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Levantine Hill
on 24 March, 2022
Levantine Hill Optume Shiraz delivers volume and weight with finesse and restraint, this perfumed, brooding and enticingly refined medium-bodied Shiraz is the result of an assemblage of three individual vineyard sites.... Read full article
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Levantine Hill
on 24 March, 2022
Levantine Hill Optume Cabernet Sauvignon features brooding restrained fruit characters of cassis and blackberry with complex savoury elements of bramble, bergamot, sage leaf, amari, nutmeg, sandalwood, laurel, leather and star anise.... Read full article
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Levantine Hill
on 23 May, 2019
Our Mélange Traditionnel is an exquisite and refined Cabernet-based blend for the most sophisticated connoisseur, from the vineyard everyone said could not be planted; a tiny, incredibly steep, ultra low yielding block of the five traditional Left...... Read full article
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Levantine Hill
on 11 April, 2019
Our Chardonnay profoundly reclaims body, flavour and palate-weight co-existing with structure, texture and restrained acidity. Complex fruit characters of white nectarine, saffron, Pink Lady apple, chamomile flower, cashews and Leatherwood honey work... Read full article
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Payne's Rise
on 25 October, 2018
Perfumed and lively. Soft and structural with fresh acidity. Delicate, but with a richness of fruit. Juicy red berries, herb, stalk and oak spice notes play a role. Fine earthy silky tannin structure
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Mount Mary
on 25 October, 2018
The vineyard is planted to Cabernet sauvignon (46%), Merlot (26%), Cabernet franc (18%), Malbec (5%) and Petit verdot (5%). The percentage of each variety that goes into the final blend changes with the season as factors such as fruitfulness and...... Read full article
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Payne's Rise
on 17 October, 2018
Hand picked at various levels of ripeness, whole bunch pressed, fermented in seasoned oak barriques with extended barrel maturation, the 2015 Sauvignon Blanc reflects a delicate varietal fruit character of citrus and tropical fruits.... Read full article
on 17 October, 2018
on 17 October, 2018
95 Points – James Halliday - Juicy fruit flavours of grapefruit, white peach and lemon zest are tightly bound with crisp acidity and subtle cedary oak. Providing for an elegant yet complex Chardonnay with great length.
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Payne's Rise
on 17 October, 2018
True cool climate Shiraz, black & white pepper, spice and stalky whole bunch characters with brambly red fruits. The palate has strong fleshy fruit, ripe cherry & raspberry, plenty of spice and savoury flavours, clean acidity and silky tannins. ... Read full article
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Yarra Yering
on 17 October, 2018
Stylish, lifted nose settling into itself after a few years in bottle. A medium-bodied “classic” Bordeaux style featuring a fleshy, fruit-layered palate integrated with earthy complexity. In true Yarra Yering tradition, it combines power with poise..... Read full article
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Payne's Rise
on 14 August, 2016
A fine, medium bodied fruit driven wine balancing blackcurrant fruit with more earthy olive and herbal notes, evenly weighted with silky tannins and great length.... Read full article
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Coombe Farm Wines
on 15 July, 2016
Coombe Farm's Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are planted in one of the coolest parts of the vineyard. This is ideal in warm dry years that allow slow and full ripening, as in 2013, so this wine is ripe and rich, but more savoury than the 2012...... Read full article