2000 Grosset "Polish Hill" Riesling POLISH HILL RIVER, CLARE VALLEY January Release Riesling Clearly this is now Australia’s most eagerly awaited Riesling. Each year the number of fans seems to grow although Jeffrey Grosset steadfastly refuses to compromise his great wine and include other vineyards in his wine...... 2000 Brokenwood Semillon LOWER HUNTER VALLEY January Release Semillon 2000 Vintage was kind to the Hunter. It was in fact a superb year. Certainly Iain Riggs is is quietly satisfied with his achievements from this vintage, notably this fresh and wonderfully attractive wine...... 2000 Mount Horrocks "Cordon Cut" Riesling WATERVALE, CLARE VALLEY January Release Dessert Wine Here’s yet another winning wine from Stephanie Toole. This wine has developed into a serious cult wine. This new vintage is one of the finest so far. The “Cordon Cut” method involves cutting every second cordon or cane prior to the grapes being ripe and leaving the bunches out in the vineyard until they become super concentrated and ripe...... 2000 Mount Horrocks Riesling WATERVALE, CLARE VALLEY January Release Riesling This only the second vintage to be released in the USA, displays very pale lemon gold colors with a slight tinge of green at the extremities. It is clear and bright and this is due to the wine’s youth and the high level of protection from oxygen during the winemaking process...... 2000 Pikes Riesling CLARE VALLEY January Release Riesling This wine hasn’t got any flavors or nuances indicative of a difficult year, despite it being a difficult one. It is simply one of the best Rieslings Neil and Andrew Pike have produced. Care in the vineyard followed by care in the winery...... 2000 Hill of Content "Benjamin's Blend" (Char/Sem/Sav Blanc) MARGARET RIVER January Release Chardonnay This is my release of the wine named in honor of our son Benjamin Edward Larchet. The intention was and is to offer an wine that delivers great character, an array of flavors as the 3 varities in the blend interplay. 48% Chardonnay, and the balance split evenly between Semillon and Suavignon Blanc...... 2000 Flinders Bay "Pericles" (Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon) MARGARET RIVER January Release Sauvignon Blanc A first ever release for this wine in the US.. A 53% Sauvignon Blanc and 47% Semillon blend from Bill Ireland and Al Gillespie, with Martin Shaw of Shaw & Smith fame as consultant...... 2000 Bannockburn "Saignee" GEELONG January Release Saignee This is a superb Rose, offering just so much character, it hard to fathom how Gary Farr conjured this up. Made from the free run juice of both Pinot Noir and Shiraz (Gary never reveals its composition), the nose offers both elements of light and darkness. High tone cherry, spicy red currant characters mingle with hints of black fruits. Notes of earth and minerals add to its appeal...... 2000 Clonakilla "Hilltops" Shiraz HILLTOPS REGION Current Release Shiraz A first time release from Tim Kirk. The fruit is sourced from three growers vineyards around the town of Young in the Hilltops region of NSW. It’s the neighboring region to Tim’s home base of Canberra. The area is slightly lower in elevation, and hence picked earlier that at Clonakilla itself...... 2000 Clonakilla Shiraz-Viognier MURRENBATEMAN, CANBERRA DISTRICT January Release Shiraz Tim Kirk has done it again. This Shiraz Viognier blend screams out Cote Rotie!! Its got that lovely game, smoked meat and spice character, with supple plum and cherry characters. Wonderful silky texture, and a finish that lingers long after you had a sip. The Viognier (about 5%) just adds to the generosity of the wine, amplifying all that the Shiraz has on offer. This is not your typical Aussie Shiraz...... 2000 Hill of Content Grenache Shiraz CLARE VALLEY/MCLAREN VALE January Release Grenache The majority of the fruit for this wine is sourced from Bill and Noel Ireland’s “Old Station” Vineyard in the Clare. For this release, we have sourced 37% of the fruit from McLaren Vale, adding further depth to the wine, whilst maintaining its vibrant Grenache character...... 