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2015 to Current
Bent Creek Vineyards
5 STARS JAMES HALLIDAY Wine Companion 2016
TOP 10 Best New Wineries in Australia, James Halliday Wine Companion 2016
James Halliday’s best selling and definitive guide to Australian wine – the “Halliday Wine Companion” was established in 1986 and is keenly anticipated each year by wine makers and wine lovers alike. It is nationally recognised industry benchmark.
Being awarded “Top Ten Best New Wineries 2016” along with a 5 star rating, meant At Bent Creek Vineyards, our dream of making the best possible wine, gained us national recognition.
2010 Bent Creek Reserve Shiraz
95 Points, James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
Bent Creek regards this vintage as the best since ’02, and indeed it produced many elegant wines; this cannot be classed as elegant, but it shrugs off the alcohol warmth that destroys many wines with this alcohol level; the still-vivid colour suggests a surprisingly low pH may be the saviour, for as well as being fresh, the wine has very good varietal fruit.
Top Cellaring Selection 2015
90 Points, Campbell Mattinson, Winefront Feb 2015
They built their reds big at Bent Creek in McLaren Vale. That said, this wine does accommodate its alcohol (15.4%) pretty well. It’s a dark, coffee, tarry wine, ripped with muscular tannin and grainy baked earth notes. Alcohol is well tucked in, generally, but does offer a brandied breathiness to the finish.
Drink 2016 – 2030
2012 Bent Creek Reserve Shiraz
95 Points, James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
Not a whopper as you might expect, though it does lay down flavour a plenty. Coffee, rounds of blackberry, scorched plums and peppercorns. It’s characterised as much by its density; its taut, trim and, accordingly, impressive.
2012 Bent Creek The Nude Shiraz
91 Points, James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
94 Points, Winefront, Mike Bennie, March 2015
For a wine touting the word ‘nude’ (love it!) there’s brand new and one year old American oak adding some clothing to the old vine (70-year-old) shiraz fruit here. It’s been a while since I’ve dived into a ‘super premium’-scaled shiraz in all American oak, especially set to an approximate 15% alcohol. Nostalgia, in a way.
There’s good balance in this wine. The oak is prominent, nougat and vanilla, a touch toasty, but the thick belt of dark, peppery, ripe, potent black fruit is up to the task. Slippery flow of tannins gives a casing for slurpy, full-throttle fruit flavour and a long, slow chew of chalky pucker. It’s a wine that opened and opened and opened showing its mettle and thrust as it grew in the glass. If it’s full bore you’re after, this is pretty impressive.
Drink 2015 – 2027
2012 Bos Provincia Tempranillo
93 Points, Mike Bennie, Winefront, March 2015
93 Points Wine Business magazine Trade, May 2015
Perfume of pepper, cola, leather and sweet spice. Has a slippery lovely flow of flavour, set to gentle sweetness. Finished with a tight tug of tannin and crisp acidity. Medium bodied, lengthy and with good anchors into the variety set between ‘Joven’ and more ‘reserve’ feeling styles.
2013 Bos Provincia Pinot Gris – Piccadilly Valley
92 Points, James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
92 Points Winefront, May 2015
Has it all, really. Spice, nuttiness, honey, pear. Good scents that anchor you straight into the variety, but not overwhelming as some gris can. Light to medium weight, gentle curves of oily texture, finishes with a good-bitter twist. More of the pear lingers in flavour, it coats the palate a bit. Balance, freshness, good form.
Drink now
2014 Bent Creek Sauvignon Blanc
91 Points James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
Top 100 New Releases Wine Companion Magazine April 2015
From a single vineyard in the Piccadilly district. The density of the aromas and flavours reflect the low yield; an attractive, savoury Sauvignon Blanc with cut grass, green capsicum and snow pea flavours akin to some Margaret River Sauvignon Blancs or SBS, and definitely food-friendly.
Extraordinary Value Wines, James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
90 Points, Winefront, Campbell Mattinson
Excellent intensity and freshness. Apple and tropical fruit with a grassy, slatey edge. Fruit flavour hits the mark but it’s then racy through the finish. Good drinking.
2013 Black Dog Shiraz
91 Points, James Halliday, Wine Companion 2016
90 Points, Wine Business Magazine Trade, Mike Bennie, April 2015
2010 to 2014
2014 Bent Creek Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc
91 Points James Halliday, Wine Companion, March 2015 90 Points, Winefront, Campbell Mattinson, February 2015
2013 Bent Creek Black Dog Shiraz
90 Points, Wine Business Magazine, April 2015 89+ Points, Winefront, Campbell Mattinson, February 2015
2012 Bent Creek ‘The Nude’ Shiraz
94 Points, Winefront, Mike Bennie, February 2015
Bent Creek 2010 Limited Release ‘Reserve’ Shiraz
91 Points, Wine Business Magazine, April 2015 90 Points, Winefront, Campbell Mattinson, February 2015
1999 to 2009
2008 Bent Creek Black Dog Shiraz
92 Points, James Halliday 2010 Wine Companion.
2010 Bent Creek Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc
92 Points, The Advertiser Newspaper TOP 100 Wines in 2010.
