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From Victoria's
Heathcote & Yarra Valley
Deeply aromatic and flavourful, this silky-fine, smooth and stylish red tightly marries the best of both varieties with some pleasing reductive complexity. Piercing cherry, plum and berry flavours, it’s framed by smooth but firm tannins.
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Yering Station Shiraz Viognier 2008
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From New South Wales's
Riverina
Fabulous wine, mahogany/ honey coloured with bouquets of cherry and treacle, brazil nut, liquorice and espresso. A warming palate with an exuberance of festive cake characters, peanut brittle and candied grapefruits over the richness of mocha, toffee and spice.
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De Bortoli Sacred Hill Old Tawny Port
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From South Australia's
A very nice complexity but not overly busy, juicy with plums, blueberries and leafy characters, dark festive cake flavours supported by soft, subtle tannins, smooth and easy to appreciate.
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Penfolds Rawsons Retreat Merlot 2011
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From Victoria's
Rutherglen
Plush palate of dark berries, bitter chocolate, vegemite and earth, an assertive purpley wine that's content to be typecast for it's epic tannins, gripping your palate like the legs of a lithe and licentious, fruit smeared dancer.
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The Bruiser Rutherglen Durif 2009
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From Western Australia's
Great Southern
Bright blueberry and plum fruit garnished by spice, clove and peppercorn, in a mantle of sweet vanillan oak and personable, pliant tannins.
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Xabregas Artisan Syrah 2010
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From South Australia's
Barossa
A generous nose full of currant and red berries, licorice, pastille and marshmallow oak. Abundant fruit on the palate, ample berries and plum supported by glamorous oak and assertive but indulgent tannins. A completely gratifying, auspicious Barossa Shiraz with breeding and elegance to consume alongside a well seasoned lamb and oven crisp, rosemary potatoes.
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Kellermeister Dry Grown Shiraz 2008
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From South Australia's
McLaren Langhorne
In a realm of it's own for the dainty florid expressions and subdued, musty oak, bound together by a flourish of gushy acid and chicaning tannins.
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Black Chook Sparkling Shiraz
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From Victoria's
Alpine
Luscious red, richly layered like a torte of liquered fruits, shaves of chocolate, creamy oak and plum.
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Devils Creek Alpine Valley Merlot 2009
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From South Australia's
Barossa
Highly suggestive of ripe Barossa Shiraz at it's most natural, the sweet aromas/ flavours of berries and pepper are supported by flattering but obsequious oak.
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Kaesler Stonehorse Shiraz 2009
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From 's
A pure and clean cabernet wine, offering excellent varietal definition on a softly, softly fruit driven palate supported by crisp young tannins and rich mineral textures.
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Rosemount Diamond Label Cabernet 2010
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From South Australia's
Barossa & Eden
Made to measure Cabernet with the most inspiring levels of black cherry, currant and cassis fruit characters, sweet clovey oak and soft simmering tannins. A legend of the Barossa and a must have with succulent red meats.
☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ½
Pepperjack Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
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From South Australia's
Barossa Eden
Rivulets of dark currant and blackberry mingle with smoke and bacon, exquisitely supple cocoa oak and toasty fruitbread. The silkiest of textures, this calls for torrid dishes, mouthfilling and engaging, exemplary acids and an unforgettable, savoury fruit filled finish.
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Yalumba Barossa Bush Vine Grenache 2009
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From South Australia's
McLaren Vale
Big bold intense bouquets bordering on vapours of wildly aromatic plum and cassis-like fruit, heady flavour profiles, extraordinary length, and tannins that are so luxuriant you feel that you can suck on them like some sort of treat. One of Australia's very best.
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dArenberg Dead Arm Shiraz 2002 1.5L MAGNUM
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From Victoria's
Heathcote
Bright in colour with good density and hue. A bouquet expressing cinnamon and clove, thyme, cherry and compote. A drying palate with chewy, gummy black fruits, blackberry and violet, chocolate, bacon and tar.
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Jasper Hill Occams Razor Shiraz 2009
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From Western Australia's
Margaret River
A well focused wine, smooth and supple tannins lay in wait after a splendid entry of blueberry, crushed mint and light camphor oak.
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Howling Wolves Cabernet Merlot 2008
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From South Australia's
McLaren Vale
Cocoa and ribena, plum and cherry extend onto the palate, conjoined by savoury elements of green peppercorn, marmite and tapenade.
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Pennys Hill Cracking Black Shiraz 2010
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