2000 By Farr Viognier GEELONG January Release Semillon I would have to rank this #1 Viognier in Australia. Great aromatics, delicate peach and stone fruit characters abound...... 2000 By Farr Chardonnay GEELONG January Release Chardonnay Gary Farr has a very unique chardonnay style...... 2000 By Farr Shiraz GEELONG January Release Shiraz Spice, earth and pepper characters signal cool climate Shiraz. This wine could slot into a Croze Hermtage and Cornas line up with ease...... 2000 By Farr Pinot Noir GEELONG January Release Pinot Noir On the nose I would have to say this wine is “Old World”. Dark cherry aromas mingle with bacon fat and forest char...... 2000 Grosset "Piccadilly" Chardonnay PICCADILLY, ADELAIDE HILLS January Release Chardonnay This has to be one of the great Aussie Chardonnays. Crafted by Jeffrey from fruit from a vineyard just outside of the township of Piccadilly in the Adelaide Hills. Beautifully ripe cool climate fruit delivers both rich peach and apricot characters, as well higher tone melon and apple notes. Immensely complex wine, and yet in no way overbearing...... 2000 Hewitson "Old Garden" Mourvedre BAROSSA VALLEY January Release Mourvedre Dean Hewitson has found a vineyard with something special to offer. But then it has had 166 years to fine tune its purpose in life!! This Mourvedre vineyard delivers the most exquisite, well defined Mourvedre you are likely to find on earth. A dense cocktail of black and red fruits, with blackberry, boysenberry, blackcurrant and beautiful tinges of cherry and raspberry all adding to the magic of the wine. What’s freaky is the finesse, balance and length of the wine. Its intensity of flavor is matched by its complexity and subtle spice and dry herb notes...... 2000 Pikes Sauvignon Blanc Semillon CLARE VALLEY January Release Sauvignon Blanc A blend of 76% Sauvignon Blanc and 24% Semillon. Beautiful pale green color. Lifted aromas of stone fruits, citrus and straw waft out of the glass. On the palate, those crisp and fresh citrus characters mingle with tropical fruits, as well as apple and gooseberry flavors and flinty mineral characters. Medium bodied, yet without being too intense. No interference of oak as its fermented in tank...... 2000 Elderton Shiraz NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY January Release Shiraz The intense dark rich purple juice that swirls in the glass gives you some sense of the power and grace of this wine. On the nose rich dense fruit characters mingle with hints of chocolate, mocha and tobacco and even violets...... 2000 Elderton Botrytis GRIFFITH Current Release Dessert Wine All the fruit for this wines is sourced from Griffith in NSW, an area renown for botrytis affected fruit due to its hot and humid climate...... 2000 Carlei "Green Vineyards" Shiraz HEATHCOTE January Release Shiraz Made by the irrepressible Sergio Carlei. The fruit is sourced from a low yielding (1 tonne/acre) dry grown old vines in deep gray loam soils, planted back in the 1940’s. It’s dark purple/black color sense something of the wines intensity. On the nose black fruits are in abundance, with trademark pepper and spice revealing its cool climate origins...... 2000 Flinders Bay Shiraz MARGARET RIVER Current Release Shiraz Margaret River is not that well known for Shiraz, and yet this wine makes a very strong statement about the Regions potential for it...... 2000 Flinders Bay "Mayflower" Merlot MARGARET RIVER January Release Merlot This is by no means a wimpy wine!! The color should tell you that as it sits in the glass. Trademark boysenberry Merlot characters abound on the nose, with hints of well-defined tannins and mineral notes complete the picture...... 2000 Hill Of Content Pinot Noir MORNINGTON PENINSULA January Release Pinot Noir JL’s first Pinot Noir release under the Hill of Content label. All the fruit is sourced from the Mornington Peninsula from a young multi-clonal vineyard...... 