Posted: November 30, 2021
A distinct style with a peppery bouquet and a light slightly jammy palate.
Comments Off on Sidewood The Old China Hand Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A different style of shiraz – good food wine with lovely gentle plum and black fruit characters
Comments Off on Sidewood The Tyre Fitter Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Red fruit aromas with savoury notes and a peppery lift. Good depth of ripe plum flavours with drying tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Sidewood Mappinga Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Beautiful honeyed aged characters dominate the wine. Earthy leathery notes on the nose and a complexity of flavours on the rich velvety palate.
Comments Off on Totino Estate Francesco Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An oak driven style with a peppery spicy lift to the black fruit fragrances and quite a dry palate full of flavours of plums and herbs with good tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Jimmy’s Block by Mike Press Wines Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Plums and spices lift off the nose and an oak driven palate that has good bright red fruit underneath.
Comments Off on Zilzie Estate SEA Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Intense purple wine with a meaty/aniseed nose showing some butterscotch-like characters. The palate is powerful and rich with complex dark fruit flavours and persistent tannins.
Comments Off on Leconfield McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nice commercial style with an inky fruit bouquet and good focus of fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton ‘Little Road’ McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A pretty nose showing excellent balance between the sweet oak and dark fruits. The stylish palate has polished tannins with oak that adds complexity rather than overpowers.
Comments Off on Blewitt Springs Wine Co Single Vineyard Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Attractive deep red old-school style of shiraz with purple hues and rich mouthfilling plum flavours complemented by the sweet oak. Has loads of texture and complexity.
Comments Off on Blewitt Springs Wine Co Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A lift of cedar oak on the complex fruit nose. Palate shows great balance between freshness and maturity with leathery plum fruit and savoury notes.
Comments Off on Eighteen Acres Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Good red cherry varietal fruit characters here laced with toasty/vanillin oak and nice tannin ripeness.
Comments Off on Kurtz Family Vineyards Seven Sleepers Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Brooding dark fruit fragrances; quite lifted with good length of rich fruit cake-like flavours and some licorice nuances.
Comments Off on Kurtz Family Vineyards Boundary Row Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big inky wine with mature bottle age aromas and a clean palate with tight drying tannins.
Comments Off on Kurtz Family Vineyards Schmick Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“An interesting wine,” thought one judge. Minty/eucalypt characters mingle with blackcurrant fruit and chocolaty oak.
Comments Off on Kurtz Family Vineyards Lunar Block Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A nose like black jellybeans with a minty lift and flavoursome layers of berries, olives and licorice.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy K1 Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A pleasant uncomplicated shiraz, soft in the mouth and bright with red fruits.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy K1 Middle Hill Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Nose is an alluring complexity of dark fruits, anise and cedar. Great palate texture with lovely rich fruit/oak flavours. $
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Barbara Hardy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A complex full-bodied wine with an interesting complexity of fruit pastille-like fruit and oak.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Big sweet fruit wine – great complexity and depth with pleasing mature characters.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Very appealing, youthful and very quaffable. Great colour with a spicy lift to the nose and terrific upfront flavour complexity – all dark fruit and chocolate.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Pertaringa Over The Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A wine with poise!” Interesting forest floor-like characters and leathery age characters developing.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Pertaringa Over The Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A well-made wine with lovely blue fruit varietal characters, peppery notes and nicely underpinned by well handled oak.
Comments Off on Wines By Geoff Hardy Pertaringa Undercover McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Smells like crushed blackberries with jubey fruit flavours and a savoury element on the mid palate.
Comments Off on Don’t Tell Gary Victoria Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Slightly stewed varietal fruit characters with spicy oak tending to dominate at the moment
Comments Off on Jo Nash Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Sweet chocolaty aromas with a perfumed lift. Well integrated floral berry flavours and velvety tannins.
Comments Off on McPherson Family Vineyards Andrew McPherson South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Full flavoured shiraz that has fine dark berry fruits, creamy texture and fresh acidity.
