Third Wheel Margaret River Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
Very young and vibrant with lots of fruit and lots of oak – lots of everything. Needs time to settle.
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Hummingbird Series Margaret River Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
A complex wine with powerful oak, dark complexity of fruits and warming alcohol.
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Mirror Image Margaret River Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
A good core of dark varietal fruits with balancing oak and supple tannins.
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Strategy South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
A tight youthful wine that’s a touch thin and simple but has some lovely soft cherry chocolate fruit running through it with a gentle tannin profile.
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Meadowbrook South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Lovely weight and brightness of fruit with chocolaty aromas and a well integrated flavour profile.
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Chestnut Grove Reserve Manjimup Shiraz 2011
Posted: June 15, 2017
Light and somewhat savory aromas with sweet fruit and chewy oak flavours on the palate. 3-5
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The Perfect Storm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
Nose still quite closed but showing slightest hints of spicy berry characters. Palate is tight and elegant with spicy dark fruits.
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Barristers Block The Bully Wrattonbully Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Seamlessly integrated aromas and an elegant and youthful palate with some stylish sweet vanillin oak matched by spicy plum fruit.
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Paringa Estate Mornington Peninsula Estate Shiraz 2010
Posted: June 15, 2017
Very oaky/toasty nose and an elegant but complex palate with nice cool climate spiciness.
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Leconfield McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Raw, lean and green style of shiraz with some well integrated flavours of youthful oak and spicy berry fruit.
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Ryder Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Pleasant fruit cake-like characters on the nose and lovely rich sweet plum and toasty oak flavours with a touch of tar.
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Lost Buoy The Edge McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Another wine with lovely purple hues. Solid mocha oak and blackberry bouquet. A tight palate with great tannin structure and texture and big hit of sour cherry flavours.
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Lost Buoy Lion Point McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
Great purple colour, almost bordering on black. Has a rich Christmas cake of a nose and a big fruit pastille palate with great flavour profile, impressive oak and ripe tannins.
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Jacob’s Creek Double Barrel Barossa Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
An elegant shiraz with a silky smooth integration of the sweet ripe nectarine fruit and the cedary oak.
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Taylors St Andrews Single Vineyard Release Clare Valley Shiraz 2010
Posted: June 15, 2017
Good cool climate shiraz; lots of ripe jammy blackberry fruit with plenty of peppery notes. Spicy nose and huge flavoursome palate. 3-5
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K1 by Geoff Hardy Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
Lovely rich Aussie style with excellent lifted sweet fruit and appropriate use of oak.
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Warrenmang Estate Black Puma Avoca Pyrenees Shiraz 2009
Posted: June 15, 2017
Quite a jammy nose smells of aniseed, blackberries and vanilla. Lovely fruit/oak integration on the palate with its drying tannins.
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Warrenmang Estate Estate Pyrenees Shiraz 2009
Posted: June 15, 2017
Excellent dense purple hues for a 5-year-old wine. Lovely nose, smells like a Cherry Ripe chocolate bar. Beautifully structured palate with excellent fruit, oak and tannin integration. 3-5
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Saracen Estates Margaret River Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
A fresh, lightweight, quaffer with lovely aromas and flavours of rich plums and drying cedary oak balanced by well structured tannins.
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Geoff Merrill Jacko’s McLaren Vale Shiraz 2010
Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense, well aged and seamlessly integrated aromas and a big balanced palate that still shows plenty of zest! Has softness and length. 3-5
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Copper Ox Bin 108 Reserve Clare Valley Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
Red/purple wine with intense concentration of vanilla and cedary oak-like characters on the nose and some lovely cedary oak on the palate with sweet ripe fruit to match.
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Mudgee Wines Mudgee Shiraz 2011
Posted: June 15, 2017
A good simple quaffer with a reasonable depth of spicy red varietal fruits.
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Emetior Limited Release McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 15, 2017
Distinct blackberry and mulberry like fruit on the nose. A huge palate with a fantastic depth of ripe plum and oak flavours.
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Taylors Reserve Parcel Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense purple colour with beautiful and powerful mulberry/blackberry varietal fruit characters seamlessly integrated with some great charry oak, ripe tannins and excellent acidity.
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Taylors Eighty Acres South Australia Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
A classic Aussie style. Excellent young nectarine and red berry-like varietal fruit with excellent oak integration.
