Wirra Wirra RSW Shiraz 2012
Tasted alongside another dozen 2012 McLaren Vale Shiraz – of the top shelf kind – just to get a fix on quality. Quick tasting, idea is more to peg relative to peers, use a range of scores and by this...
View ArticleWoodstock Shiraz 2012
Good name Woodstock. Festivals. Little yellow birds. All kinds of nice things.
View ArticleYangarra Small Pot Sand Block Shiraz 2012
I perhaps have a small style preference for the Whole Bunch Small Pot, but really it’s neck and neck. Or pot and pot.
View ArticleMaxwell Little Demon Cabernet Malbec 2013
This is the blend of cabernet and malbec. Not to be confused with the blend of cabernet and merlot.
View ArticleInkwell Perfect Day Shiraz 2012
“In memory of Lou Reed”. Great song it is too. 4% primitivo. All French oak, but only 26% new. This is the “standard” Inkwell shiraz named anew.
View ArticleHardys Tintara Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Gold medal winner at both the Sydney show and the McLaren Vale wine show.
View ArticleFaux Pas Grenache 2013
From the young winemaking trio that includes Andrew Ramsey and Liam Van Pelt – eking out some fruit from here and there, making some exciting wines with youth and freshness on their sides. This...
View ArticleChapel Hill The Chosen Road Block Shiraz 2012
Not to be confused with The Chosen House Block Shiraz, this is The Chosen Road Block Shiraz. Both are $65 and part of the Scarce Earth project.
View ArticleBent Creek Vineyards Black Dog Shiraz 2012
Matured in American (80%) and French oak. Low cropped. 14.8% alc on the media release.
View ArticleBent Creek Vineyards Reserve Shiraz 2010
They built their reds big at Bent Creek in McLaren Vale.
View ArticleGeoff Merrill Henley Shiraz 2006
230 dozen produced. 37 months in French oak. Bottled in October 2010.
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Sticks & Stones 2010
Fancy new, kind of abstract, labels. Tempranillo 41%, Grenache 41%, Souzao 15% and Tinta Cao 3%.
View ArticleFox Creek Vixen Sparkling Shiraz NV
Made with McLaren Vale shiraz, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc.
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