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Two 98-point wine reviews in WBM Magazine

By Monday 4 November 2024November 12th, 2024No Comments
Grosset 2024 Polish Hill Riesling

Grosset 2024 Polish Hill Riesling and Mount Langi Ghiran 2021 Langi Grampians Shiraz are the two top-rated wines in the latest edition of WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine.

Both wines received 98 points from Tyson Stelzer in the Trade section of the publication.

“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,” Tyson writes about Grosset 2024 Polish Hill Riesling ($80).

“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. 98 points.”

Tyson writes about Mount Langi Ghiran 2021 Langi Grampians Shiraz ($210): “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. 98 points.”

Each edition of WBM features 50 wine reviews each from Tyson Stelzer and Mike Bennie.

The 100 wines reviewed in the September-October edition of WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine

Angove Angels Rise Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 (MB)
Apogee Deluxe Rose Tasmania 2021 (TS)
Apogee Deluxe Vintage Brut Tasmania 2021 (MB)
Barratt Uley Vineyard Piccadilly Valley Chardonnay 2022 (TS)
Best’s Great Western Thomson Family Shiraz 2020 (TS)
Brand & Sons Sanctuary Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (MB)
Bream Creek Estate Tasmania Pinot Noir 2023 (TS)
Brokenwood Hunter Valley Shiraz 2022 (MB)
Brokenwood Indigo Vineyard Beechworth Chardonnay 2023 (MB)
Camino Barossa Valley Grenache Rose 2023 (TS)
Chalk Hill Wines Alpha Crucis Sirius McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 (MB)
Chandon Ancestrale Rose Strathbogie Ranges 2020 (MB)
Chapel Hill Road Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 (TS)
Chapel Hill The MV McLaren Vale Shiraz 2023 (MB)
Clonakilla Canberra Shiraz Viognier 2023 (TS)
d’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 (MB)
Delamere Cuvee NV Tasmania (MB)
Delamere Hurlo’s Rose Tasmania 2022 (TS)
Delamere Flyleaf Rose Tasmania 2024 (MB)
Delamere Late Disgorged Blanc de Blancs Tasmania 2013 (MB)
Devil’s Corner Resolution Chardonnay Tasmania 2022 (TS)
First Ridge Mudgee Fiano 2024 (MB)
Gapsted Estate Valley Selection King Valley Single Vineyard Riesling 2023 (MB)
Giant Steps Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023 (TS)
Gibson Burkes Hill Eden Valley Riesling 2024 (MB)
Grant Burge The Holy Trinity Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2021 (TS)
Grosset Polish Hill Riesling 2024 (TS)
Handpicked Collection Tasmania Chardonnay 2022 (MB)
Hatch Flaxman’s Eden Valley Riesling 2023 (TS)
Henschke Keyneton Euphonium 2021 (TS)
Henschke Peggy’s Hill Eden Valley Riesling 2024 (MB)
Henschke Louis Eden Valley Semillon 2023 (MB)
Hesketh Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2023 (TS)
Holm Oak Tasmania Riesling 2024 (MB)
Kalleske Dodger Barossa Valley Tempranillo 2023 (MB)
Kangarilla Road McLaren Vale Nero d’Avola 2023 (MB)
Krinklewood Hunter Valley Semillon 2024 (MB)
Kyneton Ridge Macedon Ranges Sparkling Shiraz NV (MB)
Long Palm Vineyard Barossa Valley Selection Shiraz 2022 (MB)
House of Arras Tasmania Blanc de Blancs 2015 (TS)
Howard Park Abercrombie Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (TS)
Jacob’s Creek Johann Barossa Valley Shiraz Cabernet 2018 (TS)
Kaesler Avignon Barossa GSM 2021 (TS)
Knappstein Clare Valley Riesling 2023 (TS)
Millon Eden Valley Botrytis Riesling 2023 (MB)
Mitolo La Spiaggia McLaren Vale Sparkling Glera 2024 (MB)
