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2015 Cabernet Franc

Tasting Notes

“Medium to full red colour with a purple tinge. The bouquet reveals herbal, vegetable and compost aromas possibly indicating whole-bunch fermentation. The wine is medium to full-bodied and admirably soft. There's a big centre of fruit-sweetness and the wine seems quite developed for its years… quite a good wine”. Huon Hooke

Huon Hooke: 88 points.

Drink Now to 2027. It will just keep getting better.

Sparkling Chardonnay/Pinot Noir

Huon Hooke: 90 out of 100

Tasting Notes

“Medium straw-yellow colour with a resiny, toasty, straw bouquet; the wine has substantial aged character and some complexity. Toasty, roasted hazelnut flavours, dry and savoury yet also soft and balanced, and easy-drinking. There is considerable richness and amplitude, but fades on the finish. It's more about Hunter terroir than anything”. Huon Hooke

2013 La Belle Helene Sémillon

...Sémillon: a French word pronouncd Sem-ee-yon

Tasting Notes

This aged Semillon has morphed from the crisp, pale straw-coloured wine of youth to the smooth and delicate honey and nutty flavours of age.  While one may think it has been oaked, it has not. 

If you are eating a food that you would squeeze a lemon over, pair that food with this very good Sémillon. 

2017 Estate Shiraz

Bright & cheerful with clear fruit flavours

Tasting Notes

Goodness me this is a delicious Shiraz. Made in the spirit of a true Hunter Valley Shiraz: meaning distinctly different from other Australian wine regions. This wine is medium bodied, fruity and lively, it is a drink-now wine but the longer it is in the cellar door it is really showing us how well this wine has been made and how well it is aging. 

2018 Tempranillo

Pronounced Tempra nee yo

Tasting Notes

Spain’s favourite red wine and one of the world’s greatest grape varieties: smooth, fresh and fruity, simply gorgeous. Aging with the benefit of time spent on French and American oak, this wine has a velvety mouth feel with savoury and more earthy flavours. This wine will cellar for 10 plus years.

2018 Pinot Grigio

Full and fruity; the Italian way

Tasting Notes

“Light copper/brass colour, with an unusual aroma of nettles and dried herbs with some background passionfruit and lemon notes. It turns quite citrusy on the palate, with a gentle sweet-and-sour interplay. A left-field style, and nice”. Huon Hooke

Huon Hooke: 88 points. 

A drink-now wine and onwards to 2021