Penfold’s Max’s Adelaide Hills Rosé 2022

September 13, 2023By Yvonne

Penfold’s Max’s Adelaide Hills Rosé 2022 $35-$40 Crafted from pinot noir fruit grown in the Adelaide Hills and sitting at Bin Range level, this rosé has a stylishly dry yet generously juicy mid-palate and aromas of soft redcurrant, cherry, and pink peppercorn merge with soft salinity and deliver an attractively lengthy finish. Stockist Video Review

Norfolk Rise Mt Benson Merlot 2020

August 19, 2022By Yvonne

Norfolk Rise Mt Benson Merlot 2020 $17.99 Grown in the cooler climes of the Adelaide Hills, this merlot is saturated with bay leaf, minted chocolate, blackberry and buckets of spice. Soothing, smooth, pepper-sprinkled and dangerously easy to drink. It’s the kind of easy, velvety, fruity wine you’d devour with Margherita pizza. Powerhouse Wines

Orlando Hilary Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019

December 6, 2021By Yvonne

Orlando Hilary Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019 $30  The Adelaide Hills subregion is seriously exciting for chardonnay and as soon as you put this pearla rippa cracka, corka, bonza, grouse chardonnay in your goblet, you’ll see exactly why I’m all over it like a weighted blanket from Briscoes.  Incredibly well balanced, bursting with nectarine and grilled … Read More

Orlando Lyndale Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019

November 3, 2021By Yvonne

Orlando Lyndale Adelaide Hills Chardonnay 2019 $47 If this is your introduction to cool climate Adelaide Hills chardonnay, then strap on your stirrups and stick down your velcro because this will shake your timbers. Fresh grapefruit and peach-driven punchiness, citrus and apple notes and a luscious lick of toasty oak and creamy almond layers make … Read More

Taylors Estate Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2018

December 31, 2020By Yvonne

Taylors Estate Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2018 $19.95 For aeons I’ve been a huge fan of Pinot Noir from the cool, inland Adelaide Hills region. It’s second-only to Tasmania for those soft, cherry-soaked. spice-sprinkled styles. And while this example from Taylors may not knock the socks off Pinot Noir connoisseurs, it’ll sure as heck appeal … Read More

Chain of Ponds The Cachet Adelaide Hills 2013 $100AU

July 2, 2018By Yvonne

Chain of Ponds The Cachet Adelaide Hills 2013 $100AU This outrageously sippable blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz & Merlot crafted by winemaker Greg Clack is so morishly meaty, savoury and loaded with black olive, graphite and iodine notes that it’s practically unputdownable.  Well-tuned oak and a gloriously smoky character injects incredible layers of complexity and … Read More