2010 Saltram Mamre Brook Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon

Purchase: Naked Wines

Nose: Blackcurrant and dusty chocolate

Palate: Bright intense with medium to full body. Fine tannin and lingering finish. Probably best with food due to bright acidity.

Out of 10: 7

Value: Good

2010 Greg Cooley Wines Five-Year-Olds and Dogs Rose

Purchase: ~$20 from Cellar Door

Nose: Jammy bouquet, candy floss.

Palate: Fruity initial sweetness then a peach ice tea (likely due to age) and marmalade stickiness. Fresh acid to finish.

Out of 10: 8

Value: Good

2010 Sevenhill Inigo Late Harvest Gewurztraminer

Purchase: from Cellar Door

Nose: TBA

Palate: TBA

Out of 10: TBA

Value: TBA

Looking forward to tasting this soon!

2010 Normans Old Vine Shiraz

Purchase: $9.99 from GetWinesDirect

Nose: TBA

Palate: TBA

Out of 10: TBA

Value: TBA

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2010 Kilikanoon Mort's Block Watervale Riesling

Purchase: from Cellar Door

Nose: TBA

Palate: TBA

Out of 10: TBA

Value: TBA

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2010 Block 51 Basket Pressed Shiraz

Purchase: $9.99 from GetWinesDirect

Nose: Dark fruits and oak

Palate: Big rich and fresh fruit driven wine. Chocolate and soft tannins. The wine by which all other young Shiraz must compete. My favourite.

Out of 10: 10

Value: Excellent

2010 Songlines McLaren Vale Shiraz

Purchase: $TBA from GetWinesDirect

Nose: TBA

Palate: TBA

Out of 10: TBA

Value: TBA


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2010 Blue Pyrenees Brut

Purchase: $19.90 from Dan Murphy's

Nose: Lemon

Palate: Fine bead giving good mouthfeel. Lemon citrus fruits and dry finish

Out of 10: 9

Value: Good

2010 Springton Hills Wines Rock Ridge Shiraz

Purchase: $7.50 from Crackawines

Nose: Pepper pungency and eucalyptus

Palate: Showing cooler climate characters this wine begins with quite a dry and savoury flavour profile, but develops a fruity richness and leaves you with lingering chocolate.

Out of 10: 7

Value: Good

2010 Taparoo Valley Shiraz

Purchase: $11 from Crackawines

Nose: Savoury and sour, like salami and olives.

Palate: What a backflip! Sweet cherry prevails. Gritty tannins with the sweetness of American oak in the middle palate and finish. An intensely flavoured wine that strikes me as gamey.

Out of 10: 7

Value: Excellent

2010 Barwang Cabernet Sauvignon

Value: Good

Nose: Cherry chocolate, delightfully fragrant and sweet

Palate: Medium on palate some tannic spice. Short blackberry intensity then long mellow finish

Out of 10: 7

Purchase: $12.50 from Crackawines