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Erin Larkin
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Erin Larkin is the reviewer of Australian and New Zealand wines for Robert Parker Wine Advocate, and is based in Perth, Western Australia. Prior to The Wine Advocate, Erin was reviewer of Western Australian, and many South Australian regions (Coonawarra, Clare Valley, Limestone Coast and others) for the James Halliday Wine Companion.
This channel is an opportunity to present the wines I like the most. I interview winemakers, visit wine regions, taste premium, rare and hard-to-get wines, including older bottles, but I also look through value-for-money and delicious mid-week drinking wines. It's all wine, and I'm here for all of it.
Worth noting that any reviews you read on the Wine Advocate, my socials ( erinllarkin), this channel and my website (www.erinlarkin.com.au) are never paid for by wineries or anyone else, they are my opinions and mine only. If you try the wines I recommend and you like them - good - because so do I."
www.erinlarkin.com.au
This channel is an opportunity to present the wines I like the most. I interview winemakers, visit wine regions, taste premium, rare and hard-to-get wines, including older bottles, but I also look through value-for-money and delicious mid-week drinking wines. It's all wine, and I'm here for all of it.
Worth noting that any reviews you read on the Wine Advocate, my socials ( erinllarkin), this channel and my website (www.erinlarkin.com.au) are never paid for by wineries or anyone else, they are my opinions and mine only. If you try the wines I recommend and you like them - good - because so do I."
www.erinlarkin.com.au
Giaconda's Sensational Follow-On
I don't make a habit of awarding wines 100 points. In fact, I've only ever done it twice in my professional career: once, to the 2021 Giaconda Chardonnay. In this video I look at the 2022 Chardonnay in real time - it's high stakes - IE I had not tasted these wine either from bottle or barrel prior to opening here on camera. I did this so we could discuss the wine as it unfolded. It's more exciting that way ;)
On the bench are the 2022 Estate Roussanne (the inaugural release), and the two Estate reds - the Shiraz and the Nebbiolo. They predictably evaporated on the morning of release to the mailing list, but I bet you've all received yours by now. Have you tasted any of these wines, yet? I...
On the bench are the 2022 Estate Roussanne (the inaugural release), and the two Estate reds - the Shiraz and the Nebbiolo. They predictably evaporated on the morning of release to the mailing list, but I bet you've all received yours by now. Have you tasted any of these wines, yet? I...
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Standish 2022: A Perfect Vintage
Просмотров 10 тыс.3 месяца назад
The 2022 season in Barossa was an impressive follow on from the excellent 2021 vintage, and the wines so far have shown themselves to be balanced, long and harmonious. In the context of the Standish wines, I have never seen them looking better on release. While previous seasons have here and there surpassed my lofty expectations of greatness form this producer (CC: 2021 Schubert's Theorem), the...
Fraser Gallop: Palladian Chardonnay 2022 - 2017
Просмотров 2,4 тыс.9 месяцев назад
In this video, I delve into a vertical of Chardonnay from Fraser Gallop in Wilyabrup, in Margaret River. The wines are an eloquent window into the seasons, and this is what I am most focused on discussing in this video. The constant is the vineyard, 100% Gingin clone, 100% new oak, same winemaker Clive Otto... so what we get then, is some very clear insight into how these wines performed in the...
What do Wine Writers DO With The Extra Bottles
Просмотров 4,5 тыс.10 месяцев назад
I taste wines every day as a part of my job. It's a great job, but it's also a logistical challenge to get rid of the bottles - the glass and the boxes are too much for the home recycling bin SO what do I do with the wines once I've tasted them? These are some highlights of a report I am working on - 0:00 - Intro 2:15 - 2022 Dormilona Clayface Chardonnay, Margaret River 3:27 - 2021 Xanadu reser...
Kumeu River Chardonnays: 2022 in the Spotlight
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.11 месяцев назад
Kumeu River is one of New Zealand's most famous and lusted after Chardonnay producers, and today I am looking at the 2022 release. A few points of fact before we go on: 1) the 'glossy phenolics' that I speak of is likely due to the cooper choice: Seguin Moreau (30% new), 2) Maté's Vineyard is pronounced 'Mate' (m8) in the video - I am Australian, it is almost impossible to see the word and not ...
Sami Odi Hoffmann Dallwitz Syrah 2021 - 2017
Просмотров 4,2 тыс.Год назад
In this video I'm doing something different - I am drinking your wines! These bottles were kindly delivered to me by Mick S (one of you!) with the request that I do a video on them. How could I resist an offer like that. So, today I am looking at the great wines of Sami-Odi in the Barossa Valley. In particular, I am delving into the Hoffmann Dallwitz vineyard Syrah with a little vertical: 2021,...
