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20+/20 - Matthew Jukes, The Fifty Finest Wines of 2024

"This is a quiet assassin, and the tension throughout is remarkable. It is not easy to determine the grape variety on first taste, and nor should it be because the vineyard and its intense minerality speak louder...read more

20+/20 - Matthew Jukes, The Fifty Finest Wines of 2024, January 2025

"This is a quiet assassin, and the tension throughout is remarkable. It is not easy to determine the grape variety on first taste, and nor should it be because the vineyard and its intense minerality speak louder...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This is really something special… The purity is an experience all of its own. A magical wine that, and I am sorry to say, exceeded my expectations. Faultless...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Heavenly bouquet that ticks every, single box for me… The density and array of aromatics is astonishing...this is a sublime wine. Excruciatingly, good to great. Actually, one of the best Cab / Shiraz I have ever sampled...read more 

Stuart McCloskey “The flavours spread across the palate – the length is astonishing. A wine for true believers and one that clearly demonstrates the importance of a great vineyard, a spectacular vintage and a sensitive winemaker. Such a complete wine…read more

Stuart McCloskey “Super elegant and seriously good. Evocative… Exceptionally long too. This delivers all that you could ever want from an Aussie Shiraz (think high-altitude Syrah). This offers an exquisite bouquet...read more

99 Points – Huon Hooke, RealReview.com “Impressively deep, bright red-purple colour, in great shape for an Australian pinot of its age, then the bouquet arrives with a great complexity of smoked charcuterie...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Unequivocally, this is a superb Chardonnay, and one that does not give a toss about fashion or critics. This delivers bags of flavour (nothing is overstated) and is packed with immense character...read more

Stuart McCloskey "A dreamboat bouquet... Outright delicious and the sense of quality is unmistakable. Seriously good and faultless for the money...read more

98 Points - Andrew Caillard MW "Deep crimson. Beautiful classic Barossa Shiraz with intense dark plum, praline, paneforte aromas and roasted chestnut, wax polish, chinotto notes. Richly concentrated and vigorous...read more

Stuart McCloskey "A deliciously moreish expression of Yarra Valley Pinot Noir. The aromatics lead with cooling red fruits, a dusting of spice, fresh cedar, mint, pomegranate, fennel seeds, rose petal... read more

Stuart McCloskey “An Autumnal feel is welcomed too, along with cooling minerals. This has all the hallmarks of a classic Chambolle-Musigny… Remarkable accomplishment for such a sensibly priced wine...read more

Stuart McCloskey “This oozes pedigree and only gets better with more time in the glass. You must doff your cap to Rob’s control of the acids, texture and flavour, with everything working in perfect, balletic harmony...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Overall, the wine feels supple, succulent, and supremely clean – almost thirst quenching (if I am allowed to say!). Flavour-wise? Similar to the bouquet… Ripe, spiced...read more

98-Points Ray Jordon, Wine Pilot “This is the pinnacle of the Houghton range. IT comes from the famous Justin vineyard, where some of the state’s finest wines have their genesis. This is one of the most elegant...read more

98-Points Ray Jordon, Wine Pilot “This is the pinnacle of the Houghton range. IT comes from the famous Justin vineyard, where some of the state’s finest wines have their genesis. This is one of the most elegant...read more

Stuart McCloskey "And this is the reason to why I did not purchase the award-winning Ace High Chardonnay – it’s so darn good (albeit, at a significantly reduced price point in their collection)...read more

Stuart McCloskey "So characterful and very impressive… I find too many Malbecs heavy however, this is medium-bodied, the fruit is wonderfully fresh and has a lovely flow of uninterrupted flavour...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This has all the hallmarks of a classic Cabernet Sauvignon from the Margaret River – I love it...This feels very fancy and if given some quality air-time, will fool many a drinker into believing this is far more expensive...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This wine delivers purity and composure. There’s as much latent power as sheer beauty – a very serious and intelligently crafted wine. True winemaking, if you like, and a direct link to its home. This is beautiful...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Wonderful lift and freshness too. Effortless, silky and layered... If you loved the 2012 Killibinbin, invest in a case and watch the magic develop. A very impressive Cabernet...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The magic happens on the palate as the weight and glossy texture amaze. Surely one of Australia’s most flamboyant examples of Chardonnay. Eileen Hardy Chardonnay after a month in the gym...read more

Stuart McCloskey “I so wish I was back in the summer whiling the warm evenings away with a bottle of this textural beauty. Alluring aromatics of fresh pear, apple, a zip of grapefruit and the faintest whiff of struck match...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Two-years later, this has transformed and knitted together beautifully... Simply, sit with the wine, swirl away and enjoy the heady aromatics. Highly recommended is an understatement…read more

Stuart McCloskey "The bouquet grows to spiced red fruits, violet, soused cherry, cola, Campari-like bitters, wood and orange zest. Black olive, anise, leather and fresh, black pepper develop...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Wistful moments as this takes me back to my Bordeaux En-Primeur tasting days. This is young, stylish, confident, cool and calm. This is a beautiful wine that reflects its varietal and terroir perfectly...read more

Chardonnay is the lead varietal, which creates finesse and elegance, while the Pinot Noir adds fruitiness and structure. Bottled at the end of the spring following the harvest. The dosage is carefully selected to preserve the balance between freshness, fruit and vinosity without masking the wine’s character and purity.

