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The 4th edition of the Australian Wine Guide recommends
wineries and individual wines to assist consumers in touring wine regions and
purchasing wines. The following is a list of Outstanding and Highly Recommended
wines.
Australian Pinot Noir - Outstanding
Bass Phillip Reserve 04 (Gippsland), Bindi Block 5 05 (Macedon
Ranges), Bindi Original 05 (Macedon
Ranges), Curly Flat 03 (Macedon Ranges), Dalrymple Special Bin
Reserve 05 (Tasmania) , Domaine A 03
(Coal River), Freycinet 05 (Tasmania), Henschke Giles 05 (Eden
Valley), Yeringberg 04 (Yarra Valley)
Australian Pinot Noir - Highly Recommended
Bass Phillip Estate 04 (Gippsland), Bay of Fires 05 (Tasmania),
Coldstream Hills 05 (Yarra Valley),
Coldstream Hills Reserve 05 (Yarra Valley), Hungerford Hill
Tumbarumba 06 (Tumbarumba), Paringa Estate
05 (Mornington Estate), Pirie Estate Reserve 05 (Tasmania),
Phillip Island The Nobbies 05 (Gippsland),
Silk Hill 04 (Tasmania), Spring Vale 05 (Tasmania), Stoney Rise
05 (Tasmania)m Stoney Vineyard 04 (Tasmania), Stoniers KBS, Windmill and
Reserve 04 (Mornington Peninsula), TarraWarra Estate 04
(Yarra Valley), Willow Creek Benedictus 04 (Mornington Peninsula)
Australian Shiraz - Outstanding
Bindi Pyrette 05 (Heathcote),
Cape Mentelle Wallcliffe 03 (Margaret River),
Castagna Genesis 04
(Beechworth), Chateau Tanunda Lyndoch 05 (Barossa Valley),
De Bortoli Reserve Release Syrah 04
(Yarra Valley), Henschke Mount Edelstone 04 (Eden Valley),
Kilikanoon Reserve 02 (Clare Valley),
Meerea Park Alexandra Munro 05 (Hunter Valley), Paul Osika 04
(Heathcote), Saltram the Eight Maker
03 (Barossa Valley), Thomas Kiss 05 (Hunter Valley), Torbreck The
Factor 04 (Barossa Valley),
Torbreck The Sturie 05 (Barossa Valley), Watershed 04 (Margaret
River).
Australian Shiraz - Highly Recommended
Arakoon Doyan 03 (Mclaren Vale) , Bannockburn 03 (Geelong),
Chateau Tanunda Greenock 05
(Barossa Valley), Clonakilla Hilltops 04 (Hilltops),
Coriole 04 (McLaren Vale), Giants Step
Sexton Jones
Block 04 (McLaren Vale), Gilberts
Reserve Shiraz 04 (Mount Barker), Hardy’s Tintara 04 (McLaren
Vale), Kilikanoon Covenant 04 (Clare Valley), Meerea Park
Terracotta 05 (Hunter Valley), Penfolds Kalimna
Bin 28 04 (S.A blend),
O’Leary Walker the Clare Reserve 04 (Clare Valley), Olivers
Taranga HJ Reserve
02 (McLaren Vale), Penley Estate Special Select 04 (Coonawarra),
Picardy 03 (Pemberton),
Plunkett
Reserve 04 (Strathbogie Ranges), Pyrenees Ridge Reserve 05
(Pyrenees), Richmond Grove
Limited
Release 02 (Barossa Valley), Seppelts Mount Ida 04
(Grampians), Thorn Clarke William Randell 04
(Barossa Valley), Torbreck Descendent 04 (Barossa Valley),
Waterwheel 02 (Bendigo), Wonga
Estate
04 (Heathcote).
The 4th edition of the Australian Wine Guide will be
published in 2008 and contain additional coverage on Australian wine regions.
The new edition will also recommend wineries and individual wines to assist
consumers in touring wine regions and purchasing wines. On
a monthly basis this website will feature a small selection of recommended,
highly recommended and outstanding wines that I taste as part of my ongoing
research to produce the guide.
Click on the Hyperlink to go directly to
the wineries website.
Rosé Wines
Kilikanoon Second Fiddle Rosé 2006,
A firm rose with good length, packed with fruit. Strong strawberry and
cherry aromas. Nice drop.
Highly Recommended.
Dromana i Rosato 2005. Very
pale with a lovely light pink salmon colour. Delicate floral nose with hints of
raspberry. Dry, good length, savoury and excellent length.
Highly Recommended.
Scorpo Rosé 2006, Mornington Peninsula, Vic. Barrel fermented Pinot
Noir rosé, oak used is old so minimal pick-up. Pale
salmon colour. Elegant rose petal, floral notes with light crisp palate.
Bone-dry and elegant. Recommended.
Golden Ball Cherish Saignee 2005
(Rosé) Beechworth, Vic. The 05 is drawn from a
blend of Shiraz, Merlot and Grenache. Free-run juice was collected then settled
and fermented in French barriques. The wine has a glorious salmon pink
colour, similar to the rosé of Provence. Lovely lifted floral, rose-petal
aromas. Rich and powerful (for a rosé) on the palate with lovely mouth texture,
retaining some good acidity. Excellent value.
Highly Recommended.
Castagna Allegro 2005
(Rosé), Beechworth, Vic A wild yeast barrel
fermented Shiraz rosé with a lick of Viognier (there should be a new term
identified for this wine style for both Castagna, and Golden Ball. As rosé seems
too simplistic). Inviting pink coral in colour, the wine displays savoury,
floral, potpourri notes accompanied by lifted fruit aromas of strawberries and
apricots on the nose. Those savoury notes continue on the palate with intensity
not seen in any other rosé I’ve tasted. This wine is elegant and textured with
great length, simply superb drinking and worth every cent. Don’t over chill. Outstanding.
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Attention Wine Producers
If you would like to submit samples for
consideration in the next edition of the Australian Wine Guide as well
as reviews on this website please contact Clive Hartley on the following
email address.
contact@australianwineguide.com
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