Now that I’m back from Australia, I’ve compiled the following small but quirky list of highs and lows:
Most Pleasant Surprise (Barrel Tasting Division): Pinot Noir from Brian Croser’s new Foggy Hill vineyard way down on the Fleurieu Peninsula, south …
Australian wine producer Brian Croser is pioneering Pinot Noir in South Australia to add to the highly-regarded Tapanappa range.
Croser, a Decanter Man of the Year and one of the most influential men in the Australian wine industry, has four …
Meaning ‘Stick to the path’ in aboriginal language, Tapanappa is a super-premium Australian label, launched by one of the great names of Australian winemaking, Brian Croser (left). Croser found fame as owner and winemaker at Petaluma, one of Australia’s icon …
The concept of Tapanappa is to make ultra-premium, terroir-specific wines from their South Australian vineyards. Tiers vineyard was selected for the Chardonnay because it “mirrors the southern end of the Côte de Beaune, where the great Montrachets are grown.” The …
Tapanappa (Australia) Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz 2004
Tapanappa’s Whalebone Vineyard of 30-year-old vines lies just north of Coonawarra in the Wrattonbully region. This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (70%), Shiraz (20%) and Cabernet Franc (10%) spends 18 months in all new …
Brian Croser has a 400-head (NB. should read 4000 head) sheep farm near Tunkalilla, way down on the Fleurieu Peninsula on the ocean (below McLaren Vale) where he has planted a few acres of Pinot Noir because it reminds him …
Later that day I proceeded to dinner with the same underlying message: there is never enough great wine and always too much mediocre product, the main virtue of which is its alcohol content. At the dinner the hosts were the …
Tapanappa 2004 Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz
5 stars, rating 95 points
A big wine with a lovely range of cabernet aromas, from mint and herbs to abundant dark fruit. It’s concentrated and lingering, powerfully built and here for the long …
Tapanappa 2004 Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz
With Bollinger, Lynch Bages and Brian Croser involved, you would expect something flash and it is. Reeking of fancy new wood, it’s a sophisticated but distinctly Australian cabernet shiraz with great length and persistence …
The renamed Wrattonbully area is showing great potential as a premium producer with its distinctive regional traits
Is there a serious wine drinker in the country who isn’t aware of Coonawarra’s terra rossa phenomenon? The region and its wines, and …
Tapanappa 2004 Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz: This complex and seamless red shows mulberry and blackberry fruit, with spice and licorice on the nose and palate and fine dusty tannins on the finish. Try it now with roast lamb or cellar …
Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard 2004 Cabernet Shiraz: …expensive at $100 but excellent.
Tapanappa Tiers Vineyard 2005 Chardonnay: ..scarce but superb……
Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard 2004 Cabernet Shiraz included on the list of the best events, interviews, films, food, wine and books for 2006 in Brisbane, saying:
“With its taut structure, this wine ($75) is the best Australian red released this year. …
Brian Croser has unveiled two rippers under his newly created Tapanappa label: 2004 Whalebone Vineyard Cabernet Shiraz and 2005 Tiers Vineyard Chardonnay.…
Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard 2004 Cabernet Sauvignon.
A very well made red with elements of cassis and spice. There is also a touch of leafiness. Well integrated oak rounds out a very harmoniously composed blend.…
In last week’s column we looked at the emergence of Wrattonbully, Coonawarra’s neighbour on South Australia’s Limestone Coast, and of Brian Croser’s acquisition in 2003 of the pioneering Koppamurra vineyard, established in 1974.
It was the first acquisition by Tapanappa …
The other wine released under the Tapanappa label (see previous review of the 2005 Chardonnay) is a blend of 70% cabernet, 20% shiraz and 10% cabernet franc. The fruit is sourced from a vineyard planted in 1974 in Wrattonbully (north …
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