Named for a popular Australian game of chance, 2 Up is created by Kevin and Helen O’Brien, producers of the highly acclaimed Kangarilla Road. The wine is an elegant, intense and exceptional quality Shiraz that is hand-crafted from a blend of grapes carefully selected by Kevin from highly prized local vineyards....
Need a few bottles, yet minding the budget? This chewy-style Shiraz can be counted on for its nice core of blackberry flavor and solid, lingering finish.
Barossa Valley Estates Spires Shiraz 2003
Some of the best Shiraz comes from the Barossa Valley in the south of Australia. Barossa Valley Estate is found here and they started off in 1985 as a cooperative of grape growers that wanted to harvest more value from their grapes by making wine. Nice move and they make very...
A serviceable wine with an earthy, warm center anchored by plenty of ripe fruit. The finish comes on rather fast, with some pleasing chocolate/pepper/spice tones
Boarding Pass 1st Class Shiraz 2006
Red-black with a scarlet rim. Nose has lifted peach, spice, vanilla and chocolate notes. Dense blackberries, fruitcake and stone fruit on the palate with some red berry and confectionary freshness, providing a rich and textural mouthfeel.
Red-black with a scarlet rim. Lifted peach, spice, vanilla and chocolate notes on the nose. Dense blackberries, fruitcake and stone fruit on the palate with some red berry and confectionery freshness, providing a rich, textural mouthfeel.
Branson Coach House Shiraz Block 2004
A multi dimensional bouquet of roasted meats, mineral, cola, tar and blackberry. Give this one time to open up, this monster is built for the long haul! The palate starts out thick and coating; immediately powerful and explosive, you are then thrown a huge chunk of fruit while the acid and...
Branson Coach House Shiraz Greenock Block 2004
Deep purple colour. This wine possesses a complex bouquet of red berries, cedar, mint, tobacco, espresso and chocolate. This wine displays a soft coating texture; the rich fruit drives straight across the palate displaying a medium to full bodied intensity. Flavours of cloves, chocolate and lifted purple fruits mingle with the...
Planted in the early 1930's, the vineyard is about 70 years old. This vineyard is planted with the old clones of Syrah (low yielding) on their own roots, dry grown and yields about two tonnes to the acre. The soils here are mainly clay, ironstone and gravel facing due east and...
Clarendon Hills Syrah Bakers Gully 2003
Clarendon Hills Syrah Brookman Vineyard 2004
This old vineyard consistently produces very attractive, well balanced wine with no rough edges, just perfume style and elegance. Ages very well. Aristocratic!
Clarendon Hills Syrah Hickinbotham Vineyard 2003
Planted in the Onkaparinga Valley in the Clarendon Hills area, this wine is always very peppery and spicy with nuances of Leather and minerals. A most individual wine - always very deeply coloured and with abundant tannin. Hickinbotham Shiraz Vineyard planted in 1965 on hard clay and ironstone soil facing north...
Clarendon Hills Syrah Hickinbotham Vineyard 2004
Planted in the Onkaparinga Valley in the Clarendon Hills area, this wine is always very peppery and spicy with nuances of Leather and minerals. A most individual wine - always very deeply coloured and with abundant tannin. Hickinbotham Shiraz Vineyard planted in 1965 on hard clay and ironstone soil facing north...
Clarendon Hills Syrah Moritz Vineyard 2003
A very consistent vineyard, which always has very dark colour and black plum fruit with a gamey, leathery background. This has more to do with Cornas or Hermitage.
Clarendon Hills Syrah Moritz Vineyard 2004
A very consistent vineyard, which always has very dark colour and black plum fruit with a gamey, leathery background. This has more to do with Cornas or Hermitage.
The Shiraz fruit was destemmed, cold macerated then inoculated with cultured yeast to initiate fermentation. Juice was pumped over 2-3 times a day early in the ferment, slowing down to daily towards the end of ferment. Once dry, the wine macerated on skins for 5-10 days to gently extract fine grape...
Domaine Terlato & Chapoutier Shiraz-Viognier 2006
A spicy Shiraz from the vineyards of Central Victoria brightens with a boost of Viognier for aroma and balance, as often practiced in France’s most highly regarded appellation of the Northern Rhone Valley, Côte Rôtie. The grapes grown in this Austrialian vineyard were planted on 19th century French rootstocks, another nod...
