Red

Deep Woods Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Region: WA- Margaret River
Sustainably-made

  "The nose has a lovely red fruit lift with violets and the suggestion of cedar-like oak. Fragrant and expressive, but delicately poised like the vintage. The palate is a medium-bodied driven, fruit laden beast! Again, intense flavours of red...

Swinney Syrah 2022

Region: WA- Great Southern
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  "This is not your fruit bomb Aussie Shiraz. This is Syrah and there is more than a little Old World style here. The fruit shows an almost luminosity that bursts from the glass. The palate picks up the vineyard characters with its ironstone...

Mollydooker Carnival Of Love Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Vegan-friendly

  "This is as life should be – a Carnival of Love. A place where everyone wants to be, and no one wants to leave. Intense in colour, flavour and aroma, our 2021 Carnival of Love Shiraz captivates the palate from the first sip. Powerful yet...

Medhurst Yarra Valley Pinot Noir 2023

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

    "Vibrant cherry red, the colour is both alluring and deep for a young Pinot Noir. A highly perfumed complex nose with red fruits and savoury spice. The palate has a core of dark satsuma plums and cranberry fruit flavours and the mouthfeel...

Yarra Yering Pinot Noir 2021 1500mL-Magnum

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

  "Red cherry fruits, violets, campari and a side of cured meat. Red cherry fruits dominate the palate with a pinch of Chinese five spice for complexity. A silky elegance combined with a fine tannin structure, enhanced by some inclusion of bunches...

Kendall Jackson Grand Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Region: USA-(Other)
Sustainably-made

  "This Cabernet has distinct flavors of blackberry, blueberry, plus both red and black currants with enticing fragrances of mocha and nutmeg. Subtle notes of chocolate and toasty vanilla add to the richness and length of this bold Cab, and are...

Mount Mary Quintet 2021

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Sustainably-made

  "45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 17% Cabernet Franc, 6% Malbec, 2% Petit Verdot. All the good things. I tasted a 2021 Coleraine the other day, and in many ways, this wine echoes that one. And last year I opened an 18 MM alongside an 18...

M. Chapoutier Monier de La Sizeranne Hermitage 2014

Region: France- Rhone Valley Northern
Organic

  "Highly perfumed aromas of dark fruit liqueur, smoky minerals and licorice pastille. Silky and sweet on entry, then deeper in the mid-palate, offering intense blackberry, bitter cherry and anise flavors enlivened by zesty minerality. Shows...

M. Chapoutier Les Arenes Cornas 2017

Region: France- Rhone Valley Northern
Organic

  "Earthen layers of iron and crushed stone juxtapose lilac petals and menthol in this intensely aromatic, textbook Cornas. It's moderately full on the palate, ripe but pure in fruit, showcasing black-plum and cherry flavors. Layers of dried herb...

M. Chapoutier Deschants St Joseph 2018

Region: France- Rhone Valley Northern
Organic

  "Intense garnet red. Very floral (violet), developing into liquorice and spices. Supple attack with a dominant of red fruits. The finish is long with spices. The vineyard was originally established in the areas surrounding Tournon: Mauves,...

Majella Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2016

Region: SA- Coonawarra

Katnook Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Region: SA- Coonawarra

  "A well structured, medium bodied wine, expressing rich dark berry fruits, sweet spice and subtle oak maturation characters. Coonawarra received good winter rains, which set up the vines well for the growing season. Steeped in heritage and...

M. Chapoutier Crozes-Hermitage Les Meysonniers 2020

Region: France- Rhone Valley Northern
Organic

  "Velvety, fruit-forward 100% Syrah whose elegance and balance represents the top expressions of Syrah in the Crozes-Hermitage region. In the masterful hands of Michel Chapoutier this "little sibling" to Hermitage is marked by its fruit sweetness...

Ulithorne Avitus Shiraz 2018

Region: SA- McLaren Vale

  "This elegant wine exhibits blackberry, cedar, plums, and mulberry on the nose. A rich palate with dark berries, mocha and dark chocolate. A refined structure with chewy tannins and persistent length. Fermented in small opens, hand...

Moorilla Praxis Pinot Noir 2021

Region: TAS (Tasmania)

  "Good value is increasingly scarce in pinot noir but this is a delightful lighter bodied wine. St Matthias is in the Tamar Valley. The medium-light colour prepares us for a lighter and typically fragrant wine. It has a fresh bouquet with a...

Domaine A Stoney Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

Region: TAS (Tasmania)

  "What a perfect drinking spot this wine is in! This is a producer who knows Tasmanian Cabernet. Warm blackberry and dark plum flavours are at the fore, with plenty of development showing too as forest floor, dark chocolate, cigar box and...

Clarendon Hills Domaine Clarendon Syrah 2020

Region: SA- Clarendon

Bowen Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Vegan-friendly

Coldstream Hills Deer Farm Block E Pinot Noir 2021

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley

  "2021 is definitely a vintage to buy if you’re into Yarra Valley pinot noir. The stars aligned in what winemaker Andrew Fleming calls a ‘near perfect’ vintage. This vineyard is in the Upper Yarra at Gladysdale. The colour...

Turkey Flat Shiraz 2020

Region: SA- Barossa Valley

  "The so-so 2020 vintage had its problems, but the ancient (1847 planted) vines provided the backbone of this ultra-elegant, medium-bodied, French-oaked shiraz. Its perfect texture and balance nullify the vintage challenge." - Halliday