Bremerton Racy Rosé 2018

Bremerton Racy Rosé 2018

  10:30    Stu.

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Not too much to write about here. Safe Rosé by the numbers.

Sweeter Berry aromatics, toffee-apple, cranberry and a little rose. Needs a chill, there's sweetness and softness - a balancing phenolic edge, a welcome counterpoint. Length, OK. 89 

Tasted on: Saturday 29th September
Source: Sample
Price: $17
Alcohol: 12.5%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: http://www.bremerton.com.au

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Out of Step Wine Co Summerhill Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2017

Out of Step Wine Co Summerhill Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc 2017

  18:30    Stu.

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The OoS team are not only raising the bar for Sauvignon Blanc production in Australia, I'd actually hazard they're redefining the rules. 

Opening with a honeysuckle and citrus imbued aroma, with a suggestion of tropical fruit flowing underneath. There's the barest grassy hint in the frame, just SB's calling card - leaving its mark.

What I love here is the freshness, the acidity that just gives so much energy, and totally lacking the shrill that so often afflicts the variety. It feels so pure, so fresh. Redefining the variety. 93 

Tasted on: Monday 1st October
Source: Sample
Price: $30
Alcohol: 12.5%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: http://www.outofstepwineco.com

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Cook's Lot Sauvignon Blanc 2018

Cook's Lot Sauvignon Blanc 2018

  14:30    Stu.

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Woooh, we've a live one here. This is all Gooseberry, Passionfruit with some lychee puree thrown in. Ultra-fresh. 

Has a fair bit of zest and mineral about it, rippling through the palate, dancing it's merry tinge across the tongue. 

The fruit makes itself known beyond the aromatic intro, a quality game being played. Another excellent value - and well made - wine from the Cook's. 91 

Tasted on: Tuesday 2nd October 
Source: Sample
Price: $23
Alcohol: 12%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: https://www.cookslot.com.au/

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Bremerton Betty & Lu Sauvignon Blanc 2018

Bremerton Betty & Lu Sauvignon Blanc 2018

  08:30    Stu.

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Comes across fresh and vibrant, a veritable fruit salad of aromas (and indeed smells a little like chewy lollies of the same name I was rather fond of as a wee lad).

Clean and crisp, has hints of melon, Gooseberry and fresh herb. Zesty and lively across the finish. This will surely liven things up as you ponder the road (figuratively) ahead. 88 

Tasted on: Tuesday 2nd October 
Source: Sample
Price: $17
Alcohol: 12%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: http://www.bremerton.com.au

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Ferngrove King Malbec 2016

Ferngrove King Malbec 2016

  19:26    Stu.

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I was all too ready to dismiss this, it seemingly offering a reductive, sulphurous pong on first opening. It was meaty, gamey - smelling more like a Pinotage.

This was just in need of some air. From the reductive to the sublime, now more like an old school Grenache, singing its delicious Berry coulis tune. 

Seduction becomes its play, the soft texture bringing with it the red currant and nigh-raspberry flavour married to a graphite like tannin. 

What a transformation! 91 

Tasted on: Monday 24th September 
Source: Sample
Price: $32
Alcohol: 13.5%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: https://www.ferngrove.com.au

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Cook's Lot Shiraz 2017

Cook's Lot Shiraz 2017

  08:30    Stu.

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Smelling more like a Pinot on steroids - no bad thing - with a strong game of macerated strawberry and raspberry here. It comes across well. 

Soft, sensuous, vibrant and juicy - a light rub of tannin initially, firming up as it moves across the palate. From that initial intro, growing in stature and holding, lasting. 

Finish of generous proportions, greater than it itself promised. Good wine. 91

Tasted on: Thursday 27th September 
Source: Sample
Price: $22
Alcohol: 13.5%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: https://www.cookslot.com.au/

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Rymill The Yearling Rosé 2018

Rymill The Yearling Rosé 2018

  16:30    Stu.

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Berry, raspberry and cranberry in the main. There's a sweeter edge, perhaps like a little caramelisation.

Red fruit sweetness without being over-wrought. Powdery edge, as though brushed with talcum, provides a welcome aspect. 

Rather well, if perhaps simply, put together. Refreshing, pleasingly moreish. 88

Tasted on: Thursday 20th September
Source: Sample
Price: $15
Alcohol: 12.9%
Closure: Screwcap
Website: http://www.rymill.com.au

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