Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

A blog of new and mature wine reviews for the discerning wine consumer

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Spinifex Dominion Shiraz

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 For most of us, it is not always possible to taste a wine before you buy it. You then often relate to the taste profile of a producer in ge...
Thursday, June 12, 2025

Penfolds The Max Schubert Cabernet Shiraz

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 Penfolds is essentially positioned as a premium wine brand. Lately, however, a number of one-off products were released where the pricing n...
Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Eisenstone Ebenezer Shiraz

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 When I visited Stephen Cook, the winemaker of the relatively new winery Eisenstone in the Barossa, I think it was in 2017 or 2018, my book ...
Monday, May 26, 2025

Shaw + Smith Lenswood Chardonnay

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 I talked recently about the high quality of value priced Australian Chardonnays. This is not where the current Australian Chardonnay story ...
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Sunday, May 18, 2025

Spinifex La Maline Shiraz

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The 2021 Spinifex La Maline is the successor of the 2018, but it arrives in a different reincarnation. It now comes from the Eden Valley (B...
Sunday, May 11, 2025

Devotus Pinot Noir

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 Martinborough is a small and very special place for making Pinot Noir. This is where Ata Rangi is located, as well as Dry River, Kusuda, an...
Friday, May 2, 2025

Moorooduc Shiraz

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 Moorooduc is best known for Pinot Noir. Some time ago they offered a six pack of some of their strong wines, which included a 2015 Mooroodu...
Friday, April 25, 2025

Larnook Grenache Gris

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  Here is another terrific value wine made from the seldom seen in Australia Grenache Gris grape. The 2024 Larnook Grenache Gris combines l...
Sunday, April 20, 2025

Miraval Rosé

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  In Asia, I enjoyed the Miraval Côtes de Provence Rosé , as did many others. The domaine and winery has a glamorous history. There is a rec...
Tuesday, April 15, 2025

Three Value Chardonnays

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 It is not a secret that the quality of moderately priced Australian Chardonnays has gone up dramatically in the last few years. They are no...
Monday, April 14, 2025

Cabernet's from Margaret River and Hawke's Bay

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  It was difficult to come to generalized conclusions in a recent comparison tasting of Cabernet's from Margaret River and Hawke's B...
Thursday, April 10, 2025

Woodlands 'Margaret' Cabernet Blend

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 The 'Margaret' Cabernet Blend comes from the estate block where these vines were planted in 1990. A couple of days ago I tasted the...
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I am a very interested amateur wine taster and drinker. I have collected wine since 1983 and hold a 1500 bottle wine collection of mainly red Australian wine, but also some wine from France, Italy and other countries. You can contact me on tgirgens@bigpond.net.au.
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