Red Wine
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Wild Duck Creek Yellow Hammer Hill Shiraz Malbec 2018
$27.00Big, black and beautiful. Purple, very purple! Plush primary red and black fruits. Blackcurrant, raspberries, blackberries and red apple. The palate is silky and supple with a delicious berry and redskin flavour, rolling into chewy tannins,coal smoke and milk chocolate hints with a long palate coating finish. An absolute cracker! Cellar up to 10 years. […]
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Lot 462 Tana Shiraz 2018
$25.00A compote of blue and black fruits, black plums, blueberries, blackberries and gentle spice. Texture and balance are the stars here; restrained power. Fantastic use of perfectly judged subtle oak. Unbelievable value. The winemaking philosophy at Lot 462 is simple: less is more. Earlier harvests; long, slow and gentle extractions; judicious use of oak; wild […]
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Swinney Grenache 2020
$40.00Unbelievable complexity. Floral, rose petals five spice, Morello cherry, chocolate, pastille blackcurrant and thyme. Pure and silky palate, and like the nose, terrific delineation of flavours. Textually caressing, the tannins move from chalk to velvet, gripping your attention. Assertive and refined, impossibly beautiful and a masterclass of the variety. Good luck finding a better Grenache […]
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Home Hill Estate Pinot Noir 2020
$49.00Out of Stock
Home Hill’s 2020 Estate Pinot exhibits all the hallmarks of its cool climate origin. Deep dark ruby in colour, with aromas of mushroom, forest floor, black forest cake and petrichor (scent of rain). Picked 22nd April 2020 the wine is very concentrated with good structure, and the middle palate displaying savoury, tobacco leaves and nutty […]
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Ravensworth Shiraz Viognier 2019
$45.00Out of Stock
Sometimes, a wine just feels calm, balanced. Nothing overt, with the edges smooth, such as this lovely wine with its 4% viognier, co-fermented. A core of ripe fruit and spices, with layers of savouriness, but it’s not fruity at all. Medium bodied, supple, with textural tannins and lots of detail throughout. Finishes long and pure. […]
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Vanguardist MVG Grenache 2020
$50.00The Grenache that produces this wine comes from an outstanding vineyard in Blewitt Springs. A hidden gem of sorts, the high ‘Silver Sands’ vineyard was planted by Robert Rende and his father Michael some 50+ years ago. The summer of 2020 was the third hot and dry vintage in succession. Small patches of rain during […]
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Toolangi Pinot Noir 2020
$28.00The 2020 Toolangi Pinot was hand-harvested from 2001 plantings (MV6 clone grapes on the bottom of E Block), and naturally fermented as whole berries with minimal plunging for 12 days. Pressed to French oak (10% new) for 10 months and bottled unfined and unfiltered. As always, this is absolutely outstanding value. Bright, perfumed, layered yet […]
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Tonic Grenache 2020
$37.00It’s the end of an era for the Tonic Clare Grenache, as we welcome some newcomers to the ring hailing from McLaren Vale. Skins for three quarters of a month, pressed in older oak, unsulphured. Darker berries, crunchy, aromatic, Amaro-like. Ding ding!. Glenn Barry, Winemaker Click here for our full Clare Valley range
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Place of Changing Winds Heathcote Syrah 2019
$39.00Out of Stock
Ships in 2-3 business days. Alongside the Marsanne, this is one of our favourite releases this year. The 2019 Place of Changing Winds Syrah is a game changer as far as we’re concerned. Heathcote is full bodied, massive even, with a fleshy succulence, ferrous hints and an iron grip. Until we tasted this. Fragrant, almost […]
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Denton Nebbiolo 2017
$55.00Out of Stock
Unquestionably, one of Australia’s finest Nebbiolo’s. Pretty and perfumed with seductive red fruits of redcurrant, cherry and pomegranate with cut flowers and aniseed. Vibrant, with incredible width across the palate. Filigreed flavours and textures, the silk firming to lavender wood. Buoyant, the acidity is really pronounced, ripe and integrated. Incredible drinking now, but I would love […]
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A Rodda Tempranillo 2018
$36.00Classic Tempranillo flavours of cherry cola, sarsaparilla, blue/black fruits and dried flowers. Juicy and vibrant, with a touch of sage. Tight, tight needing time in the glass to unwind. Immensely satisfying wine. Waters Wine Co.
