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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
