level Dave Powell wine.
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Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Steinborner Marsanne 2023
$50.00Jeremy’s score 95/100An artful, luscious, deeply layered and Rhone-inspired marsanne whose waxy, creamy fragrance of honeysuckle, lemon nougat, yellow flowers and lime juice reveals notes of brulee, corindader, marzipan and mineral. Round and generous, it’s mouthfilling and beautifully weighted, with a smooth, creamy and toasty core that extends long and savoury towards a refreshing finish of mouthwatering acids. Keep this away from the kids.
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Neldner Road (Formerly Powell and Son) Steinert Flaxman’s Valley Shiraz 2021
$750.00Jeremy’s score 98/100A superlative and very Australian shiraz which unfolds a heady, deeply floral perfume of cassis, redcurrants, musk and raspberries tightly knit with cedar/chocolate oak and lifted by scents of rose petals plus a hint of spearmint. Fullish in weight, it’s piercingly intense, long and elegant, with a translucently bright core of pristine small red fruits framed by a crunchy, gravelly spine and wrapped in a mouthwatering, perfectly focused acidity. Gentle, supple and willowy, it’s an essay in harmony and balance.
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Old Man Sun Grassroots Pinot Noir 2025
$48.00Jeremy’s score 94/100A beautifully made and expressive pinot noir whose heady and faintly spicy bouquet of dark cherries, blood plums and faintly dusty, smoky oak reveals suggestions of beetroot and dried herbs. It’s long and gentle, unfolding a vivacious core of blueberries, red berries and dark cherries deftly wound around a fine-grained spine of powdery tannin. Finishing bright and fresh, it’s as generous as it is finely balanced. Ready to enjoy now or set for a decade of intriguing development – the choice is yours.
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Ox Hardy Fiano 2023
$29.00Jeremy’s score 89/100A briny, round and savoury white from this southern Italian grape whose faintly herbal aromas of melon and citrus precede a juicy, fleshy palate with a pleasing core of creamy flavour that extends towards a soft, faintly saline and refreshing finish.
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Ox Hardy Grenache 2022
$30.00Jeremy’s score 94/100A deep, vivacious perfume of dark cherries, dark plums, blueberries and rose petals reveals notes of licorice and tar. Long, smooth and evenly paced, it’s generous and fine-grained, with a charming core of cherry, cranberry and blood plum-like fruit steadily becoming richer and more intense down the palate. Deliciously fruited, it’s underpinned by tight, sandpapery tannins. Delicious right now but likely to evolve very well.
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Ox Hardy Grenache 2023
$30.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Simply a delicious McLaren Vale grenache with gentle but intense expression of varietal purity reflects the cooler 2023 season. Heady aromas of rose petals, redcurrants and blood plums reveal a whiff of spice and citrus oil. Translucently clear, its pristine, mouthfilling palate of vivacious red, black and blue fruits extends down a very fine, sandpapery spine and over some dusty oak towards a refreshing and finely integrated acidity. Excellent balance. Open now or wait for 2-3 more years.
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Ox Hardy Slate Shiraz 2021
$80.00Jeremy’s score 94/100Bright aromas of cassis, redcurrants, cranberries and dark plums are lifted by scents of five spice and backed by smoky cedar/vanilla oak. It’s fullish to medium in weight, long and gravelly, with a sumptuous core of sour-edged dark berry/plum fruit that steadily builds with aeration, ultimately finishing savoury, with schisty, mineral notes.
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Ox Hardy Upper Tintara Vineyard Shiraz 2022
$30.00Jeremy’s score 92/100Spicy, peppery aromas of small black, blue and red berries are lifted by scents of dark flowers and backed by gentle cedar/mocha oak and a faint earthiness. Medium to fullish in weight, it’s long, smooth and evenly ripened, presenting a vibrant core of fruit framed by fine, loose-knit mineral tannins and backed by smoky, chocolatey oak. A totally charming and elegant wine of savoury charm and balance.
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Paul Osicka Grenache 2025
$35.00Jeremy’s score 92/100This deeply perfumed, sumptuously fruited and vivacious grenache has an appealing colour of deep red with a trace of blue. Scented with rose petals, cranberries, redcurrants and blood plums, it’s lifted by a whiff of mint and dried herbs. Gently oaked, it’s long and seamless, revealing a mouthfilling core of simply delicious fruit underpinned by a fine slatey spine. It finishes long and persistent, with lingering suggestions of red licorice and a soft acidity. A stunner.
