Mike Press Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($9.16) screwcap:

I opened this alongside some of its more expensive Adelaide Hills peers (2007 Henschke Coralinga and 2007 Hewitson Lu Lu) and the humbly priced Mike Press acquitted itself favourably. Admittedly from a different, and from what I am seeing, possibly better white vintage - the Press is the wine I actually preferred to drink. It had a vivacity and uncompromising Blancness that I found more appealing than the softer 2007's.

Young and vivacious - full of banana and tropical fruit, grass, pee and mineral. It has plenty of honey and tropical fruit with a touch of minerality and sheen of sweatiness. There's some chalkiness to the texture which is an attractive touch and chilling it down (they way you would/should drink it) results in better focus and line. The finish is good too - often a let down with Sauvignon Blanc. It should be ready for you just in time for summer and the bang per buck value is as obvious as the wine itself. ABV: 12% Drink: 2008 - 2010. 90 points. WINEFRONT

Mike Press Wines Adelaide Hills Unwooded Chardonnay 2008:

Fresh, peachy, slightly spicy and apple-like. Nice weight, texture and flavour with a little warmth on the finish. It's not a great chardonnay but it's a good drink - and still easily qualifies as a 'deadset bargain'. Drink: 2008-2009. 87 points. Campbell Mattinson The Winefront

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Reviews

Mike Press Sauvignon Blanc 2008 ($9.16) screwcap:

Friday, August 8, 2008 at 09:23AM Gary Walsh - Winefront I opened this alongside some of its more expensive Adelaide Hills peers (2007 Henschke Coralinga and 2007 Hewitson Lu Lu) and the humbly priced Mike Press acquitted itself favourably. Admittedly from a different, and from what I am seeing, possibly better white vintage - the Press is the wine I actually preferred to drink. It had a vivacity and uncompromising Blancness that I found more appealing than the softer 2007's.

Young and vivacious - full of banana and tropical fruit, grass, pee and mineral. It has plenty of honey and tropical fruit with a touch of minerality and sheen of sweatiness. There's some chalkiness to the texture which is an attractive touch and chilling it down (they way you would/should drink it) results in better focus and line. The finish is good too - often a let down with Sauvignon Blanc. It should be ready for you just in time for summer and the bang per buck value is as obvious as the wine itself. ABV: 12% Drink: 2008 - 2010. 90 points. WINEFRONT

Mike Press Wines Adelaide Hills Unwooded Chardonnay 2008:

Fresh, peachy, slightly spicy and apple-like. Nice weight, texture and flavour with a little warmth on the finish. It's not a great chardonnay but it's a good drink - and still easily qualifies as a 'deadset bargain'. Drink: 2008-2009. 87 points. Campbell Mattinson The Winefront

Mike Press Wines Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2007:

I believe the price direct from the winery is $90 per dozen (plus freight) - do the math! This is bright and brilliantly perfumed, a really good start. It tastes of dark cherries, boysenberries, musk and plums, the acidity a little spiky but the overall effect full of charm. This is super. The value here is extraordinary. Value like this cannot last - indeed, until a year ago I didn't know that value like this still existed! Drink: 2008-2012. 91 points. Campbell Mattinson The Winefront

Mike Press Shiraz 2007 Adelaide Hills, SA. 90 points

RRP $10-12 www.topdropwines.com.au

Take this wine seriously, very seriously. Former chief winemaker at Mildara Blass, Mike Press, developed a vineyard at Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills in 1998, with a view to relaxing retirement. He started selling grapes and got back into dedicated winemaking when awards and recognition arrived in 2005; Mike Press Wines was born. His shiraz cuttings were taken from an 80 year old block at Springton where he’d had his eye on the fruit character. The wine is crafted in an up front, fruit-driven style, using mainly American oak. The wood sits out proud at this stage but expect it to integrate over the next year, there’s plenty of fruit to soak it all up. Vibrant purple in the glass, aromas of ripe blackberries and juicy silken texture, a little mocha through the finish, unbeatable for the money.

Nick Stock The Adelaide Review 26th June

2006 Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon ****

…. This wine is abeauty, with delicate aromas. Good ripeness and poise, pitchedin alight elegant style Bourne liked its pleasant leafy notes and gentle palate. Caillard described black olive cassis. Darkchocolate, ripe loose tannins with sweet fruit and flavour length

Gourmet Traveller Wine Aug/Sept

Mike Press Wines **** Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon 2006

Plenty of spicy vanillan oak fills the nostrils. Very well constructed palate with plenty of ripe flavours, lots of oak, smooth, soft tannins and high acid for a long life. $11.99 Winestate

MIKE PRESS ADELIDE HILLS 2005 MERLOT

!4% $12 -$14.00

2 Gold Medals and Top of Class In Adelaide Hills Wine Show 2006

Cranked with georgous violets and oak, There are boxes of rich plums here too –and aproper mouthful of varietal tannins to hold in the ripe fruits through to a lonfg finish

The Advertiser Tony Love August 2009

Winorama: O5 Merlot:

Great colour and then an attractive mix of black plum and red berry, some leafiness, black olive, a touch of camphor and then a layer of spicy vanilla and cocoa oak. It’s medium to full bodied with a good fruity red berried attack and some more savoury olivaceous flavours backed with seductive, if not obvious, vanilla oak. With smooth but assertive powdery tannins, a fresh and supple mouthfeel and good length flavour this modestly priced Merlot delivers the goods in spades. Dial M for Merlot.

Rated : 91 Points Tasted : Jul08 Alcohol : 14.5% Price : $12 Closure : Screwcap Drink : 2008 - 2011


Mike Press Wines

‘Our passion is to produce premium quality grapes. The big wineries offered us peanuts for them! So we made our grapes into great wine to prove their quality. We sell the wines at wholesale prices to you to make a comfortable living and you get great wine at a fantastic price – Incredible value!

Campbell Mattinson (Winefront) – “This is super. The value here is extraordinary. Value like this cannot last - indeed, until a year ago I didn't know that value like this still existed!”

Tyson Stelzer – (Winepress) “….the results have had the industry buzzing and Mike ecstatic. Out of three shows, his three 2005 reds now share two trophies, seven top golds, a silver and a bronze medal……hearty congratulations to an innovator who has courageously done things his own way – and achieved a remarkable result.”

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2009: “They produce Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot, Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon, which despite accumulating gold medals and trophies, are sold at an average price of $10 per bottle.”

Two Trophies; 8 Gold; 2 Silver and 18 Bronze medals already for the 2005 and 06 vintages alone is further evidence of the premium quality of our grapes and wines….

Buy a case now and become a mail order member to have first access and best prices on our wines – before the list is closed (we sold out of our 2007 shiraz in 4 months!) Order

After 42 years making wine for premium wineries including Penfolds, Seppelts, Krondorf and as Chief Winemaker for Mildara Blass, winning the Jimmy Watson Trophy, numerous show trophies and medals, Mike and his wife Judy had a desire to leave the corporate side of the wine business and get in touch with the land by growing the best grapes possible in the premium Adelaide Hills region

When the grape glut hit and the big wineries played dirty on their grape prices, Mike and Judy knew they had the material to make great wine….And they would sell it at unheard of prices to simply recoup the profit they should have received on the grapes used in the wine if sold at a reasonable price.

The Winner? You, the wine consumer and enthusiast!

Premium Grapes, Great Wine, Unbelievable Value! Mike Press Wines.