E & E Black Pepper Shiraz 2003
Shiraz is well suited to the Karridale climate, and Flinders' Bay wines to date have achieved spectacular show results and critical acclaim, and market recognition. The fruit is usually harvested in early April at between 13.7 and 14.2 Baume, just as the berries start to shrivel and feel velvety. Extended skin...
This wine is reserved for those wishing to show off their purple teeth! Visually opaque with inky, jet blue and ruby red coloring. The aromas offer black cherry, blueberry, mocha and lilac. Girard's Petite Sirah is full-bodied and its layers and complexity will please all portions of the palate. Extended maceration...
Graceland Cellars Shiraz ~ Stuck on You 2005
You'll be Takin' Care of Business with this rich, flavourful Shiraz. Nose: A fruit driven style, brimming with red berry, pepper, and chocolate aromas.
Palate: Fruit forward medium bodied with red berries and spicy tannins in layer with vanilla and cedar to build flavour upon flavour ending in a smooth, long finish.
Ideal with:...
The fruit for this wine was sourced from vineyards in Padthaway, Coonawarra and Wrattonbully - all situated in the Limestone Coast region in the south-east corner South Australia. Dark, rich and full-bodied Shiraz fruit shows extra finesse, particularly when from vineyards grown on the rich red soils that overlay the region's...
Hardy's Shiraz Eileen Hardy 1999
Aroma: Black pepper, plum, blueberry, chocolate, and spice. Body: Medium to full bodied. Palate: Plum, blackcurrant, rounded, fleshy, and sweet fruit. Finish: Long, rich, and velvety.
Hardys Shiraz Nottage Hill 2004
Kirsch, licorice, earth and dark black fruit make for a welcoming opening to this Hardys offering. Deep earth, mushroom and smoke flavors over blackberry fruit give this Australian Shiraz flavors as dark as its color. Finishes with sharply acidic coffee and cocoa flavors
Hewitson Mad Hatter Shiraz 2002
While I did not taste this estate’s top of the line Shiraz L’Oizeau, the 2002 Shiraz The Mad Hatter is knock-out stuff, exhibiting superb intensity as well as an inky/ruby/purple color and a fabulous perfume of melted licorice, creme de cassis, blackberries, flowers, and minerals. A great attack followed by an...
Parcels of fruit with generous varietal flavours characterizing the Jacob’s Creek Shiraz blend, were carefully selected during vineyard assessments by their winemakers. Fruit from a variety of regions that have traditionally provided the correct balance of flavour for the blend was harvested at the optimum time for flavour ripeness. Colour: Full...
Situated in the cool uplands of the North Mount Lofty ranges about 50 km north of Adelaide, the vineyards of Jim Barry were established in Clare in 1959. This is a family run winery committed to producing quality wines through an innovative approach to viticulture and winemaking technology. In 1977 when...
Winemaking is very traditional and complemented by modern winemaking technology with minimal processing to ensure the purity, integrity, texture and flavour from our vineyardand. Oak maturation takes place using 35-40% new American and French oak. In good cellars, Jip Jip Rocks Shiraz can age for up to 5 years. This Shiraz...
From Penfold’s former winemaker, John Duval’s debut release is the 2003 Plexus, a brilliant blend of Shiraz (46%), Grenache (32%), and Mourvedre (22%) that was aged in 30% new French oak. At present, there are only 500 cases of this stunning effort, but, hopefully, production will increase. A dense ruby/purple color is followed by an extraordinarily precise nose of flowers, blackberries, kirsch, licorice, and a hint of Provencal herbs. A pleasant smokiness and meaty richness also emerge as the wine sits in the glass. Opulent, full-bodied, stunningly pure, and dense as well as elegant and well-delineated, it can be drunk now or cellared for 10-12 years. Kudos to John Duval. - Rated 94, Robert Parker Chewy, with firm tannins clamping down on the subtler currant, licorice, pepper and cedar flavors. Lingers impressively, but needs time to open up. Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvèdre. Best after 2007. 500 cases imported. –HS - Rated 91, Wine Spectator
Lengs & Cooter Shiraz Old Vine 2003
Fruit has been sourced from old vines in the Clare Valley. 10 % from Northern Clare or sometimes, as in the current year from Blewitt Springs. The vines are grown on a wide range of soils varying from clay to rocky outcrops and sand in Blewitt Springs. All vineyards have a...