Eye of Ra: Confirming or Challenging Old School?
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.Год назад
The 2018 vintage was one of my favourites in the Barossa, and in this video I open Ben Glaetzer's Eye of Ra Shiraz, from this excellent vintage. This is a quick, four minute wrap of this wine, and details why I believe it's a superstar. Expensive, granted, but brilliant. (Incidentally - I held off publishing due to feedback that the wines I am reviewing are too expensive - but this one is a rip...
Wendouree 2021: What More Could You Want
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
The Wendouree annual release is an exciting time for wine lovers, as it heralds another tranche of beautiful wines in the cellar, and marks the start of new drinking opportunities. In the video I open the recently arrived 2021 reds and discuss each of their personalities and attributes, through the lens of the sensational, classical, 2021 season. - 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - 2021 Vintage in Clare Vall...
Burgundy with Dr William Kelley
Просмотров 4,9 тыс.Год назад
In this video, William Kelley (Reviewer of Burgundy, Champagne, Bordeaux, Chablis and Beaujolais for @RobertParkerWineAdvocate ) and I pull over in Puligny-Montrachet to flesh out some of the things we had been chatting about in our drive through the region. William's prodigious knowledge extends beyond the wines of the region, and we touch here on winemaking, soils, trellising, fighter jets, c...
Alkina: Dirt, Terroir + Grapes. The New Barossa Grenache
Просмотров 3,1 тыс.Год назад
The Barossa Valley in South Australia is Australia's most well-recognised region. It has been historically known for ultra-ripe, intense, Shiraz and is a significant part of why Australian wine is known outside of Australia. Scoot forward to 2023, and we know so much more detail and have so much more data to support the diversity of terroirs within the Barossa Zone (Eden Valley Barossa Valley),...
2021 Standish Shiraz Release: Goldilocks
Просмотров 7 тыс.Год назад
"And then she went to the porridge of the little, small wee bear, and tasted that. And that was neither too hot nor too cold, but just right; and she liked it so well, that she ate it all up." - Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1837), Robert Southey The Standish release in early May (May 2, 2023) is eagerly anticipated each year (not just by me!). Stylistically, the wines achieve something that ...
Tyrrell's Sacred Site Shiraz: Old Vines 1867 - 1908
Просмотров 3,2 тыс.Год назад
The Tyrrell's Sacred Site reds are either regaled with awe, or not even featuring as a blip on the radar. They rarely occupy space in the middle. Available via the Tyrrell's member allocation list, and very cheap for the high quality that they are. Four Shiraz (Syrah, for those not in Australia) wines, from four vineyard sites in the Hunter Valley, each made in a very similar manner (handpicked...
Tyrrell's Hunter Valley Semillon: Why It's So Good. 2022 - 1998
Просмотров 3,7 тыс.Год назад
As a follow on from my last Hunter Valley Semillon video (link below), I dive deep here into seven vintages of Tyrrell's Vat 1 Semillon: undoubtedly one of Australia's greatest contributions to the global world of table wine Semillon. Spanning 2022 - 1998, I discuss how the flavours morph and evolve over years in bottle, and just what it is that makes them so special. [ The bottles were in imma...
The wines that made Australia famous. Seven new vintages
Просмотров 19 тыс.Год назад
Sure. It's cool to drink a bottle of great wine, but you never can get a true grip on 'how' good it was unless you have another bottle for context. Better than one other bottle, is two, or heck - a whole flight. Here, John Jens (aka JJ) and I open seven great Shiraz from Australia to see not just how the vintages are tracking post-release, but to see how their differences stack up on the table....
How Wine Scoring Works
Просмотров 4 тыс.Год назад
Scoring can be a complex business. As drinkers, we have so many things to consider when we see a score against a wine. Who gave it? What variety is it? Where is it from? How much is it? In this video, I break down the 100pt scale (something I find myself doing frequently in response to the ol’ ‘but you only use the top 20% of numbers, in any other world, 50% is a pass’), explain the internal co...
Hunter Valley Semillon: Singular + Scintillating = Sexy
Просмотров 3,6 тыс.Год назад
Hunter Valley Semillon: Singular Scintillating = Sexy
Aussie Sparkling: What's All The Fizz About?
Просмотров 4,9 тыс.Год назад
Aussie Sparkling: What's All The Fizz About?