2000 Hill of Content Shiraz WEST AUSTRALIA/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Case Size: 12/750ml Shiraz JL’s first 100% Shiraz release is made up of parcels of fruit from 4 separate vineyard sites. The idea was to produce a wine that delivered character well beyond its price!!... 2000 Kooyong Chardonnay MORNINGTON PENINSULA January Release Case Size: 12/750ml Chardonnay Matchstick, minerals and grilled hazelnuts mingle with melon and peach and just a hint of citrus tang...... 2000 Kooyong Pinot Noir MORNINGTON PENINSULA/VICTORIA January Release Pinot Noir This wine is a big powerful wine, reflecting a great warm vintage in a cool climate region...... 2000 Pikes Shiraz CLARE VALLEY   Shiraz You are immediately struck by the deep purple red color of the wine. The nose reveals why, with beautiful rich aromas of ripe, dark red and black fruits all vying for supremacy, with hints of chocolate and spice in the background...... 2000 Joseph Cabernet Merlot "Moda Amarone" MCLAREN VALE/COONAWARRA January Release Bordeaux Blends Every year this wines just seems to get better. The 2000 vintage provided wonderful fruit albeit with brutally low yields due to poor fruit set. The quality was sensational...... 2000 Brokenwood "Rayner Vineyard" Shiraz MCLAREN VALE January Release Shiraz The uniqueness of David Rayner’s two acre Shiraz Vineyard always shows through in this wine. While yields generally were down 30 to 50% across the area, this 50-year-old vineyard returned the same as the previous two years. More importantly, quality as high as ever...... 2000 Bannockburn Pinot Noir GEELONG January Release Case Size: 6/750ml Pinot Noir Gary Farr was presented with warm and dry conditions leading into harvest 2000 allowing him to exceed the heady heights he has already achieved with this variety...... 2000 Bannockburn Shiraz GEELONG   Case Size: 6/750m Shiraz The ripening season was kind in 2000 and this is particularly good news for the Shiraz from Bannockburn...... 2000 Brokenwood "Graveyard" Shiraz LOWER HUNTER VALLEY   Case Size: 6/750ml Shiraz A classic year for one of Australia’s truly great wines...... 2000 Bannockburn Chardonnay GEELONG   Chardonnay This is a big concentrated wine with loads of flavour. There is ample ripe fruit with melon and figs being the most prominent. Along with the fruit there is some spicy vanilla oak with a hint of some butterscotch to add even more complexity...... 2000 Carlei "Green Vineyards" Chardonnay YARRA VALLEY January Release Chardonnay Sergio Carlei sources the fruit for this intense and rich chardonnay from a low yielding vineyard in the cool Yarra Valley...... 2000 Hewitson "Barossa Valley" Shiraz TANUNDA, BAROSSA VALLEY March Release Shiraz The 2nd in Dean’s duo of 100% Shiraz. The Barossa exhibits beautiful deep dark red hues, almost impenetrable. Lifted aromas of black and red currants waft from the glass, with hints of dry spices such as cinnamon...... 2000 Grosset "Gaia" (Cab Sav/Franc/Merlot) AUBURN, CLARE VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Case Size: 6/750ml Bordeaux Blends The most distinctive feature of this superb Clare Valley is the overriding earthy component to the wine. Entirely appropriate as the wine is named after the Goddess of Earth...... 2000 Seville Estate Reserve Shiraz YARRA VALLEY February Release Case Size: 6/750ml Shiraz   2000 Brokenwood "Cricket Pitch" Red Blend MCLAREN VALE/KING VALLEY January Release Bordeaux Blends This marks the inaugural US release of what has been a run away success in Australia. A Cabernet Sauvignon pre-dominant blend with Shiraz, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and even a hint of Pinot!! Makes for delicious drinking!!... 2000 Pikes Cabernet Sauvignon CLARE VALLEY January Release Cabernet Sauvignon   2000 Frankland Estate "Isolation Ridge" Chardonnay FRANKLAND, GREAT SOUTHERN January Release Chardonnay Every year this wine seems to get better. Additional vine age or just Judi Cullam and Barrie Smith are just getting better at what they do? A bit of both is the answer...... 