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Yangarra Old Vine Museum Release Grenache 2015
$45.00“From bush vines planted in 46, 50% whole-berries, wild yeast and kept on lees in used French oak for 10 months. So fragrant it’s breathtaking. To start, a whirl of perfectly ripe raspberries and red currants, patchouli and subtle Middle Eastern spices. The palate is tightly wound, with raspberry-like acidity, more pronounced tannins in the […]
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Yangarra Shiraz Museum Release 2015
$40.00Estate fruit, 50% whole berries, a portion of whole bunches, wild ferment and aged in French oak 25% new for 17 months. Excellent dark-purple hue; succulent and velvety texture with some power to the chiselled tannins, savoury yet pristine fruit the keys. 95 Points – Jane Faulkner, Halliday Wine Companion 2018
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Brave New Wine Pi-Oui Pinot Noir 2020
$37.00Out of Stock
Single vineyard Porongurup Pinot Noir. Part long carbonic whole bunch, part hand destemmed whole berries. Raised in older french oak. Savoury and spicy. Click here for our full Brave New Wines range
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Ministry of Clouds Grenache 2019
$38.00Out of Stock
Ministry of Clouds’ 2019 Grenache is a celebration of the dogged stubbornness of two McLaren Vale families, who persisted with their plots of Grenache, when other implored them to turn their land to other pursuits. From very old bush vines each vineyard eighty years plus, this is contemporary Grenache with fragrance, succulence and fine boned […]
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Nocturne SR Cabernets 2020
$35.00Classic Margaret River Cabernet. Blackcurrant, clove, eucalyptus, soy and a ferrous/charcoal element. Lovely depth and weight, with a cruising sleek feel and then some arresting tannins. Aussie claret. Waters Wine Co We started picking the Sheoak Cabernet on 27th March and from the moment the fruit hit the fermenter it looked destined to be a […]
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John Duval Entity Shiraz 2019
$50.00A stunning vintage for the Entity 2019. Lifted notes of dark berries, plum and boysenberry, supported by hints of anise and clove. Dark and brooding, with excellent concentration of layered rich dark fruits with hints of dark chocolate and earth finishing long with youthful tannins. Click here for our full John Duval range
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Frankland Estate Shiraz 2018
$28.00Open-fermented, extended maceration, 14 months’ maturation in French puncheons. The deep purple colour sets the scene for a powerful, fragrant wine with poached spiced plum and ripe tannins, the French oak beating a delicate tattoo on the finish. 95 Points – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian 2018 was one of the great vintages in the […]
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Yangarra GSM 2020
$30.00A 60/22/18% blend, a lovely wine from a lovely vintage. It’s not an ounce over medium-bodied, but it articulates the place, varieties and the year with utmost clarity. Fine tannins are stitched through the scarlet taffeta of the perfectly pitched palate. 95 Points – James Halliday, The Weekend Australian, 9 March 2019 (2019 vintage)
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Frederick Stevenson Hongell Grenache 2020
$34.00The 2020 Frederick Stevenson Grenache from the Hongell’s vineyard just south of Tanunda, on the Barossa Valley Way. 90 year old vines. Biscay Clay soils, 30% whole bunch ferments, old barrels and sulphured just prior to bottling.
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Songs from Mars The Shoe Nero d’Avola 2019
$34.00This Nero is great – part of the fruit was affected by frost so it became dehydrated and concentrated. The other half was pristine so while it has a super ripe varietal nose, the palate is balanced and savoury with heaps of acid. It’s very, very good chilled! Half whole bunch, half de-stemmed. From Greenock. […]
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Bondar Violet Hour Shiraz 2020
$28.00As always, Bondar’s Violet Hour Shiraz is handpicked from the Rayner vineyard. A blend of block vines, both young and old (some up to 70 years old). Wild fermented naturally with a high portion of whole-bunches and matured in older French oak (no new barrels were used this year). The wine spent six months resting […]
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JC’s Own Ferine Grenache 2020
$32.00100% Grenache from vineyards in the Angaston Foothills of the Barossa Valley and Barmera in the Riverland. The fruit for the 2020 Ferine Grenache is handpicked and carbonically fermented. After 8 weeks the wine was trod by foot to break up the bunches and gain greater structure. Matured in 500 Litre French oak puncheons, none […]
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Nocturne Single Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon 2019
$52.00Out of Stock
This vintage was very cool from a Cabernet point of view. In the Sheoak vineyard this presented no issues as we had a lovely April just getting the right amount of concentration into the fruit while retaining elegance and natural charm. In fact 2019 has grown on me a huge amount; it has such silky […]
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JC’s Own Rockit 2018
$50.00100% whole bunch. Usually the different grapes in a blend are fermented separately but not here, where the Grenache, Shiraz, Mataro and Cinsault were fermented together. Hand-harvested across 3 days, the grapes were pitch-forked into an open top fermenter and trodden. Basket pressed and aged in oak barrels for a savoury profile. Full, firm and […]
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Head Wines Old Vine Grenache 2020
$35.00Head make this wonderful Grenache from small parcels of fruit on old, dry-grown, hand-pruned/picked vineyards of up to 160 years old. Whole-bunch ferments, no crushing or temperature control, natural yeasts, hand-plunged and foot-trodden. Deep, dark core of fruit yet wonderfully approachable now.
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Frederick Stevenson Montepulciano 2019
$36.00Fruit sourced from Tim Fechner’s property, just north of Angaston. Stewed plum, orange peel, bay leaves, liquorice straps and amaro is pretty predominant on the nose. Round and plush mouthfeel upfront with fine grained/tightly woven tannin centred in the middle of the tongue. The mulberry like acid lingers on the tongue, with slight flavours of […]
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Whisson Lake Black Label Pinot Noir 2019
$40.00100% Pinot Noir. Alc:13.5%. Slightly riper than 2018 Black Label, more red cherries, better mouthfeel with juicy acid and vibrant. Drink now to 2030.
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Sinapius Esme Rouge 2020
$38.00Out of Stock
Our first Australian Gamay listed, and like everything from Sinapius, full flavoured and marches to the beat of their own drum. Darker than expected, a deep with an almost bloody and ferrous nose. Dustings of coal dust, lavender, violets and brambly fruit. Succulence, a feature of all Sinapius wine’s, bright and vital with a mash […]
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Sinapius Close Planted Pinot Noir 2019
$57.00Out of Stock
James Halliday awarded the 2018 vintage 98 points and as far as we’re concerned, the 2019 is even better. The richness, concentration and structure of the vintage is on full display. Bright red and dark fruits, vanilla bean and clove. Classy oak, provides a compelling scaffold, and it’s great to see an Australian Pinot Noir […]
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