Posted: September 6, 2017
Smoky meaty fragrances and some nice red berry fruit flavours with tannins creating a very dry finish.
Comments Off on Allinda Hand Crafted Limited Release Yarra Valley Cabernets 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Tarry licorice nose; loads of brambly/blackcurrant fruit characters and subtle oak. Excellent varietal fruit definition on the tight lean palate. Well integrated tannins and high level of acid. 5+
Comments Off on Hirsch Hill Estate Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Ruby coloured, medium bodied, wine with bright berry bouquet laced with spicy oak. Slightly austere, dry and savoury palate that is still very young and very fresh.
Comments Off on Hirsch Hill Estate Yarra Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells of plums and sweet Christmas spices with smoky oak characters. Very more-ish palate with opulent spicy blue fruit flavours. Nicely focussed finished. Needs time 5+
Comments Off on Allinda Hand Crafted Limited Release Yarra Valley Syrah 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Oaky nose with cherries beneath. Upfront tannins frame the palate and lead to lovely savoury flavours.
Comments Off on Bittern Estate Mornington Peninsula Dolcetto 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Musky perfumed aromas and easy generous sweeter style of palate with a savoury end.
Comments Off on Yarra Burn YB Yarra Valley Prosecco NV / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells of fresh strawberries and spicy oak and has mouthfilling violet and berry flavours.
Comments Off on Shoofly Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nose has light savoury notes over the berry fruit aromas with a vibrant, well balanced palate showing youthful fruit and good acid finish. 3-5
Comments Off on GMH South Australia Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Very attractive lifted blackberry pie-like aromas and good weight of savoury and sweet fruit flavours with good tannin structure. 3-5
Comments Off on Warburn Estate 1164 Padthaway Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A more elegant shiraz with earthy savoury aromas and attractive, slightly lean, palate.
Comments Off on Pepperton Estate Cellar Reserve NSW Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lots of oak on the nose and quite an oaky tannic palate with some redcurrant fruit flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Pepperton Estate Two Thumbs Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A simple earthy fruit nose with a hint of oak and a clean balanced mulberry palate with savoury persistence. 3-5
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Murray Darling Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A powerful, balanced and flavoursome wine with dark fruit characters and some spiciness. 5+
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Special Release Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
The nose is clean, lifted and spicy and the palate is full of prune, raisin and blueberry flavours. A soft easy drinking style. 3-5
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Promised Land South Australia Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A well made, seamlessly balanced, wine with nice depth of vibrant, youthful, peppery blackcurrant fruit. Good use of oak and a well balanced finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A soft savoury shiraz that’s ageing nicely with hints of red licorice on the nose and spicy, juicy fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Taltarni T-Series Victoria Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Distinct aged cedary bouquet and some lovely oak on the palate with light elegant fruit characters and soft tannin backbone.
Comments Off on Olivia Coonawarra Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Spicy and savoury shiraz. Peppery fruit fragrances and blackberry concentration on the palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Brothers McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Rich and matured with good level of bottle age integrated with the fruit and oak.
Comments Off on Organic Hill Organic Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Pungent gamey bouquet and good weight and persistence of spicy dark berry flavours.
Comments Off on Organic Hill Preservative Free Organic Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Still fresh and bright with a ripe berry fruit nose and full flavoured palate that has good varietal fruit and oak complexity with balancing, chewy, tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Momentum Chapter 1 SA Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Powerful oaky nose with nice hints of licorice and black olives. The full bodied palate is long and complex and offers earthy/chocolaty/black fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Parson’s Paddock Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nice all round style. Has a ripe fruit nose with a perfumed lift and a rich and complex blackberry/cigar box palate that is maturing very nicely. 5+
Comments Off on Angas & Bremer Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lovely nose; smells of sweet blackcurrants and chocolate. Good length and density of complex meaty/earthy/chocolate/prune flavour profile with fine soft tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Mt Monster Limestone Coast Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Good intensity and persistence of juicy sweet varietal fruit nicely balanced by the spicy/vanillin oak with good tannin structure. 3-5
Comments Off on Pure Vision Organic SA Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Developing stewed plum aromas and flavours that are layered with rich savoury/earthy/gamey characters. 3-5
Comments Off on Invivo Wines Graham Norton’s Own South Australia Shiraz Cabernet 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nice spiciness mingles with the blackcurrant aromas and follows through to the sweet chocolaty/earthy palate with strong tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines H by Haselgrove South Australia Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Big ripe and porty shiraz that is ageing very nicely and has a silky smooth balance between the fruit, the oak and the tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines First Cut McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A powerful wine with complex aromas and excellent persistence of spicy/chocolaty/blackcurrant flavours. Still has freshness. 3-5
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines First Cut McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Plenty of ripe powerful varietal fruit that is well matched by the oak and strong tannins and has some interesting dry/sour flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Patritti Old Gate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
An elegant wine with a great balance between the varietal fruit, spicy oak and grippy tannins. Has a certain salami/smallgoods-like element. 5+
Comments Off on Gipsie Jack Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A big, full bodied, shiraz that’s a lovely complexity of sweet fruit, prunes and chocolate with gamey notes and a peppery lift. 5+
Comments Off on Grancari Estate Greta’s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A full bodied and slightly drying chocolaty wine with a peppery lift to the earthy nose and somewhat porty/prune-like flavours. 5+
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Footbolt McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A youthful well integrated tannic wine with an excellent crimson/black colour, simple varietal fruit and a soft finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Powerful sweet herbal characters on the nose with a big lift of spices. A huge palate, soft in the mouth and offering a delicious mouthful of ripe varietal fruit and lovely rich oak. 5+
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Very developed, earthy and leathery nose. Soft in the mouth with porty fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Broken River Vineyards Fred’s Red Goulburn Valley Shiraz 2004 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A big berry compote of a nose and chocolaty/prune palate with a balance of freshness and age. 5+
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Martha’s Lane Coonawarra Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
An old fashioned style. Slightly raisined edge to the varietal fruit aromas and a full bodied, flavoursome, chocolaty/berry palate.
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Lion’s Lair WA Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells earthy and cigar box-like with a peppery lift and the taste is of a melange of blackcurrants, chocolate, prunes and spices. 5+
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Signature Series Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A nose of spicy berries and creamy oak with an elegant blackcurrant palate.
Comments Off on Bellevue Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lovely spicy lift of blackberry-like varietal fruit on both nose and palate with strong tannins.
Comments Off on Bellevue Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Intense blackberry fragrances with a gamey element which is echoed on the nicely balanced palate.
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Wines Winemaker’s Choice Barossa Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lovely full flavoured shiraz with very good lifted cedary/peppery fruit fragrances and a seamlessly balanced fruit/oak palate that has good supporting tannins. Ageing nicely.
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Wines Estate Swan Hill Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Very elegant shiraz but still has plenty of fruit cake-like varietal power to the nose and palate with nice chocolaty elements. 5+
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Wines Winemaker’s Choice Wrattonbully Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Earthy forest floor characters on the nose. The rich, complex, oaky palate has subtle peppery fruit elements and a long firm finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
An aged gamey chocolaty style showing nice bottle age and pretty lifted spiciness.
Comments Off on Paringa SA Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Rich, sweet and complex wine with a perfumed lift to the spicy fruit nose and attractive chocolaty earthiness to the long palate.
Comments Off on Paringa SA Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017