Purple Hands Wines After Five Wine Co Shiraz 2021
Barons of Barossa Barons Shiraz 2014
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G 92
Medium-deep crimson. Red currant, dark plum roasted walnut aromas with leafy hint tobacco notes. Richly concentrated and inky textured with red currant, dark plum, roasted walnut touch iodine flavours and fine slinky tannins. Finishes chalky firm. Now–2028. 14.5% alc Château Tanunda Grand Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 G 91 Medium-deep crimson. Fresh simple blackcurrant, cranberry aromas with hints of black olives and walnuts. Juicy and sweet-fruited with ample cassis. Blackberry, black olive flavours, loose-knit chalky/ touch chewy textures and fresh long acidity. Early drinking fruit-driven style. Now–2026. 14.5% alc First Drop Wines ‘Fat of the Land’ Seppeltsfield Shiraz 2018 G 91 Deep crimson. Developing blackberry, mocha, hint tobacco/ bourbon aromas with earthy notes. Well-concentrated palate with ample blackberry, mulberry, dark plum fruits, fine slinky tannins and underpinning sandalwood/ cedary/ touch coconut oak notes. Finishes oaky and sweet-fruited with liquorice nuances. Now–2028. 15.5% alc HEAD Wines HEAD RED Shiraz 2021 G 91 Medium-deep crimson. Red cherry, raspberry, chinotto, hint graphite aromas and flavours with herb garden notes, fine slinky textures and fresh long mineral acidity. Finishes minerally and long with a touch of aniseed. Very attractive early drinking style. Now–2027. 14.5% alc Pine Drive Vineyards The Pine Drive Shiraz 2021 G 91 Deep crimson. Aniseed, liquorice, dark berry dark chocolate aromas. Sweet fruited wine with plentiful choco-berry flavours, fine chalky tannins, sweet fruit mid-palate and fresh mocha, hint vanilla notes. Builds up firm and tight with crispy acidity. Sweet and tangy wine. Now–2028. 14.5% alc Schubert Estate The Gosling Shiraz 2017 G 91 Medium-deep crimson. Cedar, black cherry, roasted walnut, chinotto hint leather earthy aromas. Developed black cherry, roasted walnut, tobacco flavours and fine loose-knit savoury tannins. Finishes firm and tight with sweet fruit notes. Now–2028. 15% alc
Medium-deep crimson. Dark cherry, liquorice, roasted walnut aromas and flavours, fine slinky/ chalky tannins, attractive mid-palate richness and underlying savoury notes. Crispy/juicy finish. Now–2028. 14% alc Rosenvale Vineyards Angaston Road Shiraz 2020 G 92 Medium-deep crimson. Fresh redcurrant, dark plum hint sappy aromas with hints of bush garrigue. Well-rounded and supple with redcurrant, juicy dark plum flavours, fine al dente/bittersweet tannins and underlying savoury notes. Finishes long and sweet-fruited with some leafy notes. Now–2028. 15% alc
Schwarz Wine Co. Meta Shiraz 2021
G 92
Deep crimson. Intense liquorice/ aniseed dark berry aromas with herb garden notes. Generous blackberry liquorice flavours and loose-knit chalky tannins. Savoury firm finish with herb/ aniseed notes. Now– 2027. 14.2% alc Thistledown Wines Silken Beastie Shiraz 2020 G 92 Deep crimson. Dark cherry roasted walnut aromas with hints of black olive tapenade. Sweet fruited dark cherry, blackberry, black olive hint flinty flavours, fine sinuous tannins and well-integrated acidity. Savoury notes at the finish. Now–2030 Welland Kreig’s Legacy ‘Valley & Valley’ Shiraz 2022 G 92 Medium deep colour. Attractive blackberry dark plum hint vanilla, espresso aromas. Well-concentrated blackberry, dark plum, mulberry fruits, a hint of black olive, fine loose-knit chalky tannins and underlying savoury oak complexity. Finishes chalky and long. Medium-term drinking style. Now–2028. 15% alc Z Wine Roman Old Vine Barossa Valley Grenache Shiraz Mataro 2022 G 92 Deep crimson. Intense dark cherry, dark plum, liquorice aromas with leafy notes. Richly concentrated dark plum, blackberry, touch flinty, iodine flavours, fine graphite/ cedar tannins and long crisp acidity. Now–2026
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