Clonakilla Canberra Shiraz Viognier 2023 scores 98 points from Tyson Stelzer. “The third cool season in a row and the latest harvest in more than a decade has delivered a glorious Shiraz Viognier of exquisite detail and harmony. Whole bunches (22 percent) and Viognier (six percent) seamlessly unite to heighten aromas of violets, rose petals, potpourri, white pepper, fennel seed and curry, providing dimension to a delicious core of satsuma plum, black cherry and blackberry fruit. Super-fine, granitic-mineral tannins trace a magnificent finish and confirm a Clonakilla for the ages.” $135. @clonakillawines @canberrawines #ShirazViognier #Canberra #Clonakilla #detail #harmony

House of Arras Tasmania Blanc de Blancs 2015 scores 95 points from Tyson Stelzer. “Tasmania turned on a delightfully cool season of excellent yield and impressive acidity in 2015. Ed Carr allowed his fruit to ripen fully, creating a spectacular Blanc de Blancs that captures the season in an energetic and enduring edge of grapefruit and lemon, accented with exotic nuances of pineapple. In concert with a full 10 percent new oak fermentation, six years of lees has built beautifully layered complexity of brioche and crème pâtissière. Low dosage perfectly accents the seamless union of bright acidity, creamy texture and super-fine phenolic bite.” $136. @houseofcardswine @winetasmania ❤️

Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut Tasmania 2021 scores 95 points from Mike Bennie. “Deluxe indeed. This exudes sophistication, layered with intense stone fruit, citrus, apple fruit elements combined with formidable brioche, cinnamon, briny minerality and gingery spice elements – so even, quietly powerful, with very persistent and energetic bead. A sense of refinement also comes to mind. The detail here is superb, the drinkability high, the charisma and complexity notable.” $70. @apogeetasmania @winetasmania #Apogee #Tasmania #sophistication #powerful #energetic

Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Grampians Shiraz 2021 scores 98 points from Tyson Stelzer. “The inimitable combination of black fruit depth, liquorice complexity and bountiful black pepper is unique to Langi, and I admire it nowhere more than in the cooler seasons, of which 2021 is the modern benchmark. Expresses the rumbling depth of power of this site yet with detail and poise, set to an intricate, fine-grained web of mouth-embracing tannins that promise to hold it among the most enduring of this fabled legend.” $210. @mtlangighiran @grampianswine #depth #complexity #power #MtLangiGhiran #Grampians #wine ❤️

Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024 scores 98 points from Tyson Stelzer. “Thanks to a cool season and biodynamic farming, Jeff Grosset proclaims 2024 as the most pristine fruit he has seen since he first planted in the Clare Valley in the early 1980s. By jove! Polish Hill 2024 is as desperately gorgeous as any of the highlights of his lauded career. It is at once lighter than air and yet possessing a resolute determination that sets a future in the cellar as enduring as the career of its maker. The essence of the Clare, time will most certainly reveal this to be one of the greatest in Grosset’s 44 vintage history, and one of the finest Australian Rieslings conjured yet.” $80. @grossetwines @clarevalleywine #pristine #fruit #gorgeous #ClareValley #Grosset ❤️