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    NEW RELEASES

    Feb 28, 2021 11 minutes

    147 TASTED

    100 AWARDED

    It is always a pleasure to look at the latest new release wines. Each time we confirm again the great quality and often great value that these wines deliver. For this tasting shiraz again shows that it is the most dependable varietal with few failures. If you are in a restaurant and don't know any of the wines on the wine list pick a shiraz. You will rarely be disappointed. Also of note this time are the delicious grenache wines and alternative reds which if they keep performing like this may no longer be called alternative.

    SPARKLING

    3 TASTED

    3 AWARDED

    A small, but nice, group of well-made sparklings that are worth buying!

    Bream Creek Vineyard Tasmania Brut Rosé NV ★★★★

    Floral and spicy on the nose with a smooth creamy palate, lovely length of soft red fruit flavours and yeasty complexity. $36

    Gartelmann Wines Hunter Valley Blanc de Blancs 2020 ★★★

    Attractive fruit driven style – very citrusy with bright florals and crisp acidity. $38

    Gooree Park Mudgee Sparkling Chardonnay Pinot Noir 2019 ★★★

    Simple melon-like aromas with a bright citrus and melon flavour profile. $30

    OTHER WHITE VARIETALS & BLENDS

    11 TASTED

    5 AWARDED

    A mixed group, both in the varieties and the results. “These showed white wine basics but with some wandering away from the structure and acid line required therefore tending to broadness,” noted one judge.

    Barristers Block Aston McLaren Vale Fiano 2020 ★★★★

    Attractive floral fruit fragrances with crisp acid providing a lively structure for great lifted fruit characters. $30

    George's Folly Off With The Fairies Fleurieu Roussanne 2018 ★★★★

    Rich toasty/honeyed nose. Nicely evolving ripe stonefruit and citrus flavours with phenolics providing length. $24.99

    Rusty Mutt Catnip McLaren Vale Viognier 2020 ★★★1/2

    A bright, attractive

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