Stuart McCloskey "It’s haunting in its perfume and provides the most welcoming of autumnal hugs...This is the kind of Pinot Noir that makes sceptics fall in love with this wonderful varietal...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Deliciously fruity, deeply intense, juxtaposed by refreshing bitterness (moderately so) with a super-long peppery finish... comes with our unwavering seal of approval…read more

William Kelley, Robert Parker.com “The 2019 Moulin-à-Vent Clos du Grand Carquelin has turned out especially well this year, wafting from the glass with notes of dark berry fruit...read more

95 Points - Wine Spectator "Rich and supple, brimming with complex coffee, tobacco and dusky spice-accented ripe blueberry, dark plum and sloe flavours."

Stuart McCloskey "Hawke's Bay gravelly soils have a long history of producing exceptional wines that truly represent its terroir. This bridges the old and new worlds beautifully...read more

19.5 / 20 - Matthew Jukes “Whether this beautifully complex flavour will add the half point needed to reach a perfect score in years to come is irrelevant because Riversdale Vineyard clearly has a stash of twenties buried in its soil...read more

Sparkling Duck is a multi-vintage wine bottled to express an array of complex fruit characters and textures, from lovely primary fruit to earthy rounded fruit that only comes from long term barrel ageing. 

19.5 / 20 - Matthew Jukes “Whether this beautifully complex flavour will add the half point needed to reach a perfect score in years to come is irrelevant because Riversdale Vineyard clearly has a stash of twenties buried in its soil...read more

98 Points - Erin Larkin “The Relic is one of Australia’s greatest Shiraz Viognier wines, and it’s a sure thing each year for quality and execution of style...read more

96 Points - Erin Larkin "It has all the exoticism and romance of a hike through the mountains of Morocco, yet it, perhaps more than any other wine in the collection, speaks of the Barossa...read more

98 Points - Erin Larkin “The Relic is one of Australia’s greatest Shiraz Viognier wines, and it’s a sure thing each year for quality and execution of style...read more

Jaysen Collins: Light and cloudy in colour with enticing aromas of tropical and stone fruit. Flavours of nectarine, passionfruit and lychee dominate with subtle hints of spice from partial oak maturation...read more

Stuart McCloskey "There’s lovely shape and form to the wine – the tannins are slender and the acidity thoughtfully delivered. Juicy and delicious being two of the best attributes...read more

97 Points – Platinum award – Decanter “Seductive and beautifully perfumed with notes of lifted violet, blueberry, blackberry, liquorice and perfectly integrated oak spice. The sumptuous palate is graced... read more

97 Points – Platinum award – Decanter “Perfumed and very inviting on the nose, with gorgeous, expressive fresh red berry aromatics, and then on to a velvety palate laced with lush black fruit, graceful yet focused...read more

97 Points – Platinum award – Decanter “Intensely perfumed, with a pretty nose of lifted violet, delicate raspberry and plush black cherry...read more

97 Points – Best in Show – Decanter “This year's Argentinian representative in our Best in Show collection is an energetic, perfumed and vital Malbec..read more

Kym Teusner “Our inaugural Sparkling MC Shiraz release, the 2005, accumulated numerous great reviews and created much fanfare...read more

Kym Teusner “Our inaugural Sparkling MC Shiraz release, the 2005, accumulated numerous great reviews and created much fanfare...read more

Jaysen Collins “Grenache and friends work well together - I’ll just pick them within a few days of each other, chuck it all in one fermenter and let the ferment rock it in its own way...read more

Jaysen Collins “Old vine Barossa grenache vineyards are a rare treat. Walking amongst the old bush vines gives me such a wonderment of what has transpired in the years gone by to get to this moment in time. It’s like i am breathing the air of times past...read more

Jaysen Collins “Old vine Barossa grenache vineyards are a rare treat. Walking amongst the old bush vines gives me such a wonderment of what has transpired in the years gone by to get to this moment in time. It’s like i am breathing the air of times past...read more

Julian Langworthy "Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll if you please. Cabernet is back, you know it, you can’t deny it…The Sheoak vineyard makes expressive, medium-bodied, silky structured wines...this is a very fine boned release of the Nocturne SV...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The perfume rocks to the tune of Christmas funk and spice. Black cherry, cinnamon stick, clove, warm earth, Szechuan pepper, blood orange (oodles of it), dried orange peel, cranberry, the graphite aspect is particularly noticeable...read more

Jeni Port, Wine Companion “Rests easy with a sweet plummy approachability that is very easy to enjoy right now. Brilliant, bright cherry-red hues. The scent suggests everything summery from strawberry, cherry and wild raspberry to red licorice and spice...so fresh and keen and ready to go.”