Comments Off on Centennial Vineyards Limited Release Hilltops, NSW Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A fresh fragrant seamlessly balanced, nicely structured, wine. “Shows finesse.”
Comments Off on Pig In The House Organic Cowra Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Fresh lifted licorice bouquet and bright plum driven palate with grainy tannins and some maturation.
Comments Off on Windowrie Family Reserve Cowra Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Maturing leathery aromas with nice lift of black fruits and a balanced complexity of dark fruits and black olive flavours with a spicy finish.
Comments Off on Lannister Bush Vine Limited Release McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A nicely balanced shiraz with brambles and dark chocolate on both the nose and palate wrapped in juicy acidity. 3-5
Comments Off on Nepenthe Altitude Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An attractive lighter peppery style with herbal notes, fine acidity and drying tannins. 3-
Comments Off on Hahndorf Hill Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A bright crimson wine with fresh lifted aromas of raspberries and rhubarb. Light bodied red fruit palate with lingering flavours and a good tannin structure.
Comments Off on Dee Vine Estate Nericon South East Australia Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An oaky earthy nose with flavours like boysenberries and cola with some well-integrated tannins.
Comments Off on Dee Vine Estate Estate Range Riverina Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Light strawberry aromas and upfront bright fresh flavours with lingering tannins.
Comments Off on Dee Vine Estate The Drover Riverina Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Dense, oaky and toasty with intense, slightly stewed-like fruit underneath.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Wyjup Collection Mount Barker Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Lifted blue fruit varietal characters with nice use of oak and showing a warm and slightly meaty finish.
Comments Off on Plantagenet Lancaster Great Southern Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Still bright and youthful with fresh floral aromatics and a long and silky-smooth raspberry/black cherry palate.
Comments Off on Taylors Heritage Clare Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Sweet fruit aromas with chocolaty notes. Good core, density and power of fruit flavours with silky tannins.
Comments Off on Taylors Jaraman Clare Valley & McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Deep red wine with purple hues. Smells of raspberry jam with dark berry flavours on the soft palate.
Comments Off on Taylors Special Release Clare Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
“A beguiling style,” thought one judge. Quite different with lifted plum and cherry fruit layered with loads of cinnamon and coffee characters and has a soft tannin backbone.
Comments Off on Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A big, rich, deep purple oaky wine. Has a powerful sweet plum cake of a nose and beautiful palate length, elegance and freshness. Give it more time.
Comments Off on Taylors The Pioneer Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Black cherry bouquet with a licorice-like edge and a medium bodied palate with pretty red fruits and elegant oak.
Comments Off on Farm Hand ‘One Of A Kind’ Premium (ACO) McLaren Vale Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Pretty violet fragrances mixing with cherries and chocolate and refined richness on a firm palate. Has a fruit cake-like finish.
Comments Off on Farm Hand (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A softly textured, uncomplicated and very well-balanced floral berry fruit driven style offering easy drinking.
Comments Off on Bumblebee (ACO) Monash Valley, SA Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A brooding bouquet of dark berries with some light oak notes. The palate is big and flavoursome with fine tannins.
Comments Off on Indigo Organic Grape Growers Collective (ACO) Glenrowen, VIC Shiraz 2019 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
A young intense fruit driven style with interesting vibrant characters reminiscent of sour cherries
Comments Off on No Evil (ACO) South Australia Shiraz 2020 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Robust plum bouquet and opulent dark maturing fruit flavours with a lingering finish.
Comments Off on Ubertas Project D Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
Intense, persistent, full flavoured shiraz – very youthful. Nice berry lift to the nose and a fruit driven palate with pleasing sweetness, good level of acid and tannins.
Comments Off on After Five Wine Co. Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021
Posted: November 30, 2021
An oak driven wine with quite complex jammy fruit well balanced by fresh acidity.
Comments Off on Planta Circa Ancestor Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / November 30, 2021