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- 2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Pret A Blanc
- 2024 Brash Higgins CHN Chenin Blanc
- 2024 Usher Tinkler Paperwasp Vineyard Chardonnay
- 2024 Turon Pinot Noir
- 2024 Domaine de Ferrand Cotes du Rhone Mistral
- 2024 Yelland and Papps Shiraz
2025 Vignerons Schmolzer & Brown Pret A Blanc
Tessa Brown and Jeremy Schmolzer have a knack for making wines that are just flat-out delicious to drink, and the Pret-a-Blanc is the perfect example. It is their riff on the Austrian Gemischter Satz style - a traditional Viennese field blend originally designed to mitigate risk in the vineyard, but loved today for its freshness and versatility.
Sourced from the cool Upper King Valley, the 2025 release brings together four varieties: Pinot Gris, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Sylvaner. It’s a textural mix where the varieties fill in each other's gaps. The Riesling provides the cut and drive, the Pinot Gris adds a bit of weight and gloss, while the Sauvignon Blanc and Sylvaner bring the aromatics and spice.
It is crisp, dry and totally charming. This is the ultimate all-rounder in their range - a wine that feels just as at home alongside a roast chicken as it does flying solo on a Tuesday night.
2024 Brash Higgins CHN Chenin Blanc
Chenin Blanc isn't exactly the poster child for McLaren Vale, but Brad Hickey makes a compelling argument for it. This 2024 release marks the tenth vintage from the Willamba Hill site in Blewitt Springs, and honestly, it keeps getting better. The vines sit on deep, ancient white sands that seem to drag a saline, maritime character right out of the ground.
Brad leans into that texture rather than trying to polish it away. He leaves the juice on skins for two or three days - just enough to grab some phenolic grip - before sending it to seasoned French barriques for a wild ferment and a 12-month nap. It creates a wine that feels substantial and layered.
In the glass, it’s waxy and savoury, with a distinct salty kick that sits right alongside flavours of lemon verbena, preserved lemon and ginger tea. There’s a tropical hint of papaya in there, but it’s reined in by that mineral backbone. It’s complex and chewy, drinking more like a serious white Burgundy than a simple quaffer. A top-quality example of what the variety can do in Australian soil.
2024 Usher Tinkler Paperwasp Vineyard Chardonnay
This new release from Usher Tinkler came about over a shared bottle of wine, as so often great ideas do, with the desire to offer a barrel-fermented Hunter Chardonnay immediately accessible both in style and price point. This wine takes it’s name from the vineyard “Paperwasp Vineyard” due to the high number of Paperwasps that nest in the vines around harvest time.
This comes from a 1.6 hectare vineyard planted in 1985, vines now over 35 years old, sandy loam composition. It's handpicked, 100% barrel fermented in a mix of 1-to-3 year old French oak with a small portion undergoing malolactic fermentation and lees stirring.
It's rich and full-bodied but not without freshness and vitality too. It's a wonderfully versatile Chardonnay and as usher set out at its inception, terrific bang for buck.
2024 Turon Pinot Noir
This is Turon White’s more easygoing Pinot – bright, fresh and made to enjoy straight away. It’s got that lifted red fruit and subtle herb thing going on, thanks to some whole bunch in the ferment, and there’s a fine line of tannin that keeps everything in check without weighing it down.
Turon’s quickly becoming one of the names to know in the Adelaide Hills. His wines are always thoughtful, but they don’t overthink it either – this one is a good example of that balance. It’s light but not simple, with enough detail to keep it interesting and a clean, dry finish that brings you back for another glass.
It’s the sort of Pinot that works just as well on a Tuesday night as it does at lunch with a few mates. No need to overcomplicate things – just chill it slightly and enjoy.
95 points
"Structured and serious; this is one for big glasses and a good decant to get its best. Proper stuff."
- Mike Bennie (Halliday Wine Companion)
2024 Domaine de Ferrand Cotes du Rhone Mistral
Philippe Bravay is one of the unsung heroes of the Southern Rhône. His tiny estate, Domaine de Ferrand, sits in the sweet spot of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, rubbing shoulders with heavyweights like Beaucastel and Charvin. While his top-tier wines are hunted by collectors, the 'Mistral' offers a way to tap into that pedigree without the hefty price tag.
Think of this as a "Baby Châteauneuf" and you are pretty close to the mark. The fruit is sourced from organic vines bordering the appellation, with some plantings dating all the way back to 1945. It is a classic blend driven by Grenache, but with enough Syrah, Cinsault and Mourvèdre to give it spine and complexity. Philippe is a staunch traditionalist, so you won't find any new oak here. He uses concrete tanks and natural yeasts - it's bare-bones CdR.
The 2024 release is a standout. It is astonishingly concentrated for the category, pouring a deep colour and offering waves of spicy cherry, raspberry and bramble fruit. The extra hit of Syrah in the blend really opens it up, adding a savoury, meaty layer to the soft, silky tannins. This is honest, delicious French red that over-delivers in a big way.
2024 Yelland and Papps Shiraz
Susan and Michael Papps have built their reputation on giving Barossa classics a fresher, more approachable spin. Their wines always carry generosity, but never feel heavy, and this Shiraz is a great example of that balance.
Fruit comes from a handful of old-vine sites across the valley, including their own Greenock vineyard. A touch of whole bunch in the ferment adds perfume and texture, while a gentle hand in the cellar keeps everything bright and drinkable.
It's a tasty, fresh-faced Shiraz that’s juicy and plummy with hints of spice and soft tannins, sitting at a very friendly 12.9% alcohol. It’s got all the hallmarks of Barossa Shiraz, just in a style that’s more about midweek drinking than cellaring.
Great value, easy to love, and a reminder of why Yelland & Papps have become one of our go-to producers for modern Barossa wines.
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