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WINE: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc ... impressively juicy and full of lemongrass flavour. SEE FULL STORY Max Allen |
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GOOD DRINKING: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc This superb single-vineyard Adelaide Hills wine has a fine fragrance of doughy, lemony, cashew and gooseberry fruit and shows great intensity in the mouth. It has nicely concentrated fruit and finishes clean and dry but soft. SEE CLIPPING Huon Hooke |
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UNCORKED: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc Sauvignon blanc whites of the "gooseberry and cat's pee" variety don't go with food the way this elegant, crisp Adelaide Hills one will. Green-tinted pale straw in colour, the wine has grassy, pineapple-edged scents and shows fresh, vibrant honeydew melon and kiwifruit flavours on the front of the palate. There is restrained spice on the middle palate and dry slatey acid on the finish. SEE CLIPPING John Lewis |
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TASTE: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc Aldgate's first attempt at this variety lives up to the Adelaide Hills' reputation of producing top-class sauvignon blanc. It is fresh and crisp with terrific tropical fruit flavours on the nose and palate. SEE FULL STORY Kerry Skinner |
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DROP OF THE WEEK: Aldgate Ridge 2001 Pinot Noir ... this latest vintage is smooth drinking, has superb tannin structure and is loaded with plums, cherries and Christmas cake flavours. SEE FULL STORY Kerry Skinner |
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UNCORKED: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc Adelaide Hills sauvignon blanc might consistently be Australia's best. This example has piercing varietal character. There are hints of fruit salad and gooseberry on the nose, and the palate starts off smoother than some, then a tart, lip-smacking flavour finishes it off, Four stars. SEE CLIPPING Ralph Kyte-Powell |
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TOP SHELF: Aldgate Ridge 2001 Pinot Noir If you enjoy great pinot noir try this. This is crafted like the great reds of France's Burgundy, spiritual home of pinot. SEE CLIPPING Jeff Collerson |
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ON THE NOSE: Aldgate Ridge 2001 Pinot Noir This great pinot from the Adelaide Hills was new to me. It is wonderful on the nose and has layer upon layer of flavour, and a touch of spiciness. SEE FULL STORY Jeff Gordon |
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ON THE GRAPEVINE: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc They hand-picked the fruit to retain its intrinsic freshness and vivacity, and crafted a wine that has excellent balance between the tropical fruit flavours for which the Adelaide Hills sauvignon blancs are renowned, and characteristic greens that sometimes dominate the variety from other regions. SEE FULL STORY David Ellis |
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FROST ON THE VINE: Aldgate Ridge 2001 Pinot Noir This Adelaide Hills pinot shows black cherry fruit with some gamey characters, a touch of toasty oak and silky tannins on a savoury palate. Try it with duck or tuck away for a few years to gain further complexity. SEE CLIPPING Mike Frost |
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GOOD WINE: Aldgate Ridge 2001 Pinot Noir The first words to come to mind after sipping the 2001 were powerful and totally mouth-filling. The palate is intensely filled with savoury red cherries and violets plus layers of spicy cedar and earthiness. The wine has excellent length and texture and is supported by silky tannins. A superb food wine. SEE FULL STORY Graeme Andrews |
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GOOD WINE: Aldgate Ridge 2003 Sauvignon Blanc The result is a crisp, fresh white wine that has an excellent palate weight along with the variety's hallmark pungent aromatics plus loads of tropical fruit flavours. SEE FULL STORY Graeme Andrews |
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WINE: Aldgate Ridge 2001 Pinot Noir The result is a crisp, fresh white wine that has an excellent palate weight along with the variety's hallmark pungent aromatics plus loads of tropical fruit flavours. SEE CLIPPING Ross Noble |
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UNCORKED: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir This pinot noir is a class act. It is dark cherry red and has forest floor fruit aromas. Lively cherry and strawberry flavours come through on the front of the palate. Spicy, smoky characters chime in on the middle palate and velvet-smooth fruit and minty tannins combine at the finish. SEE FULL STORY John Lewis |
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THE WORLD OF WINE: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir Subtle, complex and unbelievably elegant ... SEE FULL STORY Dorian Wild |
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CURRENTLY DIVINE: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir The prospect of finding an Aussie pinot that resembles a Burgundy is something that exclites a lot of people, myself included. And I'm excited by the Aldgate ... A deeply coloured wine with juicy cherry-red berry, farmyard, undergrowth and smoky oak aromas took me straight to the southern exit from Beaune and into Pommard and further on Volnay. SEE FULL STORY James Boddington |
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WINE: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir ... combining a fragrant black cherry bouquet with a much denser, though still velvety, palate SEE FULL STORY Ian Daebeler |
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WINE: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir It has a fragrant, black cherry bouquet, leading to a dense, quite velvety palate that opens the eyes wide with an involuntary "wow". An incredible wine that will live in my memory until I am fortunate enough to open another bottle. Outstanding! SEE FULL STORY Warwick Randall |
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WINELIST: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir Their splendidly elegant 1999 Aldgate Ridge Pinot Noir provides evidence that it was the perfect position. SEE FULL STORY John Fordham |
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DROP OF THE WEEK: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir The bouquet reveals black cherries with subdued spices and oak. Lots of rich plum fruit flavours on the palate. A smooth drinking, quality drop from master winemaker David Powell. SEE FULL STORY Kerry Skinner |
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ON THE SHELF: Aldgate Ridge 1999 Pinot Noir It appears that the wine has benefitted by gaining depth and complexity, with cherry to the fore from the nose through to the palate. SEE FULL STORY Mike Burnett |