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2012 Mike Press Shiraz
A particularly good release of the Mike Press Adelaide Hills Shiraz this year. I like the balance, the vitality and the structure. Plummy and peppery with typical vanilla accents from the American oak that Mike favours with his Shiraz. Maybe … Continue reading
2010 Cappa Stone Wines Clare Valley Shiraz
When I review wines that aren’t particularly good I try to be polite but sometimes it really is difficult. Skinny, awkward, mawkish. Plums and menthol alongside some vegetation. Shrill acid, harsh tannin. Finishes on a coffee oak note. Cheap coffee too. … Continue reading
2011 Spring Seed Wine Co. Scarlet Runner Shiraz
The cheaper wines from the rain effected areas during the 2011 vintage are the ones more likely to suffer. Commonsense really. This isn’t a bad effort but I think that it costs a bit too much for what it offers. … Continue reading
2011 Marques de Tezona Shiraz
The least impressive of the Marques de Tezona wines I’ve tasted revently but if you factor in the price it’s hardly a poor proposition….or a bad wine. Contains 10% Tempranillo and 5% Grenache Sweetly spiced, dilute black and red fruits … Continue reading
2011 Pertaringa Undercover Shiraz
Named “Undercover” after the McLaren Vale Shiraz that used to (and probably still does) make its way unlabeled into wines produced in other regions. Rich, chocolatey oak, peppermint and black fruits with a hint of pastrami. Supple tannin. Mouth-coating with sinuous acidity and … Continue reading
2011 Oliver’s Taranga McLaren Vale Shiraz
Whipped through a bracket of 2011 McLaren Vale Shirazes over the last couple of days. Not a bad wine amongst them, although no great heights were scaled. A bit of the old bracken to mark the wet season but this … Continue reading
Get Yer Rocks Off: McLaren Vale Scarce Earth 2011 Releases
The Scarce Earth project is the brainchild of Dudley Brown and Adrian Kenny, who worked together at Inkwell Wines for a number of years. It’s an exploration of the diversity of McLaren Vale’s terroir through single vineyard Shiraz wines from … Continue reading
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