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- 2023 Dominique Piron Beaujolais-Villages
- 2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
- 2022 Unico Zelo Jungle Jungle Dolcetto
- 2022 Dune The Empty Quarter GSM
- 2021 Brash Higgins CBSV Cabernet Sauvignon
- 2022 Rudderless Vineyard Shiraz
2023 Dominique Piron Beaujolais-Villages
The Dominique Piron Beaujolais-Villages is one of the best value entry-level Beaujolais on the Australian market. Crafted from 100% Gamay sourced from 50-year-old vines, this wine delivers everything you want in a fresh, light-bodied red—bright fruit, natural freshness, and incredible drinkability.
On the nose, bright notes of cherry, raspberry, and pomegranate leap from the glass, while the palate reveals a juicy core supported by crisp acidity and fine tannins. It’s light, crunchy, and wonderfully refreshing, perfect for enjoying with a slight chill. The granite soils and hand-harvested grapes lend a touch of complexity, making this a seriously fun yet refined wine that’s a joy to drink.
Whether you’re looking for a great companion to your next picnic or a versatile red to pair with grilled chicken or salads, this Beaujolais-Villages is our go-to. Delightfully smashable, it’s proof that quality Beaujolais doesn’t have to break the bank!
2023 Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir
The Yarra Valley Pinot Noir is the perpetually excellent entry point to Mel Chester's highly acclaimed Giant Steps range.
This is a superb entry point into the world of premium Yarra Pinot Noir, with fruit sourced from the Sexton, Applejack, Tarraford and Primavera vineyards. It's made with around 40% whole bunches and meticulous attention to detail, for which Chester has become renowned. Unfined and unfiltered, too.
Aromatic red fruits, good refreshing mid-palate and a light, earthy grip on the finish.
If you want to get familiar with this stellar Yarra Valley producer, this is the best place to start.
96 points
"A bright crimson red. After a few good few swirls, aromas of ripe raspberries, black cherries, wild herbs and some crushed violets soon emerge. The palate, though, doesn't need much coaxing, and this silken, sappy wine has excellent depth and persistence."
- Philip Rich (Halliday Wine Companion)
2022 Unico Zelo Jungle Jungle Dolcetto
The Jungle Jungle (formerly Cherry Fields) has become one of the most popular wines in the Unico Zelo range over the last couple of vintages, and it's in top form again.
It comes from the Polish Hill River sub-region of the Clare Valley, a place Brendan and Laura Carter love sourcing fruit from. When you think Dolcetto you think sweet, fruity reds, but this is anything but.
There's also now some supporting Touriga Nacional from Langhorne Creek, and a touch of Adelaide Hills Nero d'Avola.
Wildly aromatic, vibrantly juicy and surprisingly structural, this is a lot of wine built into not a lot of body. The Carters recommend this wine for "eating with your hands", and 20 minutes in the fridge would do it no harm at all. It's different, yes, but most of all it's just one of those reds that is near impossible to put down.
2022 Dune The Empty Quarter GSM
The Arthur Kelman Perpetual Trophy for Best Shiraz Dominant Blend
- 2023 Royal Sydney Wine Show
The Lloyd brothers have burst out of the gates with a suite of interesting and delicious examples of McLaren Vale wines.
With firm roots in the region, hailing from the great Lloyd dynasty at Coriole, this is the boys chance to spread their wings and do things their own way.
This is a blend of Shiraz, Grenache, Mourvedre, and a dash of Touriga. Medium bodied, svelte and spicy with delicious ripe fruit flavours, they've nailed this wine from first swing of the hammer.
GSM fan? Here's something that's going to get your engine running.
96 points
"A beautifully detailed and handled wine that is a super-elegant version of standard GSM."
- James Halliday (Halliday Wine Companion)
94 points
"I love the grip and savoury complexity. Very good."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
2021 Brash Higgins CBSV Cabernet Sauvignon
The Brash Higgins CBSV is grown on the Omensetter vineyard, tended by Brad and Nicole, in their home of McLaren Vale.
This is McLaren Vale Cabernet with some spunk and personality. It spends 20 months in new and used oak, it's un-tinkered with by Brad on its way to bottle giving a fleshy yet vital rendition of the variety from this part of the world.
Whether you're a fan of Brash Higgins, Cab Sauv or just full-bodied McLaren Vale reds in general, you will find a lot of joy in this release.
95 points
"From the certified-organic home Omensetter Vineyard; 20% new, 40% 1–3 years old, 40% older, all French, for 20 months. The new oak and time in it have been thoroughly absorbed by the intensity of fruit, which presents as plush but not weighty, an enchanting fragrance of lavender and violet lilting above blackcurrant, mulberry, crème de myrtille, hedgerow, clove and cardamom. This feels made with mid-palate texture in mind, gifting an engaging suppleness, along with a salted licorice note, that precedes cabernet’s structuring tannic draw."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)95 points
"A fulsome wine to chew on. Contemplative as much for its thrilling complexity, as for its capacity to eclipse preconceptions of warmer climate cabernet with energy and guile, shot across the floral attack, evergreen mid-palate and toothsome wet tannin finish...Excellent wine, moreish and nourishing."
- Ned Goodwin MW (James Suckling)
2022 Rudderless Vineyard Shiraz
Sourced from Doug Govan’s meticulously planted vineyard at the foothills of Sellicks Hill, this wine is all about intensity, structure, and regional character. Govan’s decision to plant Shiraz here, using cuttings from his favourite vineyards, has paid off beautifully, with the vines now delivering fruit that’s rich and complex, year after year.
This is a well-crafted, approachable Shiraz that offers fantastic value for what’s in the bottle.
Made by Pete Fraser and the team at Yangarra, this Shiraz is all about balance. It’s fruit-driven but not overly rich, with just enough oak to add a layer of complexity without overwhelming the freshness of the fruit. A solid, well-rounded McLaren Vale Shiraz that you can enjoy now or let sit for a few years to soften even more.
If you’re looking for a quality, mid-tier Shiraz that captures the spirit of McLaren Vale without breaking the bank, the 2022 Rudderless Vineyard Shiraz is a great choice.
95 points
"Quite some perfume here, spicy too, blackberry and boysenberry, some black olive. It’s medium-bodied, offers crunch and freshness, fine grip of stony tannin, quite meaty and savoury, but has bright red and black berries too. A twist of black pepper on a precise finish of excellent length. Gee, this is stylish and good to drink. I can’t quite make up my mind on score – 94 or 95 points I reckon – though I’ll give it the push because it’s just so classy."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
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