Lengs & Cooter Shiraz The Victor 2006
This wine is made from premium grapes sourced from one of the great Shiraz producing areas of South Australia namely McLaren Vale . A significant proportion of this wine is handmade using traditional methods i.e. small two tonne open fermenters, hand plunged and basket pressed prior to spending 10 months in...
The Lindemans Bin Series wines are made with the modern lifestyle in mind, produced in an easy-drinking, contemporary style that offers wine lovers outstanding quality, substance and cinsistency at an everyday price. The generous flavours of these wines combine easily with food and most social occasions delivering maximum enjoyment from the...
Longwood Shiraz 2006 - The Shearer
A terrific bargain, the 2005 Shiraz The Shearer’s deep ruby/purple color is followed by peppery, blueberry, blackberry, licorice, and dried herb aromas. Dense, rich, layered, thick, and juicy, it is no shy wine at 15.2% alcohol, but it is very well balanced. It will drink well for 4-5 years. - Rated 91, Robert Parker Firm, with spicy, oak-accented berry and cherry flavors, lingering softly. Drink now through 2009. 1,000 cases imported. –HS - Rated 86, Wine Spectator
McWilliams Hanwood Estate Shiraz 2005
McWilliam’s Wines, one of Australia’s most highly respected family-owned wine companies, has been at the forefront of Australian winemaking since 1877. McWilliam’s Hanwood Estate wines, noted for their complexity and fresh fruit flavours, have been crafted from premium fruit sourced from renowned wine regions in South Eastern Australia. Description Deep crimson,...
McWilliams Shiraz Coonawarra 2000
The Fruit: Premium fruit for this wine was sourced from McWilliam’s vineyards in the famous Coonawarra district in South Australia. The 2000 vintage conditions in Coonawarra were excellent; minimal rainfall with warm and fine days and cool nights during the Summer and Autumn seasons. The grapes were harvested at full maturity...
Milton Park is a beautiful, family owned vineyard property based in rolling hills, 1½ hours drive north of Adelaide in the State of South Australia. To produce wines that year after year show character, consistency and true varietal attributes, we source fruit from some of Australia's finest vineyard regions. The wines...
The G.A.M. Shiraz comes from the Chinese Block vineyard which is located in the Willunga district at the southern end of McLaren Vale. The soils, which are heavy grey loam soils over sandstone, intermixed with black Biscay clay, combined with a maritime climate, contribute to an even ripening period and the...
Earth and spice, some dusty notes from the fine-grained French oak add futher interest and complexity. Briary fruit and blackcurrant notes also provide a freshness to the nose. The 06 Reiver shows more restraint than previous vintages and will take a few months to begin to blossom in bottle. Flavours of...
As always, Savitar 06 is the most brooding wine of the lineup. A dark red with a vibrant purple hue, the aromatics are bright, elevated combinations of cassis, tobacco and spice-box yet with freshness and vitality. The palate is full bodied, meaty and complex well integrated oak and tannin provide elements...
Each parcel of fruit for Jester is fermented on skins for 5 to 6 days at a cool temperature to enhance the pure berry fruit. The wine is then pressed and undergoes partial barrel fermentation. A natural malolactic fermentation is completed before the wine is racked. Dense purple colour and an...
Mollydooker Enchanted Pathway 2006
This wine celebrates Mollydooker's journey in life and their partnership in winemaking. Just as they use their separate abilities to enhance their winemaking, they blend the separate characters of these two classic varieties into a beautiful wine.
Mollydooker Goosebumps Sparkling Shiraz 2006
This is a fun yet serious Sparkling red wine that is incredibly rich in colour, and smells just like dark chocolate with raisins, mixed with strawberry and violet aromas. When you taste it, the fruit flavours literally explode in your mouth giving you an awesomely rich, concentrated, pure fruit experience with...
This is Shiraz at its best. This wine has a sumptuous aroma, revealing deep chocolate, lifted violets and blackcurrant fruit. With an amazing fruit expression reminiscent of strawberries dipped in chocolate, the palate is rich and robust, with licorice and spice fruit intermingled with lovely hints of oak. Its massive structure...
