Ulithorne Paternus Cabernet Shiraz 2010
Single vineyard blend of cabernet sauvignon and shiraz, made from old vine plantings. Cabernet dominant.
View ArticleUlithorne Chi Grenache Shiraz 2010
Old vine grenache (100 year old vines, 50% of the blend) with old vine shiraz (42 years old), matured in old French oak.
View ArticleUlithorne Frux Frugis Shiraz 2010
The wine with the most unusual name (it means “fruit of the earth” in Latin). Single vineyard, McLaren Vale, French oak, 20 percent of it new, vines planted 1971.
View ArticlePaxton Pinot Gris 2013
From a producer that must have one of the biggest areas of land to tend that’s all biodynamic, this is a single vineyard pinot gris, sourced from Paxton’s Thomas Block. They hand pick and ferment in...
View ArticleMitolo Jester Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Features 20% dried grapes, which give an already oomphy wine even more oomph. They’re technical terms by the way.
View ArticleKay Brothers Amery Vineyard Basket Pressed Mataro 2011
Three bottles of Mataro open at present, and love that they all use the Australian name for the grape.
View ArticleBattle of Bosworth Cabernet Sauvignon 2011
Cool, wet vintage but this has good richness.
View ArticleTyrrells Vat 94 Dry Red 2012
Shiraz, Grenache, Malbec. 75% Hunter Shiraz using the best fruit from the wet vintage with 15% McLaren Vale Grenache ”bought from the bloke down the road” and 10% McLaren Vale Malbec from Tyrrell’s...
View ArticleYangarra High Sands Grenache 2010
High Sands is a delineation for this grenache that comes from the highest vineyards on the Yangarra estate from bush vines planted in 1946, of course on sand. The estate is tended biodynamically and a...
View ArticlePatritti JPB Single Vineyard Shiraz 2010
Patritti were established in 1926 and seem not to have carried their fame into upper echelons of train-spotters for older winery brands, but are making a concerted effort to reverse that. JPB is a wine...
View ArticleBrash Higgins Omensetter 2008
Over to you, Brad Hickey, ‘it’s our first proprietary blend, all from shiraz and cabernet off our Omensetter vineyard. The idea came to mind when we were tasting the 2008 shiraz in barrel and...
View ArticleChapel Hill Shiraz 2011
Tasting quickly, alongside the 2011 Mataro, and the impulse is strong to do some blending.
View ArticlePatritti Lot Three Single Vineyard Shiraz 2010
Established in 1926, but this plot of land hit full swing by the late ’60s after being purchased in 1960 – section of the Lot 3 Elliots Road vineyard is chosen for this wine, to make terroir do its...
View ArticleOliver’s Taranga Shiraz 2011
Positive spin from the ebullient Corrina Wright in 2011s vagaries being a ‘welcome change to the heat and drought of previous years’. Too right, in a way… Nevertheless, you’re hard pressed finding a...
View ArticleTwo Hands Angels’ Share Shiraz 2012
Two Hands delves into the wilds of McLaren Vale for this wine.
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