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Site title: Grape Observer Wine Review - Our purpose is to provide expert and unbiased wine reviews to help you enjoy better wine. Published by Sean Mitchell Dip WSET. Established 2009.

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This wine is from Château de Ferrand, a Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé and the 2021 vintage in Bordeaux. It’s quite a different style to the recently reviewed Château Corbin. This wine is more restrained, with brooding blackcurrant aromas.&n...


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This wine is from Château Corbin, a Saint Emilion Grand Cru Classé from the 2021 vintage in Bordeaux. There aren’t too many affordable Saint-Emilion grand cru classés on retail shelves, so this wine is a welcome find.  It has a primary fruited style, with aromas of plummy red fruit and a bubblegum character.  The latter is not intended as a criticism, but rather as ...


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From Marc Brédif, this is a good new release Vouvray from the 2024 vintage in the Loire Valley in France. It has typical chenin blanc aromas of apples and a little honey.  The palate is dry, but not quite so, as is also normally the case with Vouvray. There are restrained characters of lemon and wax, set to a high acid finish.  Drink this wine over the next 3 to 5 y...


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Cooks Lot are a small producer from the higher altitude Orange region in Australia, sourcing grapes from single vineyard parcels.  Their current release red wines are reviewed below.  While it is uncommon outside of Australia to find these three grape varieties adapted to a single region, the Orange region is adept at producing classical expressions of the tradition...


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Clonakilla, best known for their pioneering cool climate shiraz viognier homage to Côte Rotie in the Canberra region in Australia, produce a wonderful riesling.  This riesling is from the 2009 vintage and in perfect condition.  Even the label is perfect, stored in a low humidity environment and bottled under screwcap.  In the glass, the wine has developed wonde...


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