The Winemakers Circle: Beechworth

This is 60/40% sangiovese/shiraz. A new classic Australian red? Putting these two grapes together works on a number of levels, a melding of the dark and savoury with a free-spirited elegance. Panforte, cherry, blueberry, dark spices, dark, woodsy oak and chocolate. Medium bodied, with a seamless integration of fruit and oak and a gentle flow of tannins. (95) JENI PORT, The Wine Front

Deep red laced with purple; intense aromas of graphite, black pepper, fresh-turned earth, violets, tar and underlying blackberry. The wine is medium-full bodied and very intense, with concentrated flavour underpinned by ample but gentle tannins and concluding with prodigious length. A cracking shiraz of great energy and vitality. And amazing value for money! (96) HUON HOOKE

An address sitting pretty amidst the regional firmament, supported by an excellent 2022 syrah. Superlative aromas of mace, charcuterie, tapenade and florals. The fruit, blue and savory, is really not the point. It is more about the lithe framework of structural attributes, from the precise acidity, sinuous tannins and impeccably integrated whole bunches. I'd be happy to breach this mid-weighter with an aggressive decant, or hold for greater complexity across the mid-term. Very fine syrah. (97) JAMES SUCKLING

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SPECIA VALUE - Mark Walpole loves sangiovese and the feeling is reciprocated. This is a mighty strong follow-up to the '23, fairly bristling in cherry-fruited and aromatic brightness and crunch in youth, with an underlying brooding quality that says, 'just wait.' A smidge (5%) of the Tuscan colorino red grape adds to the iridescence of the cherry red, bright hues. Aromas rise in wild raspberries, red cherries, plum, florals, cumin, fennel seed, red earth and spice. The palate is nicely weighted, with brisk acid crunch, and is both upbeat and alive in spiced cherry, red fruits and an underlying savouriness of Campari, dried herbs, licorice and mineral earthiness. Potential? You bet! (96) JAMES HALLIDAY'S WINE COMPANION

Has plenty of Sangiovese character, with red cherry and strawberry, a little lemon zest and dried herb, almond, a nutty and rosy perfume. It's medium-bodied, quite sappy and lively, a little grainy grip to tannin, juicy red fruits, again that lightly nutty thing, with a bright finish of good length. Excellent wine. A great food style too. GARY WALSH, The Wine Front

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