McLaren Vale

"McLaren Vale is one of the great and oldest names of Australian wine. The birthplace of wine in South Australia, it lies just south of the capital city of Adelaide and offers a multiplicity of soils which bask under a Mediterranean climate... nestled between the Mount Lofty Ranges and the white, sandy beaches of the Gulf of St Vincent. It offers exceptional wines and regional produce all set amongst rolling vineyards, a rugged coastline and a charming collective of villages.

With so much to offer winemakers and with its natural propensity toward change and experimentation, it’s not surprising that that McLaren remains a draw for some of the most creative winemakers around. These winemakers add to the vibrancy of a region that for decades has been lauded for its ability to produce brilliance from an array of noble varietals like Shiraz, Grenache and Cabernet Sauvignon to newer arrivals like Nero d’Avola, Fiano and Vermentino.

McLaren Vale is a region of beauty with a focus on quality and innovation that ensures its reputation will continue to grow and grow. McLaren Vale is also one of the more environmentally conscious regions in Australia with a large percentage of producers farming organically, biodynamically or employing sustainable farming methods." - Wine Australia

Map courtesy of Wine Australia

  • SC Pannell Smart Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell Smart Grenache 2022

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

    95 POINTS! - THE WINE FRONT

      "Really attractive perfume of alpine herbs, almost genepy-like amaro character, sour cherry, faint maraschino cherry, cranberry and rose hip tea. The palate has a good sinewy bite around the more juicy, ripe red and black cherry flavours, some...

    Current stock: 6

    $80.00
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  • SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell Old McDonald Grenache 2022

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

    94 POINTS! - THE WINE FRONT

      "Potent, full flavoured, decidedly ripe in fruit spectrum, sweet in its profile albeit tempered with pleasing bitter herbal elements, savoury notes and saline mineral characters. That being said, there’s some slurpiness here, despite a web...

    Current stock: 6

    $80.00
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  • SC Pannell Little Branch Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell Little Branch Grenache 2022

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

    A DECADENT, EXPRESSIVE SINGLE SITE GRENACHE FROM ONE OF MCLAREN VALE'S MODERN GREATS

      "In the bouquet, lots of cherry elixir, maraschino, pickled cherry, strawberry, raspberry lollies and whiffs of aniseed, cola and cardamom/caraway seed savouriness. The palate an able reflection of the bouquet, a cinch of building, dusty tannin...

    Current stock: 6

    $80.00
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  • Yangarra Roux Beaute Roussanne 2022

    Yangarra Roux Beaute Roussanne 2022

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

    97 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    97 POINTS! - JAMES SUCKLING

      "Among the New World’s greatest whites. It weaves together sandy soils, a Mediterranean climate and a variety that has a salty savoriness. There’s a phenolic thread and a gentle touch of acidity. Complex texture from extended skin...

    Current stock: 6

    $65.00
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  • Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 2022

    Yangarra Ovitelli Grenache 2022

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

    96 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    96 POINTS! - WINE FRONT
    95 POINTS! - REAL REVIEW

      "Gee, you can really smell and taste the maturation vessel in this wine, which I like. Red fruit, dried flowers (including chamomile), aniseed and mint, tamarind, almond meal and fresh rhubarb, cranberry flavour and acidity. It’s...

    Current stock: 9

    $85.00
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  • Yangarra Kings Wood Shiraz 2022

    Yangarra Kings Wood Shiraz 2022

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

    97 POINTS! - JAMES SUCKLING
    95 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    95 POINTS! - REAL REVIEW

      "This is about as fine as shiraz can get in the Vale, boasting filigreed tannins and such a natural sense of freshness that it whets the palate and makes one hungry at first sip. Northern Rhône-like scents of grilled meats, cloves, lilacs...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    $65.00
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  • Yangarra Hickinbotham Grenache 2022

    Yangarra Hickinbotham Grenache 2022

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

    97 POINTS! - HALLIDAY WINE COMPANION
    96 POINTS! - REAL REVIEW
    95 POINTS! - JAMES SUCKLING

      "Lift of raspberry and rose petal, hint of dry soil on the nose. Palate Is medium weighted with slippery red berry fruits and a subtle dried herbal undertone. Well-framed tannins ensure it carries and drives with focus and tension and the finish...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    $85.00
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  • Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz 2022

    Mollydooker The Boxer Shiraz 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale
    Farming Vegan-friendly

    FAN FAVOURITE - A LUSH, RICH SHIRAZ WHICH PULLS NO PUNCHES

      "The 2022 Boxer boasts a robust foundation of dark fruit, black cherries, mocha, and a hint of clove spice that comes alive in the glass. Its velvety texture delivers notes of fresh plum, balanced tannins, and a subtle touch...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    $30.00
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  • Brash Higgins Cabernet Franc 2022

    Brash Higgins Cabernet Franc 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    PERFUMED FRESHNESS! THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST TAKES ON CABERNET FRANC IN AUSTRALIA

      “A translucent violet in colour. The nose is lifted, aromatic, brooding with violet leaf, red and blue fruit, jalapeno and pencil shavings. There is roasted bell pepper, ashes, rose petals, mulberry; exactly what this vineyard smells...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    Current stock: 8

    $35.00
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  • Bondar Wines Midnight Hour Shiraz 2022

    Bondar Wines Midnight Hour Shiraz 2022

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

    REAL REVIEW 96 POINTS!

