Posted: April 5, 2017
Complex expression of some very classy varietal aromas. A long, taut palate with classic lines and really sharp acidity. Just needs time to evolve.
Comments Off on Wolf Blass Brown Label Classic McLaren Vale LanghorneCreek Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Wonderfully appealing chocolaty aromas and classy length to the complex oak palate.
Comments Off on Peter Lehmann Wines 8 Songs Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Prune like characters on the nose and quite a developed, but simple, tarry fruit palate.
Comments Off on Neil Hahn Catharina Barossa Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Nose a little muted; some berries showing through. Excellent depth of flavour. Lots of tannins.
Comments Off on Shingleback Unedited McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Leafy spearmint characters obvious on the earthy/briary fruit nose and very good upfront sweet and spicy berry/licorice palate.
Comments Off on Shingleback The Gate McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Young, vibrant, lifted, fruit fragrances and a tight, elegant, cool climate palate with lingering mouth-watering acidity. Needs time.
Comments Off on Shingleback D Block Reserve McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Floral fruit fragrances laced with some sweet notes. The soft palate is full of very ripe rich fruit and offers lovely drinking now.
Comments Off on Angas Plains Estate PJ’s Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Subtle blackcurrant aromas and a savoury chewy palate layered with fleshy fruit, nutty oak and grippy tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Progeny Heathcote Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Aromatic blackcurrant bouquet with a complex oak appeal. Fresh and complex in the mouth with good length of red fruit flavours layered with a lovely line of tannins.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate Inception Heathcote Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A classy, nicely evolving wine. “All good!” Rich aromatics and a palate with good weight, depth and concentration of primary fruit.
Comments Off on Sanguine Estate D’Orsa Heathcote Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Well integrated wine with shy, but appealing, aromas and a sweet concentration of flavours layered with long chalky tannins.
Comments Off on Reillys RCV Pressings Clare Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A good solid wine with an earthy nose that has herbal notes evolving. Solid palate, slightly green line underneath and silky tannins.
Comments Off on Parous Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Deep rich colour; still some purple hues. Smelling of sweet berries and spicy oak with earthy hints. Enormous palate; solid deep and brooding. “Great grapes”. 3-5
Comments Off on Grampians Estate Streeton Reserve Grampians Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Rich enticing bouquet that’s quite savoury and complex with a huge brooding concentration of flavours on the long nicely textured palate. “Needs taming”, said one judge.
Comments Off on Kopparossa Estate Coonawarra Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A huge old school style with developed nose and palate layered with fruit and oak.
Comments Off on Settlers Ridge Organic Margaret River Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Lovely nose smells of the forest floor with some tobacco and heaps of cedary oak. Deeply flavoured sweet palate with good spicy complexity, structure and balance. 3-5
Comments Off on Bird in Hand Nest Egg Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
A wine with finesse, elegance and great structure with some intense red berry fruit characters and very classy oak to balance it.
Comments Off on Bird in Hand MAC Mt Lofty Ranges Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Tight restrained perfumed bouquet with layers of integrated spicy fruit/oak flavours.
Comments Off on The Old Faithful Top of the Hill McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Spicy lifted nose with an earthy savouriness. Solid black fruit palate with very subtle use of oak.
Comments Off on Forester Estate Home Block Margaret River Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Ribena and chocolate characters on the nose and a powerful tannic palate with lovely hit of varietal flavours. “Needs another 5-10 years”.
Comments Off on Anvers The Warrior Adelaide Hills Langhorne Creek Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Meaty, earthy, licorice bouquet and bright juicy flavours with interesting oaky notes.
Comments Off on Paracombe Adelaide Hills Shiraz Viognier 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Blackberry and violets on the nose and a long well balanced palate. Ready for drinking now.
Comments Off on Blue Pyrenees Estate Richardson Reserve Pyrenees Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Very vibrant spicy bouquet and nice fresh fruit palate with good depth, nice balance and good structure for cellaring. Drying finish. 5+
Comments Off on Clayfield Grampians Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 5, 2017
Simple, somewhat subdued aromas with an almost medicinal character. Great intensity and concentration of varietal fruit with firm tannins. Will evolve further but will take its time.
Comments Off on Coriole Lloyd McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 5, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Earthy developed style with slightly leathery aromas and a palate that still shows some fruit.
