Bob McDonald

9.4

This is the Bellwether Wrattonbully Shiraz from 2019. A really smart young Shiraz. Aromatic earthy and spicy. Wrattonbully is just to the north of Coonawarra. A special parcel of clone 1127 Shiraz. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.0

In Adelaide tonight and trying the entry level Yangarra Grenache from McLaren Vale made by Grenache master Peter Fraser. No detailed notes - but medium bodied, medium tannins - red and black fruits. Driving 4 1/2 hours to Coonawarra today. See you at Bellwether. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.1

Very pale lemon in colour. Tasted after the Premier Cru Hubert Lamy and similar in many ways - the texture, the acid, the citrus the subdued oak influence, but not as much minerality or salinity. Made by Sue Bell at her Bellwether winery in Coonawarra from Chardonnay grapes from the Tamar River in Tasmania. A good wine in the leaner style - showing the quality of Tasmanian Chardonnay. Consistent notes 88 weeks later on 9th December 2020. Chablisesque. Grapefruit notes. Still bracing acidity. — 6 years ago

Georgina McDonald

9.2

Nose says old but tongue says young. 2016 Tempranillo that swings down the palate with perfume and some peppery heels; touch of cardamom, little chocolate and a lick of tart cherry. — 6 years ago

with Hugh and Bob

Michael Piaker

9.1

2 June 2018. Verre de Terre, New York, NY. — 7 years ago

annie White

8.9

Almost like the orange wine. Supposed to be like French table wine. Only 350 produced. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Brought this to Bellwether to match with the 2009 Bellwether Cabernet Sauvignon. A pretty even match - both top quality. Shared with Penfolds Viticulture senior executive Ben Harris and Sue Bell both excellent palates. This is more herbaceous and hay silage than the Coonawarra. — 4 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.1

Precision and texture make a great team. — 6 years ago

Julia Geisler

9.5

I’m not celebrating my birthday until the weekend but it’s always nice to have something the actual day of - thank you @James Forsyth for sharing this!! It’s delicious, the black currant really makes this taste 😍 chef’s kiss, as we millennials say. Almost dangerously good, it really tastes like the black currant juice I drink in Germany.
Also thank you to @Shea Bove @Matthew Burgess @Claire Troussieux for making today fun 🥳 — 6 years ago

with Shea, Matthew and 2 others

William Paley

9.7

Classical mind-bender. Bellwether fair-friender. Cyclical soul sucker. Six-cylinder brain puncher. — 7 years ago

with Jess

Scott Rowe

9.2

Acid and texture! Winning combo from the Tamar. — 7 years ago

Jason Hillan

9.0

Great white with a nice finish. Not too sweet, just right. — 7 years ago

Ray Vanderhoff

8.9

The wine I am rating is the Still wine version. Beautiful apple, flowers and wonderful petrol on the nose. Apple and wet slate on the pallet. Excellent minerality and bracing acidity. There is a bit of residual sweetness. Tastes like a German Riesling! One of the better FLX Rieslings I have tasted to date. — 8 years ago

Bob McDonald

8.9

Fresh and uncomplicated. 40% carbonic maceration highlights the aromatics. Fruit from Wrattonbully. — 4 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

A rare and unusual grape variety native to Puglia in the heel of Italy. This is fermented on skins. Very textural with a great mouth feel. Ideal for warm climates - this is from the Riverland. Drought tolerant with thick skins. — 4 years ago

Jeremy Coffey

9.5

So legit. Tough vintage for Can Franc around the lakes, but Chris and his team bucked the trend (yet again) and made a thoughtful, imaginative wine. Fruit bursts off the glass from the jump. Nice textural decision to counter the acidity with the slight carbonic effervescence. Just wish I had more. — 6 years ago

Chip Hughes

9.3

Often the forgotten wine of the portfolio, but it always serves as a bellwether for the vintage at Keller. And this is so typical of the sizzling, electric and concentrated wines turned out there in ‘17. Fresh milk, racy acids and elegant minerality...next level stuff! #keller #rheinhessen #pinotblanc #chardonnay — 6 years ago

Scott Rowe

9.0

100% Shiraz for 2015 due to frost wiping out the Malbec crop.
Medium bodied and at the risk of sounding like a broken record textured! — 7 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.4

27 April 2018. Verre de Terre, New York, NY. — 7 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

10 July 2017. Vine Wine, Brooklyn, NY. — 8 years ago