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Inkwell Reckoner Cabernet Shiraz 2014

67/33 blend. Matured in all-French oak for 18 months. 1900 bottles.

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Primrose Path GSM 2014

45% Grenache, 30% Shiraz, 25% Mataro.

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Angove Family Winemakers Family Crest Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2015

Name your price, and Angove Family Winemakers have a warm-hearted product made especially for you.

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Chapel Hill Gorge Block Chardonnay 2015

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Mr Riggs The Gaffer Shiraz 2014

The Gaffer is a wine you tend to see at bistros, or bistro-like establishments. In that environment it’s usually very well suited. The steak, the Gaffer, the chips, the chocolate mudcake/sticky date....

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Mr Riggs Piebald Syrah 2014

It’s from Piebald Gully at Clarendon and it uses a red and a white variety. Noice.

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Chapel Hill Shiraz 2014

When we reviewed the 2013 Chapel Hill Shiraz, we’d published 26,000 reviews on The Winefront. Now with the release of the 2014 Chapel Hill Shiraz we’re at over 31,000 reviews. From little things, big...

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Richard Hamilton Lot 148 Merlot 2014

McLaren Vale isn’t alone in being a bit bemused by merlot.

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Richard Hamilton Hut Block Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

McLaren Vale cabernet. The great underrated.

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Kay Brothers Amery Vineyards Hillside Shiraz 2013

I had a quick look at the Kay’s website, and it lists this wine as ‘sold out’, but the 2013 Block 6 as being available. Given this was just sent as a sample, while the Block 6 was not, I’m a little...

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Shingleback The Gate Shiraz 2012

Still bottled under cork, surprisingly enough. Label is festooned with gold medals.

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Serafino Malpas Vineyard Shiraz 2014

From Malpas Road in parish of McLaren Vale in McLaren Vale. It’s set on the Ngaltina Formation. Spends time in four year old oak barrels for eight months.

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Shingleback Unedited Shiraz 2014

This is sourced from Little Road, Whites Valley set on the Ngaltina Formation of geology. Unedited also refers to it being unfiltered, so let’s say it’s the long play version.

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Wirra Wirra Whaite Old Block 2014

From Schuller Road in Blewitt Springs and at a comparatively high for McLaren Vale at 200 metres above sea level. Set on North Maslin and South Maslin Sands – almost identical stats to Shottesbrooke’s...

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Shottesbrooke Tom’s Block Shiraz 2014

From Schuller Road in Blewitt Springs and at a comparatively high for McLaren Vale at 195 metres above sea level. Set on North Maslin and South Maslin Sands

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Mr Riggs Piebald Young McLaren Vale Shiraz 2014

From Idle Lane in Kangarilla, set on North Maslin and South Maslin Sands for geology. Vineyard is called Piebald Gully.

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Hugh Hamilton Wines Black Blood Shiraz 2014

Black Blood sounds ominous, in a good way. Very sexy black packaging too, includging a mottled grey paper sheath and neck rope tie for the paper. This comes from McMurtrie Rd in McLaren Vale, off...

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d’Arenberg The Bamboo Scrub Shiraz 2014

From Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale and a vineyard set on North Maslin and South Maslin Sands, even though it is relatively inland.

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d’Arenberg The Shipsters’ Rapture Shiraz 2014

From Osborn Rd in McLaren Vale and off the Blanche Point Formation of geology.

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d’Arenberg The Amaranthine Shiraz 2014

From Osborn Rd in McLaren Vale and off the Blanche Point Formation of geology.

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