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Category Archives: Syrah
2010 Meerea Park Alexander Munro Shiraz
Since 1999 the Meerea Park Alexander Munro Shiraz has come from the Ivanhoe vineyard in Pokolbin. The 2010 incorporates 30% whole bunches and is matured in French oak barriques – half of which are new – for 22 months. That … Continue reading
2003 Meerea Park Alexander Munro Aged Release Shiraz
A warm and very dry year in the Hunter Valley and here we have a bold and complex Shiraz articulating it. 20 months in French oak, 40% of it new. Flagship heroics. What’s really interesting is how well it pulls … Continue reading
2012 Willow Bridge Dragonfly Shiraz
The new release Dragonfly Series of wines has me eager to sample what Willow Bridge are doing at the Estate level. Most of them are keen drinking at an affordable price. This is my pick of the current releases. It’s … Continue reading
2012 Longhop Shiraz
Grapes come from three subregions of the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia. The wine is open fermented, hand plunged and basket pressed, spending 16 months in French and American hogsheads. You’d be hard pressed to find many other Shirazes … Continue reading
2010 Oliver’s Taranga HJ Reserve Shiraz
Made in a style some love and others love to loathe. For me, it’s a now and then proposition. I’m happy wines like this still exist even if my buying habits have drifted elsewhere. High grade toasty, charry vanilla oak … Continue reading
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2010 Forester Estate Shiraz
I like Margaret River Shiraz when it’s well made and while this won’t leave you awestruck it is regional and very good value. Lots of genial red berry/cherry flavour with a bit of mulberry and some bay leaf. Nutella oak … Continue reading
2011 Chapel Hill Shiraz
A pretty polished release from 2011. It was wet and cool in many (but not all) regions in case you didn’t know. Rich chocolate oak sheathes the cool vintage acidity but there’s still animation here. Dark brambly fruits and quite … Continue reading