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Allan Scott Hounds Single Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010
With the Hounds, Allan Scott aims to bring a more Burgundian edge to thier typically style of lush, smoky, sour fruited Pinot. The French oak here is more struc... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Blanc de Blancs NV
They say that only the French can make Champagne, and they are right. This wine however creates its own benchmark in the world of sparkling wines. It is endless... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Chardonnay 2010
Allan Scott's Estate range offers a vivid picture of classic cool-climate varietals. The Chardonnay is deliciously lean and mineral, themed with white peach, ne... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Pinot Gris 2009
An elegant complex wine with aromas of red apple, pear and white stonefruit. The long soft mid palate gives way to a balanced structure of acid and phenolics, c... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Pinot Gris 2010
Aromatic varieties have become the new great whites of New Zealand. Unsurprisingly, pioneer Allan Scott is all over this vogue wine, seeking purity of fruit, de... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Pinot Noir 2009
I feel like I’m standing in Allan Scott’s vineyard smelling this – it is so varietal and regional. Fresh red cherries and raspberries on the nose, with re... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Riesling 2009
With the rise of New Zealand aromatic whites, its easy to forget that some of the most well established riesling vines in NZ come from Marlborough, and indeed f... read more »
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Allan Scott Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2010
There's few more profound matches of place and variety in the New World than Marlborough and Sauvignon Blanc. Allan Scott is one of the true pioneers, planting ... read more »
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Allan Scott Moorlands Single Vineyard Riesling 2009
The Moorlands project encourages complexity and seeks to express the uniqueness of single vineyard wines. This reisling, vinified cautiously in oak barrels, enc... read more »
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Allan Scott Moorlands Single Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2009
Allan Scott's philosophy for Sauvignon Blanc is simple - clean, ripe fruit makes for great wine. But for this specially sectioned vineyard, which produces Scott... read more »
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Allan Scott Scott Base Central Otago Pinot Noir 2010
The Scott Base is Malborough pioneer Allan Scott's foray into Central Otago Pinot Noir. A single vineyard wine, it's an obvious contrast from the house style, w... read more »
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Allan Scott Sparkling Sauvignon Blanc NV
Allan Scott's bubbled Sauv Blanc has become a focused expression of this NZ specialty since developing a 'house' non-vintage style. This has allowed for choice ... read more »
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Allan Scott Wallops Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2009
A wine that has never held back, every trick in the book is employed to give the fruit of this vineyard its due. An intimite pruing regime, wild yeast ferment, ... read more »
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Barossa Belle Chardonnay 2009
There is so much to love about this wine. The nose offers intense fresh fruit flavours including kiwi fruit and fresh cucumber - you cannot help but take a sip.... read more »
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Barossa Belle Eden Valley Select Cuvee
Grapefruit and tropical melon fruit flavours create the basis to this very approachable sparkling. There is some appealing sweetness and some bright acidity (al... read more »
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Barossa Belle Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2011
It is easy to love good Barossa Semillon, it has wonderful fresh grassy fruit aromas with soft caramel fudge and orange zest. The Sauvignon Blanc element may be... read more »
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Barossa Belle Shiraz 2010
Barossa Shiraz has many forms; this one is designed to give us teasing elements from all the corners of the balance profile. There are excellent tannin levels, ... read more »
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Bollinger NV
What a fabulous Champagne. With aromas that match the flavours you taste on the first sip, I found scents of newspaper, brioche and dumplings, apple and lemon f... read more »
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Bridgewater Mill Chardonnay 2009
This is a soft and supple style of Chardonnay that will appeal even to Sauvignon Blanc drinkers. It's not a big wine and it's certainly well suited to food. A g... read more »
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Bridgewater Mill Pinot Grigio 2010
In true Adelaide Hills form, this is a wine with loads of mineral flavours and aromas, apple, pear, citrus and cooking herbs. Delicate on the nose and zingy in ... read more »
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Bridgewater Mill Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Last year's vintage of this wine was a great deal more 'herby' on the nose and lighter. The 2010 vintage is softer with more tropical flavours, but it still has... read more »
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Bridgewater Mill Shiraz 2009
Petaluma's second tier Bridgewater Mill is an ardently regional range that delivers good value and distinction. The Shiraz has all the hallmarks of great Adelai... read more »
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Brockenchack Jack Harrison Shiraz 2009
This cool climate Shiraz, named after Trevor & Marilyn’s grandson Jack, is handcrafted to be elegantly smooth and approachable. Traditionally made by basket ... read more »
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Brockenchack Mackenzie William 1896 Riesling 2011
This wine is named after owners Trevor & Marilyn Harch's eldest grandson Mackenzie and is crafted from some of Eden Valley's oldest Riesling vines, planted in 1... read more »
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Brockenchack Zip Line Shiraz 2010
Named after a cable-swing used by generations of the Harch family at the historic Brockenchack vineyards, the Zip Line is a full-flavoured, yet typically fragra... read more »
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Chard Farm Mata-Au Pinot Noir 2009
The Mata-Au (pronounced "mat-a-oh") is a Pinot Noir of more focus than its little brother, the River Run, derived solely from the terraced vineyards in the Crom... read more »
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Chard Farm River Run Pinot Noir 2009
Chard Farm produces distinctive Central Otago wines from a series of meticulously cared-for vineyards in the Gibbston and Cromwell sub-regions. The River Run Pi... read more »
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Cirillo Estate 1850 Old Vine Grenache 2006
Old Vine Grenache of an old world slant, betrayed by concentrated cherry and spearmint aromas. Deceptively lean in colour intensity this wine is powerful and co... read more »
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Cirillo Estate 1850 Old Vine Grenache Rose 2010
Grenache vines produce sweet, linear fruit in their youth and dryer, complex fruit in advanced age. This Rose, created from Grenache vines planted in the 1850s,... read more »
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Cirillo Estate 1850 Old Vine Semillon 2010
It's hard to imagine more painfully loved plants than Marco Cirillo's 150-year-old vines in the Barossa Valley. Making wines of perplexing individuality and dou... read more »
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