Angus Hughson

Sydney

Wine Journalist, Critic and Publisher at Freelance

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Neldner Road Shiraz 2021

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Ray Jordan |Angus Hughson

96 $100 Drink by: 2025-2040 If you ever wanted a window into how good the Barossa was in 2021, then this wonderful wine from Dave Powell is the one. Aromas are completely engaging with a savoury, fruit cake and plum character with a slightly spicy lift. The palate is sumptuously rich and balanced. It’s almost effortlessly smooth and lingering with loads of dark fruits massing in the middle palate before heading to a long finish. Terrific wine.
Neldner Road Shiraz 2021

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Ken Gargett |Angus Hughson

This is aged for 16 months in 100% new large format French oak. Opaque with a ruby rim. This is... Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon As the name suggests, the fruit for this wine comes from two blocks in their northern Coonawarra vineyard. It’s billed... Fermentation was in two-tonne open fermenters and included a small component which had been destemmed. A parcel was fermented carbonically...
Henschke The Nurturer 2024

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Ken Gargett |Angus Hughson

93 $40 Drink by: 2025-2032 A wine to honour famed Henschke viticulturist, Prue Henschke, that includes grapes such as Counoise, Grenache Gris, Clairette and Cinsault, among others, seems a natural fit with her life’s work in exploring all manner of vinous possibilities. Slotted in between those grapes are Carignan, Grenache and Shiraz.
Majella The Musician Cabernet Shiraz 2022

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Ken Gargett |Angus Hughson

93 $20 Drink by: 2025-2035 Long been a personal favourite as a wine which drinks beautifully, ages well, shows how good the great Aussie red blend (Cabernet Shiraz) can be and focuses on the best of Coonawarra. In addition, it is always cracking value. The blend of this vintage is 69% Cabernet Sauvignon and 31% Shiraz. This is fresh and fruit forward, and utterly delicious. It does not hurt that it comes from an absolutely brilliant vintage for the region.
Amadio Shiraz 2022

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Ken Gargett |Angus Hughson

90 $15 Drink by: 2025-2030 Terrific value here with a Shiraz sourced from some famous regions, such as the Barossa Valley, Langhorne Creek and McLaren Vale. There are vestiges of oak still evident from the sixteen months maturation in French oak barrels the wine underwent. A deep ruby red, the nose is slightly rustic with notes of dried herbs, raspberries, undergrowth, warm earth, licorice, red fruits and cranberries.
Port Phillip Estate Red Hill Pinot Noir 2024

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Jeni Port |Angus Hughson

95 $44 Drink by: 2025-2033 A wine that is in no hurry, no sir. It takes its time from the slow build-up of the bouquet through to the firm hold across the palate. It teases the drinker with its clear and obvious potential and it’s easy to fall for its considerable charms. They emerge on the tightly coiled fragrance in black cherry, wild strawberry, rose, dried herbs and baking spices – all very neat and super fine.
Port Phillip Estate Balnarring Chardonnay 2024

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Jeni Port |Angus Hughson

95 $42 Drink by: 2025-2039 With each vintage, the role of vine age is becoming more apparent in the depth and intensity of Mornington Peninsula’s premier white grape variety. Balnarring Chardonnay sourced almost entirely from 27-year-old vines is one such example displaying an impressive level of purity of Chardonnay expression from a cool, maritime climate.
Port Phillip Estate Red Hill Chardonnay 2024

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Jeni Port |Angus Hughson

96 $42 Drink by: 2025-2042 Sub-regional expression is definitely a feature of this stunning Red Hill Chardonnay. The higher, cooler Red Hill area promotes a more pronounced structure and firmness which is accentuated more in a cool year like ’24. Acidity is a key factor in this wine, something that will see it age particularly well. Then there is the quality of the fruit and an intriguing layer of savouriness that adds up to one mighty exciting wine.
Kooyong Estate Beurrot Pinot Gris 2024

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Jeni Port |Angus Hughson

91 $34 Drink by: 2025-2028 Kooyong Estate is an old hand at Pinot Gris choosing to look to the grape’s serious side where texture rules, no doubt thanks to the role of old French barriques for fermentation. It’s a lovely, restrained style delving into some delicious apple, pear, honeysuckle aromatics and spice with a touch of guava, kiwi fruit. Moves with an understated delicacy flowing through on a smooth texture delivering pear and apple fruit threaded in spice. A fine partner with food.
Kooyong Estate Single Vineyard Chardonnay 2024

1 week ago | winepilot.com | Jeni Port |Angus Hughson

94 $55 Drink by: 2025-2036 Potential plus! In the rush for immediate drinking gratification, the potential for further ageing with Chardonnay is often overlooked. This is one wine that asks you to stop and consider what might be. The deep fruit concentration, the role of toasty oak and the still developing nature of the wine might be something you might wish to consider.