Shiraz

Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2019

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Sustainably-made

    "Some fruit comes off the Undoolya vineyard planted in 1894. This has slipped comfortably into a seamless wine. Supple, ripe fruit, lightly spiced with cedar, liqorice root and cinnamon. The palate is fuller bodied but so restrained. The...

Glaetzer Amon Ra Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Vegan-friendly

"I feel that Ben Glaetzer's Amon-Ra is one of the flag bearers for contemporary Barossan shiraz, certainly when it comes to the more powerful, weighty styles. It has a sense of compression. Wildly concentrated black fruits and palate heft, yet it...

By Farr Shiraz 2022

Region: VIC- Geelong

  "This is so un-Australian in style it’s not funny. Although there are some wineries that can do it, it’s incredibly uncommon. And by ‘doing it’, I mean getting the grapes to be ripe but not overdone, the spice and all that...

Murdoch Hill Orion Syrah 2022

Region: SA- Adelaide Hills
Vegan-friendly Sustainably-made

  "Deep and dense ruby core with purple glints at the rim. Deeply fragrant with mulberry, nori, and pepper spice aromas. Medium bodied with dark fruits, black slate and nori flavours flowing through a tightly wound core. Tannins are fine-grained...

Luke Lambert Syrah Vertical Trio

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Vegan-friendly

  Including one bottle each of the 2021, 2022 and new 2023 Luke Lambert Syrah, this vertical vintage trio offers a rare chance to compare three strong, defined vintages of this Yarra Valley icon. Conduct your own at home masterclass with some...

Luke Lambert Syrah 2023

Region: VIC- Yarra Valley
Vegan-friendly

  "Dark cherry and blue fruits, plenty of spice, black olive and grilled meat. It’s medium-bodied, spicy and perfumed, meaty too, with a surprisingly intense burst of ‘minerally’ acidity through its core. Tannin is all crushed...

Penfolds Grange 2019

Region: SA-(Other)

Sons of Eden Romulus Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- Barossa Valley
Vegan-friendly

    "Deep crimson in colour, with a vibrant array of black-cherries, red-liquorice and sweet spice aromas. The palate is powerful and fleshy, with a dense red fruit core wrapped in velvety tannins enduring with length.   Hand...

Coriole Lloyd Reserve Shiraz 2020

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

    "Deep crimson. Dark chocolate, black cherry, toasty aromas with roasted chestnut notes. Chocolaty textured and elemental with powerful black cherry, elderberry fruits, firm muscular, touch ferric tannins, impressive mid palate volume and...

Henschke Hill of Roses 2015

Region: SA- Eden Valley
Vegan-friendly Organic Sustainably-made

  ""Young vines" (just under 30 years of age) propagated from the Hill of Grace Vineyard go into this wine, grown in the Post Office Block of the original HoG vineyard. The 2015 Hill of Roses Shiraz was aged in 55% new French hogsheads, and the oak...

Adelina Estate Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Clare Valley
Vegan-friendly Organic

  "Blackberry, raspberry, a little sweet baking spice, mint and floral perfume, though those things, while good, mean nothing until you put the wine in your mouth; then it really takes off. This is a liquid ‘mineral’ delight, and the...

Bondar Wines Rayner Vineyard Shiraz 2022

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

    "This exceptional Shiraz is drawn from the two oldest blocks in the Rayner Vineyard, planted in 1950. Three-quarters of the fruit comes from Block 24 in the northeast corner of the vineyard, on deep sandy soils with ironstone rocks,...

Wynns Michael Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Sustainably-made

  "A wine that is only made in the better vintages although it has made more regular appearances in recent years, thanks to the combination of vintages and vast improvements in viticulture that were part of the Wynns overhaul some years ago. This...

Wynns Black Label Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Coonawarra
Sustainably-made

  "Sweet black berries rise from the glass followed by red fruits, aniseed and a whisper of woodsy oak before a rush of Aussie bush scents and bay leaf. Old Vines – widely known as Black Label Shiraz – unfolds in the glass with ease,...

Standish The Standish Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley

  "The 2022 The Standish Shiraz is again providing me with the opportunity to assess bottles two days apart, and how different they are. The freshly opened bottle, as we would all experience upon our first opening, is tight and fresh, with cracked...

Standish Schubert Theorum Shiraz 2022

Region: SA- Barossa Valley

  "I'm excited to taste this, as it was my favorite cuvée last year. It usually changes year to year, given the seasons, and I like that. It's usually the only cuvée to enjoy the benefits of an alternate vessel—a concrete...

Yangarra Kings Wood Shiraz 2022

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

  "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...

Spinifex Bete Noir Shiraz 2021

Region: SA- Barossa Valley

  "Charred meats, blackberries and blueberries, a floral element and fist loads of roasted spice. It’s bold but neat, tannic but not at the expense of the overall flow." - Wine Front   "Inspired by the classically styled Barossa reds...

Gentle Folk Village Syrah 2023

Region: SA- McLaren Vale
Organic

  "Lovely perfume of fresh dark berries and white pepper. Violet, baking spice and ripe blackberry stand out from the wine's silky texture. Great concentration with impressive style and vibrancy - a beautifully elegant yet rich Syrah." - Wine...

Henschke Mount Edelstone 2019

Region: SA- Eden Valley
Vegan-friendly Organic Biodynamic Sustainably-made

  "Deep, dark dense red-black-purple colours in the glass, the bouquet evokes dried herbs, hot days under a eucalypt forest canopy, complete with underbrush. Very full-bodied, solidly structured and profoundly flavoured, with masses of...