Posted: September 6, 2017
Generous and complex shiraz projecting aromas of blackcurrants, violets and oak. Intriguing soy-like savoury compounds on the palate. Could do with more time. 5+
Comments Off on Grampians Estate St Ethels Grampians Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Slightly green/menthol nuances to the nose. Slightly acidic/spicy palate; good flavour persistence.
Comments Off on Four Winds Vineyard Canberra District Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Good line and length of mulberry-like fruit with good spicy presence and nice core of dense tannins.
Comments Off on Eldredge Vineyards Blue Chip Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smelling of fruit pastilles with a lift of spices. The dark chocolaty palate is a touch syrupy with floral nuances. Needs time to gain complexity. 5+
Comments Off on Domaine Asmara Reserve Heathcote Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
An aromatic medley of fruits-of-the-forest, spices and chocolate. The elegant palate has incredible balance and complexity, loads of beautiful fruit and exceptional tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Domaine Asmara Reserve Heathcote Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Savoury, stock cube characters mingle with the dark fruit fragrances. Intense concentrated palate has great power and balance and acid gives freshness to the fruit flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Domaine Asmara Reserve Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Very young, medium bodied, jubey primary fruit style. Fresh aromas and vibrant spicy sweet flavours with ripe tannins.
Comments Off on Domaine Asmara Private Collection Heathcote Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Pleasant youthful varietal aromas over some powerful oak. Gorgeous silky smooth palate with lovely acidity accentuating the fruit.
Comments Off on Deep Woods Estate Reserve Block 7 Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
The apricot characters from the well handled viognier fruit supports and adds complexity to the dark shiraz fruit. Great tannins.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie McLaren Vale Shiraz Viognier 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
“Very decadent nose!” Lots of chocolate, strawberries and oranges. Great concentration and length of sweet fruit flavours. Obvious oak. 5+
Comments Off on Tatiarra Cambrian Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Great wine; complex and perfectly balanced with developed leathery/truffle like aromas and slightly overpowering/drying oak on the palate but has plenty of fruit to carry it. 5+
Comments Off on Casella Limited Release McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Delicate, slightly aged, aromas. The lovely palate is clean, elegant and balanced and at its peak right now.
Comments Off on Brand’s Laira Blockers Coonawarra Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A big, well structured wine with a powerful hit of jammy fruit, grippy tannins and a fortified-like character with leathery age. 3-5
Comments Off on Claymore Wines Nirvana Reserve Clare Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A fragrant violet lift to the raisined fruit nose and upfront richness on the warming palate.
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Medium bodied style with bright peppery/spicy fruit, vanillin oak and balancing tannins.
Comments Off on Caudo Vineyards Murraylands Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Cherry and blueberry nose; oak present but in balance. Sweet luscious palate is brimming over with blue fruits and drying tannins with lovely fresh acidity. 5+
Comments Off on Ben Potts Fiddle’s Block Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lovely inky red wine with a long future ahead of it. Nose offers beautiful spicy fragrances with some florals over peppery red fruit which is all repeated on the delicious palate. 5+
Comments Off on Bellarine Estate Two Wives Geelong Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Elegant, well integrated aromas with excellent berry fruit flavours opening up on the palate and balanced by the dense oak and good fruit tannins. Well made. 5+
Comments Off on Bellarine Estate Two Wives Bellarine Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Mature leathery/earthy bouquet and dark, rich chocolaty palate complexity. Holding its age well.
Comments Off on Broken River Vineyards Two Old Men Goulburn Valley Shiraz 2005 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Good oaky aromas frame the inky fruit. Palate is a seamless integration of oak, fruit and tannins.
Comments Off on Brash Vineyard Single Vineyard Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A rich, powerful and very flavoursome wine with plenty of appealing chocolate and cherry aromas with traces of licorice. Sweet upfront fruit on the weighty, balanced, palate.
Comments Off on Brash Vineyard Single Vineyard Margaret River Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Ethereal spicy/nutty fragrances and good length of fleshy mulberry/plum flavours.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Two in the Bush Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Subdued nose; underlying dark sweet fruits. Sinewy palate with appealing sweet/sour flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on McGuigan Handmade Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Malty, cedary and chocolaty on the nose with plenty of upfront oak on the long, crisp palate that has some good fruit sweetness.
Comments Off on Artwine The Kelly Surrender Single Vineyard Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Another old fashioned style with light licorice notes to the nose and warming, well integrated palate. Good tannin weight; nice acid.
Comments Off on Artwine The Kelly Surrender Single Vineyard Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lovely nose of stonefruits and oak with a firm tannic palate. Definitely needs food!
Comments Off on Alkoomi Black Label Frankland River Shiraz Viognier 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A bright wine showing its age very well. Lifted earthy/red fruit aromas and firmly structured palate with primary fruit still present. 5+
Comments Off on Alkoomi Icon Range Jarrah Frankland River Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A youthful dark purple wine that’s built to last with a richness of dark fruits and new oak aromas and juicy acid driving through the complex dark fruit palate. 5+
Comments Off on 919 Reserve Riverland Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lively Turkish Delight nose with the oak tending to dominate the simple and youthful black cherry palate.
Comments Off on 919 Reserve Riverland Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lifted blackcurrant/dark berry aromatics and a luscious sweet fruit palate with silky smooth tannin support.
Comments Off on 2 Mates McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A wine one judge described as being “Beautifully focussed and with purpose”. Chocolate and raspberries lift off the nose with integrated plum fruit and spicy oak flavours.
Comments Off on Chateau Yaldara Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A racy, high acid, style of shiraz with blue fruits, hints of licorice, a mineral edge and big grainy tannin structure.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Beautiful vibrant, lifted varietal fruit here in the rich dark red fruit spectrum. Good acid/tannin balance and long savoury finish. 5+
Comments Off on Beresford Estate Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Vibrant plum and raspberry fragrances balanced by subtle oak. Beautifully layered palate. Pretty floral/violet flavours, noticeable oak and lingering tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Allinda Yarra Valley Syrah 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nose had plenty of oak sitting on top of opulent fruit. The palate is a “decadence” of fruit and oak. “Feels like sitting in a Chesterfield!” 5+
Comments Off on Mollydooker Wines Blue Eyed Boy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
“A drink now style”. Has strong, upfront, mocha/spice characters blending with raisined prune fruit and chocolaty oak.
Comments Off on Mollydooker Wines The Boxer McLaren Vale Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A pleasant, developing, style at its peak and offering attractive sweet/bacony aromas and mid-weight spicy, chocolaty, berry flavours. A crowd pleaser. 5+
Comments Off on Stable Hill Mustang Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Easy drinking style. A bit minty on the mocha nose with spicy/chocolaty complexity to the silky smooth palate.
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Estate Wrattonbully Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Fragrant oak dominates the nose and palate with delicate fruit hidden underneath. 5+
Comments Off on Patrick of Coonawarra Joanna Wrattonbully Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells of prunes and raisins with a big hot of oaky/fruit flavours on a well textured palate.
Comments Off on Glenwillow Bendigo Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017