Ned Goodwin MW, Wine Companion “The oak-derived tannins are still very present, yet the compact, mid-weighted palate boasts a thrust of fruit, parry of structure and considerable class. Truffled nougatine, marzipan and macadamia. Nectarine and white peach, too...read more

Jeni Port, Wine Companion “ Retains the essence of sangiovese's black-cherry-fruited and aniseed vibrancy with the added addition of sweet plummy, raspberry freshness and vigour. There's a whole lot of energy here in unison with chocolate...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The feel is cooling and alive with freshness – incredible precision, too. Wonderful. Very Chablis-esque. The winemaking is quietly confident – perhaps reflective. Flavours are sleek, very delicious and flow for an age…read more

Stuart McCloskey "You are in for a real treat. Graphite-infused black fruits come galloping along with black olive, black pepper, a swoosh of salinity, iodine, nori, mocha, pencil shavings and blood orange. Very Pauillac from a warm vintage..read more

Stuart McCloskey "You are in for a real treat. Graphite-infused black fruits come galloping along with black olive, black pepper, a swoosh of salinity, iodine, nori, mocha, pencil shavings and blood orange. Very Pauillac from a warm vintage...read more

Stuart McCloskey "We are presented with a glorious and heady tribute to meticulous craftsmanship and a man who understands Shiraz and his terroir... Immensely impressive both aromatically and on the palate...read more

Chardonnay is the lead varietal, which creates finesse and elegance, while the Pinot Noir adds fruitiness and structure. Bottled at the end of the spring following the harvest. The dosage is carefully selected to preserve the balance between freshness, fruit and vinosity without masking the wine’s character and purity.

Stuart McCloskey "There’s lovely shape and form to the wine – the tannins are slender and the acidity thoughtfully delivered. Juicy and delicious being two of the best attributes...read more

Julian Langworthy "Ladies and gentlemen, drum roll if you please. Cabernet is back, you know it, you can’t deny it…The Sheoak vineyard makes expressive, medium-bodied, silky structured wines...this is a very fine boned release of the Nocturne SV...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The perfume rocks to the tune of Christmas funk and spice. Black cherry, cinnamon stick, clove, warm earth, Szechuan pepper, blood orange (oodles of it), dried orange peel, cranberry, the graphite aspect is particularly noticeable...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Simply delicious and I believe may be better slightly chilled (for my tastes anyway).Incredibly moreish, wonderfully juicy and everything is finished off with a sweet-sour tang. This delivers lots of fun, drinkability, flavour and generosity. I like it, a lot...read more

Ned Goodwin MW, Wine Companion “The oak-derived tannins are still very present, yet the compact, mid-weighted palate boasts a thrust of fruit, parry of structure and considerable class. Truffled nougatine, marzipan and macadamia...read more

Jeni Port, Wine Companion “Retains the essence of sangiovese's black-cherry-fruited and aniseed vibrancy with the added addition of sweet plummy, raspberry freshness and vigour. There's a whole lot of energy here...read more

98 points – James Suckling “A rich blueberry fruit nose with violet, dark nectarine and some exotic tamarillo and papaya too. Pungent and distinctive. Read more 

Mike Bennie, The Wine Front "Expressive, personality imbued wine that marches to its own beat. Very brambly, dark fruited, autumnal and savoury, with, indeed, this beautiful thread of fine, lacy tannins of a graphite, smoky spice, earthy ilk...read more 

98 points – James Suckling “A rich blueberry fruit nose with violet, dark nectarine and some exotic tamarillo and papaya too. Pungent and distinctive. Read more 

97 Points – James Halliday “Its clarity matches its freshness; The highly fragrant blend of cherry and plum drives a long, fine, elegant palate...read more

97 Points - The Winefront “It’s the blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (56%) and shiraz (44%) that could take on all-comers. Stand aside. There’s a freight train of flavour here and while its brakes are hydraulic its momentum is enormous...read more

Halliday.com ‘Consistently one of my top rosés' “The coming together of 80% pinot noir and 20% chardonnay, aged for nine months in barriques and clay vessels, creates this exceptional rosé. Read more...

