St Hugo Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012
Posted: June 9, 2017
An attractive and easy drinking style with excellent length of mouthfilling dark fruits and creamy oak flavours.
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Bassham Riverland Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 14, 2017
Inky rich berry bouquet and good fruit weight on the palate with toasty oak, charry tannins and warming alcohol finish. 3-5
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Burk Salter Moorunde Reserve Riverland Shiraz 2012
Posted: May 14, 2017
High acid style with toasty oak sitting on top of intense berry/plum-like fruit with consistent tannins. Starting to wane – drink soon.
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Lindemans Bin 50 Murray Darling Riverland Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 14, 2017
Nuances of violets and spices on the nose and bright sweet red berry flavours.
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Scotts Creek Growling Frog Riverland Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 14, 2017
Soft and alluring spicy floral bouquet and simple jubey red berry palate.
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Devlins Mount Riverland Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 14, 2017
Elegant, classy and very flavoursome with lots of spicy peppery red fruit characters.
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McGuigan Black Label South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 14, 2017
Firm elegant style with attractive spicy peppery varietal fruit and appealing sweet oak.
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919 Riverland Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 14, 2017
Deep purple/red wine with rich spicy red berry fragrances and a mouthful of flavour with good tannin structure. Still very young and needs cellaring for another 3-5 years.
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Trentham Estate Murray Darling Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 14, 2017
Very appealing with a red berry lift to the nose and spicy perfumed notes. On the palate the juicy raspberry fruit is seamlessly integrated with the oak and underscored by tannins.
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Jip Jip Rocks Padthaway Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 5, 2017
Nice wine that is a combination of simple charry tarry characters and plum jam.
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D’Arenberg The Love Grass McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012
Posted: May 5, 2017
Intense plum/berry varietal fruit characters, plenty of alcohol and some earthy/leathery development.
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After Hours Oliver Margaret River Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 5, 2017
Chocolaty nose with spicy tobacco notes and an attractive spicy primary fruit palate.
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Hugo Wines McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
Dense inky colour, powerful berry/oak nose and very flavoursome plum palate with good length of spiciness.
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Hugo Wines Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
Big nose – all fruit pastille and glace fruits with some new oak touches. Huge palate with intense sweet, slightly porty, flavours and pine needle nuances.
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Possums Vineyard Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012
Posted: May 5, 2017
Lovely big rich Aussie style – quite grippy with fruit cake-like aromas and flavours. Needs food.
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Umamu Estate Margaret River Shiraz 2008
Posted: May 5, 2017
Old school style with rich estery aromas and soft generous flavours. Ready for drinking now.
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3 Oceans The Rivers Margaret River Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
A lovely cool climate style. Soft perfumed sandalwood like bouquet and long firm well balanced fruit palate with some stalkiness.
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Sandalford Margaret River Range Margaret River Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 5, 2017
Toasty tobacco bouquet and a bright alert palate with nice line of spicy fruit and good tannin concentration.
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Ryder Clare Valley Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 5, 2017
A lean, elegant and firm wine with lovely depth of spicy blue fruits, black pepper characters, fruit sweetness and light fresh oak.
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Settebello Clare Valley Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
A simple, light and well made wine with rustic fruit characters and sweet aged oak.
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Willandra Premium Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
Super rich licoricey aromas with a perfumed floral lift and a rustic cherry berry palate.
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Willandra Reserve Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
A complex nose of cigars and black fruits. Soft and long on the palate with Vegemite-like complexity.
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Heathcote Winery The Origin Heathcote Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
“Wow!”, exclaimed one judge. “What a great wine!” Almost black in colour with some super oak and amazingly intense fruit with a cool climate leafy edge.
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Heathcote Winery Slaughterhouse Paddock Heathcote Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
A bright crimson wine with an intense minty chocolaty bouquet and a great palate full, firm and rich with beautiful shiraz fruit and some excellent, well handled oak.
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Tatiarra Cambrian Heathcote Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
Great crimson hues and lovely leathery spiciness to the nose with a superbly complex palate that is very sweet and warm with an intensely rich varietal fruit flavour profile.
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Gibson Australian Old Vine Collection Eden Valley Shiraz 2010
Posted: May 5, 2017
Another classic Aussie shiraz. Big, soft and toasty rich with decent amount of spiciness.
