Ogier Heritages Cotes du Rhone 2014 $25
This wine is so delicious and fruity and saturated with cherry cola, raspberry and black forest gateaux flavours, that I want to shout from the rooftops how much I love it. A blend of grenache, syrah and cinsault, its texture is toasty, mouthwatering and edged with peppercorn, blueberries, cocoa and redcurrant characters. It's fleshy, sweetly spicy and just a joy to drink.
Sip with: a mildly spicy curry, such as a lamb rogan josh.
Tesch Krone Riesling 2013 $39
If riesling with a kiss of green apple, lime and ripe peachiness sounds like you, then wait until you sip this dry little dazzler. Tesch's Krone vineyard in the town of Laubenheim lies directly next to the Lohrer Berg on a steep slope consisting of coarse, decalcified loess and weathered sandstone and dramatic temperature extremes give this wine an "edgy disposition with layers of lifted citrus and appleskin".