Stuart McCloskey "Unquestionably, an aging Pauillac in disguise… Wonderful, graceful drinking – supple, slippery, and wholesomely moreish. Very difficult to put down. Why would you?...read more

99 points. Andrew Caillard, The Vintage Journal
“A genuine Australian First Growth highlighting the genius of vineyard site, meticulous harvesting (five separate picking times), empathetic and imaginative winemaking...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This is drenched with liquorice, raspberry, woody spice notes, salted plum, bramble jelly, sage, and white pepper. Beautiful florals emerge once the wine settles down...read more

Contains three bottle of each of the following wines:

St Hallett Higher Earth Syrah 2018

St Hallett Higher Earth Syrah 2019

Stuart McCloskey “Please do not buy on the whim of one-point. Read the notes and I spent the morning with both. Two different wines and two different journeys. Both are beautiful and both play to a specific mood and tempo…read more

Stuart McCloskey "The palate is medium-bodied, the tannins are mellifluous and work in harmony with the succulent fruit... The flavours gently rock and roll you, and she gets better the longer you spend with her. Beautiful drinking...read more

Stuart McCloskey "This wine tells a story and transports you to a better place... it’s not far off perfection. I can genuinely understand the wine’s release price. Without question this drinks like a £100+ bottle of wine...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Sumptuous, silken, fleshy without being flashy... Sorry Australia – This is the best Chardonnay of the year (so far). Magnificent wine - Soulful in its deliverance...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Epic, in a word… This takes fruit quality, depth and breadth to a level I have rarely encountered (and I’ve been sampling wine for over 25 years)... Full figured and very, very sexy...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Glass staining violet colour – wonderful gloss to the wine too…Profoundly good winemaking and comfortably sits alongside Australia’s elite. This is destined for a very long life...read more

Stuart McCloskey "The flavours run long and deep – saturating and epic in every sense. Utterly captivating (give it the time it deserves) and puts many (more expensive) Aussie wines to shame...read more

Stuart McCloskey "There is no other wine like Schubert Theorem in Australia. It has all the concentration of a truly great, Aussie wine however, has the poise and grace of a wine from Margaux...read more

Contains one 75cl bottle of each:

• 2023 Standish The Standish
• 2023 Standish The Relic
• 2023 Standish Lamella
• 2023 Standish The Schubert Theorem

Stuart McCloskey “Simply sublime and drinks like a very expensive Burgundy (Meursault) – I kid you not. What a stunner… Save to say, this is an epic Chardonnay. A bold, commanding masterpiece that defies the price...read more

Stuart McCloskey “A bouquet that screams Margaret River - Citrus, nectarine, grapefruit, pear, tonic water, cinnamon, sweet brioche, along with a spray of salinity...read more

Stuart McCloskey "Such finesse – such intellectual drinking (without sounding overly poncy). This is certainly not a wine to be guzzled. It demands your attention. The sense of unforced harmony ultimately wins you over...read more

Stuart McCloskey "For those who wish to explore unadulterated beauty – this is the one. She’s so graceful (without impacting texture or flavour) and purrs with pedigree. Very special, indeed...read more

18.0 Points - Jancis Robinson “It really is a claret in style! So unlike the Australian stereotype. Rather subtler than most red bordeaux! Super-appetising and admirably restrained. The word classic springs to mind”..read more

Stuart McCloskey “Simply gorgeous – what a beautiful Grenache. Do you know what? I am going to declare this beauty as one of the prettiest / finest examples of Grenache I have sampled...read more

Stuart McCloskey “Simply gorgeous – what a beautiful Grenache. Do you know what? I am going to declare this beauty as one of the prettiest / finest examples of Grenache I have sampled...read more

Stuart McCloskey “There is immediate pleasure both from flavour and palette feel. This is joyous and struts confidently (as it should). The fruit is hand selected (from the best parcels), gently basket pressed and matured in French oak for 14-months...read more

Matthew Jukes “One of the most respected sparklers in Australia.. Made in the traditional method and Pinot Noir dominant, this is a brilliant wine with delicious fruit and a lovely, long, dry finish...read more

Matthew Jukes “One of the most respected sparklers in Australia.. Made in the traditional method and Pinot Noir dominant, this is a brilliant wine with delicious fruit and a lovely, long, dry finish...read more

 Best in Show, 2024 Decanter World Wine Awards
"Do Cabernet Sauvignon and Margaret River go together? Well, it’s the fourth time that the combination has been featured in our Best In Show selection – so yes, they do...read more

99 Points – Huon Hooke, RealReview.com “Impressively deep, bright red-purple colour, in great shape for an Australian pinot of its age, then the bouquet arrives with a great complexity of smoked charcuterie...read more

98 Points - Halliday " It's a bold strike of cab malbec but finds judicious balance and a sense of vibrancy. It speaks fluently of quality fruit and the finesse of winemaking."