Taylors The Pioneer Clare Valley Shiraz 2016

October 31, 2023By Yvonne

Taylors The Pioneer Clare Valley Shiraz 2016 $220 I tasted bottle no. 981 This flagship shiraz from the Taylors stable is, in a word, otherworldly. Seductive aromas of red liquorice, baking spices, layers of leather and charred plums lead to a palate awash with rich red berries, caramelised smoky oak, pomegranate molasses and balsamic notes. … Read More

Taylors Masterstroke McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020

October 31, 2023By Yvonne

Taylors Masterstroke McLaren Vale Shiraz 2020 $60 Glossy, inky, and aromatically a beast all of its own. Very different to Taylors Clare Valley shiraz styles in that it’s scented on the earthy, smoky, spicy spectrum while underlying layers of plum, blackcurrant and peppered berries unroll across chewy, toasty, sandy tannins. Dry, densely structured and loaded … Read More

Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Shiraz 2020

October 31, 2023By Yvonne

Taylors St Andrews Clare Valley Shiraz 2020 $70 Bright and sweetly fruited on the nose with lifted boysenberries and dark chocolate, like liquid black forest gateaux. The classic blackcurrant character of shiraz sneaks through more strongly on the palate and it’s cloaked in dusty, earthy tannins and chamois-like textures that add chew and grip where … Read More

Brockenchack Tru-Su Eden Valley Rosé 2022

July 10, 2023By Yvonne

Brockenchack Tru-Su Eden Valley Rosé 2022 $22 The name might be a mashup of Trudi and Susan, daughters of founders Trevor and Marilyn Harch, yet the wine is very much a pure offering. Crafted from shiraz grown in their Eden Valley vineyard by winemaker Joanne Irvine, it has an attractive melon and raspberry razzle on … Read More

Brockenchack Jack Harrison Eden Valley Shiraz 2018

July 9, 2023By Yvonne

Brockenchack Jack Harrison Eden Valley Shiraz 2018 $69 Made from 54yo grapevines by the ultra-talented Joanne Irvine, Brockenchack’s flagship shiraz is named after the grandson of founders Trevor and Marilyn Harch. Jack is the company viticulturist and is training to become their future winemaker. So no pressure then! Put all your thoughts of shiraz being … Read More

Brockenchack Zip Line Single Vineyard Eden Valley Shiraz 2020

July 9, 2023By Yvonne

Brockenchack Zip Line Single Vineyard Eden Valley Shiraz 2020 $26 Ripe, spice-stacked, and showing seams of peppercorn and cocoa, this new vintage of one of my favourite new Eden Valley discoveries, has a shed-tonne of flavour and texture circling a core of bright boysenberry and blackcurrant. It’s ultra-fresh, frisky and fanging (technical term) with cocoa … Read More

Barossa Black Double Oak Series Bourbon Barossa Shiraz 2019

June 27, 2023By Yvonne

Barossa Black Double Oak Series Bourbon Barossa Shiraz 2019 $21 Dangerously easy to drink, this Barossa shiraz has been aged in old bourbon barrels which immediately gives the wine an alluring, heady, vanilla and caramel character which attaches itself to a core of deep berryfruit and dark cocoa.  Smooth, ultra-ripe, velvety and sweet, it’ll be … Read More

Barossa Black Double Oak Series ‘Rum’ Barossa Shiraz 2019

June 14, 2023By Yvonne

Barossa Black Double Oak Series ‘Rum’ Barossa Shiraz 2019 $20-$22 If caramelised, vanilla-and-smoke-saturated shiraz is your thing then you’ve come to the right cul-de-sac. I’m guessing that classic hit of rum is from this wine being aged in old rum barrels, but combine that with sweet fruit intensity, boysenberry, blackberry and blackcurrant and a hint … Read More

Barossa Black Barossa Shiraz 2019

June 14, 2023By Yvonne

Barossa Black ‘Barossa’ Shiraz 2019 $17-$19 Just classic, plummy, blackcurranty, chocolatey shiraz right here. Sweet fruit concentration, buckets of berries, smooth, soothing, saucy and dangerously easy to drink, it’s got hearty, ribsticking Winter recipes written all over it. Then again, it’s also got classic smoky, charred, barbequed sausages and lamb chops written all over it … Read More

Taylors Limestone Coast Clare Valley Shiraz 2020

March 15, 2023By Yvonne

Taylors Limestone Coast Clare Valley Shiraz 2020 $18 This is a classic South Australian style crammed with boysenberry, dark cherry and sweet,  peppery plushness. It oozes bright berryfruit and violet aromas and boasts a mouthfeel that’s soft, warming and mellow with saucy, plummy notes and hints of dark chocolate to finish.  Dangerously easy to drink … Read More