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1 week ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
95 $62 Drink by: 2026-2031 Here is a wine that speaks most loudly of the Yarra and secondly of its Giant Steps roots. Yellow grapefruit, winter melon and crunchy nectarine. Crumbling chalk dust, blue stone and almond paste. There is an inherent fruity jingle that chimes throughout the drinking experience, this is meant to be drunk in good humour, over the chattering and general hum of busy restaurants. A wonderful expression of Chardonnay that is for now, for merriment and for everybody.
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1 week ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
95 $62 Drink by: 2025-2031 A squeaky clean wine with pristine red summer berries. Raspberries, strawberries and dragonfruit encased with red jelly awaiting its dollop of cream. It’s animated with fuzzy sage leaf, boisterous sumac and white pepper spice. Some lint like tannins that thread right from start to finish, you’ll be most likely sipping away steadily to really notice their shadowy presence, but they support the charismatic fruit and woodsy herbal chorus very well.
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
Red Wine - Cabernet Franc - Shiraz The second release of this blend, though they have had Cab Franc dominant wines previously. It is 68% Cabernet Franc... I tasted this not long after bottling and it seemed a little shy and bottle shocked, but on day 2... A barrel-fermented Chardonnay which undergoes regular stirring, before maturation in a mix of both new and older French oak. Quite...
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
95 $40 Drink by: 2025-2035 A blend of predominantly Cabernet Sauvignon 75% with Cabernet Franc 11% and small touches of Malbec 8% and Petit Verdot 6% to round out the assemblage. This is almost as if you were perched above a foragers basket of berries and herbs. Blackberry, blueberries and Davidson plums. Some basil, rosemary and tuberose. Black soil, clove and gravelly stones. Clove and cassia bark compliment the intensity of fruit with slinky lines of acidity and firm tannins.
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
From the start this Eden Valley chardonnay shows a subtle degree of winemaking influence; just a little but perfectly judged... Not your usual powerhouse of a Chardonnay, but rather subtle and reserved at this early stage. Perhaps it’s a feature... A stunning Langhe Nebbiolo that would top many Barolos and Barbarescos although this wine is certainly still holding its cards... A variety that can be a bit hit and miss in Australia. In this case – a hit. This 100%...
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
91 $25 Drink by: 2025-2026 A core of redcurrants, raspberries, wrapped with soft licorice and tobacco leaf. There is a hint of ripe fig and cherry compote. They have kept this juicy and perky, with tannins plush and fine. Acidity driving the wine forward. Here is a Sangiovese that makes mid week pizza or meatballs more of an occasion. Thyme and touch of amaro bitters just in the finish, adding another facet of detail. Good value and an ideal party or bbq wine, maybe with chorizo or chilli snags.
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
90 $24 Drink by: 2025-2026 Pale rose quartz hue in the glass, with a burst of watermelon slushie, summer strawberries and nectarine slices. Pink frangipani and honeysuckle. A bouquet fit for a bride, this is aromatically stunning. The to and fro of sweet and puckering, means this is fit for the dinner table but equally enjoyed picnicking on a lawn. Bone dry and with plenty of grapefruit juice zest and zeal. Variety: Other, Specialty Categories: Australian Wines, Drinks
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
95 $63.99 Drink by: 2025-2035 An indomitable wine that consistently delivers the kaleidoscope of flavours that only the elevated, cool Piccadilly can achieve. Effortless in Star Jasmine and Gardenia blooms, citron and pomelo juice. A treasure of crème fraîche smoothness with naturally elegant acidity, that trills for long moments. The power of Piccadilly is facile and yet wrapped with fine stitches of lacey phenolics and here, delicate use of new and very impressive fine oak.
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
A wine with a clear flavour profile upfront delivers peach melba, butter toast and drizzles of honey. There is white frangipani, lemon pith and the blue river stone that depicts the cool reaches of the Adelaide Hills. Whilst the palate is round, ripe and filled with crumpets, smears of Western Star and lemon buttercream. A hint of hazelnut, nutmeg and cinnamon dust. This accurately administers the richness and flavour it promises, with a snuggly comforting kind of finish.
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1 month ago | 
winepilot.com | Shanteh Wale |Angus Hughson
93 $90 Drink by: 2025-2035 Fruit is from the Sheoak Vineyard in Yallingup, handpicked and fermented in small batches. Matured in French oak hogsheads for 16 months. Yallingup’s affinity for beautifully ripe fruit shines here in this 2020 vintage. Plum skin, blueberry and black cherries are met with black peppercorns, cardamom and poppy seed. There is a voluptuous nature to the fruit which is then contrasted by some firm tannins and pin point acidity, bay leaf and wild thyme too.