Australian Chardonnay: The Greatest Value Chardonnay in the New World
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Australian Chardonnay: The Greatest Value Chardonnay in the New World
Inside the Greatest Wine Week of My Life
Просмотров 4,7 тыс.Год назад
Inside the Greatest Wine Week of My Life
Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier - An Australian Icon
Просмотров 4,9 тыс.Год назад
Clonakilla Shiraz Viognier - An Australian Icon
Giaconda Chardonnay: Does it rival the old world?
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
Giaconda Chardonnay: Does it rival the old world?
Australian Shiraz Viognier - How does it COMPARE to Northern Rhone?
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
Australian Shiraz Viognier - How does it COMPARE to Northern Rhone?
2018 Margaret River Cabernet: Worth the HYPE?
Просмотров 16 тыс.Год назад
2018 Margaret River Cabernet: Worth the HYPE?
Margaret River: Five Chardonnays you have to try
Просмотров 4 тыс.Год назад
Margaret River: Five Chardonnays you have to try
5 in 5: Clare + Eden Valley Rieslings
Просмотров 2,7 тыс.Год назад
5 in 5: Clare Eden Valley Rieslings
You were both great
Would you consider decanting/fast decant/double decant the 2022 or 2017 to try to loosen up some of what's in there?
Awesome review, will you be doing the 2022 release?
Hi Erin, I constantly love your enthusiasm and technical knowledge on these and the other wines you review, you so much!
It’s 7 am here and you are making me thirsty for wine….
Hi Erin, Will you be doing any Penfolds 2024 review? 🤔
Hi Erin, what do you think of Aphelion ‘Wait’ Grenache 22? Thanks.
Great video @erinlarken :) Can you explain whole bunches and what is this in comparison to? Why do wine maker's choose bunches vs other options? And how does this contribute to the final product (nose and palette). Thanks!
Great video! I always have a question about decanting. If I do not have a decanter but I need the wine to be decanted fast, regardless of elegance and convention, can I just push back the cork/cap and have a big shake? 😂 I wonder if it might technically help to oxidise the wine thoroughly?
Terrific comantry, at last compentant, E xperienced, confident wine evaluaters , no nonence, no bull, what a releif so enjoyable to listen to. With sutch great volcabulary and enthusiasm I could almost tast the wines whilst watching , thank you both. My first encounter, but will now seek you out.
Top class wine communication Erin! Thanks so much.
Wendouree is the best value wine in this country....nothing compares to it
Great video as always. Your coverage of Standish annually has always been a highlight. Will advocate for the “video after release” camp. Allocations are tight enough! Even if I have the ability to buy a case or more of my favourite I’d rather not compete :)
I love your passion Erin! You’ve just earned the wine advocate a new subscriber. Keep making these videos please!
Absolutely delightful! Sublime as always, Giaconda is exceptional. How would you compare the wines from Giaconda and Savaterre? I’d love to hear your thoughts.
when I was drinking Kumeu River in the 80s (I went to school with Mate's son), they were doing malolactic. You didn't mention that. Are they no longer making buttery chardonnays?
Standish 2022 the Standish 50% whole bunch, cooler year, Greenock subregion of the Barossa, red not dark earth (Maranaga). Greenock Creek wines may have some recognition overseas? I see Marananga as offering power and rich wines, Greenock I see generally as being more about fruit, but this wine goes in the complete other direction. This wine is more about spices and mineral ores. My bitter soul gravitates to this wine of the four wines tonight (Standish 2022 The Relic, Clonal killer 2022 O'Riada, Frankland Estate 2020 Isolation Ridge Syrahare the others). For a start, I love cumin and fennel seed and these are strong notes on the nose and palate. Black pepper and Ancho Chili - that warm, spice and earth. There's some blood orange and ripe raspberry and some plum and a whole lot of charcuterie and smoke. Clearly worth an 'Outstanding' rating - (Uriah) heaps of intensity and length - Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer'. Mouth coating and dense and chewy. Complex. Some bitter tannins. But is this wine in all its parts equal to Neil Young's 'Cortez the Killer', or the even better 'Danger Bird'? Maybe. You have to be good with the style. This is mouth coating stuff. It is not Barossa fruit jam, but I am not sure that I don't find the weight oppressive: And like those memories the rain keeps pounding down, down, down.
Oh dear!
