Posted: November 30, 2021
A robustly structured wine with an opulent cranberry, black cherry and plum-like combination of fruit characters all beautifully balanced with the malty oak.
Comments Off on Mr Riggs ‘JFR’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A huge dense and inky shiraz with rich varietal fruit, sweet oak intensity and nice sinewy tannins.
Comments Off on Reillys RCV ‘Pressings’ Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Quite sweet and oaky with spicy cherry aromas and peppery strawberry flavours.
Comments Off on Reillys Dry Land Clare Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Sweet maturing fruit characters – almost port-like with evolving leathery elements.
Comments Off on Reillys RCV ‘Stoneflower’ Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Soft, round and uncomplicated with sour cherry fruit and crunchy acidity. Ready to drink
Comments Off on Bendbrook Goat Track Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Overall a good wine with funky fruit fragrances and subtle plum flavours.
Comments Off on Bendbrook Goat Track Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lovely wine, great colour with French-like leafy complexity and cool climate peppery elements. “Very more-ish!”
Comments Off on Bendbrook Goat Track Reserve Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lovely rich warmth of varietal fruit and gentle oak with soft velvety tannins.
Comments Off on Hemera JDR Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An inky wine with a ripe plum bouquet showing hints of licorice. Deliciously smooth in the mouth with spicy and peppery red fruit flavours and drying tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Chain Of Ponds Ledge Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Ripe and complex yet still bright and youthful with rich dark fruits beautifully balanced by spicy cedary oak.
Comments Off on Singlefile Single Vineyard Frankland River Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Slight confectionery raspberry-like varietal fruit creating good aromas and lots of flavour.
Comments Off on Lou Miranda Estate Master Piero Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A rich full-bodied style with lifted savoury complexity, sweet oak and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Lou Miranda Estate Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lifted aromatics and a rich classy palate with intense fruit cake-like flavours layered with cedary oak.
Comments Off on Velvet & Willow Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Smells like licorice and Sarsaparilla and has a dark brooding core of peppery herbal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Castelli Estate Frankland River Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A well-made wine maturing nicely with lots of tannins and oak underscored by plum-like varietal fruit.
Comments Off on Howard Park Leston Margaret River Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Oaky peppery nose and good flavour density for a lighter style with a fine tannin structure.
Comments Off on MadFish Western Australia Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big ripe style with pleasant syrupy primary fruit, good tannin structure and a touch of alcohol warmth.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Estate Organic Victoria Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nicely focussed plum, dark berry, violet and rose petal-like varietal fruit characters on both the nose and the palate.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Headspace Pyrenees Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“Christmas in a glass!” declared one judge. “A joyous experience.” Masses of perfumed spicy dark fruit aromas and flavours with good use of oak.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca The Calling Pyrenees Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big bold and intensely purple wine with a lifted blackberry bouquet and robust full-bodied palate with youthful flavours and great persistence of chunky tannins.
Comments Off on Mount Avoca Old Vine Organic Pyrenees Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Minty aromas with subtle raspberry fruit underneath and a balance of fruit/oak flavours.
Comments Off on Forester Estate Home Block Margaret River Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
One judge compared this wine with a black forest cake! An oaky peppermint nose and good flavour intensity.
Comments Off on Pepper Tree ‘Robustum’ Premium Wrattonbully Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lifted full flavoured shiraz with a respectable length of bright red fruits and fresh acidity.
Comments Off on Pepper Tree ‘The Gravels’ Single Vineyard Wrattonbully Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dark inky/chocolaty fruit fragrances. Dense mid-palate richness with a dash of pepper and nice line of acid.
Comments Off on Berton Vineyards Metal Label SEA Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Bright, lifted and still amazingly youthful with lingering leathery fruit and aromatic oak characters. Loads of flavour underscored by fine tannins.
Comments Off on Zema Estate Family Selection Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dark chocolaty nose and a soft, well structured, weighty and full flavoured palate.
