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Thirst of October

THIRST OF OCTOBER       Winery               Wine                Vintage                Varietal              RRP    Alcohol    Drink By     Rating        Tasting Notes   Vasse Felix    Heytesbury    2015     Chardonnay                           80.00   13.00    2025    96        The fine aromas combine barrel ferment lees and oak to create subtle notes of grape fruit, lemon and vanilla pod oak. The palate is fine, firm balanced and yet layered which is a remarkable balancing act and long with citrus flavours and tannin edge that support long fruit flavours that finish with citrus. If you want mouth filling Margaret River this is not your wine but if sophistication…

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Thirst of August

  Robs Thirst of the Month Winery – Wine – Vintage – Variety – Price – Alcohol – When to drink – Score Ashton Hills Estate Brut Blanc de Noirs 2011 Pinot Noir $40 13 2021 93 Very classical complexity: yeasty, oatmeal, pinot generosity beginnings of honey and croissant and whole wheat toast. In the mouth fruit and acidity balance, delicacy, very good acid line and just hinting toasty on the finish with very chalky acidity with honey toasty yellow fruit and very good length. Ashton Hills Estate Salmon Brut 2011 Pinot Noir $35 13 2020 95 Very impressive restrained…

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Thirst of July

Thirst of July by Rob Geddes MW Winery Wine    Varietal  Vintage  Rating  Drink By  Alcohol   RRP Chapel Hill         The Parson         Cabernet Sauvignon       2014       91           2018       14.5        $18.00 Aromas of black cherry, raspberry and black currant. The palate swings in ripe fruited fresh and varietal black currant fruits with evenness and purposeful length. A very complete wine that over delivers for the price. Blue Pyrenees Estate     The Richardson Series   Cabernet Sauvignon       2012      95           2040       14.5        $50.00 Deep brooding, concentrated mixed berry conserve with remarkable freshness for the age. Back ground notes of bay leaf and oak spice form an additional complexity….

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Thirst of June

Thirst of June by Rob Geddes MW Winery  Wine      Vintage         Varietal            RRP       Alcohol Drink By          Rating  Galafrey Wines Dry Grown Vineyard Reserve     2016       Riesling                                 $25.00 11.5        2024       94           A traditional dry cellaring style of Australian riesling with classic “just ripe” pine lime-like fruits, lifting into nectar blossoms with riesling fruit spice. The palate is long and dry and very traditional in style, flavours build towards the back, linear acidity gangly as a pup and it is a classic cellaring style of riesling with a long pine…

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Thirst of May

Winery  Wine Vintage Varietal  Wine Region Sub Region Rating Drink By  RRP  Alcohol Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard               The Ridge            2014       Semillon              Hunter Valley   94   2020       $45.00 12.2        Held back two years prior to release, and not in the very lean style you can see the development into lemon with the developed bottle aged lanolin and waxy aromas. The palate is poised walks between teens and twenties the acidity is youthful racy and vibrant with the ripe fruits wears fashionable clothes showing orange peel, green apricot, waxy lemon flavours. Drinking this suits poetry reading. Audrey Wilkinson Vineyard               Winemakers Selection 2015      …

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Thirst of April

  Thirst of April by Rob Geddes MW                     Robs Thirst of the Month Winery -Wine – Vintage – Region – Variety – Score – Price – When to drink LiraH Winter Harvest 2006 Granite Belt Nebbiolo                                           92 $59.00 2019 Harvested in the middle of June when the leaves drop off the vine in a return to the style of the ancient Piedmontese. A savoury and spirity nose with dark…

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Thirst of March

Thirst of March by Rob Geddes                     Winery  -Wine – Vintage – Region – Variety  – Score  – Price  – When to drink Seppelt Drumborg Vineyard 2015 Henty Riesling                                           95 $39.99  2035 One truly spectacular Australian Riesling with rose, sherbet and lime bath salts. Lovely finesse ripe fruited palate layers of citrus, lemon blossom and feijoa flavours with a fine minerally acidity. Exceptionally complex, subtle, really unique regional style, pristine tight and great aging ability and early drinking pleasure. Juniper Estate Estate 2012 Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon      …

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