Category Archives: Shiraz et al

2008 Fire Gully Shiraz Viognier

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Margaret River 14.5% Screwcap $23.90 The Shiraz for this wine was co-fermented with about 9% Viognier and it isn’t hard to spot, influencing texture, aroma and flavour. Violets, apricot jam, cooked tomatos, pepper, brown spice and concentrated cherry berries. It’s … Continue reading →

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2009 Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Petit Verdot

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Fleurieu, McLaren Vale 14.5% $16.50 The last two vintages of what I know as the Wirra Wirra Scrubby Rise Red have taken my fancy. To be honest, generally when I use the word quaffer in relation to a wine, it’s … Continue reading →

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Lunch with Stu and Donny

Posted on November 1, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

I was warned. Gary Walsh told me to take ear plugs. Angus Hughson; ” Nice quiet lunch then ;-)”…but nothing could have truly prepared me for the whirlwind of perpetual motion, the barrage of ideas and the sheer energy and … Continue reading →

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2008 Moppity Vineyards Reserve Shiraz

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hilltops 14.5% Screwcap $60 Source: Sample Well, hello. Brilliant wine this and one that makes me so happy to say that I’m a fan of a little ‘V’ in my Shiraz…3% in this case, co-fermented of course. Some whole bunch … Continue reading →

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2006 Cooper Burns Shiraz Viognier

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.5% Screwcap $28 Source: Sample I recently had the good fortune of attending a lunch with Louisa Rose, Yalumba’s chief winemaker. She kindly fielded my many questions on Viognier, wine shows, wine media and many other topics of interest to … Continue reading →

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2005 Carlei Tre Rossi

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Upper Goulburn, Lake Marmel 14.7% Diam $32 Source- Retail The irrepressible Serge Carlei is involved with the production of a swag of quality wines under different labels and from different regions, but it’s his “Signature Series” which I first tasted … Continue reading →

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2007 Spinifex Shiraz Viognier

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.5% Diam $48 Source- Sample La Maline In the brown dining room, its perfumed airFull of the smell of wax and fruit, at easeI gathered a plate of who knows what BelgianDish, and marvelled in my enormous chair. Eating … Continue reading →

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2009 Jack Mattinson’s Deluxe Dry Red Shiraz Cabernet

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hilltops 14.5% Screwcap $14.95 Source: Sample I had a look at this yesterday by itself and then, as perhaps suggested by the back label, with Rabbit Stew and mash last night. And I’m sipping it now as I type. It’s … Continue reading →

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2007 Dutschke Willow Blend

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.7% Screwcap $20 Source- Sample So, onto a couple of Dutschkes that weren’t quite my cup of tea. Not bad wines though, especially factoring in price… 38% Shiraz, 33% Merlot and 29% Cabernet (which, strangely enough, adds up to … Continue reading →

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2007 Mountain X Hunter Shiraz

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley, Yarra Valley 13.2% Screwcap $35 Source- Gift I was tasting through some wine samples with my esteemed blogging colleague Julian Coldrey last Saturday afternoon. We were looking for a bottle to knock off at the end of writing … Continue reading →

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