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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 Chardonnay 2022
$65.00Jeremy’s score 95/100A youthful, evolving chardonnay whose aromas of grapefruit, lemon, lime and white peach are lifted by notes of flowers and spice, with toasty, creamy, nutty and faintly buttery undertones. It’s anything but flabby, but delivers a vibrant, mouthfilling core of citrus and stonefruit flavour deftly knit with oak and creamy, buttery and yeast-derived nutty complexity. Driving long and generous down a powdery spine, it then focuses around a saline lick of brine and mineral, where a brittle acidity helps it finish dry and savoury. It’s measured and stylish, likely to evolve more richness, weight and roundness while retaining its balance and style.
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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!
