Corryton Burge Percival Norman Shiraz 2020
The wine is a tribute to Percival Norman, great-grandfather, and the founder of the family’s first winery. The wine spent 18 months in French oak
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The wine is a tribute to Percival Norman, great-grandfather, and the founder of the family’s first winery. The wine spent 18 months in French oak
Helen Burge was a proud Taswegian, before becoming an equally proud Barossan. Cornelian Bay on the Derwent River was her home. With fruit from Tasmania’s
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Barossa Shiraz from a cracking vintage at this price… what is not to love? A real mix of oak here – some new but mostly
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