Canberra winemaker Nick O'Leary in vintage form for 2014

By Natasha Rudra
Updated February 1 2015 - 10:08am, first published November 25 2014 - 11:45pm
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Winemaker Nick O'Leary at his cellar door in Bywong. Photo: Jamila Toderas
Winemaker Nick O'Leary at his cellar door in Bywong. Photo: Jamila Toderas

Nick O'Leary brings two bottles to the rustic table at his cellar door, tucked off the beaten path in the hills of Bywong. He pours a swirling splash of shiraz into a glass and takes a sip. "There's red berries and a lot of spice, pepper and other bits and pieces," he says. "That was the thing with 2013, just an optimal ripening period, there's no shrivel characters in the wine so we've used about 35 per cent new oak."

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