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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.
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Peccavi Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
$75.00Jeremy’s score 97/100A quintessential cabernet whose heady bouquet of cassis, violets, dark cherries and fresh cedar/vanilla oak reveals smoky, meaty undertones and a hint of dark chocolate. Long and evenly paced, with a plush, perfectly ripened expression of classic cabernet flavour, it’s tightly knit with fine-grained chocolatey oak and supported by a firm, gravelly backbone, extending towards a lingering finish of focus and freshness. A long-term classic offering equal parts of power and charm. World class.
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Peccavi No Regrets Sauvignon Blanc Semillon 2022
$25.00Jeremy’s score 90/100Very stylish and shapely, this is more of a Sancerre-like sauvignon than a WA fruit bomb. A faintly herbal expression of gooseberries, melon and a hint of lychee dextends long, round and flavoursome down a fine, chalky palate, finishing dry and almost savoury with briny notes of oyster shell and mineral.
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Peccavi Petit Verdot 2020
$55.00Jeremy’s score 92/100If ever you’ve been curious enough to explore exactly what petit verdot contributes to a Bordeaux blend, here is your opportunity. Lifted by a whiff of violet, it reveals a confiture-like bouquet of mulberries, cassis, dark plums and toasty vanilla oak. Effortless, smooth and creamy, its chocolatey presence of dark berries and cherries is framed by a loose-knit grade of grainy tannin. Like most reds made 100% from this grape, it’s for the short to medium term.
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Peccavi Sauvignon Blanc 2020
$45.00Jeremy’s score 95/100Made in a contemporary white Bordeaux style with contributions from both oak and semillon, it’s mouthfilling, tangy and savoury. A scent of guava, gooseberries and lychees backed by smoky suggestions of vanilla oak and creamy yeast-derived nuances reveals a whiff of musk and dried herbs. It’s long, luscious and refined, with a wonderful depth of fruit that drives over a pithy crunchiness towards a lingering finish that hints of brine and minerals. A terrific food wine and certainly a sauvignon blanc for adults!
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Peccavi Syrah (Formerly Shiraz) 2022
$55.00Jeremy’s score 94/100While Margaret River doesn’t immediately spring to mind as a region ideally suited to shiraz, Peccavi has a long history of crafting savoury, Rhone-inspired expressions of this variety of genuine class. This vintage reveals a musky perfume of cassis, raspberries and blueberries knit with smoky cedar/vanilla oak and lifted by scents of cinnamon, white pepper, violets and red flowers. Smooth and seamless, its succulent core of translucently clear fruit knits perfectly with a fresh oak interface, finishing with style and lingering flavour.
