Author Archives: Sindy Leung

Region Margaret River Grape Cabernet Blend Tasting Notes Ripe and generous on a lithe frame, offering pretty cherry and currant flavors shaded with cedar and dill notes. Drink now through 2005. 3,000 cases made. -88 pts by Wine Spectator

Region Mudgee Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Region Eden Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Medium purple-red; vanillin oak is immediately evident on the bouquet, but without subduing the smooth supple fruit, showing none of the ‘sauvage’ characters of the ’93. A lovely wine on the palate, although the oak is very evident, perhaps supporting, perhaps distracting from the fruit. A mild, dry… Read More »

Region Eden Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Deep red-purple; a multi-faceted bouquet with a hint of Rh?ne Valley gaminess running through plum, blackberry, mulberry, cedar, leaf and earth; the palate replicates all the flavours plus touches of cedar and cigar box. Despite all this, not quite in the Olympian class of the ’90 and ’91… Read More »

Region Eden Valley Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Tremendously seductive, this is a towering masterpiece of gorgeous flavors, supple texture and pinpoint balance. Offers a superstructure of plum, blackberry, green olive, exotic spice, tobacco and molasses flavors that swirl around a refined structure, wrapping a light veil of tannins over it all. The finish lasts and… Read More »

Region McLaren Vale Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Tasting Notes Inky red-purple; massively powerful, dense blackberry fruit; long persistent tannins. One hundred per cent Margaret River. -93 pts by James Halliday Complex earthy aromas of small red and black berries, smoky vanilla/cedar oak, undergrowth and dusty, herbal undertones. Long and astringent, with a deep, dark expression of… Read More »

Region Macedon Ranges Grape Chardonnay Many Vineyards Supplying our winery are in areas that were a focus of the gold ruch of the mid to late 19th century and thus the inspiration for the name Poppet Head. The Poppet head was a tower-like lifting structure built over the top of a mine shaft, enabling miners… Read More »

Region Macedon Ranges Grape Chardonnay

Region Macedon Ranges Grape Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot

Region Macedon Ranges Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes One of the gold medal winners at the 2002 Visy Board Great Australian Shiraz Challenge. Deeply coloured; abundant dark plum, black cherry and vanilla aromas swirl from the glass, the palate rich in raspberry and plum fruit, the oak (very obvious at the start of the year) settling… Read More »