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Awards
Macaw Creek 2017 Cabernet Shiraz awarded 95 pts Gold by James Halliday Wine Companion 2022
Macaw Creek 2018 Shiraz Malbec awarded 93pts Silver by James Halliday Wine Companion 2021
Macaw Creek 2019 Organic Riesling awarded 91pts by James Halliday and selected in his Top Whites for 2021 Magazine
Macaw Creek 2018 Organic Riesling awarded Top of Category and 5 stars at 2019 Organic Wine Awards – Winestate Magazine July 2019
Em’s Table 2017 Organic Riesling awarded Top of Category and 5 stars at 2018 Organic Wine Awards – Winestate Magazine
Macaw Creek 2014 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet awarded 94pts by James Halliday Wine Companion 2019
Em’s Table 2016 Organic Riesling awarded 94pts by James Halliday Wine Companion 2019
Em’s Table 2015 Organic Riesling awarded Top of Category with 4.5 stars by Winestate Magazine 2016 Riesling Tasting
Macaw Creek 2012 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet awarded 93pts by James Halliday 2018 Wine Companion
Macaw Creek 2014 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet and Em’s Table 2016 Organic Riesling both awarded 94pts by James Halliday 2019 Wine Companion
Em’s Table 2015 Organic Shiraz awarded Silver Medal (Jimmy Watson Class) at 2016 Melbourne Wine Show
Em’s Table 2014 Organic Riesling awarded Australian Certified Organic Wine of the Year – 2015.
Em’s Table 2013 Organic Preservative Free Shiraz – Awarded 4 stars in Winestate Tasting – 2014
Master of Wine Peter Scudamore Smith Reviews Macaw Creek Wines
James Halliday quotes from Australian Wine Companion
2018 edition – 2012 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet -93pts – A super generous wine with a profusion of blackberry and blackcurrant fruit opening the batting, met mid pitch by vanillan American oak and ripe tannins. It works well in a big bash way.
2012 edition -2009 Em’s Table Shiraz Organic Preservative Free Shiraz -90pts- blackberry, licorice, chocolate and vanilla are spun together on a fresh, light-medium bodied palate
2016 edition -2013 Em’s Table Shiraz Organic Preservative Free Shiraz -90pts- Awash with fresh, primary fruit flavour. Cherries, apples and plums. Excellent option for those looking to avoid SO2.
Winestate Magazine Reviews
Annual 2016 Edition – Best Value under $20 Riesling for 2015 -2014 Em’s Table Organic Clare Valley Riesling – 5 stars (Gold) A fresh and floral style of Riesling showing some oily complexity. Smells of ripe limes and flowers with a fine, evenly balanced, crisp palate showing good levels of natural acidity.
July/August 2015 Edition – 2014 Em’s Table Organic Clare Valley Riesling – 5 stars -Gold Medal-Winner of the 2015 Australian Organic Wine of the Year -sponsored by Winestate and NASAA
-2014 Macaw Creek Organic Mount Lofty Ranges Riesling -3.5 stars –Lovely lifted herbaceous bouquet and somewhat broad fruity floral palate. A very nice flavoursome drink
-Annual 2015 Edition –Best Value under $20 Shiraz for 2014 – 2013 Em’s Table Organic Preservative Free Shiraz -4 stars (Silver) A powerful wine -intense blue fruit fragrances with a vibrant violet lift. Persistent berry flavours and solid tannin spine. Needs time.
Adelaide Review Top Hot 100 Wines – 2010/11 – 2004 Macaw Creek Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Nicely rendered and enjoyable in the mouth….an old school wine of considerable complexity and drinkability.
Export Award – Runner up – George Mackey Trophy for Best Australian wine exported in 2001 – 1998 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet
Gold Medals Wine Shows
1993 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Gold Medal- National Small Winemakers Show 1998 Class 27
1998 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Gold Medal – Adelaide Wine Show 1999 Class 42
1998 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Gold Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2000 Class 53
1998 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Gold Medal – National Small Winemakers Show 2000 Class 31
1998 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Gold Medal – National Small Winemakers Show 2001 Class 31
1999 Grenache Shiraz – Gold Medal – Brisbane Wine Show 1999 Class 10
1999 Reserve Shiraz Cabernet – Gold Medal – Rutherglen Wine Show 2001 Class 53
2002 Grenache Shiraz – Gold Medal – Brisbane Wine Show 2002 Class 9
2002 Grenache Shiraz – Gold Medal – National Small Winemakers Show 2003 Class 22
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