I'm in love
Wine is of course subjective and yet there is room for a difference of palate between Mr & Mrs Public and well educated professionals. Erin is one of the best assessors of wine I've ever seen. Complex yet clearly understandable and relatable descriptions. Though I'm curious why these magnificent Chardonnays are still deemed 'less than' the leading Grand Crus offerings?
Erin, I'm so glad to have discovered this channel. Over the last couple of years I've gone head first into wine and some of my favorite bottles have been Barossa and Clare Valley reds. I have a 2021 Clonakilla shiraz/viognier and I'm intrigued by your comments (here and in your RP notes) on its evolution and increased complexity over the course of a week. I don't want to wait 10 years to drink it. Should I open it a day or two before drinking? Or decant for multiple hours beforehand? What do you recommend? Thanks
The Plumm seem like great value. I haven’t handled one though.
I've got a bottle of the 2021. I've never tasted Clonakilla before. I wasn't sure how long to keep it, as I heard it was a difficult vintage. I'll open it in 2033; see what happens.
I’d open it next week and see if you like it, because your chances of replacing it are the best they’re ever going to be!
@@erinlarkin I've opened it and I like it! You owe me $135 for a replacement bottle! 😀I found a bottle shop that stocks it, so I'll buy another bottle next week.
@@erinlarkinI reckon 8-12 years will see it at its peak.
Wendouree is impossible to get outside Australia. So sad.
"Scratched citrus" ?? Please elaborate that term if you care to.
Scratch a lemon - the rind has oil in it and is more aromatically concentrated than lemon juice. Doesn’t have to be lemon, can be orange, mandarin… they had different notes but similar concentration
Question whether if you were drinking for yourself you'd be drinking the Chardonnay straight out of the bottle? Also, would the tasting and your comments be different if the wine had breathed a little. Thanks!
Good question. I would certainly drink it straight from the bottle (ie with a glass(!), without decanting), and my comments would evolve as the wine does. For critical review I must open and taste, and then write. With no further preparation than that. This is to ensure as much consistency between myself and the ‘average’ drinker as possible, and it is also a measure of consistency when tasting bottles of many different styles.
Great review as always Erin. I know their Chardy is the top echelon of Aussie Chardy’s.. but your descriptors had me dying to taste a glass so is there anything from WA that you would say compares stylistically to this that I could access?
The Giaconda Chardonnay is so distinctively reductive, that there are few Chardonnays that emulate it with as much success. WA doesn’t do reduction as well as it does fruit power… in my opinion. Wines like Vasse Felix Heytesbury with several years on it - say, 3-7 ideally, Pierro VR are both superb wines, although neither are reductive like Giaconda.
Your review of these wines are charming but over descriptive, reminding me of the first few weeks into a new personal relationship. It would be refreshing for wine critics to discuss less favourable aspects of a wine as to why they might warrant a lower score. Just a balanced view.
Well - I agree with you. However, I remain in the ‘honeymoon’ phase with this wine. To offer you less favourable aspects of the wine would be to fabricate things that I do not see. There are many other examples where I am ‘more balanced’ in my positive and negative observations - this is critical review. Yin and Yang. Thanks for watching, and for the frank commentary.
Erin good to see you being yourself when talking about wine
Geez Erin, don't suppose you live anywhere near Como... my wife and I would love to help you get rid of those pesky bottles! Love your channel!
Giaconda charddy is excellent, and their Pinot very good. Had a 2018 giaconda Nebbiolo last week and it was earthy-cherry-chocolate, and pretty good but not my taste - could appreciate it but ours went in a very nice stew.
I often cook with great wine 🍷
Hello Erin… many thanks for the time effort to prepare this (again) hi quality, entertaining video. If you have a moment would appreciate a clarification on your enjoyment of REDUCTIVE NOTES on the Rossanne and Chardonnay. (Here in US ???) that typically connotes: rotten egg, burnt matches/rubber, and/or garlic, onion. Is that what you meant… and liked?
Great review. Well done. You keep it real and deliver like a genuine fan of wine, which makes it enjoyable and easy to understand. Bravo 👏
Thanks 🙏 I am a fan of wine - helps me to stay engaged with my job!
Great to see you up again, hope to see more of you in the future. Never even heard of Giaconda so will try to find a bottle or to. Would have liked more details on cellaring capabilities. Thanks for everything you do.
@bertiewalker5140 it likely wont be easy to find... all sold out in 6 mins this year! but the cellaring capability is exceptional
Thanks Bertie. These wines cellar very well, although I’d say that since they went to screwcap for the whites, they are even better in time. Depends on the vintage and how it expresses, but I like to drink them at every age, usually (for me) in their first decade. But I’ve had many bottle looking great into the second decade, too.
