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  1. Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz 2022 375ml
    Torbreck Woodcutters Shiraz 2022 375ml

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    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    349
  2. Rive Droite Rive Gauche Cotes du Rhone 2020
    Rive Droite Rive Gauche Cotes du Rhone 2020
    Rive Droite Rive Gauche simply means right bank, left bank and the name derives from fruit for the wine being sourced from both sides of the river - the grenache coming mainly from the left (gauche) and the Syrah from the village of Daumazan (on the rive droite), near Tavel. It is also a French film starring the rotund wine-nut actor Gerard Depardieu - fun fact!

    This is a lovely fresh and crunchy styled Rhone from our friends at Rive Droite. There is touch of thyme and bay over red spiced fruits, layered with a little bit of red liquorice. This is a medium bodied rendition with a pure core of raspberry, wild strawberry and splash of black berry fruit in the mix. Its lithe with a lovely fresh cut to the sweet fruits that makes this look wonderfully elegant and damn easy to like.

    2020
    Grenache, shiraz
    France
    467
  3. Spinifex Bete Noir 2021
    Spinifex Bete Noir 2021
    It’s flush with fruit but there’s a meatiness to this and its churned with tannin too, grainy tannin. Charred meats, blackberries and blueberries, a floral element and fist loads of roasted spice. It’s bold but neat, tannic but not at the expense of the overall flow. Excellent gear, this. (94) CAMPBELL MATTINSON, The Wine Front

    Deep, bold purple-red colour; aromas of sweet ripe black fruits, blackberry and mulberry, vanilla/chocolate too, the palate full bodied and fruit-sweet at the core, then some astringency comes in thanks to acidity and tannin—but it's all in balance. Plenty happening here. A promising shiraz that will reward patient cellaring. (95) HUON HOOKE, The Real Review

    Pete Schell's Bête Noir is a shiraz blended across a selection of Barossan grounds including a portion from the cooler Eden Valley. Typically sporting a super-saturated, magenta-splashed hue with aromas of bright plum, black cherry and blueberry fruits cut with hints of violets, brown spice, ironstone, dark chocolate, smoked meats, cherry confit and earth. Glossy and impressively pure, there's ferrous edge to the tight tannins and an acid line that propels the pure fruit briskly across the palate, finishing elegant yet opulent. (95) DAVE BROOKS, winecompanion.com.au
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    349
  4. Clos du Gravillas Sous les Cailloux des Grillons 2020
    Clos du Gravillas Sous les Cailloux des Grillons 2020

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    2020
    Cabernet Sauvignon, Carignan, Cinsault, Grenache, Mourvedre, shiraz
    France
    418
  5. Jean Louis Tribouley l'Alba Tribouley 2020
    Jean Louis Tribouley l'Alba Tribouley 2020

    Carignan, Grenache and Syrah. Organic viticulture, hand harvest. Blend of different plots on gneiss soils with 8-11 months of elevage. No fining, filtration or additions.

    2020
    Carignan, Grenache, shiraz
    France
    418
  6. Maison Lapalus Syrah 2020
    Maison Lapalus Syrah 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    404
  7. Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Mourvedre 2021
    Frankland Estate Isolation Ridge Mourvedre 2021
    Since being planted in 2005, Mourvèdre has evolved with maturing vines to the point it is now ready to go under the Isolation Ridge label in its own right. It’s a variety that I really do like, especially from Frankland River where some very smart examples are starting to emerge. This is certainly one of those. Captures the savoury and slightly dried herb characters of this variety with a regional ironstone ferrous influence. It’s medium boded and beautifully weighted with fine sinewy tannins and well managed oak harmonising perfectly. Beautiful.(96) RAY JORDAN, Wine Pilot
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    400
  8. Quin Wines Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020
    Quin Wines Barossa Valley Shiraz 2020
    Shiraz sourced from the 450m elevation, 1982-planted Hampton vineyard on Menglers Hill; destemmed, 10 days on skins and 18 months in older, seasoned French oak. Satsuma plum, blueberry and boysenberry fruit tones are joined by hints of fine spice, sage, violets, softly spoken vanillin oak and earth. The fruit darkens on the palate, tensing before fanning out on the finish with a cascade of dusty, granitic tannin and plenty of Eden Valley drive. Lovely. (95) DAVE BROOKES, James Halliday
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    349
  9. Shaw & Smith Shiraz 2021
    Shaw & Smith Shiraz 2021
    This is a beautiful release of Shaw + Smith Shiraz. It’s even-handed and well tempered but then it’s all joy from there. A forest of berries, a walk through flowers, peppers flung through and rubs of woodsy spice; the combination of fruitiness, savouriness, seriousness and fun is a highway to pleasure, built on wine. For all that the tannin is another dimension in itself; fine, lacy, assertive and savoury at once, complete with its own twiggy spice notes. It’s drinking beautifully and it will continue to do so. (96) CAMBELL MATTINSON, The Wine Front

