Posted: June 29, 2017
Ripe licoricey aromas with some mintiness. Good palate weight with masses of oak but has good complexity of varietal fruit. Hot on the finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Mollydooker Wines Carnival of Love McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Pretty aromatics of rhubarb and violets with a big hit of vanilla oak obvious on the palate with soft tannin support. 5+
Comments Off on Mollydooker Wines Blue Eyed Boy McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Quite complex aromas and an opulent palate with great depth of varietal fruit characters.
Comments Off on Parson’s Paddock Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Dense purple wine with rich concentration of tarry/brambly/beefy aromas. Palate has a dense core of sweet fruit and ripe tannins.
Comments Off on Angus & Bremer Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Slightly jammy aromas and a complex and generous fruit flavour profile with soft tannins.
Comments Off on Andrew Peace Wines Winemaker’s Choice Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Simple blackberry and oak aromas. Soft and gentle in the mouth with bright fruit notes.
Comments Off on Jim’s Block Heritage Collection Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Nice density of briary fruit on the warm spirituous nose. Excellent palate weight, length and balance with lovely vinosity and powerful tannin structure. 5+
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines The Cruth McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Powerful but easy drinking with pretty floral red/blue fruit fragrances and good balance between the fruit and oak and showing some ripe notes. Drying tannic finish. 5+
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines First Cut McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Old school style. Nose is chocolaty and minty with a dash of spices and a bit of oyster shell. Nice weight of blueberry and malty flavours with powerful tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Catkin McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Interesting nose with a smoky oak lift. It’s all sweet cherries and tobacco on the rich palate.
Comments Off on Lake Breeze Wines Section 54 Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Rich and chocolaty on the nose with some light leafy notes. Gorgeous palate; it’s rich, balanced and very flavoursome.
Comments Off on Lake Breeze Wines Winemaker’s Selection Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A soft and complete nose and a palate that’s elegant but also has some richness of ripe bramble-like fruit characters.
Comments Off on Zonte’s Footstep Lake Doctor Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Cedary malty nose with red/blue fruits pushing through. Complex palate, a tad hot and tart with pleasant chocolaty plum flavours.
Comments Off on Haselgrove Wines Catkin McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Olive tapenade/menthol like characters evolving on the nose and a big, developing and well integrated palate with strong tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Red Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Nose is a nice combination of dark fruits and oak. Oak driven palate has pleasant fruit underneath. Good tannins 3-5
Comments Off on James Haselgrove Futures McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A pretty nose that’s all blue fruits with light oak. Riper fruit on the palate with a gamey finish.
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Lifted fragrances of violets and blue fruits with chocolaty malty notes and a fleshy and “giving” blueberry palate. 5+
Comments Off on Clarence Hill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Licoricey fragrances with a slight aged leathery edge and flavours of dusty cedary oak and sweet ripe fruit. 3-5
Comments Off on Blackbilly McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
An attractive vibrancy of blue black fragrances and nice presence of blueberry fruit flavours with a supple line of tannins. 5+
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Café Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Powerful lifted plum aromas with vanilla oak sitting on top. Dense, oaky and savoury in the mouth with underlying fruit characters. Needs even more time. 3-5
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Café Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Subtle blue fruits on a brooding nose. Palate has a “nice cooler climate feel”, said one judge.
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Café Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2011 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Perfumed blueberry bouquet with nutty notes coming from the oak. Complex palate with good tertiary development evident. Nice tannin length. 5+
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Top of the Hill McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A dense powerful bouquet that’s all black fruits, violets and spices. Very good varietal palate; strong yet supple with more of the black fruit elements supported by the oak. 5+
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A blend of toasty oak and blue fruit aromas with a violet lift. Soft and rounded in the mouth with plum/oak flavours. Hot finish. 5+
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Grey Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Subtle blueberry fragrances with a light floral/violet lift. Slippery smooth in the mouth with rich ripe blue fruit flavours. Drying tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Bromley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Lifted floral fragrances of raspberries with a simple, but attractive, fresh vibrant palate.
