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Ridgemill Estate 2019 Riesling (Take II)

Ridgemill Estate 2019 Riesling (Take II)

I’m not much impressed by marketing concept wine days but I’ve made an exception for international riesling day simply because it provides what surely is an unexpected focus on The … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2016 Tempranillo (Take II)

Ridgemill Estate 2016 Tempranillo (Take II)

A wine made with fruit harvested from the oldest Tempranillo vines on The Granite Belt. I initially reviewed this wine in November 2019.

A lustrous meniscal glow radiates red rubies … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2022 Pinot G

Ridgemill Estate 2022 Pinot G

This is a wine for the undecided .. will I open a Grigio or a Gris? Hence the front label is inscribed Pinot G although the back reads Pinot Grigio. … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2021 WYP Pinot Noir

Ridgemill Estate 2021 WYP Pinot Noir

You won’t encounter a lot of Pinot Noir on The Granite Belt, there simply isn’t much planted, however the grace and the grit of this grape in an on again … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2021 Riesling

Ridgemill Estate 2021 Riesling

If there’s a white wine variety I really hang my hat on it has to be riesling, I’ve been drinking this grape for almost 50 years and was most happy … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2021 Fumé Blanc

Ridgemill Estate 2021 Fumé Blanc

Apologies no label couldn’t wait the wine was too good.  100% Sauvignon Blanc fruit made in a Fumé Blanc style.

First Fumé Blanc I’ve ever encountered on The Granite Belt … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2019 Riesling

Ridgemill Estate 2019 Riesling

You won’t find much riesling on The Granite Belt, locally the variety has it’s challenges but Peter McGlashan isn’t steeped in conformity.

This one in the glass is slightly yellow … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2019 Joshua’s Pup

Ridgemill Estate 2019 Joshua’s Pup

Not a lot of Grenache on The Granite Belt – it just requires a little more love but apparently if you give it reciprocates. A bright reflective black in the … Read more

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Ridgemill Estate 2019 Benny’s Blend

Ridgemill Estate 2019 Benny’s Blend

Check out those translucent red pink hues bending upwards at the meniscus, lots of purple hues in the young wine with the deeper dark well emitting little at all.

The … Read more

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