Posted: October 4, 2018
A tight elegant style of shiraz with perfumed plum aromas and great flavour intensity on a generous palate with lovely mouthfeel.
Comments Off on Hemera Estate H Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
“Classy and complex,” commented one judge. Has pristine sweet varietal fruit with lovely fresh oak and drying tannins to balance.
Comments Off on Hugo Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A complex well worked style with an amalgam of ripe dark fruit and chocolaty oak aromas. Lovely flavours of black fruits, excellent charry oak and moderate tannins.
Comments Off on Hugo Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A classic! Has lovely aromas of blackberries and toasty oak with a hint of boot polish! Has generous, rich and complex flavours.
Comments Off on Hugo Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Great colour – very dark. Dense brooding berry bouquet and tight oak. Powerful firm tannic palate – lots of oak. 5+
Comments Off on Gomersal Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Some vibrant berry and spice on the nose which follows through to the fresh fruit palate.
Comments Off on Gomersal Premium Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Unusual barnyardy elements on both the nose and palate. A very different style.
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A lovely rich old fashioned style of shiraz that is still holding up well for its age. Has developed bottle age aromas and aged leathery, spicy oak flavours. “A curio!”
Comments Off on Gralyn Estate Reserve Margaret River Shiraz 2003 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A classy nose – smells like a rich fruit cake with fresh oak and chocolaty nuances. The palate is complex with beautiful sweet fruit and vanilla oak and some savoury elements.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate St Ethel’s Grampians Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A soft and simple style of shiraz with jammy fruit and plenty of tannic grip.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Streeton Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Lots of toasty oak on the nose but has good blackberry and licorice-like fruit underneath. Intensely flavoured sweet fruit/savoury palate.
Comments Off on Gemtree Wines Obsidian McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Smells like rich chocolate cake. Excellent tight fresh palate intense with juicy blackcurrant fruit flavours and some great acidity. 5+
Comments Off on Gemtree Wines Ernest Allen McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A simple licorice and dark berry bouquet with a palate that is a nice balance and persistence of soft rich fruit and toasty oak. 5+
Comments Off on Garners Heritage Wine Leon’s Single Vineyard Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Some portiness on the nose and flavours in the riper fruit spectrum with loads of vanillin oak.
Comments Off on Greenock Estate Wines Angas King McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Dense concentration of berry jam fruit fragrances laced with spicy oak. Powerful and very sweet fruit driven palate with restrained use of toasty oak. 5+
Comments Off on Greenock Estate Wines Greenock Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A hugely complex wine reminiscent of a rich chocolate fudge cake with intense aromas and a well structured palate that still shows some fruit freshness.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Great depth of colour – almost black. Excellent complexity of powerful oak and strong vibrant varietal fruit supported by good acid and tannin backbone. Old fashioned style.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A big rich old fashioned shiraz that is still young and vibrant with a good dense colour for a ten-year-old! Has lovely rich plum fruit and well handled oak that is still fresh.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2008 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A huge powerful oak and jammy fruit nose with a massive palate and showing some age.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Huge tarry nose with some leathery development and aged jammy palate. Hot finish.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Excellent complexity to the nose with intense dark cherry/cola aromas. Nice secondary characters developing on the palate. Very more-ish and ageing nicely. 3-5
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A generous full bodied shiraz with dense dark fruits, caramel-like oak and hints of dried spices and herbs. “In a good place now!” 3-5
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Old fashioned style all plum pudding and Christmas cake. Lovely lingering aged flavours.
Comments Off on God’s Hill Menzel Barossa Valley Shiraz 2008 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Bright crimson hues, lifted blackcurrant/berry aromas with leathery notes and a tightly structured palate with nice freshness, good fruit characters and a grippy finish.
Comments Off on Patritti Lot Three McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Beautifully framed fruit fragrances with graphite-like oak characters. The intense, full flavoured palate has great texture, line and length and is ageing very well.
Comments Off on Patritti Merchant McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Dense almost black wine that has years ahead of it! Very ripe varietal fruit characters on the nose and laced with classy oak which all follows through to the palate. Tight tannic finish.
Comments Off on Patritti JPB McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A huge headful of jammy fruit and spicy oak aromas. Excellent long and well structured palate with a high level of powerful fruit flavours and unobtrusive use of oak.
