Posted: September 6, 2017
Pleasant sweet herbal fragrances which is echoed on a palate that shows plenty of character. “Not perfect but will evolve beautifully”, said one judge. 5+
Comments Off on Schild Estate Barossa Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A lifted ethereal oaky bouquet, slightly sour-like flavours and nice mid-palate complexity
Comments Off on Sussex Squire Thomas Block Single Vineyard Clare Valley Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Dark, brooding, fruit driven fragrances and warm malty/licorice-like flavours.
Comments Off on Songlines Estates Bylines McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Super ripe fruit bouquet with estery development. Intense concentration of varietal fruit flavours. Ready for drinking right now!
Comments Off on Kopparossa Estate Vintage Reserve Coonawarra Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Fruit still very primary and fresh with a delicate floral lift. The palate is beautiful, complex and balanced with lovely length of spicy/peppery elements and mouthcoating tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Kopparossa Estate Coonawarra Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Distinct aged cedary bouquet and some lovely oak on the palate with light elegant fruit characters and soft tannin backbone.
Comments Off on Olivia Coonawarra Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nose is a compote of stonefruits, Chinese spices and some meatiness. The palate has weight and plenty of style with lovely chocolate, plums and lavender characters.
Comments Off on Scarpantoni Estate Block 3 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nose still youthful with good depth of plum aromas. Has solid well structured flavours that are quite astringent and almost austere. Time. 5+
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Raspberry fruit bouquet with a hint of spices and a touch of orange peel and has elegant well balanced flavours. Will cellar for a long time!
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells of black jelly beans with rich lifted fruit pastille flavours. Slightly aggressive tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Full bodied, dry and somewhat tannic wine with a lift of plums and vanilla on the nose and some solid flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Estate Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Spicy and savoury shiraz. Peppery fruit fragrances and blackberry concentration on the palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Shingleback Davey Brothers McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Dense and developed spicy fruit aromas with interesting Rhone-like cool climate flavours.
Comments Off on Cornelius by Scotchmans Hill Single Vineyard Bellarine Peninsula Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A complex nose with noticeable, but not dominant, oak. Lovely varietal fruit flavour intensity. 5+
Comments Off on Scotchmans Hill Bellarine Peninsula Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Rich and matured with good level of bottle age integrated with the fruit and oak.
Comments Off on Organic Hill Organic Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Pungent gamey bouquet and good weight and persistence of spicy dark berry flavours.
Comments Off on Organic Hill Preservative Free Organic Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Still fresh and bright with a ripe berry fruit nose and full flavoured palate that has good varietal fruit and oak complexity with balancing, chewy, tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Momentum Chapter 1 SA Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Powerful wine; lots of oak and fruit. Has minty notes to the nose and grainy tannins on the palate.
Comments Off on Reillys Wines Dry Land Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Earthy characters obvious on the estery herbal nose. The big, tannic palate is spicy and lively with masses of sweet fruit, inviting cedary oak and plenty of alcohol warmth. 3-5
Comments Off on Reillys Wines RCV Pressings Clare Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A big, dry, blockbuster of a wine, heavy with soft, warm, licoricey fruit and mocha oak aromas and flavours and laced with huge mouth puckering tannins, 5+
Comments Off on Reillys Wines RCV Epitaph Clare Valley Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
The bright red plum aromas have savoury undertones and slight portiness. Tight linear palate has a lovely ethereal character with excellent focus of red licorice flavours. Nice spicy finish. 5+
Comments Off on Romney Park Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Amazingly youthful and tightly structured with the fruit still fresh and primary and spicy oak to match.
Comments Off on Rusty Mutt Vermilion Bird McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Peppery plum bouquet with some tight oak. Good weight and richness to the palate with even tannin presentation
Comments Off on Redgate Single Vineyard Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A brooding fusion of cherries and Sarsaparilla on the nose and nicely focussed strawberry flavours with minty notes.
