Posted: March 7, 2023
A big fleshy opulent shiraz driven by lovely blueberry-like varietal fruit with beefy/savoury elements, a floral/violet lift and soft “glistening” tannins.
Comments Off on Beklyn Single Vineyard Currency Creek Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A lift of bacon bone-like characters on the sweet licorice nose with mouth-filling savoury fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Alessandro Reserve Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Mature old school style with chocolaty/cola/cherry characters on the nose and palate.
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Bluegrass Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Mature, complex and spicy with nice combo of savoury fruit, cedar oak, chocolaty notes and soft tannins.
Comments Off on Jericho McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A chocolaty berry bouquet and inky blackberry palate with soft tannins and plenty of acid.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Nature Foundation Barbara Hardy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An inky full-bodied shiraz with toasty/stewed fruit fragrances and excellent layers of varietal fruit on the balanced palate with plenty of acid.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Village Green McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Deep crimson wine with a youthful blueberry and mulberry bouquet and richly fruited full-bodied and well-balanced palate with plush tannin and a nice level of acid.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy South Australia Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A full rich classic with fresh perfumed plum aromas and a very compact young and juicy palate layered with spicy varietal fruit and showing a dash of pepper.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Pertaringa Lakeside South Australia Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An attractive fragrant complexity of dark plums, black olives and vanilla with a smooth as velvet palate with a good level of acidity and great tannin presence.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A complex young thing with minty berry fruit and mouthcoating tannins.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Pertaringa Over The Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Complex and flavoursome spicy berry driven style with hints of violets, nice use of oak and soft fine tannins.
Comments Off on Bec Hardy Pertaringa Undercover McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Intense inky berry/chocolate complexity, sweet vanillin oak and soft tannins.
Comments Off on Oxenberry Farm Star Of Greece McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Licorice/barnyard characters on the nose and a palate that offers a lingering mouthful of blackberry flavours.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni California Road McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Savoury meaty aromas and a powerful sweet red and black berry fruit palate laced with plenty of acid.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Block 3 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An excellent integrated complexity of red and black berry fruits, chocolate and barnyard-like secondary characters but still has plenty of life left in it.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Block 3 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big complex and savoury “butcher shop” of a shiraz with a high level of acid and tannins. Needs more time.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A bright young thing; all blueberries, chocolate and violets with lingering acid and soft tannins.
Comments Off on Doc Adams McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Vibrant inky cooler climate style smelling of plums and baked earth. Nicely shaped palate with massive tannins but balanced by the fruit and sweet oak.
Comments Off on Doc Adams McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big oaky old school shiraz with sweet licorice and chocolate on the nose and a palate brimming over with blueberry and licorice flavours and a soft tannin structure.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big wine that needs time to settle. Inky black olive bouquet and nice palate.
Comments Off on Grounded Cru Cru McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Ruby red wine with a rich peppery chocolaty bouquet and a very dry tannic palate with sweet and spicy red and black berry fruit flavours with pleasant acidity.
Comments Off on Grounded Cru Inc McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Still a baby with subdued green fruit/sweet oak nose. Great palate shape and fine integration of acid and tannin.
Comments Off on Grounded Cru GC by Geoff Thompson McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big complex crimson hued wine exhibiting loads of intense fruit, mint and chocolate characters on nose and palate with a balance of acid and tannins.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Col Cross Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An oaky nose lifted by sweet rhubarb-like fruit characters and an intense flavour combination of red fruits, sweet spices and oak with lingering tannins.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Ambassador Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big vibrant wine with attractive chocolaty/minty/berry complexity.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Sunrach McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Very complex spicy/minty aromas. The palate is complex, chocolaty and delicious with plenty of acid to carry it and wrapped in fine “chamois-like” tannins.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Cruth McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big jammy, fleshy and peppery red and black fruit style with nice chocolaty complexity, a delicate floral lift and velvety smooth tannins.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Catkin McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A pretty full-bodied wine full of chocolaty/licorice characters with lingering blue and black fruit, vanillin oak and lovely soft chewy tannins.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Sweet and spicy licoricey fruit nicely integrated with vanillin oak and mouthcoating tannins. Old school!
Comments Off on James Haselgrove Futures McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An easy drinking spicy chocolaty style with forest floor-like notes, soft tannins and a good acid structure.
Comments Off on The Kings Creed McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Peppery herbaceous nose and big concentration of inky rich fruit flavours supported by fine drying tannins.
Comments Off on Ponting Wines The Pinnacle McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A subtle oaky/gamey complexity to the nose and a nicely balanced varietal fruit palate with tobacco oak. “Resembles a Rhone blend,” noted a judge.
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Lake Doctor Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A great big rich and “yummy” Aussie style brimming over with spicy rhubarb-like fruit, warm earthy characters, vanilla oak and an attractive “funkiness”.
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Z Force McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Bright berry bouquet and a rich beautifully balanced palate with great oak use.
Comments Off on Watkins Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Unusually green and herbaceous for a shiraz but still a very good well-structured wine.
Comments Off on Patritti Lot 3 Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A big complex tannic wine with a good level of licorice edged varietal fruit and balancing acid.
Comments Off on Patritti JPB Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Full bodied deep crimson wine; all plums, chocolate, violets and tannin.
Comments Off on Patritti Lavoro Range McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A flavoursome mix of plums, blackcurrants, dark chocolate and olives with chewy tannins.
Comments Off on Lights Valley Surveyor General Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Mature leathery edge to the lifted plum fruit varietal characters. Nice soft tannins.
Comments Off on Lights Valley Colonel Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Slight raisined character to the dark fruit nose with some soft sweet fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Margarey Lane Coonawarra Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Sarsaparilla-like aromas and a maturing red fruit palate with fine tannins.
Comments Off on Devitt & Moore Sunderland Limestone Coast Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Bright aromatic red fruit nose and a seamlessly silky-smooth palate alive with ripe plum flavours.
Comments Off on Devitt & Moore William Pile Coonawarra Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Smells of plums and tobacco with similar flavours and a quantity of grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Devitt & Moore William Pile Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Good weight and concentration of blue fruits and toasty oak with some soft tannins.
Comments Off on Schoolhouse Block A2 Coonawarra Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A nice cool climate shiraz with lifted peppery red fruit fragrances and a red plum and berry flavour profile. Good acid line and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Manser Block 4 Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
An elegant shiraz with pretty, sweet plum fruit characters at the riper end of the spectrum.
Comments Off on Taylors The Hotelier Padthaway Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
A bright and vibrant wine with plenty of “personality!” The red plum aromas lift off the nose with red currants and cherries filling the mouth with flavour.
Comments Off on Taylors Jaraman Clare Valley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Softly textured wine with delicate lifted blue and briary fruit and powerful oak tannins.
Comments Off on Kies Family Wines Dedication Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Mature blackcurrant varietal fruit with pencil shavings-like oak. Ready to drink now!
Comments Off on Kies Family Wines Klauber Block Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / March 7, 2023
Posted: March 7, 2023
Intense red fruit nose and a leaner cool climate style of palate with slight herbal nuances.
Comments Off on Sidewood Estate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2021 / 0 View / March 7, 2023