Taltarni 2017 Old Vine Estate Cabernet Sauvignon
What’s classed as ‘old vine’? Well in the case of this 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon from Taltarni, the vines were planted in the late 1960s. So at least 50 year old vines.
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Toms Cap Subterfuge Chardonnay NV Sparkling
Now that our baby milestone cards have changed to months instead of weeks, it means we’re moving to monthly bottles to celebrate rather than weekly. However we couldn’t give up the habit that quickly which is why we indulged in this bottle of Toms Cap Vineyard ‘Subterfuge’ Chardonnay NV over the weekend which we picked up for $40…
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Bass River 2016 Chardonnay – Gippsland
There are more than 50 wineries in the Gippsland region. Being more of a cool climate location, it means grape varieties like Chardonnay & Pinot Noir thrive around here.
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Taltarni The Patron 2016 Cabernet Shiraz
We finally were able to catch up with some family on the weekend in real life instead of just on FaceTime (thanks COVID 🙁 ). Therefore I knew we had to have some extra special to accompany our lunch. The wonderful folks at Taltarni Vineyards here in Victoria sent us this sample bottle (thank you!).
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Tahbilk Old Vines 2015 & 2017 Cabernet Shiraz
Tahbilk Old Vines 2017 Cabernet Shiraz Tasted: 14 June 2020 Ending the weekend on a high note with a taste of this newly released old vines 2017 Cabernet Shiraz from Tahbilk Winery in Central Victoria’s Nagambie Lakes region. Tahbilk are celebrating their 160th anniversary this year having been established in 1860! They have blocks of Shiraz vines…
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Deakin Estate 2018 Shiraz – Victoria
BBQ wine! This Deakin Estate 2018 Shiraz from here in Victoria (Mildura on the Murray River) is the perfect quaffer for around the barbie. It’s easy drinking and super cost effective at only $10 a bottle.
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Taltarni 2019 Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre
Mr Spittoon was definitely the one pouring this red – look at all those drip marks on the label! This 2019 GSM is part of Taltarni Vineyards ‘Dynamic’ range – “The Taltarni ‘dynamic’ range of wines represents the style, taste and artistic expression of our winemakers.”. It retails for $26 and is made from Grenache 39%, Shiraz…
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Taltarni Reserve Shiraz Cabernet 2018
This is one of those wines that is impossible to stop at just one glass. Trust me! Taltarni Vineyards kindly sent me this sample bottle to taste recently and it’s safe to say we enjoyed every last drop.
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Tahbilk 1927 Vines 2014 Marsanne – Nagambie Lakes
Wow. Just wow. This is one special wine! Introducing the Tahbilk Winery 2014 1927 Vines Marsanne. If you haven’t tried a Marsanne from Tahbilk, you need to! And this my friends, crafted from nearly 100 year old vines is pretty darn special. In fact it was not released until it achieved a wine trophy.
