Australia
There is a lot of wine and a lot of variety in Australia. Perhaps the classic Australian red wine is Shiraz or Shiraz Cabernet, but there is a lot more to it than that. Unencumbered by tradition or too much legality, inquisitive wine makers find new varieties to grow and new places to grow old varieties. Even the Aussie Shiraz is being re-christened as Syrah by wine makers keen to embrace a more subtle style.
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2017 BAAN SHIRAZ Salomon Finniss River Estate
Finiss River South Australia Australia 14.5% Red
Shiraz.
An Aussie Shiraz crafted in South Australia by Bert Salomon who, when not sunning it up in the Southern Hemisphere, makes delightful Austrian Grüner Veltliner and Riesling in the Kremstal in Austria. This is Aussie...(read more)
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2020 BUGALUGS Barossa Shiraz Tim Smith Wines
Barossa Valley South Australia Australia 14% Red
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If you think Barossa Shiraz is all about power and intensity, this wine from Tim Smith will come as a welcome surprise. Graceful, elegant and refined, it’s deceptively forward and easy to drink with the faintest touch of...(read more)
Tim Atkin MW, www.timatkin.com
2019 PENINSULA Estate Pinot Noir Crittenden Estate
Mornington Peninsula Victoria Australia Red
Pinot Noir.
2016 SHIRAZ Sunbury The Hairy Arm
Victoria Australia 14.5% Red
Shiraz.
Deep burgundy in colour, this wine combines floral and ripe red fruit aromatics with hints of spice. The palate is rich yet savoury with a core of dark red to blue berry fruit and hints of bitter chocolate.
Winemaker's notes
2016 CABERNET SAUVIGNON Dark Pearl Fleurieu Salomon Estate
South Australia Australia 14.5% Red
Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot.
This Aussie red is a magnificent, skilful, ripe and smooth blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (90%), Cabernet Franc (5%) and Merlot (5%) that broods over a core of molten dark black and red fruits – cassis, cherry and plum – al...(read more)
James Viner, Times of Tunbridge Wells
2018 'MERRI' RESERVE SHIRAZ The Hairy Arm
Victoria Australia 14.5% Red
Shiraz. Practising Organic, Low-sulphite
Concentrated dark red and blue fruits, floral hints, spice and chocolate mingle in this heady mix. The palate is velvety yet savoury with fine chalky mouth coating tannins in abundance and bright natural acidity giving a...(read more)
Winemaker's notes
2015 SHIRAZ 'Glory' Yarra Valley One Block
Yarra Valley Victoria Australia 14% Red
Shiraz.
'Museum Release in 2021.' Whiff of some development and age, but still super fresh. This is loaded with crushed stones, blueberries and blueberry skin tannin scrub. Freeze-dried purple fruit.. heady savoury undergrowth a...(read more)
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2019 ONE BLOCK 'Yellingbo' Yarra Valley Syrah
Yarra Valley Victoria Australia 13% Red
Syrah.
More grunt and savoury reserve on nose than the Hermit. This restraint follows to palate. Feeling is pure and lifted (some CO2 on this tank sample perhaps?) but fruit is less clearly upfront. Reveals itself more slowly b...(read more)
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2017 SHIRAZ Sea Eagle Vineyard Salomon Estate
Fleurieu Peninsula South Australia Australia 14.5% Red
Shiraz.
2019 THE LANTERN Pinot Noir La Maison de Ong
Yarra Valley Victoria Australia 13.5% Red
Pinot Noir.
Another absolute gem from Jayden, from the cool upper Yarra, scented and deep with some sinew, earthy wild strawberries, cherries and gently spicy damson. On the palate the tannins are sleek and pure, deeply fruited, spi...(read more)
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2013 ALTTUS Salomon Estate
Finiss River South Australia Australia 14.5% Red
Viognier, Syrah.
This has a very attractively spicy edge with ripe red-plum and blackberry aromas. Some blue fruit, too. Looks in a good drinking window. The palate wears the oak influence a little more richly than the nose with long, st...(read more)
James Suckling, The Wine SpectatorORDER
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