by Chris | 29 Apr 2009 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
In this week’s SMH Huon Hooke comments on the new release of the great Australian icon shiraz, Penfolds Grange. Huon Hooke notes:’This is a great Grange, one of the greatest ever. It’s probably the best since the ’96. Stunning balance and...
by Chris | 24 Apr 2009 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz
This weeks SMH wine of the week is the 2006 Penfolds Bin 28 Kalimna Shiraz. Huon Hooke writes:Bin 28 has long been one of my favourites in the impressive and constantly expanding Penfolds portfolio. It bears the name of Penfolds Barossa vineyard but is not pure...
by Chris | 10 Apr 2009 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, Victoria
This wine is from the Heathcote region and has been sitting in the cellar waiting for another taste test. I had it at a Manly cafe with smoked salmon and peas risotto; no fancy wine glasses here so we did our best. The colour is crimson while the nose has some exotic...
by Chris | 10 Apr 2009 | Australia, Cabernet, New South Wales, Red Wines
This great wine was tasted recently with slow cooked Greek lamb and potatoes and sliced mushrooms and gravy. A truly wonderful wine drinking superbly right now but will cellar for another 10 easy. This wine belies the 14.5% alcohol and indeed is refined, reserved and...
by Chris | 24 Mar 2009 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia, Uncategorized
The 2006 Heartland Directors’ Cut Shiraz is the wine of the week in today’s SMH. Huon Hooke writes: This is the flagship red of Ben Glaetzer’s Heartland range – a blend of Langhorne Creek and Limestone Coast grapes. It has a great deal of flavour and...
by Chris | 17 Dec 2008 | Australia, Cabernet, Red Wines, Western Australia
The 2005 Fermoy Estate Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River is this week’s wine of the week in yesterday’s SMH. Huon Hooke writes:Fermoy is next to Moss Wood and the vineyard is mature, so you might expect it to make great reds. I’ve often been...
by Chris | 9 Dec 2008 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, Victoria
This week’s wine of the week in today’s SMH is the 2006 Summerfield Shiraz from Pyrenees. Huon Hooke writes:This is not a wine for everybody. If you have an aversion to American oak, look elsewhere. However, in its bold, full-frontal, uncomplicated style,...
by Chris | 2 Dec 2008 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, Western Australia
This week’s wine of the week in today’s SMH is the 2007 West Cape Howe Shiraz. Huon Hooke writes: This West Australian company has figured strongly in my reviews this year and it’s because it is delivering consistently tasty wines at remarkably low...
by Chris | 24 Sep 2008 | Australia, Red Wines, Shiraz, South Australia
Bought as a single bottle to try at home with wagyu steak with mushroom and red wine jus. The wagyu was disappointing but the wine was not. The winemakers notes below pretty much sum it up -‘A vibrant plummy red in colour. On the nose, there are lifted...
by Chris | 24 Sep 2008 | Australia, Pinot Noir, Red Wines, Tasmania
My cellar program says drink now but this has years ahead in the cellar if you can keep your hands off it. This wine has the backbone and structure of a good Burgundy (albeit the bolder Pommard version). Unfortunately the ’05 has long since run out and it was...
