Awards

2023 Texture Riesling
Silver Ribbon - The Real Review - 2024 - Light yellow colour, showing some early development, the bouquet showing earthy, slighty toasty development, with a lifted suggestion of volatile acidity and not a lot of riesling fragrance. The wine is texturally rich and full, with breadth across the palate, soft and dry and showing the textural effects of barrel use and time on lees. A change of pace for this producer. Huon Hooke - November 2024
91/100
2022 Pinot Noir
Halliday Wine Companion - Coal River Valley pinot noir made by Samantha Connew. A very pretty bright ruby in the glass with aromas of amaro and blossom-flecked red cherry, raspberry and wild strawberry fruits underscored with hints of spice, Peking duck, leaf litter, dried citrus rind, struck flint and earth. It smells gorgeous, and the palate follows up with smallgoods and undergrowth and mountain herb tones, finishing long with detail, sapid acidity and powdery tannins – it's a wonderful release. Dave Brookes Published 20 February 2024
96/100
Decanter World Wine Awards 2024 - Delicate strawberry fruit enlivened by cracked black pepper and sour cherries with finely woven gossamer tannins and a wonderful freshness running throughout. A delightful treat!
95/100
Royal QLD Wine Awards 2023 - GOLD
95/100
Real Review - Very good depth of red-purple, the rim brightly purple indictating excellent freshness. Dried herb aromas overlie cherry fruit, the palate medium bodied and deliciously flavoured with succulent sweet fruit deftly tempered by fine-grained tannins that leave the mouth refreshed and ready for more. Long carry. A superb pinot noir that already drinks beautifully and should also age well. Huon Hooke
95/100
2022 R69 Riesling
Real Review
96/100
Halliday Wine Companion - Weighing in at 9.2% alcohol, this is what the Germans would refer to as a 'breakfast wine', a term that I love. The RS69 here denotes 69g RS in the wine, so think medium sweet. It's peachy with lemon drop, grapefruit zest, white flowers, crushed stone and a suggestion of spearmint and fennel further back. It's delicious. That steely acidity draws it all back into line, finishing unctuous yet focused and definitely moreish. Dave Brookes
97/100
Melbourne Royal Wine Awards - Super fresh, apples and lime, off-dry residual sugar. Pale straw green, bright with pure citrus florals
90/100
2022 R0 Riesling
Halliday Wine Companion - Tight, coiled and pristinely focused with pure lemon, crunchy green apple, grapefruit and lemon fruit notes and hints of crushed stone, fennel, flint, orange blossom, lemongrass and crisp pear. There are some light mountain herb tones on the palate, which shows superb tension and a minerally velocity that is quite something, finishing riverstone-dry and thirst-slakingly refreshing. Great stuff. Dave Brookes
93/100
Melbourne Royal Wine Awards - Fresh rose petals, tight, pure, deliciously youthful. Austere finish
93/100
2021 Pinot Noir
Coal River Valley-sourced pinot noir. Dark red in the glass with aromas of black cherry and dark plum dotted with spices, Chinese roast duck, mushroom broth, rhubarb, leaf litter, dried herbs and soy. Lovely ripe cherry fruits on the palate with a nice sapid line of minerally acidity hitting all the right notes of fruit tension, gamey complexity and effortless drinkability. Geez, it's easy to pour another glass of this.
James Halliday - Silver
94/100
Real Review
96/100
2021 R0 Riesling
2022 Tasmanian Wine Show - Top Gold & Best Vintage Wine of 2021
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Huon Hooke for The Real Review - GOLD
95/100
The tension of zero residual sugar in the cool and refreshing 2021 season is pronounced indeed, demanding a great deal of time for its razor acidity to assimilate. It's packed with all the crunchy Granny smith apple, kaffir lime and lemon fruit concentration and lingering persistence to go the distance.
James Halliday - Silver
93/100
2020 R69 Riesling
Tasmanian Wine Show 2024 - Trophy Best Sweet Wine
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National Wine Show of Australia 2024 - Silver Medal - 2023 and older Sweet White Table Wines
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2019 R9 Riesling
"A 3-week cool ferment, then 6-8 weeks on lees. Shows that 9g/l of residual sugar should be base line sweetness, which disappears after the fruit and acidity click into place."
Halliday Wine Companion - Reviewed by James Halliday - 20 June 2021
95/100
"Light yellow hue. Wet cement, dried flower and green apple aromas, lemon pith and dried herbs too. The palate is starting to fill out and widen, with generous flavour and amplitude—within the delicate framework of Tasmanian riesling. There is a dab of sweetness in the middle-palate, which soon dries off towards the finish thanks to acidity and phenolics. There's quite a grip, which would help the wine work well with food."
The Real Review - Reviewed by Huon Hooke - 17 March 2022
93/100
2017 Pinot Noir Cuvée C
"A sharp move to the left with this wine, smoky, tobacco and whole bunch et al on the bouquet, the palate more juicy and assertive, its length very good."
Halliday Wine Companion - Reviewed by James Halliday - Published 19 June 2021
96/100
"Deep red colour with a strong tint of purple. The bouquet has bold cherry fruit backed by linseed-like oak, and is bold and straight, seemingly without any whole-bunch. The palate is intense, bright and very youthful, with firm, upright tannins. It's big on cherry-plum fruit flavour, with a core of fruit sweetness. It's not especially complex or detailed at this stage. That may come in time: it's still a baby, with terrific potential."
The Real Review - Reviewed by Huon Hooke - 1 September 2018
95/100
2016 Pinot Noir Cuvée C
James Halliday - Silver
93/100