Mitolo Angela McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 (MB)
Moss Wood Amys Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (TS)
Mount Horrocks Clare Valley Semillon 2023 (TS)
Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Grampians Shiraz 2021 (TS)
Mumm Tasmania Brut Prestige NV (TS)
Murray Street Artisan Barossa Valley Cabernet Shiraz 2021 (MB)
O’Leary Walker Clare Valley Polish Hill Armagh Shiraz 2021 (TS)
Oakdene Liz’s Single Vineyard Geelong Chardonnay 2023 (MB)
Oakdene Single Vineyard Peta’s Geelong Pinot Noir 2022 (MB)
Oakridge 864 Aquaduct Block Henk Vineyard Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2022 (TS)
Orlando Steingarten Eden Valley Riesling 2022 (TS)
Paulmara Estates Apotigi Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (MB)
Paringa Estate Mornington Peninsula Estate Chardonnay (TS)
Penfolds Bin 180 Coonawarra Cabernet Shiraz 2021 (TS)
Peter Lehmann 8 Songs Barossa Shiraz 2021 (MB)
Peter Lehmann Stonewell Barossa Shiraz 2018 (MB)
Pikes Olga Emmie Clare Valley Riesling 2023 (TS)
Pirie Tasmania Sparkling NV (TS)
Pizzini Il Soffio King Valley Prosecco 2023 (MB)
Port Phillip Estate Red Hill Mornington Peninsula Pinot Noir 2022 (TS)
Primo Estate Quaranta Cinque McLaren Vale 2022 (MB)
Purple Hands Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 (MB)
Seville Estate Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2021 (TS)
Seppelt Drumborg Henty Riesling 2024 (MB)
Slow Wine Co Orange Chardonnay 2021 (MB)
Sorby Adams Jellicoe Eden Valley Riesling 2024 (MB)
Sorby Adams The Thing Eden Valley/Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019 (MB)
St Hugo Barossa Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2023 (TS)
Stanton & Killeen Classic Rutherglen Muscat NV (TS)
Stockman’s Ridge Left Bank Signature Range Orange 2022 (MB)
Tamar Ridge Tasmania Estate Pinot Noir 2022 (TS)
Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Wrattonbully Merlot Cabernet Franc 2019 (TS)
Tapanappa Foggy Hill Vineyard Fleurieu Peninsula Pinot Noir 2023 (MB)
Tar & Roses King Valley Tempranillo 2022 (TS)
Tahbilk Nagambie Lakes Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 (MB)
Tscharke Distinction Barossa Valley Shiraz 2022 (MB)
Teusner Riebke Barossa Valley Shiraz 2021 (TS)
The Willows Vineyard G Seven Barossa Valley Mataro 2023 (TS)
Thistledown Fool on the Hill McLaren Vale Grenache 2022 (TS)
Torbreck Les Amis Barossa 2021 (TS)
Turkey Flat Vineyards Butchers Block Barossa Valley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2021 (TS)
Turkey Flat Vineyards Barossa Valley Mataro 2022 (MB)
Vasse Felix Tom Cullity Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Malbec 2020 (TS)
Vasse Felix Margaret River Chardonnay 2022 (MB)
Wirra Wirra The Angelus McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon 2020 (TS)
Wynns Coonawarra Old Vines Shiraz 2020 (TS)
Xanadu Margaret River Reserve Chardonnay 2022 (TS)
Yalumba The Tri-Centenary Barossa Grenache 2022 (TS)
Yangarra Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2022 (MB)
Yangarra McLaren Vale Roussanne 2023 (MB)
Yarra Yering Yarra Valley Dry Red Wine No 1 2022 (TS)
Yelland & Papps Single Vineyard Barossa Valley Roussanne 2023 (MB)
Zema Estate Family Selection Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 (TS)
Zema Estate Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 (MB)

• The full reviews of these wines including scores are published in WBM – Australia’s Wine Business Magazine. To subscribe to the magazine click here.

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