Clayfield Grampians Shiraz 2012
Posted: September 6, 2017
Fleshy dark fruit fragrances and ripe plum fruit flavours that are balanced by appropriate oak.
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Claymore Wines Nirvana Reserve Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
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
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Claymore Wines Ian Rush Signature Series Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: September 6, 2017
Very traditional, very gamey style of shiraz. Huge, dense, licorice/black fruit characters on the nose which are echoed on the big soft palate. At its peak now.
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Chain Of Ponds Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016
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
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Chain Of Ponds Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
A fragrant violet lift to the raisined fruit nose and upfront richness on the warming palate.
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Chain Of Ponds Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015
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+
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Caudo Vineyards Murraylands Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
Medium bodied style with bright peppery/spicy fruit, vanillin oak and balancing tannins.
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Ben Potts Fiddle’s Block Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013
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+
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Bellarine Estate Two Wives Geelong Shiraz 2012
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+
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Bellarine Estate Two Wives Bellarine Shiraz 2015
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+
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Broken River Vineyards Two Old Men Goulburn Valley Shiraz 2005
Posted: September 6, 2017
Mature leathery/earthy bouquet and dark, rich chocolaty palate complexity. Holding its age well.
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Broken River Vineyards Fred’s Red Goulburn Valley Shiraz 2004
Posted: September 6, 2017
Very developed, earthy and leathery nose. Soft in the mouth with porty fruit flavours.
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Byrne Vineyards Antiquarian Barossa SA Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
Delightful expression of berry fruits on the nose and there is an abundance of ripe chocolaty fruit flavours with good tannic grip. 5+
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Brygon Reserve Wines Martha’s Lane Coonawarra Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
A big berry compote of a nose and chocolaty/prune palate with a balance of freshness and age. 5+
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Brygon Reserve Wines Lion’s Lair WA Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
An old fashioned style. Slightly raisined edge to the varietal fruit aromas and a full bodied, flavoursome, chocolaty/berry palate.
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Brygon Reserve Wines Signature Series Coonawarra Shiraz 2015
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+
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Bellevue Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 6, 2017
A nose of spicy berries and creamy oak with an elegant blackcurrant palate.
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Bellevue Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lovely spicy lift of blackberry-like varietal fruit on both nose and palate with strong tannins.
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Brash Vineyard Single Vineyard Margaret River Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
Good oaky aromas frame the inky fruit. Palate is a seamless integration of oak, fruit and tannins.
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Brash Vineyard Single Vineyard Margaret River Shiraz 2014
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.
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Bird in Hand MAC Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: September 6, 2017
An elegant bouquet with red berry fruit and some savoury oak derived spiciness. Palate is firm but not tannins and is reminiscent of a basket of fresh sweet fruits.
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Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
Deep crimson wine. Classy, beautifully aged and well integrated aromas with intense jammy fruit flavours. Soft and sweet in the mouth and a warming finish. 5+
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Bird in Hand Two in the Bush Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
Ethereal spicy/nutty fragrances and good length of fleshy mulberry/plum flavours.
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Andrew Peace Wines Winemaker’s Choice Barossa Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
Intense blackberry fragrances with a gamey element which is echoed on the nicely balanced palate.
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Andrew Peace Wines Estate Swan Hill Shiraz 2014
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.
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Andrew Peace Wines Winemaker’s Choice Wrattonbully Shiraz 2015
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+
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McGuigan Farms Barossa Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: September 6, 2017
Dense rich prune/licorice aromas and very intense flavours of oak and prunes. Good cellaring potential.
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McGuigan Handmade Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2012
Posted: September 6, 2017
Subdued nose; underlying dark sweet fruits. Sinewy palate with appealing sweet/sour flavours. 3-5
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McGuigan Personal Reserve Bainton Vineyard Hunter Valley Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
A tight and lean style that has cool stalky red berry fruit, nice savoury oak and obvious acidity with great flavour persistence.
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Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015
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
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Paringa SA Shiraz 2013
Posted: September 6, 2017
An aged gamey chocolaty style showing nice bottle age and pretty lifted spiciness.
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Paringa SA Shiraz 2014
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.
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Paringa SA Shiraz 2015
Posted: September 6, 2017
A balanced, full flavoured style with good varietal fruit, nutty oak with a slightly hot finish. 3-5
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Artwine The Kelly Surrender Single Vineyard Clare Valley Shiraz 2015
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.
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Artwine The Kelly Surrender Single Vineyard Clare Valley Shiraz 2014
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.
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Alkoomi White Label Frankland River Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
Spicy plum aromas and medium bodied palate with spicy fruit, nice oak and fine tannins. 5+
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Alkoomi Black Label Frankland River Shiraz Viognier 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lovely nose of stonefruits and oak with a firm tannic palate. Definitely needs food!
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Alkoomi Icon Range Jarrah Frankland River Shiraz 2011
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+
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919 Reserve Riverland Shiraz 2015
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+
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919 Reserve Riverland Shiraz 2016
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lively Turkish Delight nose with the oak tending to dominate the simple and youthful black cherry palate.
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2 Mates McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lifted blackcurrant/dark berry aromatics and a luscious sweet fruit palate with silky smooth tannin support.
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Chateau Yaldara Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015
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.
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Beresford Bell Tower McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014
Posted: September 6, 2017
Big hit of fruit and toasty oak on the nose and powerful earthy fruit flavours. 5+
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Beresford Classic McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
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.
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