Clarendon Hills Astralis 2009 garnacha-blanco with 20% new French oak

with 20% new French oak used

pretty thing now

The 2019 Barbera d’Asti La Crena (with 10

plus a slew of spices and dried flowers

the palate freshens on a petillant tickle and a grassy tweak

Clarendon Hills Astralis 2009 garnacha-blanco with 20% new French oakMany Australians remain oblivious to the superb Reds that come out of a collection of old vine vineyards under the 'Clarendon Hills' label. Miniscule output and premium price tags are secondary to this vineyard's apparent alienation, which is actually a self imposed predicament that says more about owner winemaker, Roman Bratasiuk, a former biochemist for the Australian government. "Australians don't know what to do with my wines" he claims, "because