Shiraz

Rhone Valley, France. Intense ruby red, limpid and bright. Highly complex, distinguished nose, revealing the Syrah’s great finesse. Black fruits, sweet spices and, ultimately, finely woody.
Palate:Full and generous, silky tannins and a very long finish...

McLaren Vale, South Australia.  Although still very young, the wine shows classic McLaren Vale Shiraz characteristics, with an elegant, delicate front exploding with a concentration of savoury fruit, supported by full, silky tannins unique to old vine wine...

McLaren Vale, South Australia.  This wine gives the best of both worlds: a fantastic wine when young, but careful cellaring for 5-10 years will reward you very nicely...

McLaren Vale, South Australia. This is McLaren Vale Shiraz at its finest. From the acclaimed 'Jones Block', this wine is well regarded for its generous, yet elegant style. A small parcel was selected from our century old vines for complex fruit flavours and seamless structure...

McLaren Vale, South Australia.  Quandong Farm Shiraz is a single vineyard wine that aims to highlight the intensity and brightness of fruit grown using biodynamic techniques. Our farming practices are designed to produce wines of intensity, but also with layers of texture, flavour and interest for the consumer. We think this wine exhibits these characteristics and provides both concentration and flavour and a certain delicacy, rather than simple raw power...

Clare Valley, South Australia. Penna Lane's approach is to work with the typical shiraz flavours of plum and blueberry and complement these with savoury flavours, through oak selection and maturation techniques...

McLaren Vale, South Australia. Red currant and blueberry fruit, with a lifted violet perfume, followed by spice and lightly toasted French oak. Lovely primary forest fruits and red currants with traces of spice and silky milk chocolate-like tannins on the finish...

 

McLaren Vale South Australia. The nose exhibits intense floral aromas with notes of spicy plum, ink and black pepper.The palate is dense with the plum fruit following through from the nose, powdery tannins and a beautiful, lengthy finish...

Barossa Valley, South Australia. The wine shows excellent bright red hues and a touch of leafiness from the Cabernet as well as some dark mulberry notes. The palate shows fruit richness and finishes with firm but soft tannins...

WINERY RATING

James Halliday, Australian Wine Companion 2011