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 Barossa Valley 'The Ox' Shiraz 2005 - $9.90
“silky soft mulberries and plums”
The 2005 vintage in the Barossa was cooler than usual and higher natural acidity led to wines of tremendous vibrancy.
This exuberant young red is typical of the vintage – rich in colour and offering lovely red berry aromatics before an explosion of juicy mulberry fruit, subtle spicy oak and the finest, softest tannins this side of the black stump. The Ox, rocks!
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Hunter Valley/ Hilltops 'The Shotgun' Shiraz Viognier 2005 - $11.70
“blackberries, raspberries and super smooth”
The shotgun blast often rings out across the ripening vineyards to deter grape munching birds. This ‘shotgun’ marriage of 50% Hunter Valley and 50% Hilltops (near Young in southern NSW) fruit was fermented and matured in older French oak barrels. It offers raspberry, blackfruit and lifted floral aromatics from the 3% Viognier component. The palate is soft with dark raspberry and mulberry fruit and there’s a subtle apricot note. Its generous fruit and a silky soft texture makes it a bit dangerously easy to knock back. Try it with lightly spiced lamb dishes.
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Hunter Valley “Old Vine” Shiraz 2004 - $16.20
“luscious plum fruit” This super Shiraz was sourced from a single, old vineyard in Pokolbin. Aged for 18 months in American oak barrels it is heady with smoky bacon and spicy oak-derived aromatics along with ripe plum and luscious raspberry fruit. The full bodied, richly flavoured palate shows tremendous concentration. This is serious stuff with the structure for 10 years plus in the cellar. "Soft and cuddly Hunter Shiraz full of bright red fruit and hints of warm earth. Juicy and supple palate, tightly packed with fine, dusty tannins and impressively long." Nick Ryan, Gourmet Traveller Wine Magazine, APRIL/MAY 2006
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McLaren Vale "Gnarly Vine" Grenache 2005 - $15.30
“amazingly complex, heady with spices” The gnarly old vines that produced the fruit for this wine were planted over 60 years ago. A savoury Grenache style it offers a myriad of spice aromas – including white pepper, cardamom and orange peel along with lifted pure raspberry fruit. The medium weight palate is dry with a fine interplay between the bright berry fruit, exotic spices and dusty tannins. This is a seriously complex wine with impressive length of flavour. It deserves a spell in the cellar or a couple of hours in a decanter before serving. | |
McLaren Vale 'Smugglers Budgie' Shiraz 2005 - $9.90
“juicy, blackberries and prunes”
We’re continuing our ‘smugglers’ theme with this juicy little red that was destined for Ireland before we smuggled it into town. 2005 was a cracking vintage in the Vale and this showcases the generosity of the year. It’s packed with lots of luscious blackberry, prune and mulberry fruit seasoned by a lick of smoky oak and some licoricey spice. The really generous and juicy palate makes for a tremendous quaffer and it’ll perch quite nicely next to most red meat dishes. And just like all good budgies, its going ‘cheap”.
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Victorian Shiraz Viognier 2006 - $8.10
“very soft, slippery raspberries” There are lots of juicy raspberry jubey smells in this red. The palate is generous too, all soft slippery raspberries lifted by a floral edge from the small Viognier component. It’s a very easy, low tannin quaffer that is super smooth and terrific for Tuesday night’s sausages or Thursdays in front of the telly. | |
Mudgee Shiraz 2005 - $7.20
“plummy goodness” There’s plenty of dark, plummy fruit here along with a smattering of spice and some squishy soft tannins. A generously flavoured dry red that’s terrific everyday quaffing at a sensational price. | |
Hunter Valley 'The Saddle' Shiraz 2001 - $11.70
“ripe raspberry, subtle spice and earthy notes” One of the distinguishing characteristics of aged Hunter Valley Shiraz is an earthy, developed aroma often described as “sweaty saddle.” This Hunter Shiraz, now with some time to develop in bottle, is just starting to show this developed character in addition to ripe raspberry and cherry primary fruit. There’s some green peppercorn like spice too and well integrated oak notes and the tannins have started to soften nicely. A traditional Hunter style, drinking beautifully right now. | |
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