Posted: July 21, 2022
Dark and brooding blackberry bouquet and a powerful ripe fruit driven palate but it refrains from being overripe or over-extracted.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A powerful wine but also shows great restraint with delightful aromas and flavours of blackberries, coffee grounds and dark chocolate. It has it all!
Comments Off on Wolf Blass The Master Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
Caramel-like oak characters sit on top of the ripe cassis fruit fragrances. Excellent palate, beautifully structured – still tight and reserved. Needs more years on it yet.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Black Label Barossa Langhorne Creek McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A pleasant lift of sweet cassis fruit aromas. Soft and easy in the mouth with a unique range of fruit flavours and mocha-like tannins.
Comments Off on The Gate McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A lovely, aged wine – very old school, brick red in colour with intense aromas and flavours of mushrooms, red currants and cigar box oak.
Comments Off on Heartland One Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A serious youthful number that is a seamless balance of blackcurrant fruit, spices and chocolaty elements.
Comments Off on The Musician By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: July 21, 2022
A pretty classic – still very young and needing more time to really shine. Some lovely purple fruit characters with minty nuances. “A real bargain!” 5+
Comments Off on The Musician By Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / July 21, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
Oaky aromas dominate the spicy perfumed fruit nose and has a beautifully evolving leafy black fruit palate with great use of vanillin oak and firm tannins.
Comments Off on Yalumba The Signature Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A savoury tannic style with chocolaty/cassis nose and a lean palate layered with dark fruits, herbs and spices. Long finish. 5+
Comments Off on The Musician by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: May 12, 2022
A lovely, aged cabernet that ticks all the boxes. Very varietal aromas layered with beautiful secondary characters and a silky-smooth flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on Heartland One Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 12, 2022
Posted: December 3, 2021
Straightforward black fruit and cedar oak wine with generous alcohol warmth.
Comments Off on RedHeads The Red Sedan South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / December 3, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Mature Christmas cake nose and nicely evolving, fully integrated, savoury palate. Still youthful.
Comments Off on Sandalford Prendiville Reserve Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Very youthful looking for a 3-year-old. The nose is closed and inky with a palate full of fresh red berries and oak.
Comments Off on Brangayne Of Orange Tristan Orange NSW Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
An estery bouquet with a lift of dark berry and cassis aromas and a rich well-balanced palate with good depth and length of flavours. An elegant wine.
Comments Off on The Gate By Shingleback McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: December 2, 2021
Dark minty fruit aromas and generous confectionery fruit palate. Good use of oak.
Comments Off on The Gate By Shingleback McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / December 2, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Fragrant match of ripe red fruit and spicy oak with a rich abundance of dark fruit flavours and fine mouth coating tannins.
Comments Off on The Gate By Shingleback McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: April 24, 2020
A deep purple wine with a nose that is pungent and peppery and a palate showing a very successful combination of the two varieties: plums from the shiraz – berries from the cabernet. 5+
Comments Off on Iron Gate Estate Fenix Mudgee Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: April 24, 2020
A fruity combo of berry and cherry aromas. Warming palate with grippy fruit flavours. Age will open it up. 5+
Comments Off on Iron Gate Estate Primera Mudgee & Hunter Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / April 24, 2020
Posted: September 4, 2019
A well balanced, nicely aged wine with bright perfumed cedar oak and cassis fruit fragrances and a fine silky smooth palate of sweet oak and dark berries.
Comments Off on The Malleea by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Very attractive minty cassis nose with a subtlety of oak underneath. Beautifully structured sweet and spicy dark berry palate with a hint of oak. “Very yummy!”
Comments Off on The Musician by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: July 4, 2018
A strong oak/fruit bouquet leads to a good dark fruit/sweet oak flavour profile that has an attractive malo component.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Ryan’s Reserve Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: July 4, 2018
Still very youthful with purple hues to the deep red colour. Lovely sweet ripe fruit freshness and an abundance of oak sitting on the top and supported by fine drying tannins.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Bluegrass The Blend Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / July 4, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Leafy herbaceous nose with smoky overtones. Great depth of oak characters nicely integrated with slightly green cassis fruit flavours. Plenty of acid for a long life. 5+
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A very nice wine offering pleasant right drinking now. Some soft toasty age mingles with the dark fruits and earthy oak characters.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nicely matured dry red that’s ageing well and has plenty of soft savoury spicy fruit laced with big powerful drying tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: June 30, 2017
Closed restrained nose that smells of “rain on asphalt!” thought one judge. Warm and powerful in the mouth with some “grippiness”. “The tannins are lovely”, said another. 5+
Comments Off on McGuigan The Philosophy South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 30, 2017
“Alive and lovely”, enthused one judge. Has elements of blueberries, beetroot and mulberries on the nose. Blackberry sweetness on the palate, good tannin length with a light finish. 5+
Comments Off on McGuigan The Philosophy South Australia Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / June 30, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
An oak driven blend that has lingering length and balance with very good weight of vibrant varietal fruit sitting underneath.
Comments Off on Mandalay Lindsay’s Folly Geographe Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Minty chocolaty nose with nice subtle oak. Elegant palate with simple red fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Fat’n Skinny Picker’s Choice McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Interesting beefy/leafy bouquet. Palate has plenty of flavour with delicate use of oak and a good tannin structure with a rich finish.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Herbal/charry oak notes to the nose. Masses of varietal flavours showing herbal-like characters and firm tannins.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 16, 2017
“Will appeal to many”, suggested one judge. Lots of plump sweet black cherry like fruit with lashings of oak and all carried by some lovely acidity. 3-5
Comments Off on Majella The Malleea Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / June 16, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Rich cedary bouquet and tight toasty oak palate with sweet fruits and good tannins.
Comments Off on Hollick Wines Stock Route Wrattonbully Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: June 15, 2017
Spicy plum and dark cherry-like fruit with good level of powdery tannins in support.
Comments Off on Cape Grace Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 15, 2017
Posted: April 20, 2017
Great colour, generous smoky/minty nose and oak dominated palate with chewy tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Majella The Malleea by Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 20, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A very stylish acid driven wine with seamlessly integrated fruit, oak and fine grained tannins.
Comments Off on Majella The Malleea Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Nose is a lovely mix of blackcurrant and vanilla oak with bright red fruit flavours, supporting oak with soft velvety tannins.
Comments Off on Majella The Musician Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Quinces and currants on the nose and on the big warm and slightly drying palate.
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Wines Australia Felix Premium Barrel Reserve Langhorne Creek Wrattonbully Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very lifted perfumed sweet fruit aromas with more of the same on the soft mature palate.
Comments Off on G.Patritti & Co. Patritti Blewitt Springs Estate McLaren Vale Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A stylish blend. Toasty oak tends to dominate the nose with a high acid, high tannin palate.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Bluegrass “The Blend” Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Oak dominated aromas – lots of vanilla with lots more of the oak on the palate with plenty of tannins.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Ryan’s Reserve Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A heavily structured wine with dark olive/graphite power obvious on both the nose and the astringent palate. 5+
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label Langhorne Creek Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 4, 2017