Bush Telegraph
Brini Estate
Old Bush Vine Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Grenache 2015
On opening an oaky honied note which settled down. A sweet and savoury palate showing spicy berries and ripe cherries - perfect with homemade pizza. Not a typical varietal Grenache but a good midweek dry red just the same. From a producer new to me recommended by the Sommelier at the Downs Club. The following night a meaty note - much more savoury than fruit driven - quite delicious. Don’t normally have bottles only 5 weeks apart but there you go. Had a bottle on 25th November 2022. Typical raspberry notes on nose and palate - a nice wine. — 4 years ago
Ken Forrester
The FMC Stellenbosch Chenin Blanc 2019
The 2019 FMC, which comes from pure Chenin Blanc bush vines planted in 1974, has a subtle, precise bouquet of white flowers, peach skin, kumquat and light apricot scents, very pretty and charming. The palate is well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. This builds in the mouth, fanning out wonderfully on the finish without losing an ounce of precision. Superb. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2021)
— 5 years ago
MAN Vintners
Tormentoso Bush Vine Coastal Pinotage 2013
Smooth, aromatic, fruity with notes of cherry, and stone fruit, dry oak finish, medium body, Ruby red color. Great wine. — 8 years ago
Eberle
Wine Bush Vineyard Steinbeck Vineyard Zinfandel 2015
Delicious zin — 8 years ago
Bellingham
The Bernard Series Limited Series Bush Vine Pinotage 2022
Vintage 2022 | Smell with piment, smoked bell pepper, morello cherries. Good structure with hints of bitterness, long aftertaste. — 4 months ago
Bosman Family Vineyards
Twyfeling Bush Vines Wellington Cinsault 2019
Super juicy berry taste. Really enjoyed it — 3 years ago
Eberle
Wine Bush, Steinbeck & Cocavin Vineyard Zinfandel 2019
Fruit forward, full bodied, delicious — 4 years ago
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
La Crau Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhone Blend
2016 Vintage Vieux Telegraph 375 ml - amazing Christmas spice plum fruit, sweet fruit , chocolate , Licorice , wish the abv was a bit lower but really nice — 7 years ago
Feudo Montoni
Vrucara Sicilia Nero d'Avola 2012
Apparently Tasting Note Tuesday
is now a thing (thanks for the heads up @Greg Ballington). That said, I’m still an advocate of everyday of the week, but I’ll participate nonetheless.
A wine such as this requires serious research. Fortunately Ian D’Agata’s notes in Vinous are indispensable: “Feudo Montoni’s greatest wine is the Nero d’Avola Vrucara, a single vineyard wine made from roughly 80-100 year-old vines that grow at 500 meters above sea level. Most of the vines are of pre-phylloxera origin, and are therefore ungrafted. The vineyard’s name derives from the Sicilian word vruca, a local herb that grows in the vineyards and exudes aromas of menthol and incense. The Vrucara vineyard is especially beautiful, a field of gnarly, very thick trunked and low-lying bush vines hugging the dark mainly clay soils (with a little loam and sand). Vinification is... very traditional... At its best, Vrucara is a benchmark Nero d’Avola, eschewing the vanilla notes of more modern interpretations of Nero d’Avolas, while offering multilayered violet, blueberry, macerated red cherries in alcohol, tar and spicy aromas and flavors, with a characteristic hint of eucalyptus and incense.”
The 2012 doesn’t veer off course. Benefits from an hour open, but a few would be ideal. A mashup of spiced cherry and blackberry is hard to miss, but the floral, earthen, and leather entanglement is the attraction here and clearly terroir driven. There’s a noticeable clay pot and smoked meat component which beautifully emphasizes how old world this wine really is. The oak treatment is evident, but the wine is also able to withstand a fair amount and still proudly carry its old world card. — 8 years ago
Robertson Winery
The Gooseberry Bush Colombard Sauvignon Blanc
Enjoyed on November 18, 2025. Smooth! — 7 months ago
Domaine A
Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
An excellent aged Cabernet to go with a Scotch Fillet at the local pub in Sorrento on Boxing Day night. Domaine A is living proof that Tasmania does get enough sunshine to ripen Cabernet Sauvignon. All the classic Cabernet descriptors - Cassis Tomato bush, and Tobacco leaf to the fore here. Medium weight with resolving tannins. — 3 years ago
Yangarra Estate
High Sands McLaren Vale Grenache 2017
Vingård planeter 1945. Bush vines. 17 var ett svalare år tydligen och vinet kändes något svalare än vad jag väntade mig. Fina komplexa doft- och smaklager. Mörka och ljusa bär, pastill, torkade citrusskal, blomjord. Bra längd. Först ut bland mina dyrare sommarviner. Värt 795 kr? Nja. — 5 years ago
Billecart-Salmon
Brut Rosé Champagne Chardonnay Blend
Just like the African Bush, don’t come to the Egyptian Desert without it.
Celebrating the ending of a great trip on the eve of our last day at The Old Cataract on the Nile River with one of our very favorite N/V Rosé Champange’s.
Photos of; the pano view of the Nile River from our terrace, Sofia holding our other 375ml bottle BSR we brought from the US, the lobby of the Old Cataract and the grounds of the Old Cataract Hotel.
9.3 on the Billecart-Salmon Rosé and a 9.9 on our trip! — 7 years ago
Lawrence Asrikin
Unusually complex for Grenache at this price range. Light and slightly savory. Notes of ginger, lemongrass, and pepper right after opening. Followed by mint and licorice after it opened up. — 2 months ago