Thistledown Bachelor’s Block Shiraz 2020
The bold, rich and classically styled Barossan delivers a high volume of fruit – chocolate covered blackberries, toasty oak, and baked earth provide a decadent
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The bold, rich and classically styled Barossan delivers a high volume of fruit – chocolate covered blackberries, toasty oak, and baked earth provide a decadent
From the highly regarded Mattschoss Vineyard high up in the Eden Valley comes this powerful yet reserved Barossan showing its cooler climate origins as it
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These are the first releases of a new side project from Auld Family Wines. They are unashamedly made for a good time, not a long
These are the first releases of a new side project from Auld Family Wines. They are unashamedly made for a good time, not a long
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This attractive and traditionally styled Barossa Shiraz was made with fruit off old vines with 18 months maturation in a mix of French and American
I like Matt Burton’s give it a go attitude. Multi-vintage wines and throwing lots of different winemaking techniques to work complexity into the wine. It
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