Red Wine Archives

Grabs you at first sight literally with those brilliant, iridescent purple hues. Fruit driven aromas set about seducing you further,...

Allegiance Wines L’Artiste Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2022

A single site Pinot Noir grown at the elevated altitude of 600 m in Tumbarumba, this is cool climate stuff....

Allegiance Wines The Artisan Grenache 2021

Red Wine - Grenache

From a South Aussie vineyard overlooking Australia’s famous Murray River, planted in 1998, we have another delicious Grenache. Purple/crimson in...

Allegiance Wines The Artisan McLaren Vale Mataro 2020

Red Wine - Mataro

The fruit for this fine Aussie Mataro hails from a single vineyard in the Sellicks Hill sub-region of the McLaren...

Jilyara Heath Road Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Apparently Cabernet Sauvignon is staging a comeback in popularity – wines like this one are leading the charge. It’s fragrant...

Jilyara Heath Road Malbec 2021

Red Wine - Malbec

Malbec is often a blending partner for Cabernet Sauvignon in Margaret River so it’s a delight to see it as...

Moss Brothers Fidium Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

A really impressive Cabernet from the Margaret River region. The colour is a deep red/vibrant purple mix. Nose of chocolate,...

Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Syrah 2021

Red Wine - Syrah

There’s a spring in the step of Isolation Ridge ’21 Syrah. It’s there in the brightness of its crimson-purple hues,...

Byron & Harold Rose & Thorns Great Southern Shiraz 2021

Another very fine example from a variety that seems completely at home in the Great Southern. And another very fine...

Byron & Harold Rose & Thorns Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

Stunning value here in this fine Cabernet from the Great Southern. Near black/magenta in colour, there is fine focus, class,...

Orlando Centenary Hill Barossa Shiraz 2015

A wonderful Barossa Shiraz which has been held back to give buyers the benefit of some age. It works. The...

Orlando Jacaranda Ridge Coonawarra Cabernet 2018

Red Wine - Cabernet

Is there a cellar owned by any Australian winelover which is not well represented with Coonawarra Cabernet? Hard to imagine....

Quartier Pinot Noir 2022

Mornington Peninsula Pinot is ever so slowly earning its rightful place in the pantheon of great Pinot regions around the...

Port Phillip Estate Single Vineyard Balnarring Pinot Noir 2022

This vineyard was planted in 1997, to both Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with more Pinot planted subsequently in a higher...

Kooyong Massale Pinot Noir 2022

Another very fine Pinot from Kooyong, sourced from their Balnarring and Tuerong vineyards. Fermentation in open vats with wild yeasts...

Port Phillip Estate Single Vineyard Red Hill Pinot Noir 2022

The 2022 growing season on the Mornington Peninsula was milder than normal and the result was the kind of slow...

Watkins Sibling Series Langhorne Creek Cabernet 2020

Red Wine - Cabernet

Langhorne creek is the engine room of so many Australian red wines around this price. It produces fruit that is...

Watkins Heritage Series Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

A super example of Adelaide Hills Cabernet Sauvignon. It’s from Clarendon, an area consistently producing some of the finest red...

Saint & Scholar Pinot Noir 2021

Perfumed and highly scented aromas are immediately captivating – a mix of strawberry and raspberry nuances. Then the palate delivers...

Berrigan Shiraz 2021