Australian Wine

The medium-bodied 2017 Diana Madeline is 81% Cabernet Sauvignon 10% Merlot 6% Petit Verdot and 3% Malbec. It spent 18 months in 40% new oak. Hints of violets and cocoa accent cassis and blueberry fruit on the nose while raspberries... Read More

The 2017 Hill of Grace Shiraz offers notes of blueberry skin crushed granite essene of cassis blackcurrant pastille black tea hung deli meat white truffle and mushroom. It is inky intense black and dark with seemingly endless... Read More

Hung deli meat star anise and blackberry adorn the nose of the 2017 Mount Edelstone Vineyard Shiraz. Discerning this is akin to peering over the counter at an Italian deli with meat cheeses and garlic hanging from the ceiling:... Read More

18 Aug 2020 – From a single plot of 1853 vines this has striking grey-stone and gravel aromas with some flinty notes as well as violets pepper leaves orange zest and pot-pourri. The complexity is very delicately nuanced around... Read More

The 2017 Trueman Cabernet Sauvignon is pretty classically made and styled with notes of cassis cedar and vanilla on the nose. Befitting the cooler vintage it's a bit more medium-bodied and streamlined than some other years... Read More

The blend of the 2016 The Peake Cabernet Shiraz is 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Shiraz aged in 60% to 70% new French oak. It's a barrel selection and blend that is solid and rich with grainy tannins at this youthful stage.... Read More

Hickinbotham's 2017 The Peake Cabernet Shiraz is a 60-40 blend of the varieties aged in a healthy proportion of new French oak. As a barrel selection it stands above the other wines in the lineup being more complex and complete... Read More

In the context of the four vintages tasted alongside each other here the 2018 The Armagh Shiraz is the silkiest the reddest fruited and the most compact. In my opinion the best Shirazes/Syrahs in this country present (within a... Read More

While the 2019 Bin 407 Cabernet Sauvignon shows ample concentration and ripe tannins there's a pervasive herbal note. While some will call it Cabernet's varietal character—and I won't dispute that a bit of pyrazine... Read More

A stunner. This is complex stylish and distinctive with aromatics leaping out of the glass including dark chocolate-covered peppermint patties dried sage salted black licorice black forest cake and plenty of rich spiced plum cherry... Read More

The 2018 St Henri Shiraz is a terrific effort perhaps rivaling the top-flight wines under this label in 1976 and 1986. Remarkably fine and silky in texture yet simultaneously dense and concentrated it showcases the amazing fruit... Read More

Very pure and pretty aromas of currants and black cherries follow through to a medium to full body with very fine tannins and cedar chocolate and light spearmint in the aftertaste. Pretty finish. So drinkable now but even better... Read More

I was thoroughly impressed by the opulent and layered texture of the 2016 Ironheart Shiraz a wine that in previous vintages has sometimes seemed more about structure than pleasure. It starts off with scents of cedar menthol plums... Read More

The deliciously fresh brambles blackberries and dried violets are what you’d first pick up on first here. You’ll later find more meaty elements clay and dried herbs. Full body succulent tannins layers of blue and black fruit... Read More