Red Wine Archives

A fine vintage in the Heathcote region, with low yields on offer from the vineyards used for this wine. Fermentation...

Munda Wurundjeri Country Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir

The first Yarra Valley Pinot from Munda comes from a mix of red-brown clay, deep red volcanic soils, and granite....

Munda Kaurna Country Syrah 2022

You can spot a McLaren Vale Syrah from miles away. They always have that presence, like a boisterous man who...

Munda Djab Wurrung Country Syrah 2023

I love that countryside-like character in Grampians Syrah. That olive tapenade, that smoked meat, polished leather, small, dark wild berries,...

Munda Ngadjuri + Peramangk Grenache 2023

Red Wine - Grenache

A very delicate nose, then, slowly, it’s showtime for wild strawberries, red currants, raspberries, fragrant roses and rhubarb. The palate...

Naked Run Place in Time Shiraz 2018

This is a more traditionally framed although refined Clare Valley Shiraz from Naked Run, built for the long term with...

Stella Bella Suckfizzle Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Some of the most common Margaret River Cabernet descriptors are density, power, nuance. I would add elegant as a suitable...

Stella Bella Skuttlebutt Margaret River Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

Red Wine - Cabernet - Cabernet Sauvignon - Shiraz

Worthy of a second and third look, not only on the tiny price tag but on taste. Open, aromatic, fleshy...

Allegiance Wines The Foreman Coonawarra Cabernet Sauvignon 2023

A very fine Coonawarra Cabernet from a superb vintage, the fruit hails from a single vineyard at the southern end...

Allegiance Wines The Tiger McLaren Vale Shiraz 2023

Fruit here is from a single vineyard located towards the southern end of McLaren Vale. After fermentation, the wine spent...

Cape Landing Blackwood Heritage Cabernet Sauvignon 2022

This is one of the flagships of the range, Cabernet from their oldest single vineyard which has matured for 16...

Cape Landing Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Ten months in French oak for this Reserve Cabernet from Margaret River, the fruit hails from a single vineyard. This...

Cape Landing Blackwood Syrah 2022

The team use both destemmed and whole bunch fruit in the fermentation of this Margaret River Shiraz, as well as...

Cape Landing Reserve Syrah 2019

The style here moves more to delicatessen meats and animal hides, rather than bright and obvious fruit notes. Those who...

Auld Family Strawbridge Shiraz 2021

A very fine vintage from the Barossa here with limited production of this wine which is worth chasing and opens...

Million Suns Grenache 2022

Red Wine - Grenache

From vineyards in the Riverland region, the colour is a reasonably pale crimson. The nose gives us spices, herbs and...

Million Suns Grenache 2021

Red Wine - Grenache

A soft garnet hue. There is a little more heft to this wine, as opposed to its younger sibling. The...

Cramer Tumbarumba Pinot Noir 2023

Red Wine - Pinot Noir

From a combination of the Wondalma and Coppabella Vineyards, this is bright crimson in colour. The nose is an alluring...

Cramer Shiraz 2023

This excellent Shiraz comes off the Glenesk Vineyard in the Hunter Valley. It’s a mighty impressive reminder of what the...

Cramer Hunter Shiraz 2023

From the Glenoak Vineyard in the Hunter Valley, the grapes saw a wild yeast ferment and then spent time maturing...

Curtis Octavian McLaren Vale Shiraz 2021

The Octavian (sounds a bit like a Marvel movie villain) Shiraz from McLaren Vale is the flagship of the Curtis...

Curtis Pasha McLaren Vale Shiraz 2019