As a young wine the 2017 Jim Barry Watervale Riesling won gold at two prestigious wine shows - Sydney and Adelaide. So popping a quality riesling into our cellaring prgramme didn't take much thinking about. After 5 years we have the pay-off. The wine still remains vivacious but is now filling out and displaying toasty, lemon butter notes, and a lime blossom nose. Other distinguishing features are the clarity of crystalline flavour and the softness of the acidity. Along the way there's a gentle phenolic note that adds textural interest. Drink now and over the next 2 years.

Jim Barry simply can't put a foot wrong! From Australia's home of the tight, pure and powerful Riesling - the Clare Valley - comes The Florita Riesling. Purity in a glass, this Riesling is a magnificent micro siet Riesling that shows aromas and flavours of lime dominated citrus married with stonefruit characters that lend itself to some amazing food matches. It's no wonder the Riesling revival is at last beginning to come to fruition.

Medium red with a purple hue in the glass, Jim Barry The Forger Shiraz opens with a brooding array of purple fruits with a hint of violet lift then countered with notes of cinnamon and sweet oak char. The palate is packed with the rich brambly fruit which follows on from the nose. Fine, chalky tannins give the wine a plush, velvety texture that fills the length of the palate. The Forger has a rich, lingering, persistent finish and is ideal for cellaring.