Comments Off on Ingoldby McLaren Vale Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
The nose is ripe and brooding with aromas reminiscent of the forest floor. Intense oak driven flavours but has balancing fruit and powerful tannins. Needs more time. 3-5
Comments Off on Pepperjack Scotch Fillet Graded McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A sweetness of mulberries and oak on the nose and plenty of sweet fruit flavours on the long soft palate with its drying finish.
Comments Off on Bird’s Eye View McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Prunes, spices and vanilla on the nose and a warm, lingering, fruit driven palate. Some mintiness.
Comments Off on Morgan Simpson Basket Press McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Ironstone-like elements on the nose with aromatic violet notes. Rich, complex palate with nice complexity developing.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Jacko’s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Attractive complex/aged aromas with a rich chocolaty palate showing interesting tertiary development and good example of regionality. Give it food wine!
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Henley McLaren Vale Shiraz 2006 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Slightly greener menthol lift to the nose and silky smooth palate with subtle fruit and overt oak.
Comments Off on Geoff Merrill Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2009 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Slightly angular wine with a complexity of chocolate and berry fruits. Subtle oak. More time! 3-5
Comments Off on Mitolo Savitar McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Nose a lovely complexity of blueberries and plums with a sprinkle of coffee grounds. Inky palate; ripe and supple with some fruit cake flavours, nice acidity and good tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Mitolo G.A.M. McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Interesting aromas of aged red fruits with oak adding complexity. Full and fleshy in the mouth with nice bottle age. “Decant!” 3-5
Comments Off on De Lisio Wines The Covert McLaren Vale Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A classic style with a very dense and powerful fruit/oak bouquet. Very well integrated silky smooth palate with generous sweet plum and oak flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A delightful melange of chocolate, tar and licorice aromas with some coffee grounds thrown in! The delicious palate is still fresh and elegant and spicy and has bright acidity. 5+
Comments Off on Grandeur Wellington Bin 69 McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A pleasant simple shiraz with bright fruit, some oak and a menthol complexity. 3-5
Comments Off on Salena Estate Wines Silhouette McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
An elegant wine, still has some freshness and a complexity of chocolate, blueberry and malt. 3-5
Comments Off on Salena Estate Wines Twisted Sticks McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Spicy blackberry bouquet with a floral lift. Good red fruit flavour intensity, juicy, elegant, tannins and slightly drying finish.
Comments Off on Sabella Vineyards McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A very pretty floral nose with nice toasty/nutty oak leading to a complex vanilla oak dominated palate with good flavour persistence and a powerful tannin structure. 3-5
Comments Off on Maxwell Ellen Street McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A good soft gentle wine made more in a dry red style. Great colour, attractive chocolaty nose and soft spicy plum fruit palate.
Comments Off on Pepperjack Porterhouse Graded Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Ripe blackberry/oak aromas with a dash of pepper. Nice up-front sweet fruit on the palate with dense core of tannins.
Comments Off on Blass Reserve Black Spice Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A rich and opulent nose; very ripe with spicy jubey fruit and oak aromas. Big rich and very flavoursome palate with loads of chocolaty fruit and some cola-like characters.
Comments Off on Kangaroo Island Trading Co. Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Aged characters starting to develop on the attractive fruit/oak nose. Oak dominant palate has juicy raspberry fruit underneath. 3-5
Comments Off on Doc Adams Wines Black Label McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Dusty gamey bouquet and a smooth, balanced and complete palate with a tight grippy tannic finish.
Comments Off on Kangaroo Island Estate Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2009 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
A slight herbal lift to the nose and a complex balance of spicy/sweet fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Maxwell Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Delicate aromas with a hint of pepper. Nicely balanced palate with lovely flavours.
Comments Off on Momentum Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / June 29, 2017
Posted: June 29, 2017
Meaty aromas with nice minty notes and a drier, savoury style of palate with complex flavours.
Comments Off on Dudley The Stud Kangaroo Island Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / June 29, 2017