SINGLE VINEYARD SERIES
2022 Secret Block – 96 points – GOLD
Wildlife Road, Moppa Hills, Barossa Valley Shiraz
“With shiraz sourced from the Kalleske East Block in the western subregion of Moppa Hills, the “Secret Block” is a stunning wine of great concentration and elegance. Perfectly ripe blackberry, Doris plum and blueberry fruits, cut with hints of spice, tobacco leaf, blueberry pie, licorice, dark chocolate, Christmas cake, roasting meats and earth. Packed with fine tannins and pure black fruits, nicely balanced oak spice and a graceful, quite finely poised finish that sails on for a good time. Terrific wine.” – DB
2022 Coach House Block – 95 points – GOLD
Seppeltsfield Road, Greenock, Barossa Valley Shiraz
“I’ve driven past this wee block of vines in Greenock many times, tried the wine a good number of times, too, and it always strikes me as an excellent representation of the western Barossa Valley. Deep magenta/crimson in colour with uber-ripe Doris plum and juicy blueberry fruits with licorice, violets, pan juices, vanillin oak, dark chocolate and some light choc-mint. The tannins are powdery, with a light ferrous edge, and melt back into the deep fruit profile beautifully, finishing long and moreish.” – DB
THE PICTURE SERIES
2023 Gnarly Dudes – 93 points ★ (a wine considered to offer special value for money within the context of their rating)
Barossa Valley Shiraz
“A ripe, juicy, contemporary Barossa shiraz with plush plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruit tones along with an array of dark spice, fruitcake, dark chocolate, panforte, olive tapenade, vanilla pod, violets and earth. I love the fruit this year, there’s an opulence to it but it tends towards savoury at the back end, fading off slowly with oodles of spice, roasting meats and fine, sandy tannin.” DB
2023 Brave Faces – 92 points
Barossa Valley Grenache Mourvèdre Shiraz
“Two Hands Brave Faces consistently roll out a strong GMS/GSM blend each year and this year is no different. It’s always a fragrant wine; notes of orange blossom and violets fluttering above the ripe, plummy fruit. Spicy, too, with hints of soy, gingerbread, cola, roasting meats, licorice, tobacco and earth. There’s oak but it’s way back in that lush fruit. The tannins are powdery and fine and the wine travels on for a good while.” – DB
2024 The Boy – 92 points
Eden Valley Riesling
“Punchy and fragrant with aromas of freshly squeezed lime, grapefruit and green apple fruits with hints of crushed quartz, Christmas lily, lemongrass, lime zest, citrus blossom and baked apple. Plenty of drive and velocity and slick porcelain-like fruit purity finishing with boundless energy and a real thirst-slaking drinkability..” – DB
