Delicious fruity richness comes with bracing underlying acidity in this full-bodied, generous, creamy but well-balanced wine. Lemon, almond, ripe Bosc pear and toasted baguette flavors give it more than enough to savor.

There may be no better bang for your buck in Russian River Valley Chardonnay. Rich, unctuous and velvety, it is expansive and balanced, with lush layers of peach and pear dusted in nutmeg. The oak is well-integrated and contributes cohesive elements of baking spice.

This white gold colored Chardonnay opens with a great nose featuring lemon and oak with a hint of honeydew melon. On the palate, this wine is full bodied and slightly acidic. It also round, well-balanced, and lush. The flavor profile is a lemon and green tea blend with notes of subtle minerality, and oak. We also detected hints of pineapple and coconut. The finish is dry, and its flavors fade away nicely. This excellent Chard was enjoyed by everyone who tried it. It would pair well with a chicken ravioli with wild mushrooms with a light cream sauce.

Ambitiously priced it may be, but there's no denying the quality of pan-Cape Chardonnay from the Klein Karoo, Overberg, Stellenbosch and Robertson. The oak is a little smoky, but the palate is racy, dense and structured, with impressive extract, lees and baking spice notes and a core of minerality.

This rich version is well-knit and minerally, with concentrated savoriness to the pure-tasting white fruit and spice flavors. White stone accents linger on the powerfully structured finish, with sea salt notes. Drink now through 2026.

Layers of brisk sandstone and dried mango weave together into silken pleasure, this wine's golden richness notably cool and mouthwatering. Dry and savory, it lasts in a sphere of flavor, sustaining its healthy integration for days without any frayed edges. You could decant it for scallops tossed with ginger and scallions. Or take it in a completely different direction with bloomy-rind cheeses.

Rich nose of vanilla crème brûlée then focused but generous flavours of yellow apple, plum and banana giving sunshine and warmth. A light touch of reductive winemaking gives a struck match and gunsmoke character to the finish, elegantly balancing the rich fruit.

Dark as night, packed with concentrated aromas of menthol, bay leaf, tobacco, cedar, vanilla and cassis, the 2019 Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon is a rich, powerful Cabernet with notable herbal overtones. Full-bodied, ripe and velvety in texture, it finishes with hints of dark chocolate and scorched coffee. Long and structured, with dusty tannins on the finish, it should age well for at least 10–15 years.

This Coal River Valley pinot has a modern, gently reductive edge to the nose with plenty of brambly, spicy and sappy complexity to the ripe red and dark cherries. The palate is delivered in such pure and plump style and really fresh cherries abound. Very drinkable. Drink over the next five years. Screw cap.

This is a complex and powerful edition of this estate-grown grenache with aromas of red and dark berries, ginger bread and toasted spices, as well as wild herbs. The palate offers vibrantly fleshy style with impressive concentration of raspberry and blueberry flavors. Fresh, with structure and drive. Drink over the next eight years. Screw cap.

This is a rich white, showing impressive structure and plenty of ripe lemon, pear, peach and mangosteen with some savory pastry-like notes, too. The palate has a tangy edge and smooth-toned phenolics carrying plenty of flavor. From organically grown grapes. Drink over the next six years. Screw cap.

Aromas of terra cotta, blueberry, rose hip and iron, as well as an earthy, sanguine edge. The palate has intense red-plum flavors and assertively powerful and long tannins. Very focused and contained. Drink over the next decade. Screw cap.

2019 Pinot Noir, Lingenfelder Vineyard The nose is spiced black fruit, taffy with a note of menthol. The palate entry is a supple vanilla and plum backed by deep, polished cola and baking spice throughout. It's a very complete, flavor-packed wine. Drink 2021 - 2026.

The 2019 Chardonnay Bien Nacido Vineyard is also rich but shows slightly more salty minerality and chalky nuances as well as clean, classy citrus fruits, white flowers, and toasted nut-like aromatics. It's beautiful on the palate as well, with a beautiful vibrancy and focus, medium-bodied richness, nicely integrated acidity, and a great finish.