    Leaner, lighter and fresher than what I recall, although picked later than usual. A cool and attenuated year, more Euro of styling, the platform. Real vibrato! Satsuma plum, lilac, Bing cherry, star anise and clove meld with white pepper, cedar and vanillin-framed tannins that drive proceedings long. Savvy bunch and oak assemblage confer poise and authority. Classy, while needing time to shed the oak cladding. NED GOODWIN MW, Halliday Wine Companion
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    340
  10. Syrahmi Introspect Shiraz 2020
    Syrahmi Introspect Shiraz 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    404
  11. Craiglee Shiraz 2020
    Craiglee Shiraz 2020
    Don’t be in a rush to drink this – let it unfurl and allow the heady aromas and flavours to reveal their true colours. Dark, earthy with lots of wood smoke, licorice and new leather, plus no shortage of cedary oak, all in balance though. There are also dark plums, currants with herbs and spices in the Middle Eastern vein. It’s full-bodied, plush with ripe yet firm tannins and it lingers long. (95) GOLD JANE FAULKNER, www.winecompanion.com

    A very refined and reductive nose with aromas of dark cherries, licorice, dried herbs and lead pencil. The full-bodied palate has refined tannins and integrated acidity, showing notes of blackberries, cocoa, raspberry coulis and spices. Structured and giving with an underlying tension. Drink or hold. Screw cap. (96) JAMES SUCKLING
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    487
  12. Coursodon St Joseph Silice 2020
    Coursodon St Joseph Silice 2020

    The 2020 Saint Joseph Silice comes from a mix of hillside vineyards and is brought up in barrique and demi-muid for 12 months. A fabulous introduction into the wines of this terrific estate, it has a plump, medium to full-bodied, expansive mouthfeel as well as loads of darker fruits, notes of spice box, pepper, and leather, no hard edges, and a great finish. It should drink nicely right out of the gate yet have over a decade or longevity. JEB DUNNUCK

    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
  13. Te Mata Bullnose Syrah 2020
    Te Mata Bullnose Syrah 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    New Zealand
    403
  14. Leon Barral Faugères 2020
    Leon Barral Faugères 2020

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    2020
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre, shiraz
    France
    418
  15. Dalwhinnie The Pinnacle Shiraz 2020
    Dalwhinnie The Pinnacle Shiraz 2020

    Fabulous wine. Powerful, complex and long. Pure plum into meaty spice into forest berries into fragrant herbs. You can taste the fruit, the soil and the wood, but it all presents as one. And then there’s the finish. What a finish. Structured, textural, flavoursome and long. This wine is the complete package. (97) CAMPBELL MATTINSON, Wine Companion

    Made from 100 per cent de-stemmed Shiraz grapes from the highest block on the vineyard, matured in puncheons, 20 per cent new, bottled after 15 months. Very seductive wine, really deep black fruit aromas, and a beautiful seam of dark spices – Langworthy describes them as “baking spices”; more allspice and clove and star anise than pepper – leading on to a rich but medium-bodied shiraz in the mouth. Very good. MAX ALLEN, AFR

    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
  16. Yann Chave Crozes Hermitage Le Rouvre 2020
    Yann Chave Crozes Hermitage Le Rouvre 2020
    There's a pleasant little blackcurrant jam note on the nose here. Lightly spiced, medium-bodied, juicy and with very fine tannins, there's a lovely sense of elegance in the wine, with very good acidity. Not as powerful as his cuvée classique, but a greater sense of finesse, balance and drinkability. Long finish. MATT WALLS, decanter.com

