Category Archives: Shiraz

2009 Taylors Estate Shiraz

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Clare Valley 14.0% Screwcap $18.95 This seems like the best of the Taylors Estate current release reds (mind you, I didn’t receive the Cabernet)…even if it is a bit sweet for my tastes . Did you know that the first release … Continue reading →

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2009 Thomas Motel Block Shiraz

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 14.5% Screwcap $50 This won’t be released until May but, by golly, it’s a good wine already. If you’ll excuse me lapsing into guitar parlance, Hunter Shiraz is usually a single coil pickup style. Andrew Thomas makes interpretations … Continue reading →

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2009 Pepper Tree Coquun Shiraz

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 14.0% Screwcap $45 Another Hunter Shiraz which took a while to assess properly. I came down firmly in its favour. With time it revealed itself to be of extremely high quality with the potential for further improvement in … Continue reading →

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2009 Tulloch Private Bin Pokolbin Dry Red Shiraz

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 13.5% Screwcap $40 I like the labeling on some of these ‘classic’ Hunter reds. It seems somehow congruous with the wines themselves - old school, authentic etc. Of course, if the wrong wineries co-opt the look then the message could … Continue reading →

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2009 De Iuliis Steven Vineyard Shiraz

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Hunter Valley 13.0% Screwcap $40 This wine was sent to me as part of a six pack intended for a “taste and tweet” event organised by Wine Communicators Australia (I am not a member). I’d like to mention a few things … Continue reading →

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2008 Chapel Hill The Vicar Shiraz

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

McLaren Vale 14.5% Screwcap $60 The Vicar is Chapel Hill’s flagship wine, a blend of the best Vale Shiraz grapes available to them each vintage (although it did begin its life with some Cabernet in the mix). For those seeking distilled … Continue reading →

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2006 Linfield Road Edmund Major Old Vines Reserve Shiraz

Posted on March 21, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Barossa 14.9% Screwcap $65 A curious wine in many ways. Far lighter in colour and weight than I would have expected from 100 year old vines in the Barossa; but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s developing well with … Continue reading →

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2009 Yalumba Y Series Shiraz

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

South Australia 13.5% Screwcap $12.95 This was one red from the current Y series range that didn’t do a whole lot for me. It seems very commercial and quite confected, offering little of what I seek from wine. Having said … Continue reading →

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2007 Mount Langi Ghiran Langi Shiraz

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

Grampians 14.5% Screwcap $85 I do not consider myself to be the most technical of wine tasters…sometimes that’s an advantage, other times it might well be a deficiency. A rather self indulgent mood saw me opening this wine spur of … Continue reading →

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2009 Wirra Wirra Woodhenge Shiraz

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Jeremy Pringle

McLaren Vale 14.5% Screwcap $30 “Come on skinny love what happened hereSuckle on the hope in lite brassiereMy, my, my, my, my, my, my, my” – Bon Iver The 2009 reds from Wirra Wirra have been a good bunch…with the … Continue reading →

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