Gorgeous kirsch and framboise fruits as well as spice and dried flower notes all emerge from the 2019 Pinot Noir Sta. Rita Hills. It's a fresher, more elegant example from this great estate, with a solid spine of acidity, beautiful balance, and a great, great finish. It's brilliant today but will be even better with another year of bottle age and keep for at least 10-15 years in cold cellars.

The 94 McD Rockfall Cab 2015 is ready to drink if you bought some on my recommendation and kept your mitts off it. It still has plenty of shelf.

In the glass this displays a dark and glossy hue, which leads to a complex nose filled with toasted blackberry, liquorice, black olive and vanilla pod, along with some floral elements reminiscent of dried violets, as well as a suggestion of cool crushed chalk. Beautifully poised on the palate, this is very finely textured, bordering on silky, the texture supporting layers of dark fruits, blackberry, olive and currant. It is packed out with ripe and tightly grained tannins which come to prominence in the middle and especially at the end. It is spicy too, certainly energetic, with a thread of pepper, long and charged. This is an exciting wine now, but I think the real joy lies a few years away yet. Give it five more, maybe a few more, to see it at its best The declared alcohol is 14.5%.

What’s clear from the outset is that this tastes markedly different from the cabernet, and from the merlot. Which is a good start. There’s a plushness to the fruit here and beautiful integration of mocha-like oak. It puts the wine into swish territory straight up. Dark chocolate, rich plum, kirsch, woodsmoke and foresty herb notes all contribute, pretty much in that order, before tannin ripples on through. This is warm and rich, unashamedly, but it feels controlled and deliberate. It’s top notch quality, no doubting it.

Some cold soak, some whole-bunch ferment, all matured in French barriques (25% new) for 8 months. Bright, fresh cherry aromas grab your attention on the bouquet, but there are some gamey, greenish notes underneath. Initially seems soft to taste but has a mouth-filling quality and the flavours and the tannin build as it goes along. Give it time in the glass and in the bottle.

The lead-up to vintage 2019 in the Yarra was very warm but Tarraford, with its distinctive and cooler microclimate, fared well. The typical minerality that this site provides its defining character, absorbing 10 months in oak with ease. The fruit is mainly on the citrus spectrum, but it's more the overall structure of the wine that stands out. The palate is juicy but fine, the finish long and crisp.

Matured in French oak barriques (25% new) for 8 months, no fining or filtration. Balance is the outstanding quality of this wine. You don't really need to pick it apart, just enjoy the flow of ripe cherry and other typically varietal pinot characters that run through the bouquet and palate. The tannin, although quite light, melds in seamlessly and there's a feeling of freshness on the finish.

Upper Yarra fruit from this vineyard at Woori Yallock. MV6 and 115 clones, pre-ferment handling; 8 months in French oak barriques (25% new). Soft red fruit, a touch of green herb and a little bit of coffee oak on the bouquet, all nicely in harmony. Quite broad through the palate, and mouthfilling in a way, but holds its shape courtesy of the gently persistent tannins which maintain well through the finish.

Hand picked, mechanically sorted. Fermented with ambient yeast, 25% whole bunches. 16 days maceration. Matured for 9 months in 32% new French oak. The 25% whole bunches bring a briary complexity, while building a tannic bridge between the attack and mid palate. The tannins, grape and oak, serve as a long arc across blue/boysenberry, anise, clove and violet. Peppery and vibrant as much as it is plush and firm.

The 2018 Sauvignon Blanc Aurora Point is gorgeous. Creamy, ample and wonderfully open-knit, the 2018 is super-expressive. Dried pear, sage, mint, anise and wild flowers all meld together in a beautifully textured Sauvignon Blanc. Lees stirring brings out striking layers of nuance and dimension.

The 2018 Chardonnay Broken Road Vineyard is laced with expressive notes of graphite, lemon confit, chamomile, white flowers and apricot. A wine of focus and cut, the Broken Road is decidedly mineral and savory in style. It is one of the most distinctive wines in this range from Stonestreet.