Thomas Girgensohn's Australian Wine Reviews - and Beyond

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

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Grace Wines Tasting, Part 1

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 Grace Wines is a Japanese family business which celebrates 100 years this year. I had an opportunity to taste the full range with Ayana Mis...
Saturday, March 25, 2023

Two Traditional, Disappointing White Wines

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 Remember buttery Chardonnays? White wine is quite susceptible to different winemaking techniques. I recently tasted two mainstream varietie...
Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Cape Mentelle Trinders Cabernet Merlot

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  Trinders is the second or maybe third level of red wines at Cape Mentelle. Therefore, when the 2017 Cape Mentelle Trinders Cabernet Merlot...
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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Chartron et Trébuchet Pouilly-Fuissé

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 When people think of White Burgundy, they mostly think of the Montrachet and Meursault subregions. However, prices of these wines have incr...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Two excellent American Pinot Noirs

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 When it comes to American Pinot Noir, it is safest to avoid the 2019 and 2020 vintages. 2019 was very small, and 2020 affected by wildfires...
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Sunday, February 26, 2023

Portuguese White Wine

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 Portuguese white wine is not something you come across every day. Recently I had the opportunity to taste five high quality Portuguese whit...
Saturday, February 18, 2023

After Five Wine Co. Aglianico

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 I am continuing with my exploration of less mainstream varieties. Aglianico is a highly regarded grape variety of Southern Italy, mainly gr...
Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Ferdinando Principiano Langhe Nebbiolo

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 Langhe Nebbiolo is a wine made from the Nebbiolo grape which does not meet the strict criteria of Barbaresco or Barolo denomination. There ...
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Monday, February 13, 2023

Envinate Taganan Tinto

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 I am currently keen to explore wines I have not tried before, as evidenced by the last few posts. Today, I am going to Tenerife, the Spanis...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Unico Zelo New Releases

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 Unico Zelo is my favourite producer of natural wines next to Gentle Folks. It also has a very strong environmental bend and co-operative fo...
Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Thymiopoulos Xinomavro Young Vines

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 Wines from Greece have not achieved the same level of general acceptance as, say, wines from France, Germany, Italy, or Spain, despite its ...
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Friday, January 27, 2023

Coriole Fiano

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 I am not very experienced with Fiano. This 2022 Coriole Fiano is as bland as its label. It starts with good fruit purity and flavours of gr...
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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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