      "Deep, rich ruby red hue. Blueberry, dried morcilla, clove and beef bone aromas. Deep and weighty on the palate, all about savoury complexity over dark fruits. Drying beef, slate, iodine and roasting mushrooms all sit through the length of the...

    $45.00
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  • MMAD Grenache 2022

    MMAD Grenache 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    WINE FRONT 97 POINTS!
    JAMES HALLIDAY 97 POINTS!
    JAMES SUCKLING 96 POINTS!

      "The second release of the MMAD Vineyard label, and off its 1939-planted Blewitt Springs vineyard. About 15% whole bunches, fermented in wood and steel, maturation in concrete and large old French oak. Unlike the 2022 shiraz, this takes time to...

    Current stock: 11

    $70.00
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  • Noon Winery Reserve Shiraz 2022

    Noon Winery Reserve Shiraz 2022

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

        "100% Shiraz from the 20 Rows block at Langhorne Creek, the new release is some what fresher and tighter and lighter on it's feet than the last two wines from hotter, drier years. There is a lovely balance here of vibrant flavour and...

    Current stock: 1

    $90.00
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  • Yangarra Old Vine Grenache 2022

    Yangarra Old Vine Grenache 2022

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

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!
    "The palate bursts with energy and drive."

      THE FANTASTIC FOLLOW-UP VINTAGE TO THE WINE-OF-THE-YEAR 2021 YANGARRA OLD VINE GRENACHE   "These gnarly strugglers were planted in 1946 in a deep sandy dune we call The Beach, overlying the North Maslin Sands geological formation. The Old...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    Current stock: 17

    $45.00
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  • Noon Winery Vintage Port 2022

    Noon Winery Vintage Port 2022

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

    FORTIFIED SHIRAZ FROM ONE OF AUSTRALIA'S FOREMOST PRODUCERS. THIS IS A BEAUTY WHEN HAD WITH HARD CHEESE.

      "Produced from Shiraz from the Borrett’s Hedge Block vineyard in Langhorne Creek. Very deep red in colour as you would expect. Rich and as fruity as a fruit cake. With all the spices. Lovely fresh, balanced wine. Just delicious and makes me...

    Current stock: 1

    $55.00
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  • Mazi Limited Release Rose 2022

    Mazi Limited Release Rose 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    PALE, DRY AND SOPHISTICATED - WATERMELON, ROSE HIP TEA AND VANILLA HINTS

      "A complex layer of white peach, musk, almond meal and mild pimento brought into line by natural acidity, grape skin and fine oak tannin. The 2022 Limited Release rosé was made from handpicked Mourvedre and Grenache grapes grown in...

    Qualifies for 10% discount in a straight dozen

    Current stock: 12

    $36.50
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  • Bondar Wines Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2022

    Bondar Wines Rayner Vineyard Grenache 2022

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

    JAMES HALLIDAY 96 POINTS!
    VERY FINE GRENACHE - FLAVOURS OR PERSIMMON, CHERRY, RASPBERRY AND WHITE PEPPER

      "We really want the Rayner Grenache to be pretty-yet-savoury, and generally a more elegant expression of the variety. We believe that this is what our 1970 block wants to produce so we just try to let it express itself as best we can. To help...

    Current stock: 4

    $37.00
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  • Bondar Wines Violet Hour Shiraz 2022

    Bondar Wines Violet Hour Shiraz 2022

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

    A CLASSIC REGIONAL STYLE FROM THE NEW SCHOOL OF MCLAREN VALE

      "Fantastic value, high quality McLaren Vale Shiraz. Fruit sourced from the venerable Rayner vineyard estate plantings dating back to 1947. Medium to full-bodied with dense tannins and great length on the palate." - Winehouse  

    Current stock: 8

    $30.00
    $27.95
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  • Bondar Wines Junto Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2022

    Bondar Wines Junto Grenache Shiraz Mourvedre 2022

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

    GREAT QUALITY WINE AT FANTASTIC VALUE

      "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%),...

    Current stock: 3

    $28.00
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  • SC Pannell No220 Grenache 2022

    SC Pannell No220 Grenache 2022

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

    SULFUR FREE! HAPPY DRINKING WITH THIS JUBILANT GRENACHE

      "There’s a huge wallop of primary fruit flavours including blood orange, cranberry and dark chocolate but the finish is savoury and coated with myrtle. A luscious fruit driven palate with a tannic frame. Mouth filling but not...

    Current stock: 18

    $36.50
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  • Yayoi Wines Chenin Blanc 2022

    Yayoi Wines Chenin Blanc 2022

    Region: SA- McLaren Vale

    YAYOI IS JAPANESE FOR 'NEW LIFE'

    "Delicious! Textural thing, loaded with lemon curd, almond nutty savouriness, faint sake-like characters and a fine trill of briny acidity to taste. Refreshing while gently coating the palate, a crispness but decidedly in a slippery vein with great...

    Current stock: 8

    $35.00
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