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Chapel Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Chapel Hill Cabernet Sauvignon – just the way I like it.

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Mr Riggs The Magnet Grenache 2013

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Bekkers Syrah Grenache 2014

McLaren Vale blend of shiraz and grenache. These blends are, quite possibly, what McLaren Vale does best.

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Bekkers Grenache 2014

McLaren Vale has well and truly come of age when it comes to grenache. It has talked the talk for a long time; it’s finally walking it.

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Mitolo Serpico Cabernet Sauvignon 2011

Cold vintage cabernet sauvignon left to dry on racks for 8 weeks – reducing their weight by 30% – before being sent to 100% new French oak.

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Ingoldby Cabernet Shiraz Merlot 2013

Always enjoy seeing the Ingoldby reds.

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Ingoldby Shiraz 2014

An old faithful.

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Chapel Hill Vermentino 2015

New to the Chapel Hill range. Sold mostly via the cellar door/winery itself.

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Brash Higgins CHN 2015

It is very hard for chenin blanc to escape its slightly sickly, baby spew and burned butter aroma profile, and sometimes flavours. Then again, you expect it, so you kind of work with it, and in great...

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Koltz The Pagan Shiraz 2013

Shiraz grapes are dried for seven weeks on racks, then basket pressed. It’s an Amarone style, though we can’t say that anymore.

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Possingham & Summers Malbec 2014

McLaren Vale malbec from an under-the-radar producer.

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D’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2012

Return to form after the less-than-stellar 2011 release.

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D’Arenberg The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

McLaren Vale cabernet sauvignon. I’ve long been a fan. Done well, it defies the odds.

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D’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings 2012

Well I never. This is super. Made using grenache (70%), shiraz (25%) and a dollop of mourvedre.

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Shottesbrooke GSM 2014

At the last McLaren Vale wine show, I reckon they made a bit of a meal out of class 25 – Grenache dominant blends. So much big company, highly polished, soulless wine, getting a run, while they missed...

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Chapel Hill The Parson Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2014

Exclusive to Dan Murphy’s stores.

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Possingham & Summers Signature Shiraz 2012

Shiraz grown on 70 year old vines, matured in French oak for 32 months.

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Possingham & Summers Signature Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

Grown on 70 year old cabernet vines.

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The Other Wine Co. Grenache 2015

Nice labels. Something of a Soumah blue, but not as intense, but really pleasing. Soothing. Made by the people at Shaw + Smith.

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Longline Albright Grenache 2014

Albright is a kind of knot. Puts me in mind of Madeleine Albright too, which is not necessarily the image I want in my head when tasting a fine Grenache. Anyway, a couple of dry grown vineyards, both...

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