Comments Off on Ross Hill Pinnacle Series Griffin Road Vineyard Orange Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Full bodied wine. The wood is a tad forward and tending to dominate the jammy varietal fruit. Has good level of ripe tannins.
Comments Off on Palmer Wines Purebred by Bruce Dukes Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Spicy peppery nose with light stalky greenness and slight sappy, one dimensional, palate.
Comments Off on Palmer Wines Purebred by Clive Otto Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Powerful oaky nose with nice hints of licorice and black olives. The full bodied palate is long and complex and offers earthy/chocolaty/black fruit flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Parson’s Paddock Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Nice all round style. Has a ripe fruit nose with a perfumed lift and a rich and complex blackberry/cigar box palate that is maturing very nicely. 5+
Comments Off on Angas & Bremer Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Big oaky lift to the nose with simple fruit palate, even tannins and crisp acidity.
Comments Off on Normans Wines Old Vine McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Another old school style with simple, well handled, spicy mulberry fruit, ‘blocky’ tannins and good use of oak. Some herbal hints.
Comments Off on Mr. Riggs The Gaffer McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A brooding spice box of a nose with blue fruits and a dash of pepper. Full flavoured palate with plenty of crisp acidity and drying tannins.
Comments Off on Mr. Riggs Piebald Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A very powerful deep cherry red wine, still youthful, with sweet floral/plum fruit seamlessly balanced by the oak which adds structure and complexity. 5+
Comments Off on Mr. Riggs McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Quite developed leathery, earthy, nutty bouquet and the palate offers a big rich mouthful of sweet tarry/raisined fruit and oak.
Comments Off on Montara Chalambar Road Single Vineyard Grampians Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Big and hot with porty/jammy fruit characters, some solid oak and nice drying tannins.
Comments Off on Montara Chalambar Road Single Vineyard Grampians Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A pretty aromatic bouquet with obvious whole bunch fruit characters on the crisp palate.
Comments Off on Montara Gold Rush Grampians Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Lovely nose; smells of sweet blackcurrants and chocolate. Good length and density of complex meaty/earthy/chocolate/prune flavour profile with fine soft tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Mt Monster Limestone Coast Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Intriguing aromas of smoky/tabac/toasty oak with hints of black fruits underneath. A lovely full bodied palate that’s rich, balanced and very flavoursome. 3-5
Comments Off on Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Smells of cherries with a high toasty oak element with a smooth syrupy black fruit palate.
Comments Off on Morambro Creek Padthaway Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Projects aromas like cooked beetroot with some pickles! Meaty/savoury palate, good fruit length and lovely silky tannins.
Comments Off on Merindoc Single Vineyard Heathcote Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
The nose is fresh and pretty with strawberry aromas and hints of black pepper. Very soft, dark and chocolaty in the mouth. Supple tannins.
Comments Off on Willoughby Bridge Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A pleasant refined style with youthful fruit, subtle fine grained oak and delicate tannins. Easy drinking style. 5+
Comments Off on Maygars Hill Reserve Strathbogie Ranges Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Simple fruit nose dominated by the oak with more strong oak on the piquant cranberry palate.
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Fragrant floral bouquet with oak in a supporting role. Nice balance and persistence of warming peppery fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Majella Coonawarra Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
Dense prune-like nose; some perfumed notes. Fresh lively flavours. Good balance between fruit, acid and tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Morgan Simpson Market Press McLaren Vale Fleurieu Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A cherry nose lifted with oak complexity. Lots of oak on a fresh, crisp palate. Plenty of life in it yet.
Comments Off on Longview Yakka Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A deep crimson wine with simple primary, raspberry-like, varietal fruit and fine tannins.
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton Centurion 123 Year Old Vine McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
An excellent youthful drink with well maintained vibrant fruit lifted by appropriate oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton The Smuggler McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017
Posted: September 6, 2017
A chewy tannic style. Mellow integration of sweet oak and savoury fruit. Keep or drink with food. 3-5
Comments Off on Richard Hamilton Little Road McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / September 6, 2017