Red Wine Archives

Good luck finding many wines of this age hitting the shelves, so kudos to the team here for undertaking the...

Cooper Burns Sterling Barossa Valley Shiraz 2019

A deep garnet/red hue to this fine Barossa Shiraz. The nose is showing red fruits, coffee grinds, warm earth tones,...

Cooper Burns Museum Release Barossa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Great buying for those keen to experience older wines and see what they can offer. A fine Barossa style with...

Cooper Burns Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

A 10-year-old Cabernet that is starting to show some really attractive developed characters. The nose reveals a combination of leather...

Mumm Central Otago Pinot Noir 2021

Here we have Mumm’s foray into the world of still wine. The fruit comes from the Lowburn sub-region of Central...

Mumm Central Otago Pinot Noir Terroirs Collection 2021

100% hand-harvested Pinot Noir grapes from the Lowburn sub-region and matured for 16 months in French oak. Hawthorn, black cherry...

Freeman Altura Vineyard Nebbiolo 2022

Red Wine - Nebbiolo

In the true Nebbiolo style, the nose is all about dried orange peel, cranberries, red cherries, roses, and dried herbs....

Jean Loron Pinot Noir 2023

The sibling to the delicious Chardonnay we encountered earlier, this hails from vines planted on clay and limestone soils. Excellent...

Harvey River Estate Barbera 2022

Red Wine - Barbera

The third vintage of this wine. Plenty of aromatics jumping out of the glass, with some nice typicity. Breezy purple...

Paracombe Somerville Shiraz 2014

A 10-year-old Adelaide Hills Shiraz is something of a rarity. Equally, an Adelaide Hills Shiraz bolstered by 15% alcohol. Rest...

Houghton C.W Ferguson Cabernet Malbec 2021

Red Wine - Cabernet - Malbec

Houghton’s blend with fruit coming from the iconic Justin vineyard. Blackberry plush with tobacco herb edges, sweet vanilla bean paste,...

Houghton Thomas Yule Shiraz 2022

Thick glass and imposing packaging celebrating Thomas Yule, pioneer of Houghton. Bruise purple. Base, earthy aromas of roast beets and...

Houghton Gladstones Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

With fruit coming from the famed Wilyabrup sub-region of Margaret River, the wine honours renowned viticulturist and long-time supporter of...

Houghton Jack Mann Cabernet Sauvignon 2021

The Icon release from Houghton’s Justin vineyard. Deep and profound with serious black and purple fruits over fresh turned earth,...

Gundog Estate Hunter’s Shiraz 2023

So sleek, so good. Old vines shine in this lightly savoury, lovely, medium-bodied encapsulation of a Hunter Shiraz. Brings all...

Cooper Burns Mason Barossa Valley Shiraz 2016

A serious value option here with plenty of age already. The colour is a garnet red and this is an...

Holm Oak The Wizard Pinot Noir 2022

A structured and powerfully framed Pinot that in many ways is still a work in progress. More and more new...

Holm Oak Hot Shot Pinot Noir 2021

A super impressive Pinot Noir of elegance and such poise. It’s a blend of just two barrels of different clones...

Holm Oak Pinot Noir 2023

It was a pretty mild year in Tassie, contributing to a wine that is refined and so supremely elegant but...

Paracombe Plateau Pinot Noir 2021

Top marks to a winemaker who looks beyond the obvious fruit bomb styles now favoured by some Pinot Noir producers....

Tenafeate Creek Wines One Tree Hill Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

This Cabernet Sauvignon is still in its prime with that capsicum-like opening. Then, aromas of black currant, prunes, crushed violets,...

Paracombe Plateau Adelaide Hills Pinot Noir 2021

From an Adelaide Hills vineyard planted back in 1983, which sits on a plateau which is 1.7 billion years old....

Paracombe Somerville Shiraz 2014

Under cork, it is always a pleasure to see mature wines on offer, in this case a full decade under...

Mr Riggs The Gaffer Shiraz 2022