1/6West Cape Howe Mount Barker Book Ends Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, $30. Not sure if this is just clearly better than the 2016 version or my taste buds are, either way it's a good thing. 9.4/10. Picture: Simon Hughes
Max Crus: (Column No.1398)
Grape Expectations by Max Crus (Column No.1398)
2/6Scarborough Hunter Valley Gillards Road The Obsessive Chardonnay (Picked on 16th January) 2018, $40. Serious chardonnay and seriously sharp in both senses it matched the company perfectly, if not the host. 9.5/10. Picture: Simon Hughes
3/6MollyDooker McLaren Vale 'Two Left Feet' Shiraz Cabernet Merlot 2018 $30. Typically big in the Molly' mode (15.5%), only real men and real women will be brave enough to try this...in moderation of course as is the way of real men and women. 9.4/10. Picture: Simon Hughes
4/6Scarborough Wine Co. (Hunter Valley, Green Label) Semillon 2020, $20. Great wine with which to play darts, specially if you're winning, and when you're not, something to repair to in despair. 9.3/10. Picture: Simon Hughes
5/6West Cape Howe Mount Barker Two Steps Shiraz 2016, $30. Ideal wine for coalition types who think one step forward, two steps back is good energy policy or for those who prefer dancing to politics. 9.3/10. Picture: Simon Hughes
6/6MollyDooker McLaren Vale 'Summer of '69' (by Sarah) Early Picked Verdelho 2018, $25. That's a lot of grammar, punctuation and spacing to get right, not to mention getting the wine right, which, given it's verdelho, is not easy. But they get a pass. No distinction, but a pass, which is comparably pretty good. 8.8/10. Picture: Simon Hughes
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