Yangarra Estate High Sands Grenache 2015
Bush vine grenache, planted 1946. Hand picked, wild fermented, 50% whole berries, cold soaked, open fermenters, matured in French oak but none of it was new. Certified organic/biodynamic. Released May...
View ArticleKangarilla Road Primitivo 2015
Primitivo, also known as zinfandel, among other things. As a variety it always gives sweet fruit flavour its best shot.
View ArticleChapel Hill Home Grown Shiraz Mourvedre 2017
McLaren Vale shiraz blend – in a convenient half bottle.
View ArticleCape Barren Native Goose GSM 2016
McLaren Vale blend of grenache (59%), shiraz (37%) and Mourvèdre.
View ArticleClarence Hill Shiraz 2014
McLaren Vale shiraz on show. Authentic stuff in as much as it is full flavoured in fruit and oak. From the Nick Haselgrove line of wines. The current release seemsto be 2016 at $18, but this is cork...
View ArticleClarence Hill Reserve Shiraz 2016
You get the Reserve Shiraz wine at Clarence Hill for a mere $5 more than the regular one. You’d say that’s a bargain in most terms…
View ArticleSerafino Bellissimo Montepulciano 2017
“This Montepulciano received a Trophy and Gold Medal for “Best Mediterranean Wine” of the Show at the 2017 McLaren Vale Wine Show”. “Best Mediterranean Wine” you’d have to take with a raised eyebrow,...
View ArticleShottesbrooke Merlot 2015
GW liked the 2014, CM not so much, a good yin n yang in commentary, just the way we like it on WineFront at times. I still hear people saying the like ‘a nice merlot’ too. When they say that, they...
View Articled’Arenberg The Ironstone Pressings 2015
While the d’Arenberg range grows ever larger, and radical pieces of architecture emerge from the landscape, and Chester’s shirts stay loud, and the Osborne’s of past look down and twist their beards,...
View ArticleHither & Yon Nero d’Avola 2017
There’s a general exuberance and enthusiasm around Hither & Yon wines, and they’re making a lot of very good, easy to like, personality-filled wines. Plenty of different grape varieties, blends and...
View ArticleBlood Brothers Republic Grenache 2015
Blood Brothers Republic sounds like the new film from Kathryn Ann Bigelow, another gritty war tale, this time covering the Democratic Front for Eritrean Unity, shot cinéma vérité, pulsing with...
View ArticleBondar Wines Junto GSM 2017
Grenache, shiraz and mataro are brought together here, with various parcels seeing various winemaking techniques, including whole bunches and longer macerations and all sorts. A lot of the fruit comes...
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Coppermine Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2015
Basket pressed, racked to new and used French oak, bottled unfined and unfiltered.
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Dead Arm Shiraz 2015
Talking of substantial, this 2015 version of The Dead Arm Shiraz certainly is that.
View ArticleD’Arenberg The Laughing Magpie Shiraz Viognier 2013
You might wonder who buys and drinks The Laughing Magpie Shiraz (94%) Viognier (6%) nowadays, its moment having passed somewhat, but truth is it’s a pretty tasty drop.
View ArticleMarius Symphony Shiraz 2016
The best South Australian Shiraz at present, well, at least for my questionable tastes, comes from Standish and Marius. You can keep your Grange, and most of the other higher priced wines. I’ll take...
View ArticleMarius Simpatico Shiraz 2016
The thing about Simpatico, is that it’s most often my favourite of the Marius wines. It’s not as long as the Symphony, but it has this kind of guttural, yet charismatic thing going on. Oh, I don’t know.
View ArticleMarius Symposium Shiraz Mourvedre 2016
I don’t have a bottle image, so here’s a picture of Roger and me in the vineyard, taken April 2018, when I first tasted these wines. Oh, and Symposium is back. Good news, I’d say.
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