Lord Cardigan’s Favourites

1 x 2018 Paul Blanck Pinot Blanc Alsace

1 x 2019 Shadowfax Macedon Ranges Chardonnay

The wine walks a tightrope, with sherbert acidity and lime pith falling off the side. A great example of cold-climate Macedon Ranges Chardonnay. Al Timms, Shadowfax

1 x 2020 Airlie Bank Gris on Skins

Lovely and fragrant. Strawberries - flesh, juice and leaf, all leaping from the glass. A hint of tea leaf as well. Striking acidity this year, which only reinforces the brisk nature of this wine, with all its pithy and bitter notes. There is sweet fruit in the core but all around its amaro, hay, leaves and pleasing bitterness. Easy to love, and to enjoy. Sam Hooper, CellarHand

1 x 2019 Punt Road Gamay

What a charming and tasty wine this is. Cherry and little raspberry frogs leaping into a bowl of black pepper, gin and cinnamon, a wisp of smokiness in the background. It’s supple and fruity, but kind of meaty and spicy too, with gentle graphite tannin grip, and strawberry and spice running on a good long finish. So nicely done. 93 Points, Gary Walsh, The Wine Front

1 x 2018 G.D. Vajra Barbera d'Alba

1 x 2015 Balnaves Cabernet Sauvignon

Deeply coloured, this is classic Coonawarra Cabernet with cassis, mulberry, mint and dried bay leaf coming together with fine but firm tannins to present and intense, earthy wine that doesn’t even flick the needle of dead fruit/high alcohol. It thus has a certain austerity of the kind you once found in classed growth Bordeaux from good vintages such as ’70. 96 points. James Halliday, Halliday Wine Companion 2019