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| Cambewarra
Chambourcin 1998 This wine exudes a delightful mix of sweet plums, marmalade, toffee and vanilla oak. A lively, concentrated palate follows with abundant tannin and the satisfaction of good structure. This grape is starting to meet with some success, particularly in Australia. Taste some and find out what the excitement is all about. Keep it in the cellar for up to ten years and savor the developments as it matures. Sommelier's Tip:Impress your friends with this new wine style. Try it as a compliment to lamb dishes. Region: Camden Region, New South Wales (Reviewed December 1999) |
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| Castle
Ridge Semillon Chardonnay 1999 Pale in hue, the nose of this lovely wine is dominated by tropical, melon peach and subtle lemon fruit. The palate is smooth and rounded with developing soft citrus and melon aromas. It finishes cleanly. This Semillon Chardonnay will drink well now and should continue to do so for three years. Sommelier Tip: Serve with seafood salad. Region: South Eastern Australia (Reviewed February 2001) |
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| Castle
Ridge Shiraz Malbec Mourvedre 1997 This wine gives amazing value for money. The ruby blend exudes scents of cherry-plum with hints of licorice and aniseed chocolate. A well balanced, smooth wine that is soft with plenty of fruit flavours, elegance and appeal. Drink in its youth. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with venison. Region: South Eastern Australia (Reviewed July 2000) |
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| Castle
Rock Estate Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot 1997 This luscious wine greets with a youthful nose of fresh mint, ripe, raspberry, blackcurrant and plums with hints of shaved oak. A sumptuous red, it is filled with rich minty flavours combined with raspberry and blackcurrant fruit character. An excellent wine that is soft and approachable with good oak/fruit integration. Cellar for up to five years. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with pork dishes. Region: Great Southern Region, Western Australia (Reviewed September 2000) |
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| Castle
Rock Estate Chardonnay 1997 This straw coloured wine has a well balanced nose of ripe melon, cashew fruit and buttery oak. Deliciously mouthfilling, it has intense, firm oak flavours combined with melon and cashew, and culminates with a long, soft, clean finish. It will age well for another 8 years. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with chicken. Region: North Eastern Victoria (Reviewed June 2001) |
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| Castle
Rock Estate Great Southern White 1998 This white is beautifully clear in colour. The nose has herbaceous fruit with perfumes of lychees, paw paw and complex ripe fruit salad overtones. Young and vibrant, the ripe fruit flavours add volume to the balanced palate. It possesses a satisfying, lingering finish. Drink now. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with fish. Region: Great Southern, Western Australia (Reviewed March 2001) |
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| Cedar
Creek Chardonnay 1999 This golden Chardonnay has intense scents of peach and honeymelon integrated by the skilful use of American oak. On the palate the wine is smooth and full and shows a generous depth of peach fruit balanced by fine acid. This easy drinking wine will cellar for a few years. Sommelier's Tip: Enjoy with cold meats. Region: North Eastern Victoria (Reviewed March 2000) |
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| Cedar
Creek Semillon Chardonnay 1999 This great-value, fruity wine is light in colour with aromas of straw-like Semillon fruit combined with subtle peach and melon scents. Smooth and very quaffable, it's dry but not austere and has a lovely depth of flavour. Sommelier's Tip: Suits cold cuts and salads. Region: North Eastern Victoria (Reviewed June 2001) |
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| Cedar
Creek Shiraz 1999 This red-purple wine exudes a soft complex blend of spice, leather, cigarbox and mushroom aromas. It shows elegance on the palate with the flavours finely balanced with smooth tannins and oaky characteristics. This Shiraz will develop in the cellar for up to five years. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with fried chicken.. Region: North Eastern Victoria (Reviewed June 2000) |
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| Cedar
Creek Shiraz Cabernet 2000 An attractive red-purple in colour, the aromas suggest tomato leaf, mint, black cherry, rich chocolate and a leaf strewn forest floor. Medium to full-bodied, the wine is ripe and delightful with black cherry flavours on the palate. It has firm tannins that leave a pleasing dry sensation in the mouth. A crowd-pleaser to drink now and for at least five years. Sommelier's Tip: Partner with chargrilled beef. Region: North Eastern Victoria (Reviewed May 2002) |
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| Chain
of Ponds Corkscrew Chardonnay This is another smartly made wine from the Adelaide Hills. Its complex aromas are of creamy lees, white peach, butterscotch and roasted almond. Rich and complex on the palate, its flavours are powerful and persistent and enlivened by a fine acidity. This is a wine of character that works particularly well with full flavoured food. Cellar for up to six years. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with lightly spiced chicken dishes. Region: Adelaide Hills, SA |
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| Chain
of Ponds The Morning Star Chardonnay 1999 This remarkable reserve wine was made with care and patience from carefully selected grapes from the best rows in the vineyard. A smooth, refined Chardonnay, it displays a multilayered bouquet of pears, apricots and hazelnuts married to well handled almond oak. The palate is long with abundant flavours of hazelnut and pear fruit, with lovely complexity stemming from an excellent integration of spicy oak. Rich and long on the finish, it has a rosy future. Lay this one down to further develop over a decade. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with lobster. Region: Adelaide Hills, SA (Reviewed August 2002) |
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| Chain
of Ponds Shiraz 1999 This beauty is yet another stunner from the vineyards of the McLaren Vale. This gorgeous, spicy styled Shiraz has a red-purple hue with aromatic pepper and mixed spice on the nose. An elegantly proportioned palate of blueberry, mulberry and meaty flavours provides a taste that is full and slightly savoury with hints of nutmeg and cinnamon oak. The fruit is powerful and enduring with soft tannins at the finish. This wine will cellar well for up to a decade. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with chicken hotpot. Region: McLaren Vale, SA (Reviewed August 2002) |
