Posted: May 2, 2018
Dark and dense and still amazingly youthful with lovely chocolaty/meaty/beetroot complexity to the nose. Great length of savoury meaty flavour richness with nice age earthiness.
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Ribena-like lift to the bright fresh fruity nose and great weight and persistence of soft berry ice-cream -like flavour profile.
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Estate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Dark chocolaty bouquet with a lovely floral/violet edge and a peppery lift. Great palate length, texture and shape with creamy blueberry pie-like flavours.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A ripe “slurpy” style – very old school with a generosity of purple fruits and charry oak.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Bright red cherry aromas showing nice elements of spices, licorice and fennel. A silky smooth palate full of bright red fruit flavours and hints of darker fruit characters.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Bright blue fruit bouquet with forest floor-like complexity. Nicely balanced palate with ripe sweet core of fruit in the middle, good use of oak and nice tannins.
Comments Off on Pepperjack Porterhouse Graded Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A big old school style of shiraz with its powerful toasty oaky nose and its excellent fleshy palate. At the moment the oak is slightly dominating the sweet fruit flavours. A keeper.
Comments Off on Grounded Cru Inc McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A medium bodied style of shiraz with youthful and juicy red varietal fruit characters, dark oak and soft tannins.
Comments Off on Grounded Cru McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A nice balance and length of dark cherry fruit and cedary oak aromas and flavours with a big peppery hit and good level of spiciness.
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Chocolate Factory McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Meaty raspberry bouquet with some earthiness. A succulent palate exhibiting great interest and complexity.
Comments Off on Bayliss Road McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A riper softer style of shiraz with fine tannins. Starting to show some development.
Comments Off on Vinrock McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Oak tending to dominate the red fruit on the nose with a, “Very complete palate,” that’s soft and generous and loaded with toasty oak and spicy sweet varietal fruit.
Comments Off on Beresford Classic McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A lean, seamlessly balanced, wine that’s holding together well and showing red berry-like fruit layered with forest floor characters, cedary oak and good acidity.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Estate Oxenberry Star of Greece McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Smells a little like cherry syrup on the nose and has a dense, oaky, sweet fruit palate.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Estate Block 3 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Toasty oak driven aromas with oak obvious on the palate and nice cherry-like fruit underneath.
Comments Off on James Haselgrove Futures McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Still quite a youthful mix of blue and black varietal fruit characters with a good oak spine and maturing nicely.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Developed spicy nose but is still bright with red fruit fragrances. Good length and concentration of mature flavours that are laced with lots of warming alcohol.
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Café Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Still showing youthful purple hues and has aromas of ripe fruits lifted by minty/pine needle freshness. The grippy tannic palate has a good weight and length of red licorice and berry fruits.
Comments Off on Mr Riggs McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Planky oak tending to dominate raisined fruit aromas. Lots more oak on the sweet palate. Good length of fruit.
Comments Off on Morgan Simpson Reprieve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Syrupy sweet cassis/cola nose with flavours that race across the medium bodied palate.
Comments Off on Morgan Simpson Basket Press McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Lots of quality oak evident on the nose with fresh cherry fruit underneath. A very well balanced palate with a lovely mouthfilling core of cherry and licorice flavours.
Comments Off on Mollydooker Velvet Glove McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A great complexity of briary/forest floor characters on the nose with a sprinkling of white pepper. Very appealing palate brimming over with a juicy mix of sweet berry flavours.
Comments Off on Mollydooker Carnival Of Love McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Woody herbal bouquet edged with sour cherry/cola notes and lovely clear varietal fruit flavours well framed by the oak.
Comments Off on Mitolo Wines Savitar McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Mature oaky nose with hints of peppery red fruits and more of the same on the palate.
Comments Off on Mitolo Wines Angela McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Interesting aromas of licorice, cherry cola and chocolate with similar characters echoed on the rich red fruit palate.
Comments Off on Mitolo Wines Jester McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Hints of cassis fruit on the nose with a generous, slightly drying, fruit driven palate offering very good drinking.
Comments Off on Lake Breeze Bullant Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A fine elegant style of shiraz with good depth of earthy/leafy/black cherry fragrances. Soft and generous in the mouth with spicy plum flavours and some leathery-like complexity.
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton Little Road McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A clean well made shiraz with lifted red fruit aromas and bright lifted mix of blue, purple and red fruit flavours. Needs more time for complexity to develop.
Comments Off on Leconfield McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A medium bodied style with a nice balance between red and blue varietal fruit characters. Quite an alcoholic lift to the nose and a warm and drying palate.
Comments Off on McCarthy’s Orchard The Peeptoe Single Vineyard Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Dark fruit fragrances with youthful shades and generous mouthfilling varietal flavours.
Comments Off on Wine For Yoga Lovers Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Smells like raspberry lollies with well handled oak supporting the spicy/licorice flavours.
Comments Off on By Geoff Hardy Barbara Hardy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Chocolaty rich aromas and some nice sweet fruit flavours with a gentle tannin profile.
Comments Off on Hand Crafted by Geoff Hardy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nice complexity building on the lifted minty nose and great palate texture with flavours of cedar oak and red fruits with gravel-like tannins.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Regional Series McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Fresh rhubarb and raspberry fruit aromas nicely framed by some good quality oak. An elegant and well focussed palate with volumes of silky tannins. Will cellar well.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Yeoman McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Black/blue fruit style with nice licorice/chocolaty elements. Great flavour length and persistence on the seductively juicy palate.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Over The Top McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Brambly, herbal aromas with red fruit dominating the long, well textured palate with a touch of darker fruits.
Comments Off on Pertaringa Undercover McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A simple but well made wine with a plenty of attractive spicy black fruit characters.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Ambassador McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Peppery fruit nose with lots of plums evident. An elegant palate. Touch of green oak with good varietal fruit weight “happily” sitting on a medium bodied palate.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Col Cross McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Quite leathery-like aged elements on the nose mingling with some greenness and some spiciness. A developed red fruit palate balanced by earthy/cedary characters. Good extraction.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Lear McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Dark and brooding old school style of shiraz with cola and olive-like characters and dense tannins.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Lear McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Hot and spicy aromas with subtle hints of licorice and fruit and has brooding dark fruit flavours on the fleshy and creamy palate.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Catkin McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A ripe chocolaty style with meaty notes and hints of grilled veggie-like characters.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Catkin McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Quite an extracted style with sour cherry-like nose and a mature mouth puckering plum palate.
Comments Off on Hugo Wines Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Sweet syrupy aromas of cherry essence and resinous cola-like flavours. Very fruit driven with lots of acidity.
Comments Off on Hugo Wines McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
A nice combination of age and elegance here with beef stock and roasted capsicum like characters mingling with the sweet/sour fruit.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Jacko’s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Pretty lifted floral fragrances with a medium weight, green peppercorn, palate with the acid giving it focus.
Comments Off on Angas & Bremer Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Youthful fragrances of black cherries with a dash of pepper and some herbs. Generous dark fruit flavours on the mid palate.
Comments Off on Bird’s Eye View McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Slightly jammy fruit aromas. Complex creamy palate with red/black fruit flavours. Great value.
Comments Off on Pensilva McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Nose has hints of plums with earthy nuances and intense Balsamic-like elements. Juicy in the mouth with lots of cherry flavours and soft tannins with a lively finish. 5+
Comments Off on Pokolbin Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / May 2, 2018
Posted: May 2, 2018
Very big wine with subtle licorice characters on the nose and a palate that is a bit ‘rustic’.
Comments Off on Drayton’s Family Wines William Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / May 2, 2018