Shiraz

Yarra Valley, Victoria. Grown on a block where the sun ripens the fruit to perfection, this wine is full and lush on the palate and exhibiting fine and silky tannins on the finish. A dense red/purple in colour, the nose is spicy, ripe fruit with plum and...

Yarra Valley, Victoria. Rich and powerful with intense aromas of blackcurrants, spice and oak. Hand picked grapes were fermented on skins and matured in french oak...

Hunter Valley, NSW. A deep dark crimson colour in the glass; the nose has deep fruit aromas and plum overtones. The French oak spiciness balances the lovely fruit. The palate is medium weight with rich berry fruit power, well integrated tannins and good length of flavour...

WINERY RATING

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011

Hunter Valley, NSW. A glossy vibrant crimson colour in the glass; the small additions of stalks and Viognier has added a lifted fragrance to the nose above the red berry fruits. The palate is medium-bodied with a hint of fruit sweetness...

WINERY RATING

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2010

Margaret River, Western Australia. Appearance: Deep purple. Nose: Aromas of cracked white pepper, spice and dark berry fruits and cherries, with a hint of chocolate and vanillin oak. Palate: The palate of this wine has fine chalky tannins, with pepper, spice, berry and chocolate flavours on the finish. Well balanced with good length.

McLaren Vale, South Australia. A blue fruited, dense, but aromatic and generously fragrant expression of Blewitt Springs Shiraz. Gently complex, showing bright cherry fruit, raspberries and cranberries, layers of nutmeg, violets, and a supporting foundation of spicy French oak. On the palate, it exhibits a finely wrought core of intense fruit, framed by persistent sandy tannins, and kept taut by a line of natural acidity...

McLaren Vale, South Australia. An exercise in slender power, bringing early picked McLaren Vale Shiraz characters exhibited by cool blue and red fruit with layers of coal dust and earth to entice, supported by a gentle oak creaminess, which progresses to the palate exhibiting a deep fruit weight kept bright, nervy, and fleshy and filed down nicely by a fine and mineral tannin line...

McLaren Vale, South Australia. A lifted but deep expression of McLaren Vale shiraz, tending towards blue and back fruits, Garrigue herbs, picked necessarily early to retain freshness, and layered in shyly supporting French Oak. Powerful on the palate, this wine is an interplay between the waves of intense crunchy plumlike fruit, and the tensile strength of the mineral and tannin laden structure beneath...

Clare Valley, South Australia. "Chewy, deeply flavoured wine of intense dark fruits, liquorice, dry, sinewy tannins. It’s a powerful hit of dark berry/cherry aromas, stewed plums, cinnamon, allspice and fennel with woody notes swirling around. Good beefy flavour, meaty and full in a flourish of dark fruits, stains the palate well and pulls into a long, chalky pucker. A touch dry-dry to finish, but the overall feel is good, and fresh, and with time to go..."

Clare Valley, South Australia. Colour Bright crimson Bouquet/Palate The nose is cedary with spicy – herbal notes. There is lively, vibrant cherry fruit flavours on the palate, indicative of the cool vintage conditions. The tannins are fine and soft but sustained giving the wine a very long lingering palate. Cellaring Perfectly balanced now but with excellent long term cellaring potential...