Dinner: Top Wineries of Australia 2023 (Melbourne)

Tuesday, Jun 6 @ 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm AEST

$249

Experience some of the top wines produced by The Real Review Top Wineries of Australia 2023 with Huon Hooke as your guide, who will be in conversation with Good Weekend senior writer Konrad Marshall. Enjoy a selection of wines chosen to pair with a specially curated menu, created by the chefs of Prince Dining Room (St Kilda, Melbourne).

The Top Wineries of Australia 2023 were announced by The Real Review on Friday, 7th of April, and published by the Good Weekend magazine on Saturday, 8th of April.

As part of the celebration of the Top Wineries of Australia 2023, The Real Review is hosting:

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Tuesday, Jun 6 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (Australia/Sydney)

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Prince Dining Room

2 Acland St
St Kilda, Victoria 3182 Australia + Google Map

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Bracket One

3
96

5/5
97/100

Deviation Road Beltana Blanc de Blancs Vintage Sparkling 2016

#1 of 34 2016 Sparkling blanc de blancs from Australia
Top Value AU

Lovely complex toasted bread, seaspray/mineral and fruit aromas including peach and mango. Superb palate flavour, richness and refinement together, precision balance and a clean and appetisingly dry finish. (From the estate vineyard in Carey Gully, disgorged in August 2022 after six years on lees. No oak. Dosage: 3 grams per litre.)

5/5
97/100
Drink 2022–2028 18 Oct 2022 Huon Hooke

AUD 105
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Bracket Two

2
95.1

5/5
95/100

Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon 2022

#1 of 33 2022 Semillon from Hunter
Top Value AU

Light bright yellow hue with a very fresh and expressive aroma of lemon juice and small white flowers such as gardenia. This has a lovely fragrance, and is remarkably accessible in its extreme youth. Great delicacy and refinement on palate. Dry balance, soft texture. It's a delicious drink right now, a far cry from the austere young cellaring semillons of the distant past. But no doubt it will also age superbly.

5/5
95/100
Drink 2022–2032 23 Jun 2022 Huon Hooke

AUD 55
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1
92.1

5/5
95/100

Hahndorf Hill Winery GRU Grüner Veltliner 2022

#1 of 19 2022 Grüner Veltliner from Australia
Top Value AU

Lifted aromas of cucumber, lemon juice, bath salts and green melon, really fragrant and pretty. The palate is textured and crunchy, citrus, melon, just-ripe stone fruit and spice. There's real texture, mouthfeel and length here. Delicious

5/5
95/100
Drink 2023–2030 17 Dec 2022 Aaron Brasher

AUD 32
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91.4

5/5
95/100

Knappstein Wines Ackland Vineyard Riesling 2022

#11 of 67 2022 Riesling from Clare Valley
Top Value AU

Notes of wattle and lime juice lead into a pithy palate dominated by tangy citrus tones of lemon, lime and mandarin with a saline minerality. The acidity is thirst quenching on this delicately composed wine. This is beautifully balanced with crystalline precision.

5/5
95/100
Drink 2023–2028 20 Jan 2023 Gabrielle Poy

AUD 30
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Bracket Three

5/5
95/100

McHenry Hohnen Laterite Hills Chardonnay 2021

#10 of 91 2021 Chardonnay from Margaret River
Top Value AU

Pale straw, bright and really youthful in the glass. Fragrant, pretty and lifted aromas of lemon pith, bath salts, citrus blossom and wet slate. Fine, delicate and pin-point on the palate, mouth-wateringly citrusy, juicy, mineral, pithy with lip smacking crunchy acidity. This is a class act and has a long life ahead of it.

5/5
95/100
Drink 2023–2033 19 Jan 2023 Aaron Brasher

AUD 45
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2
94.3

5/5
95/100

Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2020

#7 of 55 2020 Chardonnay from Yarra Valley
Top Value AU

Reserved melon and herb aromas, quartzy minerality, nectarine and lemon, clean and fresh and bright, and no sulfides; oak very subtle and harmonious. Taut and intense in the mouth, with straightforward but deep flavour, which will no doubt build more complexity in time. This is reserved and really bound up with potential. A great one to cellar for a few years.