No Warner vineyard Shiraz? epic winemaker, in the past I've quietly bought wine where he's been the contract winemaker ( easier on the wallet) and his second wines which are very reasonable
last two years releases have been called "beechworth shiraz" and blended from warner and estate vineyards. I suspect due to yields? but very good stuff!
Yes I agree fully. I was only reviewing here the Estate wines, but have bought the Nantua Chardonnay (as an example of a second wine) many times as a great ‘drink now’ option.
love watching your tastings Erin , it allows me to buy wines i would not know about
Thanks Stuart!
Hi Erin thanks to you I have just bought several bottles of this 2022 vintage^^ please keep up the reviews on those outstandish wines
Haha. Hope you enjoy them 🍷
Great information, thanks Erin❤
Really want to try these after seeing this - the lower alcohol also gives me confidence that everything will be in balance here and nothing will be overdone.
He manages balance even when the alcohols are higher… This producer particularly is a sure bet. Hard to get, though! Will do a video on the upcoming 2023 release in July.
This s $120 a bottle wine. Very serious wine.
I don’t think Singapore have cottoned on to the recent news. Got a case of Lamella 2022 for 130 a bottle today!
Good for you!
Great review Erin! Crossing my fingers you’ll review the 2023 vintage sacred sites!
Looking forward to that! I’m visiting Tyrrells in July, so might even do the video there 🙌🏼
Great work Erin. I always look forward to your Standish reviews each year. I particularly loved the way your were able to articulate your feelings towards the Lamella this year. You are a wordsmith! Great job. And on a side note, I have to add, that you know you've made it in life when you can review some of the best shiraz in the country comfortably in your pyjamas! That's awesome. Love it! 😀
Haha. The definition of success 😂
Bit of trivia Erin but Mates is pronounced Mar Tays, a tip to the Brajkovich's dalmatian heritage. Love the videos.
You’re right! I had to apologise to Michael B when I was over there 🙈 he took it exceptionally well - I don’t think I was the first!
Point up!
Thanks Erin, another awesome review.
Thanks very much - glad you enjoyed watching it!
Thanks Erin, Lamella just added to my basket ! :)
Like many, I bought these wines within minutes of getting the email from Dan. I have had such a wonderful experience with his wines that I will continue to do so. Immediately after ordering I went looking for your review on WA and also checked Halliday. I quite liked the fact that there was nothing there yet, I enjoy the sense of anticipation that creates. On a quality to price ratio, I think Standish is comfortably the #1 producer in the country. No one else does what he does at that price. I also think he is up there purely on the merits of what he produces. Loved the video, and how it supplements the notes, but next year let the people wait again.
Interestingly you’re not the first to say that… about letting people make up their own minds. I would hope that everyone feels the freedom to disagree with me, or any reviewer that you read. Wine is such a personal thing, all we can hope to do is share our thoughts. Thanks for watching 🙏
@@erinlarkin Part of it is selfish. I am going to buy the wines anyway, and I don’t want the competition reviews like this year’s bring. I agree with you about how personal wine is. I follow reviewers with a similar taste to me. For example, I prefer your notes on Chardonnay anyone else in Australia, because our preferences for that grape are so similar. For Shiraz you tend a little more towards the ethereal than me, so I take that into account when looking at your scores.
I was at Henschke today (tasted 8, bought Euphonium) and drove back past Dan's. I find we all have different preferences. Mine leans towards Marananga but I once tasted a Langmeil Pure Eden that was the closest to perfection since Kym Jenke's reserve shiraz. I try to wait to around 8 years old. I've tried The Relic but must try Schubert's Theorem.
We all do have different preferences, and for me, many of mine are mood related given I like most wines at one time or another! Thanks for watching 🙏
The little poppet is one of my fav whites. Do you get the jalapeno?
* oops - confused this for the Lil Seb. I haven't tried the Little Poppet. Will have to! Thanks for your content.
Thanks for watching! Also - I attribute the jalapeño to margs Semillon!
As promised this morning when i picked you up in the Uber i have watched the video and it has made me really want to taste these wines. Your insight and descriptions really bring out the best of these amazing wines. Thank you very much and i apologise for chatting so much so early this morning but enjoyed the verbal wine tasting lesson. hope your two events in Adelaide go well.
Thanks Rod. It was nice to be picked up by a friendly face, especially on the way to what has been an incredibly busy weekend. Thanks for watching the videos, and track down the wines if you can!