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Geoff Merrill BMW Shiraz McLaren Vale
Description: Ian Botham and Bob Willis have teamed up with leading Australian winemaker Geoff Merrill to launch their own range of wines.
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Kingston Estate ESTATE Shiraz South Australia
Description: Jam and plum flavours dominate with just a hint of black pepper spice.The result is a wine displaying an amazing deep crimson colour,a wonderful bouquet and a ric h but smooth complexity of integrated flavours. The palate is underpinned by the enhancement of maturation in French and American oak.The finish is clean with firm tannins. Shiraz epitomises Australian red wine.It is a variety which can grow successfully in many regions providing warm,ric h and spicy flavours. This vintage was predominantly sourced from South Australia 's Riverland and Langhorne Creek regions. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £81.42
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Bleasdale Vineyards Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon Langhorne Creek Australia
Description: Produced by Australia's second oldest family of winemakers, the Potts family, in Langhorne Creek near Adelaide. The cooler climate here ensures a ripe yet restrained and characterful red. Blending Shiraz and Cabernet Sauvignon together is classically Australian and this wine is a great example of how these two varieties complement each other so well. Comprising 51% Shiraz and 49% Cabernet Sauvignon the wine displays rich ripe plummy, berry and spice characters from the Shiraz complemented with fragrant herb and mint flavours from the Cabernet. Fine tannins lengthen the palate and tasty oak, from 12 months maturation in french and american oak barrels, adds further complexity to the blend. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £95.88
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Glaetzer BISHOP Shiraz Barossa Valley South Australia
Description: Colin Glaetzer established Glaetzer wines in the Barossa in 1995. Colin had previously made some of the finest wines in the Barossa, including the renowned E & E Black Pepper Shiraz and Ebenezer range of wines. The wines have great concentration and complexity, with none of the over-ripe character that can mark some Australian wines. The fruit has a natural intensity of flavour. Bishop Shiraz shares many qualities with its 'big brother' Glaetzer Shiraz. This full-bodied wine is made redominantly from 30 to 60-year-old vines at Ebenezer and always contains material from the oldest 80-year-old vines. It is made from fruit components which are more up-front and generous (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £140.13
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Torbreck THE FACTOR Shiraz Barossa Valley
Description: This wine is composed of 100% Shiraz and was first produced from the 1998 vintage. In the early 1980s valuable Australian Shiraz vineyards were pulled out because of lack of market interest. The movement to cool climate viticulture and wine made the Barossa, of all places, look rather irrelevant. However this trend reversed dramatically with the internationalization of the Australian wine market and renewed enthusiasm of local buyers. This is our tribute to those surviving vines and is made in the traditional Barossa manner , rich and rewarding upon release and beautifully ethereal with age. Varietal : 100 percent Shiraz Regions : Marananga, Koonunga Hill, Moppa, Gomersal (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £338.30
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Horse Mountain Shiraz Voor-Paardeberg Paarl RSA
Description: Horse Mountain Wines embody a new spirit of adventure in winemaking in the Cape with a fresh, entrepreneurial approach, unfettered by conventional tradition but rooted in the tried and tested philosophy that fine wine is made in the vineyard. These wines come from a former dairy farm on the slopes of the Paardeberg mountain between Paarl and Wellington. The 217ha property was acquired in 1997 after its potential as a suitable terroir for quality wine production had been identified. Since then, energetic owner Craig Lardner, a former property developer with a new-found passion for winemaking, and innovative consultant viticulturist Paul Wallace, have systematically selected nearly 50ha of the 150ha of viticulturally viable ground for painstaking preparation and careful cultivation to five grape varieties. The grapes grown include Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz that flourish on the high-lying, high-potential Vilefontes soils. While the Merlot and Pinotage have settled in the lower-lying, rich red Swartland/Glenrosa soils and Cabernet Franc does well in the similarly low-altitude Estcourt soils. Such significant variations in soil comnbined with an exceptional climate compared with conditions in the surrounding Paarl wine growing district, earned this new viticultural pocket its own 'ward' status in 2003. Horse Mountain wines thus proudly bear the designation Wine of Origin Voor-Paardeberg on their labels. The fruit came from single block of four-year-old vines planted in rich red, well-drained Vilefontes soil types on south east slopes of Far Horizons Wine Estate in Voor Paardeberg, Paarl about 50km north of Cape Town. The 12 hectares are trellised on the progressive Australian VSP trellising system resulting in the intense fruit being grown on the vine. Made for Horse Mountain Wines by winemaker Charles Stassen, the wine underwent ageing in new French and American oak barrels for 9 months. Full of fruit, this is a big styled shiraz reflecting the intense fruit from the Voor Paardeberg ward within Paarl. A deep, complex, intriguing wine already approachable but with French and 20% American oak ageing will also show wonderfully in years to come. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £63.08
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Farmer's Daughter Shiraz Mudgee NSW Australia
Description: Medium to full purple-red; clean, fresh, bright dark cherry fruit on the bouquet introduces a beautifully balanced and proportioned wine, with a mix of spicy/earthy secondary aromas. The palate is medium bodied with flavours all in a savoury spectrum. Estate produced from relatively young vines, and showing exceptionally skilful winemaking. This is what Australian Shiraz’s are all about. A fantastic example of a more subtle Australian Shiraz at its best – a medium bodied red with spicy/earth flavours and dark fruits. Mudgee is a small wine region to the north west of Sydney. It has some great red clay soils ideal for viticulture. Farmers Daughter is a boutique winery proud of its Mudgee and family routes. Lance and Gwen turned from farming to winemaking and named the winery for their daughters Michelle and Vicki. They recruited award winning winemaker Joe Lesnik who started making wine as an apprentice 38 years ago. Their 1999 Shiraz won the outstanding wine at the Mudgee Wine Show in 2001 and they have never looked back. We have two of their outstanding reds in the Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz and these bottles are prime examples of premium Aussie reds. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £166.13
