Coriole Redstone Shiraz 2013
Such an easy wine to drink. And like. Priced reasonably too.
View ArticleBent Creek The Nude Old Vine Shiraz 2012
For a wine touting the word ‘nude’ (love it!) there’s brand new and one year old American oak adding some clothing to the old vine (70-year-old) shiraz fruit here. It’s been a while since I’ve dived...
View ArticleBent Creek Reserve Shiraz 2012
This wine sees French and American oak and fruit is sourced from a vineyard planted in the 1930s. CM said in a previous review ‘they build their wines big at Bent Creek’, and in my limited experience...
View ArticleChapel Hill Shiraz 2013
Chapel Hill Shiraz has had a good run over the years on The Wine Front. And did you know, we have over 26,000 reviews here now, and it’s picking up.
View Articled’Arenberg d’Arry’s Original Shiraz Grenache 2012
Good old d’Arenberg Burgundy, as it was once known.
View ArticleRosemount Estate District Release Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Lovely wine. Rosemount reds are in good form.
View ArticleYangarra Estate Roux Beaute Roussanne 2013
Born from an egg on a mountain top. 68 cases made with 50% popped into a 675 litre ceramic egg and fermented on skins and left for 120 days and 120 nights. The other half fermented off skins in a...
View ArticleBrash Higgins NDV 2014
Now into its fourth release and the wine is finding some pace. CM’s words echo well from his 2013 review. The wine is fermented in amphora fired from clay from Brad Hickey’s in-laws’ farm. The wine...
View ArticleThe Great Marius Cork Vs Screwcap Battle
Bear in mind that we’re talking a thirteen year old wine now. Back in the wild, carefree days when this wine was a youngun’, Winefront stashed a dozen bottles of Marius Shiraz 2002 into the cellar, six...
View ArticleMr Riggs The Gaffer Shiraz 2013
Always on the lookout for good, affordable shiraz and McLaren Vale is often a good hunting ground.
View ArticleMr Riggs The Truant Shiraz 2013
Here’s the ‘value’ hunting ground I’m always hoping to track. Good buying here.
View ArticleUlithorne Frux Frugis 2012
Comes from a 1969-planted vineyard. Sees some French oak. A full throttle style since the get go, but usually about fruit power, not winemaking nous. A leap to $80 recommended retail might come with...
View ArticleGemtree Luna Temprana Tempranillo 2014
Every time I see a tempranillo I review it. Or try to. I’m fascinated by it as a variety in Australia.
View ArticleSigurd Red 2013
A fledgling project from an ‘assistant winemaker’ at a big company who can’t make wine out in the open, but manages to eke out some small batches in his time outside of the formal work place. It’s a...
View ArticleA.C. Byrne & Co Shiraz 2013
Tasting through a couple of dozen of wines made exclusively for Aldi supermarkets. This was one of the only – though clear – standouts.
View ArticleCoates The Iberian 2012
Touriga Nacional (44%), Tempranillo (21%), Monastrell (15%), Syrah (11%), Malbec (4%), Cinsault (2%) and Garnacha (2%).
View ArticleGeoff Merrill Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2008
Blend of Coonawarra (70%) with McLaren Vale (30%) cabernet sauvignon.
View ArticleThree Dark Horses G & T 2014
Grenache and touriga. McLaren Vale. Unoaked, unfined and unfiltered.
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