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Ingoldby Grenache Shiraz 2012

Medium-bodied and medium-quality grenache shiraz blend from Ingoldby in McLaren Vale. A Treasury Wine Estates brand.

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Ingoldby Chardonnay 2012

Ingoldby Chardonnay is often just a little better than you’re expecting.

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Paxton Tempranillo 2011

You win some, you lose some.

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Coriole Lloyd Reserve Shiraz 2009

A whopper of a shiraz from Coriole.

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Coriole Mary Kathleen Reserve Cabernet Merlot 2009

This is a worthy Reserve cabernet from Coriole.

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Mitolo Jester Sangiovese Rose 2013

Its sub-title is “Giacomo” and according to the back label, “Giacomo Rose Jester celebrates the era where boredom was alleviated through humour and the banal through intellect”. Amen to that.

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Mitolo Jester Vermentino 2013

New-ish variety but Mitolo is building a good reputation with its vermentino.

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Geoff Merrill Bush Vine Grenache Rose 2012

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Wolf Blass Grey Label Shiraz 2011

Wolf Blass Grey Label Shiraz remains faithful to its fans, style-wise, but it’s not quite the oak-driven caricature it once was. That said, the 2011 vintage tested the friendship.

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Serafino Bellissimo Fiano 2013

Sourced from McLaren Vale vineyards. Fiano, the thinking person’s Australian vermentino. So strange they seem to go so hand-in-hand in Australia, it seems, with vermentino the wunderkind, yet fiano,...

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Coriole Sangiovese 2012

Some wines are very easy to recommend.

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Three Dark Horses G+T 2013

Grenache and Touriga. The smart packaging, though I can’t find a bottle image, tells me: Whole bunches. Co-fermented. Wild yeast. Unoaked. Unfined. Unfiltered. And now I also fancy a Gin and Tonic....

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Chapel Hill Sangiovese Rose 2013

Nice variety for rose, I reckon.

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Coriole Nero d’Avola 2013

I see a red grape and I want it painted black. First release of this variety from Coriole I think? Southern Italian grapes in McLaren Vale? What’s not to like!

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Three Dark Horses Shiraz 2012

“Single vineyard shiraz from the Romano vineyard” in MeLaren Vale.

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Serafino GSM 2011

Grenache, shiraz and mataro blend. McLaren Vale. Made by Charles Whish. Comes with a fair amount of bling – gold stickers – on the bottle. Print on the stickers is too small for me to read but the word...

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Serafino BDX 2011

Blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, carmenere and cabernet franc out of McLaren Vale. Tough 2011 vintage.

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Shottesbrooke Merlot 2012

No price sticker on the bottle. Grrrrr

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Penny’s Hill Malpas Road Merlot 2012

McLaren Vale Merlot – goes all right sometimes.

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Noon Eclipse Grenache Shiraz 2012

Traditionally made with estate-grown grenache and shiraz but now with cabernet sauvignon and dolcetto too. Sealed with a screwcap. One of McLaren Vale’s most-loved producers – among those in-the-know....

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