Vin Vale by Shingleback McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Big hit of sweet berry aromas but more meaty on the palate with slightly greenish fruit. 5+
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Shingleback Red Knot Classified McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
A big wine! The nose is a mix of spices, mocha oak and blueberry fruit with a full tannic palate ripe with berry fruit and hints of chocolaty oak. 5+
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Shingleback Red Knot McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
A medium bodied wine of sweet berry fruits, hints of mint, chocolaty oak and strong tannins. 5+
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Pruner’s Hut Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Nose shows fresh aromatic jubey fruit threaded with spicy peppery elements with more spicy/peppery varietal fruit on the palate with good balance of sweetness. 5+
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Leconfield McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
An aromatic power of chocolate, malt, briary fruit and violets with peppery fruit flavours on a tight palate with good use of oak and “piquant” acidity. 5+
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Richard Hamilton Little Road McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Darker fruit characters evident here and layered with some pretty blueberry nuances and nicely balanced by the mocha-like oak, tight tannins and acid. 5+
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Howlin’ Gale Wines Force 10 Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015
Posted: May 1, 2019
An excellent wine that is complex and beautifully aged and yet is still quite youthful with good length of cherry and chocolate flavours.
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Hastwell & Lightfoot McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Powerful earthy nose but also has plenty of ripe berry aromas. Nice palate, well balanced and offering a rich ripe mouthful of flavour with strong tannin backbone. 5+
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Rusty Mutt Original McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
Posted: May 1, 2019
Complex but still youthful wine with excellent length and depth of rhubarb and licorice varietal fruit characters.
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Mollydooker Velvet Glove McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Ripe sweet dark fruit nose with leathery complexity and quite a sweet fruit palate that’s soft with tannins. 5+
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Mollydooker Carnival of Love McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
A ripe but elegant style of shiraz that smells of dark cherries, olives and hints of coffee with a syrupy sweet fruit palate that has a long firm tannic finish. 5+
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Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
A lovely wine – needs time to settle. Smells of chocolate, black fruits and the forest floor. Palate has big tannins, tight acid and raspberry fruit flavours. 5+
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Mollydooker The Boxer McLaren Vale Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Gorgeous nose; all black fruits and ripe figs with a vanillin oak nuance. Excellent hit of sweet fruit on the palate that’s well integrated with the bacony-like oak and the tannins. 5+
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Heartland Directors’ Cut Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Herbs, plums and blue fruits on the nose and layered with oak. Nicely ageing, uncomplicated varietal palate with grippy tannins. 5+
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Patritti Merchant McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Developing toasty oak nose with great line of dark sweet cherry fruit. An ageing palate but has plenty of powerful sweet fruit showing through. Big drying tannic finish. 5+
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Patritti Lot Three McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Flinty blueberry fruit bouquet layered with smoky/bacon-like oak with big drying “angular” tannins slightly overpowering the fruit. 5+
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Patritti Lot Three McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Rich, ripe and flavoursome with well handled, very pretty and nicely lifted blue fruit characters nicely matched by the oak and showing a full tannin structure. 5+
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Patritti JPB McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Nose is a dense amalgam of black fruits, cherries, licorice and toasty oak with a lovely silky smooth palate that’s bright with blackberry fruit, good oak and fine tannins. 5+
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Whale Coast Crows Nest Currency Creek Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Stalky briary fruit bouquet with hints of forest floor-like notes. Nice palate weight; full and rounded and brimming over with peppery green fruit with balancing acid and tannins. 5+
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Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
A full ripe mocha, blueberry and stewed plum nose with a powerful tannic driven palate showing excellent balance between the ripe shiraz fruit flavours and the oak. 5+
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Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
An elegant varietal nose that’s all plums, herbs, malt and oak. Very good intensity and weight of the mulberry fruit flavours. 5+
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Grandeur Wellington Cellar Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
Posted: May 1, 2019
Dense young spicy nose with a long, soft and straightforward palate with leathery age.
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Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
Posted: May 1, 2019
A delicious complexity of chocolate oak and cherry fruit nicely supported by furry tannins.
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Beklyn McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Loads of smoky/cedary oak on both the nose and palate and underscored with spicy plum-like fruit, soft tannins and crisp acidity. 5+
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Nick Haselgrove Wines Clarence Hill Adelaide Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Attractive aromas of sweet vanillin oak and lightly herbal fruit. The oak driven palate is underscored with ripe fruit. 5+
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Nick Haselgrove Wines James Haselgrove Futures McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 1, 2019
Holding up well and still showing great red hues with some medicinal characters to the sweet and peppery fruit. Nice firm tannins.
