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Latest Tasting Notes
Bay of Fires 2011
15th February 2012
Elegant and austere, with a slight sweetness that covers for some tart, steely acids. Bright, floral aromas of fresh pear, apple blossom, orange and lime juice reveal almost muscat-like scents of tea leaves. It’s long and crystal-clear, with some juicy apple/pear/white peach fruit underpinned by a slightly raw cut of phenolics, finishing with just a hint of greenness.
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Leasingham Bin 7 2011
15th February 2012
Elegant, stylish and very intense, this long, chalky riesling has a penetrative scent of white flowers, lime juice and minerals lifted by a whiff of blossom. It’s fine and gentle, with an intense core of lemon, lime and apple-like flavour that extends long down the palate towards a fresh finish of lingering fruit plus a hint of sweetness balanced by a brittle acidity.
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Leasingham Classic Clare 2007
15th February 2012
An exceptional wine of benchmark standard now developing smoky, toasty, buttery, waxy and oily complexity. It’s heady, vibrant and deeply scented with lime, lemon meringue, pastry-like notes over strong floral aromas. Long and shapely, clearly defined by its acidity and fine underlying phenolics, it presents a sumptuous expression of fruit and is charmingly placed between youth and development.
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Hardys Nottage Hill 2011
13th February 2012
Fresh, fruity and fragrant, with a moderately intense and lightly floral scent of lemon sherbet, lime juice and lemon butter. It’s round and generous, with mouthfilling, brightly lit fruit that becomes marginally candied down the palate before finishing with a hint of sweetness and a spicy, muscat-like note.
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Houghton Wisdom 2010
7th February 2012
An excellent, complete cabernet almost of flagship quality. A heady perfume of almost pinot-like intensity reveals sweet blue and red flowers, piercing notes of small black and red berries and dark cherries knit with fresh cedar/vanilla/chocolate and faintly gamey oak and backed by nuances of dried herbs.
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Articles & Features
A matter of A, O, C…
20th February 2012
I’m forever being confronted with the notion that New World countries need their own versions of the French Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC) system for wine. How good an idea is it?
In France the AOC system is...
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TWE Rearranges the Deck
8th February 2012
CEO David Dearie has been rolling out the changes at Treasury Wine Estates (TWE). The company has established a new brand management model and has set up fine wine teams in the US, the UK and Australia.
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High Time to Address the Funding Priorities
8th February 2012
Wine Australia, the Australian Government statutory authority whose core responsibilities include the promotion of Australian wine in international and domestic markets, is facing serious issues caused by a 30% or $5m decline in its...
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The ongoing incompatibility of mines and wines…
11th November 2011
Mining and wining remain in constant conflict around the Hunter Valley, but is also becoming a significant danger to the Margaret River region, Australia’s benchmark for wine tourism.
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Interview: Jeremy Stockman, Watsons Wine
17th October 2011
Jeremy Stockman has just turned over a year working in Hong Kong as Manager, Senior Fine Wine and Wholesale for Watsons Wine, the wine retailing and distribution subsidiary of AS Watson that owns and operates 25 retail stores in what is...
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TWE almost its own thing, but for how long?
6th May 2011
Treasury Wine Estates is almost its own entity..
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