Posted: April 26, 2017
A savoury mix of bacon bones, pepper and licorice on the nose with rich dark chocolaty dried fruit-like flavours. 5+
Comments Off on Munari Wines Ladys Pass Heathcote Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Very ripe inky old fashioned style of shiraz. Aromas ranging from plums to prunes with vibrant berry flavours. 5+
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Café Block McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
“A vanilla bomb of a nose”; hints of a Cherry Ripe. Lots of oak on the palate with ripe fruit underneath. Soft and approachable. 3-5
Comments Off on McLaren Vale III Associates Legacy Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Powerful aromas of black olives and leather with gamey elements. Generous in the mouth with an even textured, complex palate dark with berry fruits. Has talcy tannins and high level of alcohol. 3-5
Comments Off on Seabrook The Chairman Great Western Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
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+
Comments Off on Trentham Estate Estate Murray Darling Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Inky wine with lovely young primary fruit characters, a peppery lift and angular tannins.
Comments Off on Organic Hill Organic & Preservative Free South Australia Shiraz 2016 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Nice spiciness on the nose with red fruit nuances. Sweet malo/fruit flavours and chewy tannins. Offers good drinking now.
Comments Off on Beresford Estate Blewitt Springs Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
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+
Comments Off on Beresford Bell Tower McLaren Vale Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A subtle mature complexity of aromas and lovely sweet fruit flavours with aged elements. 5+
Comments Off on Ten Chains Clare Valley Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Firm and well structured wine with meaty/smallgoods-like elements, bright raspberry fruit, lots of oak and slightly drying tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Windance Glen Valley Margaret River Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Delicate floral perfumed fragrances with raspberry and blackberry fruit. Pretty red fruit flavours and warming finish. Good drinking now. 3-5
Comments Off on Red Hill Estate Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Interesting wine – very Rhone-like. Lovely lift of cinnamon and cardamom spices. Medium weight palate spicy characters interlaced with rich dark fruit and chocolaty oak. 3-5
Comments Off on Red Hill Estate Single Vineyard Mornington Peninsula Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Fragrance of lifted red and black fruits with slightly varnishy oak. The palate is firm and complex with an intense inky flavour profile. 3-5
Comments Off on Ivybrook Farm Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A compact and dense shiraz with black fruit, licorice and chocolate characters and the oak in a supporting role. 3-5
Comments Off on Ivybrook Farm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
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+
Comments Off on St Anne’s Vineyard Perricoota Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Complexity of licorice and leather on the nose with a developed dark licoricey palate. 3-5
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Gold Label Margaret River Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Intense, grippy and complex style. Lots of dark berry fruit with hints of undergrowth.
Comments Off on Epitome Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Attractive forest fruit characters on the nose. Pure varietal fruit on a nicely weighted, medium bodied, palate. 5+
Comments Off on Hummingbird Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Smells of licorice and smallgoods; tastes of dark berries with more of the licorice elements showing. Well-handled oak and a generosity of supple tannins. 5+
Comments Off on Brygon Reserve Wines Bin 882 Margaret River Shiraz 2015 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Very ripe jammy/pruney shiraz. Delicate lifted fruit nose and sweet fruit flavours with subtle oak. 5+
Comments Off on Mitolo G.A.M. McLaren Vale Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Dark berry bouquet layered with spicy meaty notes. The long lingering palate offers mouthfilling licorice and dark berry flavours. 3-5
Comments Off on Mitolo Jester McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A lovely restrained shiraz with aromas of plums, cherries, pepper and spices and sweet fruit flavours with notes of spice and extended by the acid. Has time on its side. 3-5
Comments Off on Piano Piano Henry’s Block Beechworth Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Brambly fruit opens up in the glass and has brooding savory fruit flavours with matching tannins.
Comments Off on Jones Winery & Vineyard Rutherglen Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Developing plum and cherry bouquet. Opulent sweet fruit palate; upfront spiciness in seamless harmony with acid and tannins.
Comments Off on All Saints Estate Family Cellar Rutherglen Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Savory developing style nicely matched by plum and blueberry fruit, acid and tannins.
Comments Off on Boynton’s Feathertop Alpine Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Oak driven aromas with sweet plum and cherry fruit underneath. Complex palate with dry tannic drive and deep dark fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Baileys of Glenrowan Organic Glenrowan Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Tightly wound youthful nose with a dark plum tannic palate and delicate oak.
Comments Off on Baileys of Glenrowan Varley Glenrowan Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Lovely intensity of cherry and plum fragrances with hints of licorice. Generous dark fruit flavours with very fine well integrated tannins.
Comments Off on St Leonards Vineyard Wahgunyah Rutherglen Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Developing aromas with hints of pepper and sweet spices. Generous mouthfeel with dense beetroot and dark berry flavours.
Comments Off on All Saints Estate Rutherglen Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Subtle spicy plum aromas open in the glass. Palate is dry and tannic with a savory impression and lingering finish. 3-5
Comments Off on Rutherglen Estate Rutherglen Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Dense and peppery on the nose and a huge palate with plenty of sweet oak and rich fruit and barrel ferment complexity.
Comments Off on Montara Gold Rush Grampians Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Stylish young wine with lovely rich Christmas cake like fruit and vanillin oak. Need time.
Comments Off on Montara Jimmy Black Grampians Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A nose with leathery cigar-box like aromas with a complex, oak driven palate that is long and elegant.
Comments Off on Montara Chalambar Road Grampians Shiraz 2010 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Colour looks mature and it smells like a Cherry Ripe chocolate bar. The flavoursome palate is elegant and supple with lovely texture.
Comments Off on Parous Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A simple but very attractive, one dimensional, wine with lots of ripe jammy fruit characters.
Comments Off on Yarran Leopardwood Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A ripe black forest cake of a shiraz with fruit that is bright and fresh, the oak that is sweet and the tannins that are lovely and soft.
Comments Off on Yarran Riverina Heathcote Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
An unusual style with a powerful toasty oak nose and a solid intensely flavoured palate.
Comments Off on McPherson Wines McPherson Family South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
A full, firm and lengthy style of shiraz with lovely rich black and blue fruit characters and a well structured and very flavoursome palate.
Comments Off on McPherson Wines Don’t Tell Gary Grampians Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Excellent bright purple/red wine with a nose of rich ripe red berry fruits and new oak. The well structured palate has ripe red berry and tobacco flavours.
Comments Off on McPherson Wines Curious South Eastern Australia Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Ripe rich cherry berry-like fruit layered with nut milk chocolate characters and good oak complexity. Good tannin structure.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Garden Gully Mals Vineyard Block 8 Pyrenees Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Complex nose with some great oak and elegant fruit aromas which is echoed on the beautiful ripe rich chocolaty palate. This is the complete package.
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Garden Gully Vineyard Barrell Block Grampians Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Rich, ripe and chocolaty with hints of fruit salad like characters on the nose and obvious oak – all of which is echoed on the slightly raw palate. Shows great potential.
Comments Off on Currency Creek Estate Ostrich Hill Currency Creek Shiraz 2014 / 0 View / April 26, 2017
Posted: April 26, 2017
Strong wine with plenty of beautiful Cherry Ripe-like fruit layered with new oak. Complex aromas and flavours. Needs time.
Comments Off on Mistletoe Hilltops Shiraz 2013 / 0 View / April 26, 2017