Comments Off on Delluva Wines Barossa Syrah 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Mulberry fragrances with a complex spicy/savoury lift. A soft juicy palate offering a great mouthful of delicious sweet fruit flavours.
Comments Off on Gumpara Wines Mader Reserve Barossa Valley Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Simple sweet berry bouquet with a spicy note. Dense, concentrated and flavoursome palate but very acidic. Need to wait awhile. 5+
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Sardanapalian Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very oaky style with a touch of alcohol heat, a simple sweet berry spine and supported by plenty of acidity. 3-5
Comments Off on d’Arenberg Tyche’s Mustard Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A big dense wine that’s evolving nicely. Has sweet blackberry aromas with more of the blackberry characters filling the mouth with flavour. Good acid/tannin balance. 3-5
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Solipstic Snollygoster Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A massive “over-the-top” wine with raisined fruit aromas and huge mouthful of porty flavours underscored with loads of acid.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Shipsters’ Rapture Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Colour still showing purple notes. Lots of varnishy oak on the nose and a rich ripe intensely flavoured palate that has a huge structure, unyielding tannins and is a touch hot.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Swinging Malaysian Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Masses of developed jammy aromas and ‘energy’ to the palate with some leathery age.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Sisypheanic Euphoria Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Young looking wine for its age. Simple spicy red berry bouquet and dense young raisined fruit palate with somewhat unyielding acid and tannins. Hot finish.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Piceous Lodestar Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Clean, young and fruity nose with a tight slightly closed palate with slightly tough acid/tannin balance. Needs years to open up. 5+
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Other Side Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Developed molasses intensity on the nose with a hot ripe porty palate. 3-5
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Little Venice Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Still very youthful with sweet primary fruit prominent on the nose and a simple, compact palate exhibiting very ripe fruit, some oak and masses of acidity. 5+
Comments Off on d’Arenberg J.R.O Afflatus Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A very dense nose with aromas of prunes and caramel. Porty prune palate is high in acid and has a hot finish. 3-5
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Eight Iron Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Very deep purple wine bordering on black with masses of ripe raisined fruit aromas and huge dense palate packed with intense ripe fruit and big tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Blind Tiger Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Amazing purple colour with prune/licorice aromas and a massive tannic palate. 5+
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Amaranthine Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
“A great wine”. Blackcurrant nose with a violet lift and earthy complexity. Intense fruit flavour concentration and rich textured tannins.
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Dead Arm McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A complex wine with very ripe varietal fruit characters, dusty oak, plenty of tannins and high level of acidity. 5+
Comments Off on d’Arenberg The Vociferate Dipsomaniac Single Vineyard McLaren Vale Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Leafy dark fruit aromas and well integrated sweet fruit palate. Still fresh with good level of acid and tannins. 3-5
Comments Off on Seville Hill Yarra Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Smooth and flavoursome. Nice black fruit lift and a well structured, nicely textured, palate.
Comments Off on Seville Hill Yarra Valley Merlot 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A complex style on the buttery side with well integrated flavours and great mouthfeel. 3-5
Comments Off on Steels Gate Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Zesty flinty aromas with buttery hints. The youthful creamy palate has lovely varietal fruit characters, well handled oak and lingering acidity. Has vibrancy. 3-5
Comments Off on Toolangi Paul’s Lane Yarra Valley Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A classic holding up well with developed citrus aromas and flavours. Fine line of acid.
Comments Off on Lone Road Winemakers Mr SSB Margaret River Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Toasty honeysuckle fragrances and generous fruit filled palate with good mouthfeel and texture.
Comments Off on Penfolds Rawsons Retreat South East Australia Semillon Chardonnay 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Light grassy fragrances; good fruit punch. Great acid line and length on the palate promising cellaring potential. 3-5
Comments Off on Saddler’s Creek Wines Ryan’s Reserve Hunter Semillon 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
A nose of pepper and spice and red berries. Rich generous palate has good secondary characters developing with well balanced fruit/oak flavours and silky tannins. Still young and tight.
Comments Off on Brown Brothers Patricia Victoria Shiraz 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017
Posted: April 4, 2017
Savory style rich with dried berry fruit, spicy/herbal elements and grippy tannins.
Comments Off on Springton Hills Wines Harvey’s Blend Eden Valley Cabernet Grenache Montepulciano 2012 / 0 View / April 4, 2017