Red

Chateau de Nages Vox Rouge Costieres de Nimes AOC 2017

Region: France- Rhone Valley Southern
Organic Sustainably-made

  "The 2017 Costières Des Nîmes VOX is another brilliant wine from this estate, and my money is on it being one of the greatest wines to emerge from the appellation. Based on 60% Grenache, 20% Syrah, and 20% Mourvèdre that saw...

Hardys Thomas Hardy Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Region: SA-(Other)
Sustainably-made

  "The bouquet provides a perfect idea of what is abut to follow on the full-bodied palate: towering blackcurrant fruit with bay leaf, black olive and earth all dripping from the fruit where they meet implacable tannins and a poultice of French oak...

Toolangi Block D Shiraz 2015

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Sustainably-made

  "Hand-picked, whole berries wild yeast open-fermented, matured for 14 months in French oak (30% new). Bright crimson-purple; highly fragrant and flowery, cool grown shiraz aromas set their own agenda, deftly opening the doors to allow the...

Yangarra Ironheart Shiraz 2018

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "Squid-ink-purple colour, scents of plush boysenberry, balsamic flowers and coffee. A rush of flavour, sweet red and black cherries, bacon fat, dried herbs and vanilla bean cradled by a full-body with svelte tannins. Showcasing flavour...

Woodlands Margaret Cabernet Merlot 2017

Region: WA- Margaret River
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  A blend of 48% Cabernet Sauvignon, 42% Merlot, 6% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot, 2% Cabernet Franc matured in French oak for 14 months "An interesting exercise tasting the 2016 alongside 2017, and while similar, you can certainly see a marked...

Jamsheed Pyren Syrah 2018

Region: VIC- Pyrenees
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "The Pyren Syrah is sourced from vines planted on the quartz laced pink granitic soils of the Pyren vineyard in the township of Warrenmang in the Pyrenees region of Victoria. 100% whole bunch fermentation, 40 day extended maceration, indigenous...

Tyrrell's Vat 9 Shiraz 2018

Region: NSW- Hunter Valley
Sustainably-made

    "From the oldest and best blocks on the Ashman property, hand-picked and vineyard-sorted, each block vinified separately in open vats, maturation in new and 1yo 2700l French casks until the blend assembled in Dec ‘19, then given a...

Hardys Eileen Hardy Shiraz 2016

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Sustainably-made

  "This old vine cuvee has spent 17 months in new French oak and shows it. Rich. Flamboyant. Manicured. And yet the clench of cedary oak, firm. This needs time for the violet, boysenberry, kirsch and sash of black olive, anise and cracked pepper to...

Mastroberardino Redimore Aglianico 2017

Region: Italy - Other
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "Aglianico is the primary grape variety grown in Mirabella, the main estate owned by the Mastroberardino family in the heart of the Taurasi DOCG area.  Some of these vineyards are dedicated to the production of Redimore Irpinia DOC, the wine...

Toolangi Reserve Shiraz 2014

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Sustainably-made

  "Made at Dominique Portet from a low yield, open-fermented, wild yeast, matured for 18 months in French oak (50% new). Significantly more powerful than its siblings, with blackberry and black cherry fruit held in the arms of high quality cedary...

Peter Lehmann Stonewell Shiraz 2013

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Sustainably-made

  "Ripe plum, dark berries, a sort of musty, earthy character, black olive, dried olive, rosemary. Palate is more succulent but also pretty firm and dry, with adjunct, coffee ground tannins feeling outside the fruit core. Finishes gritty with...

Kilikanoon Oracle Shiraz 2016

Region: SA- Clare Valley
Sustainably-made

    "Rich and powerful dark berries and bright red fruits up front that give way to savoury charcuterie with hints of dark chocolate and sweet spice. Fine, powdery tannins give length and drive to the fruit before a velvety finish."...

Chapel Hill The Vicar 2019

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

"Bright blackberry jam, spice and red currant followed by a brisk acidity. Focused and long that is complimented with lovely integrated tannins." 14.5% Alcohol  

Penfolds Magill Shiraz 2019

Region: SA-(Other)
Sustainably-made

Grant Burge Meshach Shiraz 2018

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Sustainably-made

  "Big and rich, bold and fluid, dark fruited, lavished with cola, woody spice, vanilla, coconut and pencil shavings, all of which seem well meshed into the flow of opulent, stewed and dark fruit juiciness. A heady, potent red wine with power and...

Bondar Wines Junto Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2022

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "A Southern Rhone style blend that is intended to be unpretentious and an easy to drink, bistro style. The Grenache leads the blend with its pretty red fruits and perfume, with Shiraz and Mataro lending spice and structure. Grenache (62%),...

Bozeto de Exopto Rioja 2021

Region: Spain- Rioja
Sustainably-made

  "2021 is a cracking release for this great value wine. It’s super bright and high-toned, yet laden with silky brambly fruits and tinged with minerality and complexity that belies the price point. Brilliant." -...

Toolangi Pinot Noir 2022

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Sustainably-made

  "A fragrant Pinot Noir with notes of red plum, rhubarb and warm baking spices. The palate shows both blue and red berry fruits with great depth of concentration from this low yielding season. The tannin is what elevates this pinot, making it...

Yangarra Kings Wood Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "Dark, inky and really opaque and youthful in the glass. Evocative aromas of mulberry, rhubarb, satsuma plum, licorice, char and spice. Rich, mouth-filling and plush on the palate, oodles of dark fruits, spice and creamy oak. A powerful wine with...

Swinney Farvie Syrah 2021

Region: WA-(Other)
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "The 2021 Farvie Syrah is lighter and finer than the Mourvèdre, yet it is darker in the glass and more mouthfilling. I suppose, in some ways, the flavor profile here is more expected, yet the tannic structure of the thing is more refined...