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Wine Ratings
& Price Guide
I score for quality out of 100. For
further details of what these scores mean and,
lets be honest, my own preferences, so that you can interpret
them. click here. Pricing
is given as a guide only For further info on the various brackets click
here.
Importers - Contact details for Irish importers
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Australian Wines From the Australian
Prestige Wine Portfolio |
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Australian Prestige Wines is a
Melbourne based company that acts as what the French would call a
negociant or merchant. They deal with smaller wine producers who perhaps don't
have the scale to export by themselves. APW sell within Australia and also
around the world. (www.apw.com.au). Main agents in the UK for most, but
not all, of their wines are Southern Wine & Liquor Co. (www.southernwine.co.uk).
I don't have UK prices but taking off just over 1/3rd converts roughly
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following selection are imported into Ireland by Baland &
Associates (tel: 01-453-3450) |
Donnelly River Wines, Pemberton, W.A
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Mist
Semillon / Sauvignon Blanc 2001
a delicious and classy mix of gooseberry and citrus fruits with really
good length and structure.
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89
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14.50
- 15.00
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Sauvignon
Blanc 2001
A cut above almost all other Australian sauvignon blancs with an enticing
mix of lemon peel , mineral, pear and gooseberry fruit.
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89
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15.00
15.50
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Shiraz
2001
A cool climate relatively elegant, despite 14% Aussie shiraz with bramble,
black pepper and dark chocolate, balanced by good acidity.
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89
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15.00
15.50
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Gippsland, Victoria
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Cabernet
Sauvignon 1999
An interesting mix of ripe blackcurrant and a touch of dark cherry plus a
little farmyard like development.
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89
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21-
22.00
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Chardonnay
2001
Hazelnut skin + melon and peach on nose. Palate rich, marmalade , nutty
oak and good length. A little oaky yet but give a year.
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90
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21-
22.00
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Trafalgar
Chardonnay 2001
Llight melon nose with orange and grapefruit zest on nose. Palate zesty
plus some buttery fatness and length. Good balance. Lovely.
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89
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14.50
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Estate, Riverina
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Chardonnay
2002
Good moderately rich buttery, slightly tropical fruit.
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85
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10.50
11.00
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Semillon
/ Chardonnay 2001
Lots of almost sweet tropical fruit with layer of intensely nutty oak and
a crisp lime zest finish.
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84
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9.50
10.00
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Shiraz
2001
Not a heavyweight but some decent brambly fruit with a little liquorice.
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84
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9.50
10.00
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following wines were tasted in Dublin in February 03 and in London during
the wine fair in May 03. Irish importer is Karwig Wines of Co. Cork 021
437 2864. |
Haan, Barossa
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Semillon
2001
An oaked wine with rich nutty flavours but refreshing lime fruit too and
good length.
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88
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Viognier
2002
Distinctive varietal character with a nose of ripe pear and apricot, ditto
the palate but with a cleansing citrus palate.
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88
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Shiraz
Prestige 2000
Very
classy, dark wine with enticing peppery aromas and rich long satisfying
bramble like fruit.
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92
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Thomas, Mclaren Vale
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Riesling
2002
Perfumed, light floral nose allied to attractive lime zest like fruit on
the palate and good length.
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88
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Unwooded
Chardonnay
Melon, apple, pear and fig are the flavours here with decent length and a
clean finish.
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87
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Cabernet
Sauvignon 2001
Fairly rich, showing good varietal fruit with plenty of blackcurrant and
black cherry.
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87
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Shiraz
2001
Intense, sweet, dark clean fruit with layers of pepper and oak. Its big
but surprising elegant.
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90
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following are not, as far as I know imported into Ireland but may be into
the UK. |
Burramurra, Nagambie, Cabernet Merlot 1998, Victoria
Good varietal mint and blackcurrant character, supple with fair length and
structure.
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87
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Murdoch
Hill Sauvignon Blanc 2002, Adelaide Hills (Screwcap)
Fragrant gooseberry and lemon with some typical green pepper too.
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86
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Murdoch
Hill, Cabernet Sauvignon 2000 Adelaide Hills
Typical cabernet character with blackcurrant and mint but a very elegant,
cool climate structure.
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88
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OShea
and Murphy Roseberry Hill Cabernets, Macedon, Victoria
Ripe modern style with a blackberry and cream like character that is very
more-ish.
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89
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Paul
Osicka Shiraz 2000, Heathcote, Victoria
Distinctive mint or eucalyptus character overlays ripe cherry and bramble
fruit plus a touch of chocolate. Its, intense and long yet never
clumsy.
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91
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Tipperary
Hill Cabernets 2000
Eucalyptus, chocolate and cherry are the main flavours here with good
length too.
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88
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