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Gibson Reserve Barossa Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
A simple well made wine. Lovely rich dark fruit and dusty chocolaty characters with mineral elements. Needs time.
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Kalleske Moppa Barossa Valley Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 5, 2017
Bright intense wine. Lovely rich ripe jammy fruit aromas and a slightly raw youthful palate.
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Blackstone Paddock The Player Barossa Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
Ripe mulberry aromas with excellent fresh oak lift and some funky notes. Lovely sweet fruit flavours layered with oak
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Majella Coonawarra Shiraz 2013
Posted: May 5, 2017
Big, bold and sweet with minty chocolate like characters on the nose and spicy bright fruit palate with some savory elements.
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Steeple Jack South Australia Shiraz 2014
Posted: May 5, 2017
An elegant shiraz with licorice like aromas and simple sweet plum flavours.
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Nepenthe Gate Block Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2012
Posted: April 28, 2017
Green capsicum like characters on the nose with similar characters on the well structured palate.
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Wicks Estate Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
Dark brooding fruit bouquet with a bright spicy lift. Soft in the mouth and full of plum/berry flavours with a backbone of aniseed and spices and a good level of oak.
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Sidewood Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
Pretty fruit nose with slightly green edge. Soft, round and flavoursome in the mouth. Tannins nicely in check.
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Sidewood Mappinga Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
Lifted, spicy, dark fruit fragrances and mouthfilling dark spicy fruit flavours with long lingering tannins and some well handled oak.
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K1 by Geoff Hardy Middle Hill Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
A solid wine with some powerful dark fruit aromas and great varietal flavour concentration on the harmoniously balanced palate.
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K1 by Geoff Hardy Middle Hill Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2012
Posted: April 28, 2017
Lifted bright berry fruit aromas and flavours. A wine that shows plenty of promise!
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Bird In Hand Two in the Bush Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
A subtlety of raspberries and blackberries on the nose and a drying, high alcohol, palate with loads of fruit and chocolaty tannins.
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Alta Chapter 1. Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
Very approachable style that’s fresh with bright red fruit aromas and has a good fruit concentration on the vibrant palate. Tannins are still quite grippy. Time!
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Hahndorf Hill Winery Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 28, 2017
‘Serious’ brooding fruit bouquet and some lovely fruit hanging from a great structural backbone.
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Trentham Estate Estate Murray Darling Shiraz 2015
Posted: April 26, 2017
Red fruit aromas with soy notes and apricot nuances. More of the apricot characters on the palate. Good use of oak. Drying tannins. 5+
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Organic Hill Organic & Preservative Free South Australia Shiraz 2016
Posted: April 26, 2017
Inky wine with lovely young primary fruit characters, a peppery lift and angular tannins.
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Beresford Bell Tower McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015
Posted: April 26, 2017
Lovely perfumed oak on the nose with a peppery lift. Nice balance of oak, plum fruit and licorice on the palate with lots more pepper. 5+
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St Anne’s Vineyard Perricoota Shiraz 2015
Posted: April 26, 2017
Nose is restrained and perfumed with raspberry nuances and a dash of pepper. The palate is long and generous and loaded with rich black fruits and powdery tannins. 5+
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Marko’s Vineyard Point Eight Single Vineyard Adelaide Hills Shiraz 2015
Posted: April 26, 2017
Licorice and berries on the nose. More of the licorice characters obvious on the very approachable, subtle, smallgoods palate. 3-5
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Grampians Estate Mafeking Grampians Shiraz 2015
Posted: April 26, 2017
A big wine with a lovely complexity of plums and berry fruit on the nose with a perfumed lift. Sweet vanilla oak on the palate well matched by the chocolaty fruit. 3-5
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Howlin’ Gale Wines Force 10 Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2013
Posted: April 26, 2017
“A rich hedonistic style,” according to one judge. Has a porty raisined fruit bouquet with a rum and raisin like flavour profile on a very linear-structured palate. Plenty of weight, depth and length.
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Yarran B Series Heathcote Shiraz 2015
Posted: April 26, 2017
Gamey meaty bouquet; good background of fruit. Nice black fruits on the palate with toasty oak, subtle spices and soft tannins. 5+
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