SERVE WITH FRESHLY SHUCKED OYSTERS, KINGFISH SASHIMI & SEARED SCALLOPS
This fresh, fruit driven wine should be enjoyed now and is best served lightly chilled.
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SERVE WITH CHARGRILLED SQUID, SNOW PEA, CUCUMBER & MANGO SALAD WITH VERJUICE DRESSING.
This wine is best served lightly chilled and is perfect for immediate enjoyment. Read the rest of this page »

PERFECT WITH ANISEED TEA DUCK OR ASIAN PORKBELLY & STEAMED CHINESE GREENS
Serve this wine slightly chilled to enhance the fruit characteristics or cold for crisper characters. Read more about this wine »

SERVE THIS WINE SLIGHTLY CHILLED WITH SALMON GRAVLAX, CAPER BERRIES AND HERB CREME FRAICHE

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SERVE WITH WINE AT ROOM TEMPERATURE WITH ROAST DUCK OR MUSHROOM RAGU WITH POLENTA.
Enjoy now or cellar for up to five years to enhance complexity.

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Haselgrove First Cut Pinot Grigio 2010
$15 – $17

The savoury, underplayed personality of pinot grigio finds good expression in the reasonably priced Adelaide Hills wine.  Pale with a tinge of gas, its subtle nashi pear, almond and white peach aromas have a slightly earthy edge.  The palate is light and dry, clean-tasting with a soft, dry, pear-like finish.  (11 percent alcohol, screw cap.)

Ageing?  No.
Food ideas:  Pasta with shellfish; grilled vegetable salad.
Stockists include:  Lower Plenty Cellars;  Red Bluff Cellars;  Black Rock

4 stars, $$

In 2008 the business was acquired by four Italian-Australian wine stalwarts:  Don Totino, Don Luca, Tony Carrocci and Steve Maglieri.  The wines are released in four ranges:  at the top, the Il Padrone The Boss Series; next the Bella Vigna (Beautiful Vineyard) Series; then the Primo Taglio First Cut Series; and at the entry level, the ‘H’ by Haselgrove Series.  Exports to Europe and Asia.

Four Glasses out of Five

Bella Vigna McLaren Vale Shiraz 2008

Right in the mainstream of McLaren Vale style; sumptuous blackfruits, dark chocolate and cedar are intertwined with ripe tannins; good length and balance.  Screwcap.  14.5% alc.  Rating 93.  To 2020.  $25

Il Padrone The Boss McLaren Vale Shiraz 2007

Some colour development; the complex bouquet of blackfruits, mocha oak and dark chocolate leads into a medium- to full-bodied palate with more of the same; a barrel selection, but all new French oak, made only in exceptional vintages – curious, because ‘07 was certainly not exceptional, rather the reverse.  However, hyperbole to one side, this is a very good wine.  Screwcap.  14.5% alc.  Rating 93.  To 2027.  $48

Bella Vigna Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc 2009

Light straw-green; a thoroughly appealing mix of citrus/lime and tropical fruits; the finish lingering and long in the mouth.  Screwcap.  12% alc.  Rating 90.  To 2012.  $20

Tony Love – National Wine Editor for taste.com.au and The Advertiser Newspaper, SA.

Wholesome Flavour $12
H by Haselgrove 2009 Cabernet Merlot

With a winery based in McLaren Vale, most of the fruit for this crackingly good wine comes from around the same region, with a decent splash also from the Adelaide Hills and Padthaway.  It’s worth noting its great fruit too, beautifully blackcurranty with a satisfyiung wholeness, good structure and backbone to develop for a few years yet.  A brilliant bargain.

Rating:  4 glasses – A cut above
Value:  Sensational
Food:  Black olive braised beef

Ross Noble – Wine Writer for The Courier Newspaper, Adelaide Hills, SA.

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Salute:  Bella Vigna Shiraz

Haselgrove was acquired by four Italian Australians in 2008.  Greg Clack is chief winemaker.  The Haselgrove Bella Vigna Beautiful Vineyard Shiraz 2009 is sourced from some of McLaren Vale’s best vineayrds and it shows in the depth of flavour.  There are ripe raspberry and blackberry aromas and falvours and well intergrated oak.  It is a rich, and rewarding wine that deserves prime beef or game, or maybe full flavoured cheeses.
$25 – Mail Order