Red Blend
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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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Chateau St Georges St Emilion 2016
$80.00The 2016 Château Saint Georges has a straight forward but attractive smoke and cigar box tinged bouquet with ample black fruit. The palate is medium bodied with sappy black fruit, well integrated oak, well judged acidity and a poised and elegant finish. What a delicious Château Saint Georges this should be, one that should give […]
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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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Parc St Charles Cotes du Rhone La Pinede 2018
$26.00From 25-year-old vines. Supple spicy, blackberry, earthy nose follows on to a dark concentrated core of fruit on the palate. Good ripe tannins and a lick of acid to clean up. Quite lovely. The Parc St Charles estate is in the deep south of the Côtes du Rhône appellation, right next to Costieres de Nimes. […]
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Domaine de Ferrand Cotes du Rhone Mistral 2020
$30.00The 2020 Côtes Du Rhône ‘Mistral’ is another great value wine from this benchmark estate. Astonishing colour and vibrancy in the wine glass. Concentration, freshness and length of flavour quite incredible for this price point. Simply an astonishingly good, authentic Côtes Du Rhône! Philippe Bravay’s domaine is tiny (only 5.5 hectares) and the vines are situated […]
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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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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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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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Font du Vent Cotes du Rhone Rouge 2018
$26.00Dark, velvety red. This Font du Vent blend is a cracking wine showing earthiness, spice, black olive, chocolate as well as lovely dark fruits. Rich, fresh and amazing value. Click here for our full Cotes du Rhone range
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Domaine Santa Duc Les Plans 2017
$23.00Dark, velvety red. This blend from different vineyards of the estate is a cracking wine showing earthiness, spice as well as lovely dark fruits. Rich, fresh and amazing value.
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La Petite Mort Shiraz Viognier 2018
$30.00Out of Stock
This rich, ripe and generous Shiraz is full of jammy black fruit with blood plums and blackberries. Co-fermenting Shiraz and Viognier grapes has a particular magic about it, creating a spicy and savoury deliciousness. All this richness and generosity is well supported and balanced by some time in cedary French and spicy American oak. Hand-picked, […]
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Vieux Naudin Bordeaux Superieur 2015
$24.00Out of Stock
The warm 2015 vintage in France produced very approachable wines with particularly generous, attractive, plush fruit flavours. This lovely young claret is no exception, especially now that it has spent a couple of years in the bottle. A blend of about two-thirds merlot and the rest cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc, this gorgeous plummy red […]
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Frederick Stevenson Pinata (Dry Red) 2021
$28.00Frederick Stevenson’s Pinata is a light, fun expression of the vintage that was. Cinsault’s light fragrance & crunchy acidity, with the deeper, fuller and spicier expression of Shiraz, Grenache and Mourvedre to round it out. From the Ahrens’s Vine Vale property (Certified Biodynamic). Sand over clay. 55% Cinsault, 21% Grenache, 16% Shiraz and 8% Mourvedre.
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Vignerons d’Estezargues Cuvee des Copains Cotes du Rhone 2018
$23.00Bright ruby red. Smells of raspberry, liquorice and meatiness. It has juicy texture, grainy tannins and acidity in balance with the fruit. Made by Les Vignerons d’Estezargues a co-operative of more than 10 difference growers in the small town of Estezargues, west of Avignon. They are one of France’s most ground breaking co-ops. Formed in 1965 it turned the grower/co-op relationship on […]
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Venta La Vega Adaras Calizo 2019
$28.00The young red 2019 Adaras Calizo was produced with Garnacha Tintorera grapes grown on the limestone soils where it can express Mediterranean character with good freshness. The abundant rain during the harvest presented plenty of challenges, but the wines have low alcohol (13.3%) and more freshness, expressing the variety. It fermented with part of full […]
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La Rioja Alta Vina Arana Gran Reserva 2012
$95.00Classic nose with savoury character over a sweet spices background with elegant cigar box notes. Mouth-watering with a full body and chewy mid-palate. 97 points – Decanter Few would dispute that La Rioja Alta is the leading quality-focused producer in Spain’s most famous wine region. Since the coming together of five growers to form the estate 130 […]
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Laughing Jack Jack’s GSM 2018
$24.0062% grenache (58yo vines), 25% shiraz (10yo vines), 13% mourvèdre (11yo vines). Hand-picked, mostly Moppa with 23% Greenock. Wild-yeast fermented initially; no whole bunches. Aged 14 months in seasoned French oak puncheons. Unfined and unfiltered; 610 dozen. Complex, complete and crafted. Old vines bring a distinctly savoury edge to grenache, amplified by mourvèdre playing a […]
