Region Heathcote Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes From a top-notch estate in Victoria’s Heathcote region, the dense ruby/purple-colored 2004 Shiraz Georgia’s Paddock offers up scents of licorice, white pepper, cassis, and new barrel smells. Full-bodied, rich, and heady, its big, earthy style reflects the Cambrian soils of Heathcote. It should drink well for a decade. -90… Read More »
Region Heathcote Grape Shiraz Tasting Notes Very deep garnet-black colored, the 2002 Georgia’s Paddock Shiraz gives a great intensity of mulberry and dried plum aromas with hints of figs, mocha, prosciutto, soy and a whiff of camphor. Full bodied and generously fruited, it has a solid foundation of medium-firm grainy tannins and high acid, finishing… Read More »
Region Eden Valley Grape Merlot Tasting Notes Lithe and floral, with a minty streak running through the pretty currant flavors, finishing with a touch of cedar and fine-grained tannins. Drink now through 2003. 89 cases imported. -83 pts by Wine Spectator Medium to full red-purple; the bouquet is very concentrated and complex, with distinctly savoury… Read More »
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 »