2000 Pikes "Luccio" Red Blend CLARE VALLEY January Release Bordeaux Blends This is a wonderfully quirky wine at a bargain price. Neil Pike has again weaved his magic to produce a wine that woos you just with the first sniff of the glass...... 2000 Brokenwood "Harlequin" (Chardonnay/Verdehlo) HUNTER VALLEY/COWRA/KING VALLEY January Release Chardonnay Chardonnay sourced from the Yarra Valley make an appearance for the first time. The Verdelho and part Chardonnay is from Cowra, with the balance from Padthaway (10%).... 2000 Pikes Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre CLARE VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Grenache The third vintage of this great Rhone inspired blend. 55% Shiraz, 32% Grenache, 13% Mourvedre The wines medium purple red color is matched by aromas of black pepper, fennel and earth on the nose. You pick of slight oak characters, which is amazing given that the wines spends 12 months in old French barriques...... 2000 Bowen Estate Shiraz COONAWARRA January Release Case Size: 12/750ml Shiraz   2000 Seville Estate Shiraz YARRA VALLEY February Release Case Size: 12/750ml Shiraz For a long time the Seville Estate Shiraz has been regarded as a benchmark for the variety in the Yarra Valley. The success of the 2000 vintage ensures that the reputation will be maintained...... 2000 Seville Estate Pinot Noir YARRA VALLEY February Release Case Size: 12/750ml Pinot Noir The vintage was warm and dry, ideal to fully ripen this variety in a typically cool climate. Yields have been kept low to ensure that the fruit would be concentrated giving Iain Riggs and his winemaking team plenty to play with...... 2000 Elderton "Tantalus" Shiraz Cabernet BAROSSA VALLEY January Release Shiraz Fresh cherry, chocolate and spice dominate the aromas, while the palate offers the rich complexity of coconut, chocolate and spice. Seriously good balance and structure for a wine offering such drinkability now, however these qualities will see the wine develop for at least four to five years... ... 2000 Frankland Estate "Isolation Ridge" Shiraz FRANKLAND, GREAT SOUTHERN February Release Shiraz   2000 Brokenwood Shiraz MCLAREN VALE/PADTHAWAY February Release Case Size: 12/750ml Shiraz   2000 Mount Horrocks Cabernet Merlot WATERVALE, CLARE VALLEY October Release Bordeaux Blends   2000 Craiglee Shiraz SUNBURY   Shiraz   2000 Elderton Merlot NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA   Merlot   2000 Frankland Estate "Olmo's Reward" (Merlot/Franc+++) FRANKLAND, GREAT SOUTHERN October Release Bordeaux Blends   2000 Pikes Merlot CLARE VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA   Merlot   2000 Elderton "Friends" Shiraz BAROSSA VALLEY January Release Shiraz   2000 Elderton "CSM" (Cab/Shiraz/Merlot) NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Cabernet Sauvignon   2000 Primo Estate "Il Briccone" Shiraz Sangiovese ADELAIDE PLAINS   Shiraz   2000 Elderton "Ashmead" Cabernet Sauvignon NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY January Release Case Size: 6/750ml Cabernet Sauvignon   2000 Mount Horrocks Shiraz WATERVALE, CLARE VALLEY   Shiraz   2000 Elderton "Command" Shiraz NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY May Release Case Size: 6/750ml Shiraz   2000 Elderton Cabernet Sauvignon NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Cabernet Sauvignon   2000 Hewitson "L'Oizeau" Shiraz MCLAREN VALE/SOUTH AUSTRALIA May Release Case Size: 3/1.5L Shiraz   2000 Elderton "CSM" (Cab/Shiraz/Merlot) (1.5L) NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Case Size: 1/1.5L Bordeaux Blends   2000 Elderton "CSM" (Cab/Shiraz/Merlot) (3.0L) NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Case Size: 1/3.0L Bordeaux Blends   2000 Elderton "CSM" (Cab/Shiraz/Merlot) (6.0L) NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Case Size: 1/6.0L Bordeaux Blends   2000 Elderton "Ashmead" Cabernet Sauvignon (6.0L) NURIOOTPA, BAROSSA VALLEY/SOUTH AUSTRALIA January Release Case Size: 1/6.0L Cabernet Sauvignon

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