Shiraz

Rhone Valley, France. Moderate continental with hot, dry summers and regular rain fall the other seasons...

Yarra Valley, Victoria. The ’18 Shiraz has an exotic perfume with lifted berry fruit characters, subtle spicy oak and a hint of cinnamon. The colour is vibrant deep red and the mouth feel is velvety. The palate is rich and driven by red fruit, damson and plum characters with a finish dominated by natural acidity and supple tannins...

Barossa Valley, South Australia. Blue Shiraz is deep black in colour. The bouquet is inviting with aromas of ripe plum, Christmas cake, fruit compote and chocolate oak. The full-bodied palate is rich and intense with abundance of flavour...

Barossa Valley, South Australia. Pirathon Shiraz 2020 is dark purple-black in colour. The perfumed boquet is uplifting and indicative of a complex wine with aromas of blackberry, plum, blueberry, rose perfume, chocolate, subtle oak and a hint of spice. The full-bodied palate is rich and mouthfilling with plenty of ripe dark fruits. Background oak barrel characters compliment the bright fruit flavours. There are fine integrated tannins giving the wine a solid structure. This is an extremely balanced Shiraz with fruit, oak and tannin working together to provide harmony. A very lengthy finish completes a powerful but opulent wine. Pirathon is a paramount expression of north-western Barossa Shiraz that will reward time in the cellar for 5-10 years...

WINERY RATING

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2013

King Valley, Victoria. This wine is fresh and youthful, it is a vibrant dark cherry in colour with strong aromatics of fresh plums, cherries, spices, mocha coffee, red currents and stewed rhubarb. The palate is juicy, with lovely soft, full chalky tannins...

Hunter Valley, NSW. Dark red in colour with hints of purple hue. Lifted spicy plums, blackberries and mulberries with a velvet texture and a savoury, soft, sweet, spicy berry flavour finish. This is an outstanding Shiraz from an excellent vintage. The wine will continue to develop gracefully over the next eight or more years if cellared in optimum conditions...

Coal River Valley, Tasmania. Fragrant aromas of red currant, blackberry and white pepper forms the foundation of this wine. The palate is abundant with notes of red cherry, raspberry and cinnamon bark before softening into impressions of confectionary raspberry and smoked charcuterie...

Mornington Peninsula, Victoria. Deep red in colour. The nose is aromatically bright with a complex mix of black fruits, wet stone and charcuterie. The palate, with blackcurrant and black pepper flavours...

South Eastern Australia, Intense red with purple hues. Intense youthful fresh ripe berry fruit flavours with some well integrated vanillia oak. Full bodied dense ripe berry fruit flavours balanced with vanillian oak but yet long and smooth...