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 flavoursome blend of rhubarb, sweet briary fruit, vanilla and herbal-like elements. 5+
Comments Off on C.J. Wicks Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Attractive bright mulberry-like varietal fruit characters with light spicy/charry oak and medium weight tannins. Great flavour length.
Comments Off on Villa Maria Private Bin Hawkes Bay Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Light lavender on the ‘timbery’ nose. Rich full palate with slight honeyed/raisined flavours.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Family Reserve Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 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
Raisined jammy fruit nose with some fruit cake like spices. Rich, concentrated and complex flavours on the full bodied palate.
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Winemakers Project Clare Valley 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
Deep crimson hues to this quite a tannic shiraz that has pungent spicy fruit aromas and a ripe licoricey/mulberry flavoured palate showing good level of sweetness.
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Reserve Parcel 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
Brooding black fruit characters on the nose with high oak note. Big impact of oak on the dark fruit palate. Very good!
Comments Off on Taylors Wines Jaraman Clare Valley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A classy wine; an excellent example of style with seamless integration between intense sweet blackberry fruit and serious oak. A smooth palate with very persistent flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Taylors Wines St Andrews Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Spicy oak and raspberry fruit aromas leap out of the glass. Palate shows heaps of character and is layered with rich blackberry fruit flavours and vanillin oak. Needs more time.
Comments Off on Taylors Wines The Pioneer Clare Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Complex blueberry/raspberry fruit bouquet with a background of oak. Plenty of sweet fruit flavours and persistent oaky finish.
Comments Off on Taltarni Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz Cabernet 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Medium bodied, seamlessly balanced wine with well integrated aromas and nicely structured cedary/savoury palate. Tannic finish.
Comments Off on Taltarni Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz Cabernet 2013 / 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
Delicate lifted red fruit bouquet with floral aromatics. The rich complex palate has plenty of personality, lovely flavour profile and a long, lingering, toasty finish. 5+
Comments Off on Taltarni Estate Pyrenees Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A brooding complexity of oak and fruit aromas with dense savoury notes and intense strawberry fruit flavours with excellent length and persistence and a warm finish.
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Wines Judgement One Tree Hill Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Beautifully balanced aromas of plums, olives and gamey nuances. Copious amounts and length of upfront dark, rich chocolaty fruit flavours. Ageing perfectly. 5+
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Wines Basket Press One Tree Hill Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
“Unmistakable Aussie shiraz”, said one judge. With its ripe black fruit and mocha oak fragrances and perfumed aromatics beneath and the beautifully balanced, flavoursome palate. “Yummy!”
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Wines Basket Press One Tree Hill Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A fusion of cool climate varietal fruit, spicy cedary oak and ‘squeaky’ tannins.
Comments Off on Tatalia Wines Heathcote Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lovely crimson wine with a vibrancy of plums and chocolate lifting off the nose and some fresh dark spicy fruit flavours, drying grainy tannins and nutty oak notes.
Comments Off on Sabella Vineyards McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lifted ethereal oaky bouquet, slightly sour-like flavours and nice mid-palate complexity
Comments Off on Sussex Squire Thomas Block Single Vineyard Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Dark, brooding, fruit driven fragrances and warm malty/licorice-like flavours.
Comments Off on Songlines Estates Bylines McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Super ripe fruit bouquet with estery development. Intense concentration of varietal fruit flavours. Ready for drinking right now!
Comments Off on Kopparossa Estate Vintage Reserve Coonawarra Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Fruit still very primary and fresh with a delicate floral lift. The palate is beautiful, complex and balanced with lovely length of spicy/peppery elements and mouthcoating tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Kopparossa Estate Coonawarra Shiraz 2012 / 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
“A classy and very different wine” It is intense but not in the traditional jammy style.
Comments Off on Sirromet Wines Le Sauvage ‘The Wild’ Granite Belt Syrah Viognier 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A pretty lifted sweet fruit bouquet with floral characters dominating the elegant cherry palate.
Comments Off on Sirromet Wines Signature Collection Granite Belt Shiraz Viognier 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nose is a compote of stonefruits, Chinese spices and some meatiness. The palate has weight and plenty of style with lovely chocolate, plums and lavender characters.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Estate Block 3 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nose still youthful with good depth of plum aromas. Has solid well structured flavours that are quite astringent and almost austere. Time. 5+
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Raspberry fruit bouquet with a hint of spices and a touch of orange peel and has elegant well balanced flavours. Will cellar for a long time!
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells of black jelly beans with rich lifted fruit pastille flavours. Slightly aggressive tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Full bodied, dry and somewhat tannic wine with a lift of plums and vanilla on the nose and some solid flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Estate Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 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
Dense and developed spicy fruit aromas with interesting Rhone-like cool climate flavours.
Comments Off on Cornelius by Scotchmans Hill Single Vineyard Bellarine Peninsula Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A complex nose with noticeable, but not dominant, oak. Lovely varietal fruit flavour intensity. 5+
Comments Off on Scotchmans Hill Bellarine Peninsula Shiraz 2014 / 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 wine; lots of oak and fruit. Has minty notes to the nose and grainy tannins on the palate.
Comments Off on Reillys Wines Dry Land Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017