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Nick Haselgrove Wines Clarence Hill Red Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Sweet red berry and plum fruit fragrances with hints of orange peel like characters and a powerful tannic palate filled with chocolaty sweet shiraz fruit flavours. 5+
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Nick Haselgrove Wines Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Flavoursome complexity of sweet blue fruits, malt, chocolate and new leather with a grainy tannic finish. 5+
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Nick Haselgrove Wines Blackbilly McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Brooding briary/blackberry bouquet rich and juicy in the mouth with excellent varietal fruit, good oak and strong balancing tannins with a warming finish. 5+
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Mr. Riggs Burnt Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
A simpler uncomplicated style of shiraz with rhubarb tinged plum fruit characters and big drying tannins. 5+
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Mr. Riggs McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
An interesting shiraz; a rich and nicely rounded style with obvious smoky bacon oak aromas and spicy black fruit flavours. 5+
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Karrawatta McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Distinct blackberry-like aromas with an attractive violet lift and great persistence of peppery berry fruit flavours. Great palate texture with lovely soft tannic finish. 5+
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Karrawatta Joseph Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Nose reminiscent of olive tapenade with light spicy plum lift. Excellent sweet/spicy berry fruit flavours on a slippery smooth palate. 5+
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Blood Brother Republic KG Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Dark briary fruit nose; slight herbal notes with a lavender lift. Ripe and rich in the mouth and full of flavour with good depth of oak. 5+
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Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Simple oak lift on blue/red fruit nose with a hint of violets. An elegant palate with nice weight and length of dark fruits and oak. 5+
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Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Confectionery red fruit fragrances with a spicy note and oak complexity. Well integrated palate full of sweet fruit and chocolate oak with a full tannin structure. 5+
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Pertaringa Over the Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Pleasant earthy and licorice characters on the varietal fruit nose with rich, rounded and ripe dark fruit flavours. 5+
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Pertaringa Over the Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Subdued nose with hints of varietal fruit and herbs. Beautifully ageing palate with full-on tannins matched by powerful ripe fruit characters showing slight green notes. 5+
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Pertaringa Undercover McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Big peppery fruit lift to the nose with light floral nuances. Good weight and length of bright crunchy spicy peppery fruit flavours with a very good tannin structure. 5+
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Saddler’s Creek Alessandro Reserve Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
A very big style of shiraz. The nose is all nuts and mocha and briary fruits with lots of tannins on the ripe fruit palate showing good integration of oak. 5+
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Parsons Paddock Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2018
Posted: May 1, 2019
A powerful young wine with a pretty violet bouquet, an oaky lift and hints of licorice. Peppery blackberry fruit palate with strong tannins. 5+
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Bird’s Eye View McLaren Vale Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
Very good vanillin/tobacco-like oak characters on the nose with plums and cherries underneath. Dense and intense fleshy varietal flavours with a soft acid finish. 5+
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Angas & Bremer Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Spices and tobacco lift off the blue fruit nose. Big strong ripe fruit palate with slight herbal notes, grainy tannins and slightly warm on the finish. 5+
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Morgan Simpson Reprieve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Pleasant plum aromas with a pretty floral lift of violets and roses. Lovely palate layered with blue and black fruits and coffee and chocolate notes and strong smooth tannins. 5+
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Morgan Simpson Basket Press McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
A lifted spice box of a nose and a softly structured palate full of sweet ripe flavours. 5+
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McLaren Vale III Associates Black Bay Single Vineyard Estate Grown McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Fragrant aromatic wine with perfumed herbal bouquet and spicy fleshy fruit flavours. 5+
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Lake Breeze Section 54 Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Powerful sweet briary elements to the nose with a lovely silky smooth palate with ripe sweet richness of peppery black fruit flavours across the length of the palate. 5+
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Lake Breeze Bull Ant Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2017
Posted: May 1, 2019
A fleshy style with slightly sweet vanilla/blue fruit nose and more sweet fruit on the palate with toasty/bacon touches 5+.
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Jericho McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016
Posted: May 1, 2019
Powerful chocolaty lift to the complex varietal fruit nose. The palate is big and broad with nice weight of silky smooth sweet chocolaty fruit and grippy tannins. 5+
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Jericho McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
Posted: May 1, 2019
Alluring spicy plum bouquet with a seamlessly balanced palate of stewed-like fruit and well handled oak. Quite tannic with amazing freshness to it.
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