    The bouquet brims with bright cassis fruit clad for now in smoky oak. The fruit pleases via a lingering coulis-style sweetness. The palate bears rolling richness, a fluid tone to the content, black berry fruits on display, the tannins ripe, layered. This holds good, proven fruit, its clear tenor appealing. From 2023, decant it. 2030-32 July 2021. JONATHON LIVINGSTONE-LEARMONTH, drinkrhone.com
    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
  17. Seville Estate Old Vine Reserve Shiraz 2020
    Seville Estate Old Vine Reserve Shiraz 2020
    From a single site at Seville Estate planted in 1972; 20% whole bunches and matured in seasoned French puncheons. From a cool year, this was picked on the 1st week of April meaning the fruit had plenty of hang time. Just 120 dozen made. A brilliant crimson magenta. Beautifully perfumed and pure. Redolent of raspberry coulis, peony, Asian spices and potpourri. Supremely elegant and structured, there's a gentle meatiness to go with the pure red fruits. The tannins are silky and persistent. Finishes very long and too good to spit! (97) JAMES HALLIDAY'S WINE COMPANION

    In some ways this is similar to the Dr McMahon, which makes sense since the fruit source is the same, but it's more lively and unleashes more perfume and fruit. I would go so far as to say it has an almost airy feel to it, aromatically it's quite enticing, plenty of inviting little details that pluck at your senses. The palate eases in to things with ample weight, beautiful texture and pitch perfect tannins. It's long and edges towards vibrant with those cool edged fruit notes, but its dense enough to tell you there is a lot more to come here. What a glorious wine. In a sensational line up of booze this may be my pick of the bunch. ROSCOE
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    506
  18. Leon Barral Jadis Faugères 2020
    Leon Barral Jadis Faugères 2020

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    2020
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre, shiraz
    France
    418
  19. Shobbrook Wines Ottantotto 2020
    Shobbrook Wines Ottantotto 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    349
  20. Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie Les Schistes 2020
    Clusel-Roch Cote Rotie Les Schistes 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
  21. Seville Dr McMahon Shiraz 2020
    Seville Dr McMahon Shiraz 2020
    From the same single site as the Reserve (planted in 1971) but a vine-by-vine selection; 100% whole bunches, 100% barrel ferment and 100% new oak. A bright, medium crimson. Aromas of small red fruits, licorice root, graphite and pink peppercorns, while the new oak is beginning to integrate with the wine. There's an old vine intensity on the palate with the silkiest of tannins. Like all the Dr McMahon wines, it will take time for the hand of the winemaker to submerge into the wine, and for those with the patience and the pockets, it will be fascinating to follow its evolution. 50 dozen made. (97) JAMES HALLIDAY'S WINE COMPANION
     
    I LOVE THIS! The fruit is so glossy and succulent. Aromas of baking spice and blood red plums waft from the glass with a little swirl of baking spices. Incense and something a little foresty, derived, I assume, from the interplay between the classy wood and those whole clusters, add complexity but also serve to quieten the wine down to a degree. It is a reserved and stately number that just misses out on being sombre because of the fresh and cool fruited profile of the palate. You can see all the pieces are in place and every element is doing it's job beautifully, but this is not a wine for the near term. I think it would be a shame to open one within five years from now and, honestly, probably a decade before it starts to really show its hand. Excellent and well worth having in your cellar. ROSCOE
    2020
    shiraz
    Australia
    506
  22. Leon Barral Valinière Faugères 2020
    Leon Barral Valinière Faugères 2020

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    2020
    Carignan, Grenache, Mourvedre, shiraz
    France
    418
  23. Billon Cote Rotie La Vialliere 2020
    Billon Cote Rotie La Vialliere 2020

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    2020
    shiraz, Viognier
    France
    467
  24. Jaboulet Hermitage La Maison Bleue 2020
    Jaboulet Hermitage La Maison Bleue 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
  25. Guigal St Joseph Vignes de l'Hospice 2020
    Guigal St Joseph Vignes de l'Hospice 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
  26. Guigal Cote Rotie Chateau dAmpuis 2020
    Guigal Cote Rotie Chateau dAmpuis 2020
    The 2020 Côte-Rôtie Château d'Ampuis wafts from the glass with loads of graphite, violet, cured meat, wood smoke, menthol and predominantly black fruits. The massive tannic structure indicates that the 2020 will be a long-distance runner and shouldn’t be touched until 2030. It closes with excellent grip on the complex finish. Still, I have a slight preference for the bolder 2019 rendition. (94) NICHOLAS GREINACHER, Vinous

    A beautifully crafted Cote-Rotie for this ripe vintage that is already a delight to drink. Excellent balance of smokiness, meaty character and fine tannins, the generous oak already very well integrated. Very long finish with plenty of drive and smoky character. Drink or hold. (95) STUART PIGOTT, JamesSuckling.com
    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
  27. Guigal Hermitage Ex Voto 2020
    Guigal Hermitage Ex Voto 2020

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    2020
    shiraz
    France
    467
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