#hilltops

[virg0insect]

Ruby // Corbin ✨ hilltops

[kakivino]

Clonakilla 2017 Hilltops Shiraz

High-toned aromatics. Black raspberry, garrigue, rose hip and hibiscus, with hints of black pepper and five spice, evoke Crozes-Hermitage. Red fruit pastille palate is densely knitted, plummy and spicy but never full-on jammy. Fresh even. Accessible now, with good depth, balance and sleek texture thanks to soft tannins. Juicy finish. A welcome departure from powerful Barossa shiraz, this cool-climate interpretation ought to be spelt 'syrah'. — ★★★½

Appellation: Hilltops Region: Hilltops, New South Wales, Australia Subzone: Cépage: 100% Shiraz Abv: 14% Production: n/a Élevage: 11 months in Allier oak barriques and puncheons (15% new) Distributor: Tong Woh

Critic Reviews:

One of the more annoying phrases heard in modern life is “this just happened”, or it is when it immediately precedes some kind of highly or dubiously manufactured brag. So let me annoy myself by noting that we’ve reviewed 17 vintages of Clonakilla Hilltops Shiraz on The Winefront but, having just opened the 2017, this just happened. I’ve liked a great many of the previous releases of this wine but this is my favourite of the lot. It’s a ripper. Balanced, well fruited, spice-laden, perfumed, floral and then sweetly exotic. It smells and tastes beautiful, and is so finely etched with tannin; it has everything exactly where you’d like it to be. I’d send a case of this straight into the pool room but I’d like my stash kept a lot closer to me than that and, besides, I don’t have a pool room anyway. Buy. Drink: 2018-2025+ Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front, 07/2018) 94

[helpimstuckposting]

Sososososoooo curious about Hilltop Center. You’re telling me there’s a shop that steals teeth? A shop that burns people alive? A shop of antiques that buries people? A shop the magnus institute owns?? Is there also a shop that creates darkness, a shop that sells hunting supplies, a shop with walls of meat???? Hmmm????? Would you say that maybe there are around 13 or 14 stores that appear open sometimes?????? HMM???

[a-confusion-of-doctors]

my headcanons for shops in the hilltop centre:

touristy gift shop but there's a figure in all the postcards, getting closer and closer to the camera in each one

evil evil food court that serves you People Meat

indoor crazy golf place that's infinite and colourful and loud. if you put your hand in one of the holes to get your ball back, it bites you

a regular claire's

[gods-little-meow-meow]

im loving the difference between the magnus archives slow burn, dread filled story vrs the magnus protocol which is like being shot with several different chekhov's guns all at one

[edinburgh-by-the-sea]

flaming evening

[neo--queen--serenity]

WE WERE ALL THINKING IT, OKAY

[james-spooky]

if they go to that goddamn outreach centre next week and there are SPIDERS there i will lose it

[murderandcoffee]

WAIT HOLD ON WAIT

anger management/poor darrien blacked out during his therapist's appointment and woke up by the magnus institute outreach center where?

in OXFORD

WHERE IS HILLTOP ROAD LOCATED?

IN OXFORD

[the-eclectic-wonderer]

I really have to congratulate myself on my exceptional timing with this podcast. I finally listen to the new episode, and Alice goes ‘it’s on the train!!’ right as I’m boarding a train myself. 10/10, no notes.

[blububbie]

Me personally my favorite thing about The Magnus Protocol is how alive and well and happy and alive and cool and alive and super duper alive everyone is!

[possiblyawesometmblr]

something hilarious about the music kicking in behind the statement right when they said "hilltop". alexander j newall said "yeah you fuckers know where we're going with THIS one"

[kimbapisnotsushi]

serizawa is so fucking funny. he dresses like some shady loan shark scammer but wants to be a teacher. he lied about souta owing him money for no reason whatsoever. he got a beat-up car for cheap and just patched up the door with duct tape when it fell off. he has a road trip playlist and switches songs to match the mood. he was willing to drive a whole seven hours to help this girl he barely knew find his friend no questions asked just because he had the tiniest bit of faith that she knew what to do. like yeah sure souta is hot or whatever but serizawa stole the whole fucking show and i've got nothing but massive respect for him he is THE king of all time and everyone should know it!!

[free-my-mindd]

Such a beautiful view 😍

[helpimstuckposting]

I wonder if the ‘there’s nothing to go back to’ is metaphorical or if Celia genuinely doesn’t know the apocalypse ended

[vox-anglosphere]

Beatrix Potter's cozy cottage has been left unchanged for 100 years