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Eldredge Vineyards Blue Chip Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Very big ripe rich fruit cake like aromas with a hint of mint. Good cool climate palate structure with spicy varietal characters, ripe tannins and drying oak.
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Harcourt Valley Vineyards Heathcote Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Solid fruit/oak nose and very big jammy palate with a warming alcohol finish.
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James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2009
Posted: June 15, 2017
A solid red purple shiraz with tarry cola-like aromas. Palate is youthful and tight with tons of good oak and soft tannins. Needs lots of time – probably up to 10 years!
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Drayton’s Family Vineyards William Hunter Valley Shiraz 2010
Posted: June 15, 2017
A lean chocolaty shiraz with eucalypt touches and a soft tannic spine.
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RidgeView Impressions Hunter Valley Shiraz 2010
Posted: June 15, 2017
A real keeper made in a more savory style with a tight cassis nose showing a slightly peppery touch. The big powerful palate has a huge crunchy tannic structure. 5+
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James Estate Reserve Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: June 15, 2017
A solid red with an inky cassis bouquet edged with savory characters. Big rich mouthfilling tarry blackberry flavours are seamlessly balanced by soft acidity.
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Allandale Matthew Single Vineyard Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: June 15, 2017
A savory style – long, complex and youthful with plenty of simple berry fruit characters. 5+
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James Estate The Estate Hunter Valley Shiraz 2011
Posted: June 15, 2017
Dense inky purple wine with a powerful charry oak nose and solid rich palate offering a huge mouthful of flavour. Still very young and needs plenty more time in the cellar to reach its potential.
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Ernest Hill Shareholders Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
A traditional Hunter shiraz with savory/meaty fragrances and raspberry fruit peeking through and similar palate with tight tannins.
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RidgeView Impressions Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
A savory old fashioned style – be great with food. Tight closed aromas but loads of intense cherry like flavours with savory elements and good acid. “Has another 10 years yet”, said two judges.
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Midnight’s Promise Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Vibrant purple red colour. Lovely big lift of candied fruit fragrances underscored by bacon like oak nuances. Dark chocolaty characters dominate the big tannic palate.
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Ernest Hill Reserve William Henry Hunter Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 15, 2017
Vibrant up-front mulberry aromas with savory elements. Big youthful palate with mouthfilling jubey fruit flavours. “Needs 10 years”.
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Ballandean Estate Opera Block Shiraz 2014
Posted: June 14, 2017
Lovely raspberry red, medium bodied, sweet fruited with a lovely line of savoury tannins, jammy plum palate.
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Gartelmann Old Vines Mudgee Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A nice combination of lifted varietal fruit characters and an abundance of firm tannins.
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Dindima Reserve Orange Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
A wine with lovely purple hues, spicy fruit/oak aromas and very good intensity and length of elegant varietal fruit characters.
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Moppity Vineyards Reserve Hilltops Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Spicy briary bouquet and an intense and very pleasing palate. Alcohol a tad high but will integrate with time. 3-5
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Cooks Lot Handpicked Allotment 8 Orange Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Beautiful velvety looking wine with lovely soft fruit aromas and a palate with a surprising amount of acid but it carries the sweet rich flavours across the length of the palate.
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Stockman’s Ridge Central Ranges Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
“Very different nose from the rest of the shiraz here”, noted one judge. Rich, earthy, meaty and smoky with similar flavours on the amazingly complex, seamlessly balanced, palate. 3-5
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Gardners Ground Canowindra Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lifted boiled lolly aromas with meaty complexity. A lighter textured palate with soft gentle fruit that carries right across its length. 3-5
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Centennial Vineyards Reserve Orange Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Lovely berry fruit style with hints of rhubarb and spice and showing a few green tinges but will settle into a very pleasing wine.
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Moppity Vineyards Lock & Key Reserve Single Vineyard Hilltops Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
A delightful nose with complex varietal aromas showing an interesting meaty/earthy backbone. Masses of appealing berry fruit flavours on a lovely rich, well structured palate. 3-5
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Ross Hill Pinnacle Series Orange Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Deep dark purple wine with a rich concentration of berry aromas showing oaky overtones. Relatively soft palate layered with delicious fruit flavours. A very good example of style. 3-5
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Moppity Vineyards Lock & Key Single Vineyard Hilltops Shiraz 2013
Posted: June 9, 2017
Ripe aromas with interesting watermelon like notes. Palate is a little light but has plenty of fruit and good level of alcohol. Drink early.
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