Clean, bright, and refreshing, this pretty wine is no blockbuster, but has lots of cherry fruit and spice in a dry, spicy and balanced package. The tannins are lush and lend good structure. Might even improve with a year or so in the cellar. Rated 86 Wine Enthusiast
The 2003 Shiraz’s (only cropped at a measly 6 tons of fruit per acre) deep ruby color is accompanied by sweet aromas of ripe cherries, berries, smoke, and pepper. With good ripeness, medium body, and a soft, supple texture, it can be enjoyed now and over the next 2-3 years. - Rated 91, Robert Parker
The 2001 Shiraz RWT reveals an attractive dense ruby/purple-tinged color as well as an earthy, plum, cherry, and peppery-scented bouquet, medium to full body, and slightly intrusive acidity. The fruit and weight are such that the acidity is only a minor annoyance as opposed to dominating the wine’s character and compressing...
Colour: Dark brick red. Nose: The nose shows cooler-climate spices coupled with florals, black liquorice and pepper. French oak notes are just discernable, providing a cedar/charcoal-carbon backdrop against small-berried fruits. Palate: The refined and compact 2003 Bin 128 sits comfortably and confidently in the mouth with an appealing texture and softened...
Peter Lehmann Barossa Shiraz 2006
When once asked why the Barossa could make so many different wines, Peter Lehmann replied, 'Because we can!' – testament to the Barossa’s viticultural heritage, its ability to excel across a variety of wines and its reputation as Australia’s greatest winemaking region. Our love of wine and art and the diverse character of these wines have inspired us to distinguish each label with one of the many faces of the Queen of Clubs who is symbolic of the brave gamble Peter Lehmann took to build his winery in 1979. Peter Lehmann once said that when God created Shiraz, he did so with the Barossa in mind! Shiraz has had a long and glorious history in the Barossa where it has flourished uninterrupted since the 1840’s. The Barossa blessedly escaped the scourge of phylloxera, and consequently many of the vineyards remain planted on their own roots, direct descendants of cuttings brought to Australia in the early 1800’s from Hermitage in the Rhone Valley. This makes the Barossa the envy of the wine world. Our soils and our climate are ideal for producing the full flavoured, rich fruited Shiraz wines of great longevity that have made them internationally recognised as Australia’s contribution to the great wines of the world.
Dark cherry red with youthful purple hues. Luscious ripe strawberry & blackberry aromas are highlighted with scents of orange blossom, spice & savoury oak. The mid-palate overflows with ripe berries & has a long, fresh, fruit finish, accentuated with mocha flavoured American & French oak. A medium - full bodied wine...
Reillys Barking Mad Shiraz 2006
Designed to bring the sanity back into your life, Reilly's Shiraz is sourced from low yielding, dry grown vines on their elevated vineyard in Watervale. Hand picking at optimal ripeness and fermentation in open vats has resulted in a full flavoured classic Clare Valley Shiraz. Ripe blackberry, plum and peppery flavours...
2005 was quite a dry vintage for Rolling Wines with Autumn coming quite early for them. This resulted in wines that had moderate acidity and a lovely and intense flavour. The Rolling Shiraz is fermented at 25 degrees C and pressed before dryness to enhance its fruit characters. As with all...
The model all-market wine, with popularity that seems to have no boundaries. In this vintage, it delivers crushed berry and spicy anise aromatics, richness, mouthfeel and a tasty medium-length finish. A wine for the grill, a party, you name it—this Shiraz shows no faults. It’s a crowd-pleaser deluxe. Best Buy
Rosemount Shiraz Show Reserve Mudgee 2005
Rosemount’s Show Reserve wines pay tribute to the great wine regions of Australia and their ability to produce defining examples of celebrated varietals. This range allows them to express the particular regional characteristics of each wine made in the true Rosemount style. Crafted from premium parcels of grapes these wines receive...
Totally full and rich southern Barossa fruit, slightly ripe summery plums with an underlayer of vanillin oak, soft and generous on the palate.
Tait The Ball Buster Shiraz 2007
The grapes that make up the Ball Buster blend are sourced from different vineyard locations throughout the Barossa. Vineyard sites are chosen to ensure that the resultant fruit is intense and that cropping levels do not exceed 3.5 tones an acre; typically these are clay soils on the fringes of the...
