An Adelaide Hills Assortment

November 2, 2018

As you might have noticed, I’m on the Adelaide Hills train this week, covering off a small collection of regional new releases. I really love Adelaide Hills Chardonnay, and there was two delights in this lot – including the ever delicious Shaw & Smith M3 Chardonnay and the perfectly proportioned new Tapanappa Tiers 1.5m.

While there was no real misses, there was plenty of questions – about oak excess and Pinot suitability. Plus, the best $12 rosé anywhere in the country.

As ever, thanks for reading and I’d really like to hear you’re feedback. What would you like to see covered here on Australian Wine Review?


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Simon Colwell
November 2, 2018 at 7:54 AM
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I really like the regional tastings, that’s how I came across your site in the first place. I was noodling around on the web looking for reviews of wines from Orange a few years back and came across the reviews you had compiled from a trip there.


    Andrew Graham
    November 2, 2018 at 10:23 AM
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    Cheers Simon and great to have your support!

Brian Godfrey
November 3, 2018 at 1:24 PM
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A round up of recent releases of Canberra District wines would be nice to see


    Simon Colwell
    November 3, 2018 at 1:28 PM
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    I second that.

Absolute Charm Wine Tours
November 27, 2018 at 9:29 AM
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Great blog. Excellent work.


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