Comments Off on Gumpara Hexen Barossa Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A huge fruit driven style with intense almost magenta hues and slightly stalky notes on both the nose and the palate and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Gumpara Mader Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Aromatic complexity of toasty chocolate and slightly jammy fruits aromas. High level of acid and slightly hot finish.
Comments Off on Gumpara Mader Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Amazingly intense colour and subtle aromas of red fruits with a dash of pepper. The juicy palate is firm, extracted and slightly porty with plenty of flavour length.
Comments Off on Gumpara Victor’s Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A modern upfront fruit driven style. Great colour with vibrant berry cherry aromas and a fresh rich fruit punch of a palate.
Comments Off on Gumpara Victor’s Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A full bodied youthful crimson shiraz that is rich with berry fruits and has a nice tannic grip. Very more-ish. 5+
Comments Off on Grounded Cru Inc McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
An old school style that’s a generosity of Ribena and chocolate-like characters with good use of oak to balance and nice mouthfeel.
Comments Off on Restless Farm The Pig Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Spicy Ribena characters on the nose and a solid palate with good length full of fruit flavours and nice use of the oak.
Comments Off on P.B. Burgoyne Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A tannic driven shiraz smelling of black strap licorice and black cherries with ripe berry fruit flavours well supported by the oak.
Comments Off on Langdorf Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very commercial style with Cherry Ripe like characters on both the nose and palate.
Comments Off on Fox Creek JSM McLaren Vale Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
“Wow! All class,” declared one judge. Very dark purple hues, some beautiful varietal fruit, loads of oak and drying grippy tannins. A big wine with a good future. 5+
Comments Off on Fox Creek Short Row McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A velvety smooth traditional Aussie shiraz. The oak driven nose has a lovely perfumed blackberry lift and the soft, well structured palate has some great blackberry flavours.
Comments Off on Fox Creek Old Vine McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Earthy leathery characters evident on the oaky nose and a big ripe velvety smooth blackberry palate. Strong tannins.
Comments Off on Fox Creek Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Simple prune-like bouquet with meaty nuances and a big but well balanced palate that is long and rich with good fruit weight and slightly grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Marley Farm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A lovely lifted bouquet with a richness of sour cherries, forest floor, violets and spices with the richness translating onto the alluring well balanced earthy/minerally palate.
Comments Off on Elysian Springs Spring Lamb Adelaide Hills Syrah 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Some lovely ripe fruit characters with a background of classy oak. Tight, fresh and complex now and will get even better over the next 3-5 years.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Very concentrated colour and beautiful rich red fruit bouquet balanced by some classy oak. Velvety smooth in the mouth with generous sweet fruit flavours and subtle tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Domaine Asmara Reserve Heathcote Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Fresh toasty oak nose with some black fruits underneath. Oak dominates the rich full palate but it has well focussed fruit flavours underscored with chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Domaine Asmara Heathcote Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Excellent purple hues, quite oaky aromas and a good persistence of jubey fruit with acid driven freshness. 5+
Comments Off on Deep Woods Reserve Block 7 Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A huge unabashedly old vintage port style with evolved tertiary characters. It is almost black with a brick red rim, has a powerful jammy bouquet and quite a hot and porty palate.
Comments Off on Dell’uva Wines Bremner Barossa Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A powerful complex mix of raisin, sultana and fruit cake spice aromas. Lovely soft palate with beautiful toasty oak and rich spicy fruit cake fruits. Lingering astringent finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Dell’uva Wines Barossa Syrah 2012 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
A big rich old school style. “Very warm and comforting,” said one judge. A huge complex mix of fruit and oak on the nose with long soft varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Vermilion Bird by Rusty Mutt McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
An elegant cool climate style with youthful purple hues, fresh dark fruit aromas and a tightly structured palate loaded with dark cherry and mulberry flavours. Needs more time!
Comments Off on Vermilion Bird by Rusty Mutt McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / October 4, 2018
Posted: October 4, 2018
Nose of fruit compote, cocoa and prune notes. Loads of fine tannins on the big ripe palate.
Comments Off on Rusty Mutt Original McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / October 4, 2018