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| Chateau
Leamon Cabernets Merlot 1997 This wine is a fabulous ruby red in colour with tantalizing scents of mulberry, raspberry, cherries and crushed mint leaves. The elegance of the cabernet combines with the merlot grapes to create a medium-bodied wine with a pleasing harmony of flavours, fruit complexity and a lingering depth at the finish. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with roasted meats. Region: North Eastern Victoria (Reviewed September 1999) |
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| Chateau
Leamon Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 Iain Leamon has crafted a classy red from Bendigo in Victoria. Robed in medium red, the nose is concentrated and firm, with grapey, raspberry, barbecued meat and mint scents. The wine is filled with concentrated silky tannins and fully ripe, raspberry, cabernet fruit on the palate. It has depth and loads of fruit which gives mouth-filling texture. This pleasure-giver needs time and will reward cellaring for up to 10 years. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with duck. Region: Bendigo, Victoria (Reviewed April 2001) |
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| Chateau
Leamon Riesling 1999 This is a wonderful, delicate Riesling in a style designed to improve with age. The palate is all about finesse. It is creamy and yeasty with a depth of delicately vibrant lime and citrus flavours. The satisfying finish invites you to try one more glass. This Riesling is delicious now and will continue to improve with age. Sommelier's Tip: Discover its strengths when partnered with spicy fish. Region: Central Victoria (Reviewed March 2000) |
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| Corinda
Ridge Chardonnay 1998 A pleasing yellow in colour, this Chardonnay possesses a simple, fragrant nose with some developed banana fruit. Creamy, with persistent, flavoursome, banana fruit on the palate, the wine has length and character. This is a good commercial style that goes very well with food. Sommelier's Tip: Great with grilled Salmon. Region: Hunter Valley, New South Wales (Reviewed October 2001) |
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| Craig
Avon Chardonnay 1998 A remarkable wine of elegance and refinement. A straw yellow in hue, it has an excellent depth on the nose and the palate. It exudes aromas of melon, green apple, citrus and candied fruit which are synthesized by an intelligent use of good quality French oak. The palate is intense and tight yet possesses delicate flavours that linger delightfully in the mouth. This Chardonnay is made to age so it can be cellared for more than ten years. Sommelier's Tip: Partner with veal. Region: Mornington Peninsula, Victoria (Reviewed November 1999) |
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| Craig
Avon Pinot Noir 1998 Of a medium crimson-red colour, the nose reveals sweet black-cherry aromas with hints of spice and cedar oak. The palate displays delicious, sweet black-cherry aromas and subtle oak, and finishes with great length. Cellar for a couple of years. Sommelier's Tip: Delicious with white meat risotto. Region: Mornington Penninsula, Victoria (Reviewed October 2001) |
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| Cranswick
Cabernet Merlot 1997 This dense, medium red coloured wine displays sweet raspberry, dark cherry, ripe fruit and spicy herbaceous aromas. An approachable style with soft tannins and good fruit and oak flavours at the finish. An enjoyable, flavoursome wine. Cellar for up to five years. Sommelier's Tip: Perfect for a picnic. Region: Riverina, New South Wales (Reviewed August 2000) |
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| Cranswick
Nine Pines Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 1998 The aromas exuded by this beauty suggest images of wild game, damp earth, red berries and a leaf-littered forest floor. The palate is full of berry flavours rather than oak, and is smoothly balanced to slip down easily. A wine of delicious depth yet one that maintains elegance. Drink now until 2005. Sommelier's Tip: Try with pink lamb. Region: Riverina, New South Wales (Reviewed October 2001) |
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| Cranswick
Nine Pines Unoaked Chardonnay 1998 This clean, fresh Chardonnay has flavours of dried nectarines, peach and apricot. It has subtlety and elegance. The palate displays length and harmony with good acid at the finish. Cellar for two years or more. Sommelier's Tip: Great served with a plate of antipasto. Region: Riverina, Victoria (Reviewed October 2000) |
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| Cranswick
Nine Pines Vineyard Marsanne 1998 This straw-coloured wine has tropical mango and ripe pawpaw fragrances on the nose garnished with scents of crushed lime. Lively in the mouth, this is an elegant and clean Marsanne exhibiting hints of tropical fruit salad flavours with a satisfying complexity and depth of finish. It will keep in the cellar for a time but is perfect to enjoy now on a hot day! Sommelier's Tip: Serve with Thai-style beef salad. Region: Riverina, New South Wales (Reviewed August 2001) |
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| Cranswick
Nine Pines Vineyard Shiraz 1997 This red-purple wine has attractive aromas of rich, ripe, blackberry fruit, cracked pepper and soft leather. This full-bodied, stylish Shiraz lingers richly in the mouth and finishes with the satisfying firmness of soft tannins. Approachable now, this complex wine will continue to improve with a few more years in the cellar. Sommelier's Tip: Serve to your friends with roasted beef. Region: Riverina, New South Wales (Reviewed February 2001) |
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| Cranswick
Shiraz 1998 Yet another stunning wine from an impressive vintage from Cranswick. This purple-hued red is loaded with redberry, earth, spice and oak aromas. Medium bodied on the palate it has attractive sweet berry and licorice flavours. Of fine harmony and persistence, it is lovely now and should age well for five years or more. Sommelier's Tip: A perfect partner for lightly spiced dishes. Region: Riverina, New South Wales (Reviewed March 2002) |
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| Cranswick
Shiraz Cabernet 2000 A beautiful cherry red in colour, this wine has concentrated aromas of raspberry jam and ribena combined with vanilla spiced oak. The palate is clean, light-bodied, soft and uncomplicated. A lovely drop. Ready to drink now. Sommelier's Tip: Serve with duck. Region: Riverina, New South Wales (Reviewed May 2002) |
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