5/5
95/100
Drink 2023–2034 11 Mar 2022 Huon Hooke

AUD 130
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Bracket Four

5/5
98/100

Oakridge 864 Single Block Release Henk Vineyard Aqueduct Block Pinot Noir 2021

#1 of 65 2021 Pinot Noir from Yarra Valley
Top Value AU

Good depth of colour with a bright tint of purple in the meniscus; the bouquet is charming and complex, multi-layered and arresting, leading with fivespice and smoky bacon, a background of sotto voce fruits and flowers. The flavour is likewise multi-faceted and absorbing in its detail. Medium-full bodied and very satisfying, the balance and precision of the palate structure are notable, as is the purity of its line. An outstanding pinot, refined and long, with a super-seductive texture. It's a fraction more powerful and more detailed than the regular Henk. (Aqueduct Block, Henk Vineyard, Woori Yallock at 225m altitude. 20% whole bunches. MV6 clone)

5/5
98/100
Drink 2022–2033 10 Dec 2022 Huon Hooke

AUD 96
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5/5
97/100

Eisenstone McDonald Vineyard Marananga SV904 Shiraz 2020

#6 of 130 2020 Shiraz from Barossa Valley
Top Value AU

Deep, dark and very bright purple-red colour, with a lovely detailed aroma of chocolate and herbs, both fresh and dried; floral nuances and red fruits, hints of spices and the palate is very full-bodied and generous with lashings of supple tannins, all in harmony with the great depth of fruit. A complex wine already: it will be great to see it a few years down the track.

5/5
97/100
Drink 2022–2042 03 Aug 2022 Huon Hooke

AUD 115
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5/5
97/100

Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

#2 of 58 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon from Margaret River
Top Value AU

Deep, bright and youthful red-purple colour; the bouquet is essence of cabernet—cassis, violet and mulberry leap from the glass, a hint of nori, while oak treatment is subtle and has been well suited to the style of fruit. Full body, ample soft/fine tannins and superior length. An impressive mouthful of fair dinkum cabernet.

5/5
97/100
Drink 2023–2043 05 Feb 2023 Huon Hooke

AUD 110
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Bracket Five

5/5
98/100

By Farr RP Côte Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016

#1 of 26 2016 Pinot Noir from Geelong
Top Value AU

Medium ruby colour with tinges of purple and brick. The bouquet is superbly fragrant, high-toned and beautifully aromatic, with a lot of stemmy aromas among its great complexity. It shows some development now, adding up to splendid character. The wine is medium to full-bodied and chock-a-block with fragrant herbs and red fruits - raspberry, red cherry and redcurrant, with extraordinary intensity and great clarity. It's succulently fruit-sweet in the mid-palate and very intense, finishing with well-judged soft, fine tannins and a clean, supple-textured aftertaste. A glorious pinot

5/5
98/100
Drink 2019–2029 06 Jul 2019 Huon Hooke

AUD 119
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5/5
95/100

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2018

Bright and youthful in the glass. Complex aromas of cedar, tobacco, blackcurrant, dark cherry, bramble and spice. Lovely, pure and precise on the palate, mid to full-bodied, long, layered and complex. Plenty of red and dark fruits, textured tannins, cedar and crunchy acidity. Built for the long haul

5/5
95/100
Drink 2022–2037 08 Sep 2022 Aaron Brasher

AUD 90
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5/5
95/100

SubRosa Malakoff Estate Shiraz 2019

#1 of 15 2019 Shiraz from Pyrenees
Top Value AU

Deep colour and aromas of fresh-turned earth, plum, spices and overtones of graphite and ironstone. The wine is intense and focused, taut and precise on the tongue. Lovely wine of real concentration and focus, drive and elegance, the stony mineral theme running throughout. A ripping shiraz, great to drink now and has a bright future.

5/5
95/100
Drink 2022–2034 18 Dec 2022 Huon Hooke

AUD 48
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Prince Dining Room

Bracket One

Deviation Road Beltana Blanc de Blancs Vintage Sparkling 2016

Bracket Two

Mount Pleasant Lovedale Semillon 2022

Hahndorf Hill Winery GRU Grüner Veltliner 2022

Knappstein Wines Ackland Vineyard Riesling 2022

Bracket Three

McHenry Hohnen Laterite Hills Chardonnay 2021

Yering Station Reserve Chardonnay 2020

Bracket Four

Oakridge 864 Single Block Release Henk Vineyard Aqueduct Block Pinot Noir 2021

Eisenstone McDonald Vineyard Marananga SV904 Shiraz 2020

Xanadu Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Bracket Five

By Farr RP Côte Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016

Tapanappa Whalebone Vineyard Merlot Cabernet Franc 2018

SubRosa Malakoff Estate Shiraz 2019

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