Thorn Clarke Shotfire Ridge Shiraz 2006
Deep red in colour. The lifted nose has ripe raspberries and anise, with choc mint oak characters. The palate is full bodied with fantastic berry fruit, plums, liquorice and complexing oak. There is a great depth of fruit with savoury oak and mouth coating tannins. The fruit, oak and tannins all...
Thorn Clarke Terra Barossa Shiraz 2007
The colour is a deep inky purple. The nose is a complex mixture of ripe blackberry and plum fruit with a dash of creamy vanillin oak. The palate is medium to full bodied which starts with some sweet plummy fruit, the flavour then builds in the palate to provide an explosion...
Each small parcel of Shiraz was vinified separately and matured in French oak barrels. The result is a firmly structured, elegant Shiraz, with lifted primary‘fruit aromas of red current and plum and secondary aromas’ of dark bitter chocolate, black pepper, aniseed and suede. The full-bodied palate has flavours of plums, red...
Two Hands Shiraz Angels Share 2007
Angels Share refers to the small amount of wine that evaporates from oak barrels during maturation. Mediaeval winemakers assumed that angels watched over the wines, and that they took their share. Selected from parcels of exceptional McLaren Vale fruit, this wine is made in a true Australian style and will appeal...
2005 produced wines of stellar power and concentration whilst remaining perfectly balanced. The 2005 Ares is no exception. Black to the core in colour. Very complex amalgam of aromas such as; licorice, tar, earth, cedar chocolate and the blackest of fruits such as boysenberry, blackberry and fresh prunes. Incredibly viscous and...
Two Hands Shiraz Harry & Edwards's Garden 2005
Langhorne Creek proves a very interesting place for Shiraz producing rich concentrated wines with a rich mellow quality. The vineyards are set on deep alluvial soils and the vines are influenced by the temperate micro climate of warm days, cool evenings and dry conditions which prevail during the ripening season. This...
Two Hands Shiraz Lily's Garden 2006
Lily’s garden is made from a selection of Two Hands finest Shiraz barrels from McLaren Vale. The grapes were crushed into and fermented in open top potters, with regular pump overs twice daily to extract colour and tannin. The grapes were then pressed and the wine was transferred to tank and...
Two Hands Shiraz Max's Garden 2005
Heathcote has the ability to produce velvety rich wines combined with elegance, which makes it one of Australia’s most exciting regions for Shiraz. Two Hands are inspired by this wine as it shows another dimension of what can be achieved with Shiraz in Australia. This wine is a beautiful dark purple...
Two Hands Shiraz Samatha's Garden 2007
Deep red to the core with a soft ruby red hue. Beautiful bright aromas of red cherry, rhubarb and soft spice characters. Samantha's Garden is the most understated of the Garden Series with its fine elegant tannin structure and lean vibrant red fruits. Although medium bodied, this wine displays power and...
Brilliant deep purple in appearance. There are strong berry and vanilla spice characters on the nose. The palate is full and rich, typical of Water Wheel wines, with noticeable berry and liquorice flavours. The wine has excellent length with a long and persistent finish balanced with fine, chalky tannins. It is...
It’s deep in colour with great intensity, bursting with blackberry fruit juice, blueberry jam and masses of clean varietal Shiraz fruit. It’s well balanced with black liquorice, pepper and spice giving tremendous flavour and length. It weighs in at 15% alcohol! This wine was matured in French and American oak.
Wyndham Estate Shiraz Bin 555 2005
George Wyndham became the father of Australian Shiraz after planting Australia’s first commercial Shiraz vineyard in 1830. His innovative spirit is a proud legacy that endures to this day at Wyndham Estate. Wyndham Estate BIN wines are multiregional blends, with fruit sourced from amongst Australia’s premium viticultural regions. Created to be...
Wyndham Estate Shiraz Black Cluster 2003
Black Cluster is the icon wine in the Wyndham Estate portfolio and showcases their unique Hunter heritage and Shiraz credentials. In 1835, George Wyndham crushed his first vintage and penned the following entry into his diary, Began my vintage. Filled the pipe with the must of the Black Cluster.” Black Cluster...
Yellowtail Reserve Shiraz 2007
The Shiraz reveals aromas of ripe cherries, blackberries, chocolate and mocha. The palate is crammed with intense, concentrated fruit, complemented by spicy notes and soft, well structured tannins.
