Posted: September 4, 2019
“Very mature but well preserved,” thought one judge. Ripe and tarry on the nose with a huge tannic varietal palate, plenty of acidity and a long warming finish.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2008 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Lovely combination of raspberry, mulberry, licorice and black pepper on both the nose and palate. Showing chocolaty maturity.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Nicely developed oaky aromas and rich dark fruit flavours with a savoury finish.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Lifted licoricey aromas and silky smooth palate with persistent flavour complexity.
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A classic Aussie shiraz; powerful and complex with intense spicy fruit aromas and a beautifully balanced palate that is still fresh.
Comments Off on De Lisio McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Firmly structured, aged, savoury/leathery style ready for drinking now.
Comments Off on De Lisio Krystina McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Rich, full, well balanced wine. The lovely dark fruit is seamlessly integrated with the oak and has Bonox-like notes.
Comments Off on The Covert McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Sweet blueberry bouquet and bright sweet plum fruit flavours. Good commercial style.
Comments Off on Pensilva Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Cassis/cherry bouquet with a slight leathery edge and good sour cherry-like flavour complexity.
Comments Off on Earthworks Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Subdued nose with leathery notes. Complex and full flavoured palate with touch of sour cherries. 3-5
Comments Off on Earthworks Succession Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Floral perfumed aromas with a plumy edge. Bigger and bolder in the mouth and full of plum and cassis flavours with fine tannins.
Comments Off on Parsons Paddock Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Surprisingly lifted nose and smooth chocolaty plum palate with leathery notes. Dry tannins.
Comments Off on Winton Road Old Vine Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A great food wine; still very young with ripe fruit cake-like fruit characters matched by the sweet oak and high level of tannins.
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Subtle plum bouquet laced with chocolate/licorice elements. Palate still vibrant with plenty of acid and tasting of black cherries.
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Subdued tarry bouquet and a typical cool climate palate with good mid palate complexity and greenish notes.
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Brothers McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Big oaky nose but also has the fruit there too. Flavours of cherries, chocolate and licorice with grippy tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Fleshy red fruit fragrances and simple, rich and ripe berry flavours. Some great tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Shingleback Red Knot Classified McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Big perfumed and floral red fruit bouquet with a palate that fills out with a rich complexity of fruit flavours. Tangy finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Shingleback Haycutters McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Bright primary fruit aromas with a spicy lift. Tangy acid driven palate has some fruit weight.
Comments Off on Shingleback Red Knot McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Chocolaty dark fruit bouquet and a well aged palate but still with plenty of acidity.
Comments Off on Paringa South Australia Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Nose reeks of fresh dark fruits with lovely underlying oak adding complexity and an intense powerful palate with everything in perfect harmony.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Mature colour, aged aromas and uncomplicated tannic palate with good level of fruit.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Attractive mature fruit aromas with cedary cigar box complexity. Soft in the mouth; excellent sweet fruit and aged characters. Great with food.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A big, generous and typical Aussie shiraz style with vibrant lifted aromas and intense fleshy flavours with good impact of acid and tannins.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Bright crimson read wine with excellent varietal fruit intensity on the nose and some lovely spiciness. The rich palate is full of chocolaty berry flavours that linger across the palate. 5+
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Two in the Bush Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
The vibrant and seamlessly balanced wine still has youthful purple hues. A pretty nose with an edge of minty dark fruits and powerful plum pudding of a palate with a warming finish.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Lovely aromas; nose is a bright complex concentration of varietal fruit and fresh oak. Great palate, has structure and depth with rich fruit flavours and good tannins.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand MAC Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Nose is a complexity of fruit, oak and bottle age with a generous palate that’s lovely and soft and rich.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand MAC Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Fresh lifted varietal fruit bouquet with bottle age adding complexity. Silky smooth in the mouth with sweet concentration of flavours starting to evolve.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand MAC Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Another classic Aussie style of shiraz with bold varietal fruit characters, velvety soft tannins and excellent vanillin oak. Great food wine.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand MAC Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
“A delightful classic,” enthused one judge. Has rich fruit cake-like complexity on both the nose and palate. Very flavoursome!
Comments Off on Wordsmith Upper Blocks Heathcote Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A mature oaky nose; quite rich and complex. Velvety soft in the mouth with layers of ripe fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Mockingbird Hill MCR Block Clare Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Bright red wine with lifted floral fruit fragrances and slight smoky/tobacco notes. Good persistence of cassis and cherry-like flavours with slight green edge. 3-5
Comments Off on Mockingbird Hill Clare Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A big wine; a complexity of black fruit fragrances and powerful, slightly stewed fruit flavours with the firm crunchy tannins adding structure and length.
Comments Off on Krondorf Symmetry Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A rich and powerful benchmark of a shiraz with a youthful core of dark licorice aromas and has a bold weighty palate brimming over with blue and black fruit and olive flavours.
Comments Off on Mum’s Block Barossa Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A lightweight Rhone-like style with fragrant berry fruit characters, pretty floral notes and a dash of pepper.
Comments Off on Black Wattle Vineyards Mount Benson Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Subtle cool, minty, nose and straightforward palate with big tarry flavours and warm finish.
Comments Off on Shark’s Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Dark licoricey fruit nose is underpinned with toasty oak. The juicy palate has good length of fruit sweetness that’s well integrated with plenty of oak. 5+
Comments Off on Avon Brae Moculta Eden Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A lovely purple wine. Intriguing lifted berry aromatics with nice spiciness and an elegant palate with long lingering vibrantly fresh fruit flavours and beautiful musky notes.
Comments Off on Avon Brae Eden Valley Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Lifted malty aromas and maturing creamy oak palate showing a slight green edge.
Comments Off on Scotchmans Hill Bellarine Peninsula Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A well integrated, nicely matured, shiraz yet still quite fresh for an 8year-old. Good concentration of fruit with excellent bottle age characters.
Comments Off on Palmarium Exemplar Barossa Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Mature colour and a powerful nose with aged nutty/leathery characters and a sound uncomplicated palate.
Comments Off on Palmarium Exemplar Heathcote Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A lovely soft well matured wine with a huge nose and intense flavours on the well structured palate. High in acid with chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Palmarium Exemplar McLaren Vale Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Bright plum bouquet with rhubarb notes and some lovely varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Bellarine Estate Two Wives Bellarine Shiraz 2018 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Some age complexity to the dark fruit nose and powerful varietal fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Finniss River Block Reserve Currency Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Big lifted fruit driven style with hints of rhubarb and showing slight green edge. 3-5
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Chocolate Factory McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
Hints of rhubarb on the nose with nice toasty oak backdrop and a flinty lift and confectionery sweet fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Murray Darling Shiraz 2017 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A generous wine still has some good varietal fruit on the nose with a spicy Christmas pudding of a palate. It’s weighty, balanced and complex.
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Basket Press One Tree Hill Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A toasty depth of aromas laced with ripe plum fruit characters and the generous palate is rich with dark savoury flavour complexity. Excellent length and great mouth feel.
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Basket Press One Tree Hill Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 4, 2019
Posted: September 4, 2019
A classic Aussie style of shiraz that’s dense black/red in colour, has gorgeous ripe fruit/sweet oak fragrances and a delicious rich complexity of flavours. “It has class!”
Comments Off on Tenafeate Creek Basket Press One Tree Hill Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / September 4, 2019