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Walsh & Sons Lola 2019
$26.00One of the best value wine’s we have tasted in a very long time. A blend of Syrah, Cabernet and Grenache, the blend might seem unlikely, but it works tremendously. Plenty to smell here; dried flowers, blackcurrant, plum, raspberry and spice. Ample palate, that coats the mouth in flavour, but without any heaviness or astringency. […]
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Bondar Junto GSM 2020
$27.00Bondar’s 2019 Junto GSM brings together Grenache (88%), Shiraz (6%) and Mataro (3%) with just a tiny touch of Counoise and Carignan dropped in the mix. Sourced from old vines, picked by hand, the fruit was gently handled in the winery and aged in old French oak. Picked early to create a very fresh, bright […]
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Charvin Cotes du Rhone ‘Le Poutet’ 2018
$38.00Out of Stock
Gentle red robe, with pale top. The bouquet offers a beguiling aroma of spice and rose petals, underlined by strawberry fruit jam. It shows immediate character, away from the herd. The palate picks up on the floral theme, with discreet red berry fruit lining its path, and notes of fresh ping in the tannins, a […]
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La Rioja Alta 904 Gran Reserva 2011
$170.00Lovely dried red fruit, such as plums with just a hint of prunes. Cedar, walnut and leather undertones. Full- bodied with lots of fruit, considering its age, as well as hints of smoke, tobacco, bark and black tea. Some balsamic at the finish. Traditionally styled with lovely results. Drink or hold. 96 points – James […]
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La Petite Vanguard Blewitt Grenache Mourvedre 2020
$30.00La Petite Vanguard’s Blewitt 2020 is a 50/50 blend of Grenache and Mourvèdre. Fermented separately, with approximately 30% whole cluster. Aged in 500L puncheons for about 6 months post press. The final wine was blended and sent to bottle without fining or filtration. A youthful and vibrant wine, with great drinkability.
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Chateau Siran 2016
$85.00Out of Stock
This is a great follow-up to the 2015! Full-bodied, chewy and powerful. Solid core of ripe fruit and intense tannins. A triumph… again. 94-95 points – James Suckling The 2016 Siran is a blend of 46% Cabernet Sauvignon, 44% Merlot, 9% Petit Verdot and 1% Cabernet Franc picked from 26 September until 20 October. The […]
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Te Mata Coleraine Cabernet Merlot 2019
$105.00Without doubt, one the few wines outside of Bordeaux that can rub shoulders with the very best. One of the wine world’s great bargains, Te Mata’s 2019 Coleraine will rank as one of New Zealand’s greatest ever wines. Tasted alongside the 2017 and 2018, this was the least black fruited of the three, offering a […]
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Mont-Redon Cotes du Rhone 2018
$26.00Out of Stock
A blend of 80% Grenache and 20% Syrah. Mont-Redon’s superb 2018 Cotes du Rhone has all the perfume and fleshy generosity of fully ripe Grenache fruit. But there’s also a freshness and finesse of tannins and that faint hint of Provence herbs that makes southern Rhone reds, and Mont-Redon, so popular. Amazing value. Click here […]
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Domaine Gramenon Cotes du Rhone Poignee de Raisins 2020
$43.00The name translates to ‘a fistful of grapes’ and is produced from the younger vines on the original Gramenon estate. Here we have a red Côtes du Rhône that is refreshing, invigorating and very moreish. Even brighter and more lifted than normal it is especially silky, lithe and most of all, delicious. So many try […]
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Domaine la Remejeanne Cotes du Rhone Un Air 2019
$32.00Un Air is a blend of 70% Grenache and 30% Syrah, all hand-picked and mostly de-stemmed, then fermented naturally in concrete. 2019 is an outstanding vintage for this wine, delivering a perfumed, bright and pure Grenache-led Côtes du Rhône. Aromas and flavours of raspberry, star anise and thyme, a racy, jubey palate and a crisp, […]
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Longline GSM 2018
$24.00The Longline G.S.M blend is a modern take on a traditional blend combining the purity and spice of Grenache with Shiraz that adds weight and depth to the wine with Mourvedre providing savoury aromatics and flavour to the palate. Sourced from the Blewitt Springs sub-region of McLaren Vale known for producing more elegant and fragrant […]
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Savage Thief in the Night 2019
$55.00Only three years into this grandiose “Grenache project” and the quantity of the old, dry land Grenache in this blend has already grown to 61%, supported by 26% Cinsault and 13% Syrah. The wine spent 2 weeks on its skins employing only 20% of whole bunches this year to maximise the fruit’s true terroir expression. […]
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A Rodda Cuvee de Chez 2017
$35.00We were talking to a Frenchman who happens to import wine (French mainly) and as the conversation swung to Bordeaux he exclaimed “Bordeaux. Boring!” We happen to not share his view, and it was lovely to taste A Rodda’s Bordeaux blend from Beechworth. An homage maybe, but this is definitely Australian. Soaring nose of plum, […]
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