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SHARE this now with grilled beef ribs, duck or game dishes, or enjoy even more- so up to 20 years down the track ONE TO NOTE David Ellis EDEN HALL did the right thing with their 2013 Block 4 Eden Valley Shiraz that they released only late last year, giving the wine nearly two years in French oak and more than another year in bottle before that release. That cellaring's made it a very rewarding drop with a subtle nose of spice, white pepper and chocolate, and out of the glass fills the mouth…

IT'S $100 a bottle and recommended best for drinking in 2055 – whether you can wait 40 years is up to you. COULD YOU PAY $100 AND WAIT 40 YEARS? David Ellis ITS $100 a bottle now, best recommended drinking time is 40 years away in 2055 – yet already it's garnered enough local and international awards and accolades to fill all of this column, leaving us no space to talk about the wine itself. We're writing of the Katnook Prodigy Shiraz 2010 from a vintage lauded as one of the finest on record…

A GRILLED seafood platter would be an ideal match with this well-priced $13 drop from the Master of Semillon. ONE TO NOTE: WE'VE long sung the praises of Neil McGuigan as the Master of Semillon in the Hunter Valley, a region itself renowned as amongst the world's finest for production of this easy-drinking varietal. And while he's done it again with his 2014 McGuigan Bin Series 9000 Semillon, it wasn't all plain-sailing: dry and cool conditions began the growing season, followed by an…

FROM vines whose history can be traced back to 1088. Wc19Mar12 David Ellis PROFESSOR Robert Lusby is a vascular surgeon with a love of winemaking on the side, and with winemaker son James comes up with some great – and rewarding – surprises from the family's small Tintilla Estate in the Hunter Valley. One such is their just-released 2010 Tintilla Four Marys Pinot Noir, so-named after the four Marys in Bob Lusby's life: his mother, an aunt, his sister and his wife are all named Mary Lusby…