Comments Off on Zema Estate Coonawarra Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lean and vibrant style of shiraz with lifted sweet plum and blueberry fruit well matched by some very nice oak and showing soy-like savoury notes.
Comments Off on Little So & So Wine Co. Precious Little Marananga Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Sweet oak and berry fruit lift off the nose. The velvety palate is warm and flavoursome with an abundance of black cherry-like flavours lifted by floral/rose nuances.
Comments Off on McGuigan Personal Reserve Bainton Hunter Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Crimson wine with purple highlights. The nose is bright with perfumed fruit aromas and the palate has enticing dark cherry fruit seamlessly integrated with the oak.
Comments Off on McGuigan Personal Reserve VV Hunter Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A clean uncomplicated medium bodied wine with cool minty characters mixing with red berry fruit.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A dense and still youthful wine with masses of powerful minty oak matched by the intense, rich and lively purple fruit varietal characters with iodine-like nuances.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno Hunter Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A slightly herbaceous nose and well aged smoky leathery palate with upfront tannins.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Uno UH Hunter Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An interesting mix of eucalypt, sweet red berries and resinous oak. Spicy lift to the nose with a good palate structure.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Pewter Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Tomato leaf edge to the leathery tobacco-like nose. The palate is soft, complex and nicely matured.
Comments Off on Tempus Two Pewter Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lovely varietal fruit reminiscent of Maraschino cherries with good use of oak and well-matched tannins.
Comments Off on Riddoch Coonawarra Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lifted blueberry bouquet and a unique flavour profile with upfront tannins.
Comments Off on Riddoch Reserve Coonawarra Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An uncomplicated varietally correct style. Lovely purple colour and smelling of sweet licorice with layers of licorice, dark plum and black fruit characters on the palate.
Comments Off on William Light Clare Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Sweet chocolate/cherry nose with toasty oak and fruit sharing the limelight on the palate.
Comments Off on Cat Amongst the Pigeons Barossa Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Perfumed purple fruit aromas and an interesting floral fruit flavour profile.
Comments Off on Cat Amongst the Pigeons Fat Cat Barossa Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nice volume of sweet fruit aromas and mouth filling ripe fruit flavours with fine tannins. Will age well.
Comments Off on Avon Brae Barossa Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Intense red wine with a lovely lift of rich red and black fruit aromas and a youthful yet complex palate with good length of lush sweet fruit flavours and firm tannins. $
Comments Off on Mum’s Block Barossa Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Elegant true to style shiraz – all cherries, plums, cedar and spice with leathery maturity developing.
Comments Off on Wickham Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Inviting caramel-like aromas with mature red fruit/oak flavours and good level of acid.
Comments Off on Wickham Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Fleshy licorice/plum nose with an element of greenness. Great core of varietal fruit on the palate.
Comments Off on Knappstein Clare Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big brooding style of shiraz with a fragrant lift of black fruits on the nose. Beautifully smooth in the mouth and rich with chocolaty plum flavours with fine tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Tomich Woodside Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A soft ripe wine with lifted plum and black fruit aromas edged with herbal notes and an appealing velvety smooth palate bright with fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Tomich Icons of Woodside H888 Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A bouquet of blackberries and chocolate and it is dark, chocolaty and juicy in the mouth filling it with a rich complexity of flavours. Good acid backbone. 5+
Comments Off on Wicks Estate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dark and chocolaty on the nose with a spicy plum edge. Oak stands out on the fleshy palate but has lovely richness of varietal fruit flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Bird In Hand Two In The Bush Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A well-made, nicely aged, wine ready for drinking now with blackcurrant and chocolate on the nose and a flavoursome balance of fruit, oak and tannins.
Comments Off on Bird In Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Deep red wine with purple highlights. Attractive fruit driven nose; all plums and blackberries with good varietal fruit weight on the fleshy palate with firm tannin backbone. 5+
Comments Off on Cobb’s Hill Estate Stagecoach Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021