2017 DWWA: Award-winning Chinese wines – Bronze

Rich plum and light oak aromas. Sour cherries and blueberries flood the velvety palate. The oak is well-judged and integrated.

Sweet herbal and umami aromas. The palate offers impressive layers of mint, liquorice, cassis and blueberry with a slightly unwelcome balsamic note. Fairly impressive.

Ripe cassis aroma. The palate is intense and flooded with capsicum, blueberry and spices. Alcohol pokes out a little on the lengthy finish.

Honey and exotic fruit aromas. Broad-textured, waxy palate with notes of cream, pepper and a core of lemon. Quite complex.

The apple and ripe citrus fruit flavours are very clean and they stay with you till the very end. Impressive mousse.

Boiled sweets, grapes, rose petals and Indian spices sweet across the nose and palate. Slightly soapy.

Cassis, oak and blueberry nose. Drying rustic tannins on the structured palate. Slightly smoky/bitter tone on the finish. Very decent overall.

Sweet vanillin and cassis aromas - very Rioja like. The palate is very similar and offers creamy, buttery oak. Quite long.

Light, lemony bouquet. Good blend to encompass both varietal characters. Relatively simple but firm and fruity on the finish.

Clean, fine typical muscat nose. Very fine aromatic palate with fruit balancing the alcohol and decent acidity. A decent try.

Ripe plummy menthol aroma. Firm on the palate with lots of fruit compote and plum flavours. Smoky notes deliver complexity.

Apple, floral and peach nose and palate. Fresh, zesty and balanced with a light spritz.

Fine citrus nose with more lemons and baked green apples on the palate. International style with a light leesy character.

Agrume spicy fruit aroma with oak notes. The palate is similar and adds waxy textured lemon and lime. Toasty oak is a dominating factor. A food style wine.

Fairly complex aromas and flavours of figs, prunes, raisins, plums, redcurrant jam and caramel. Syrupy, figgy finish.

Clean, light nose. Crisp, elegant and rather intense with fine fruit on the aftertaste. Light but elegant

Gentle apple and red berry fruit aromas and flavours. Simple in character but pleasing in length.

Nose of pickled red and black fruit. Slightly rustic, but juicy palate, with searingly high acidity.

Clean vanilla and cassis nose. Soft, fruity, quite long and generous palate with lashing of oak. Needs food.

Oak and cherry aromas. Very decent palate with beautifully integrated vanillin oak. Elegant, juicy finish.

Clean, classic Cabernet nose. Fine, very intense fruit character with firm but ripe tannins and acidity to balance the alcohol.

Fine dark fruit nose with distinct oak. Very intense and balanced with high alcohol and extraction but the fruit stands up well to the treatment.

Plush plum and mature earth and leather aromas. Similar palate with smooth mocha and an overlay of silky red fruits. Quite long.

Rich mocha oak over gentle plummy fruits, spice and sweet liquorice. Soft, fruity and balanced with lots of oak.

Fresh rose aromatics. Moscato d'Asti style on the palate in a pleasant and easy drinking style with attractive sweetness and fresh acidity.

Pineapple, lime, fudge and oak on the nose and palate. Very generous in an oaky style with a smoky finish.

Fruit driven with some smoky notes. Approachable with a sense of balance and lots of ripe peppery fruit flavour. Quite intense with an oaky aftertaste