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SIMPLY YOURS Australian Shiraz Cabernet
Description: A superb Cabernet Shiraz which combines raspberry and spicy pepper flavours on the palate, with ripe mulberry and liquorice aromas on the nose to produce a mouthwatering, soft and well balanced wine. (24 x 18.75 cl)
Price: £36.61
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Geoff Merrill Shiraz Grenache Mourvedre McLaren Vale South Australia
Description: Using a blend of Shiraz 40%, Grenache 40% and Mourvedre 20% has produced an intense red with youthful purple hues. Aromas of fresh cherry and raspberry fruit revealing an underlying spicy white pepper character, complexed with a deeper, richer cassis red berry aroma. Flavours follow on well from the aroma, displaying abundant rich red berry characters from the Grenache and complex spicy/peppery flavours from the Shiraz on the palate. Fine fruit tannins and youthful acid complete the flavour package with the Mourvedre providing a firm backbone to this classic South Australian blend. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £128.47
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Yalumba THE SIGNATURE Cabernet Shiraz Barossa Valley
Description: Beginning with the 1962 vintage, 'The Signature' wines of Yalumba have saluted the very best of the vintage. They have also acknowledged the skills and dedicated service of people who have enhanced the traditions and culture of Yalumba. The Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz blend is a distinctively Australian style and 'The Signature' has set the benchmark for this iconic style, drawing heavily on Yalumba's great Barossa resource of Cabernet Sauvignon and Shiraz vineyards. Deep and intense, the wine displays full palate weight with powerful fruit and soft American oak which was hand-coopered at Yalumba (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £142.81
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Berton Vineyards THE BLACK SHIRAZ Riverina New South Wales
Description: A rich history and wealth of experience in winemaking, viticulture and the Australian wine industry culminated in the establishment of Beelgara Estate in 2001. This took place at the 70 year old Rossetto family winery (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £97.71
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Majella Estate SPARKLING Shiraz Coonawarra South Australia
Description: Sparkling red wines are a great Australian tradition, and along with other wineries Majella has kept the tradition alive with its very popular sparkling Shiraz. The Shiraz is barrel fermented for six months in American oak and then the wine then undertakes a secondary fermentation in the true 'methode champenoise'. After twelve months on 'lees', the wine is disgorged and a small amount of 'liquer' is added. In the true Aussie tradition some vintage port is used to do this. Limited Availability. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £197.43
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Peter Lehmann WEIGHBRIDGE Shiraz South Australia
Description: Colour: Deep red purple Bouquet: Rich plummy fruit with a touch of wild spice and chocolate Palate: Deliciously up front rounded berry fruit flavours, with a long soft finish Fruit Source: Selected premium South Australian vineyards (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £97.50
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Seppelt MOYSTON Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon
Description: A classic Australian combination of these 2 popular grape varieties, blended to produce a fresh, easy drinking wine with strong fruit character. Mainly from fruit grown in the Sunraysia and Riverland areas (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £66.20
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Peter Lehmann WILDCARD Shiraz South Australia
Description: From Fruit source and selected in South Australian Riverland and Barossa Vineyards this shiraz has a bright deep red colour with a purple rim. The bouquet has a lovely plum fruit with leafy notes while the palate has a beautifully soft, fruit driven style showing typical shiraz richness reined in by the soft tannin finish. The Peter Lehmann winemakers have identified Shiraz vineyards which will give grapes of the quality they seek. Working closely with selected growers, yields are monitored and harvest only occurs when the grapes are at optimum maturity. A deliciously soft style of shiraz: a red wine to be enjoyed in its fresh youthfulness. (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £70.68
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Penfolds BIN 2 Shiraz-Mourvedre South-Eastern Australia
Description: First made in 1960 with a wish to create an Australian 'Burgandian' style. The fruit is sourced predominantly from the areas of Swan Hill and Barossa Valley. Matured in used American oak barrels for 8 months to create a wine which combines ripe plum, blackcurrant and liquorice with well defined tannins on the finish. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £62.91
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Berton Vineyards THE BLACK SHIRAZ Riverina New South Wales
Description: A rich history and wealth of experience in winemaking, viticulture and the Australian wine industry culminated in the establishment of Beelgara Estate in 2001. This took place at the 70 year old Rossetto family winery (12 x 75 cl)
Price: £97.71
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Brokenwood CRICKET PITCH Red South Eastern Australia
Description: The Cricket Pitch ‘CP’ Cabernet, Merlot and Shiraz is a typical ‘South Eastern Australian’ blend of 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, 26% Merlot, and 25% Shiraz , sourced from premium vineyards in McLaren Vale and Padthaway in South Australia, as well as Beechworth in Victoria. Although a drought year across most of Australia’s regions, careful handling has ensured that the ‘CP’ Cabernet-Merlot-Shiraz displays the savoury characters and easy drinking style that are the hallmarks of the wine. Matured mostly in one to three year old American and French oak barrels for up to 18 months, the ‘CP’ Red is accessible on the palate, and has balance, length, and subtle oak flavours that support the fruit. The pristine character of the varieties shines through in the glass, from the slightly cedary notes of the Cabernet Sauvignon through to the soft, fruity richness of the Shiraz. (6 x 75 cl)
Price: £66.87
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