Australia
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Australia
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Major Grape/Wine Styles
Cabernet Sauvignon - full flavoured with berries [especially black currants] & chocolate hints. Best is grown in medium to cool regions. Coonawara [terra rossa soil, Margaret River area & Yarra Valley predominate. Its tannic wine benefits from some bottle age.
Grenache - rustically luscious cherry ripeness with raspberries. Best grown in warmer regions & are high in alcohol & low in tannins.
Malbec - usually blended to add a deep colour, ample tannin and a particular plum-like complexity.
Merlot - soft, dry plush plum-like in warmer regions, more savoury with firmer tannins in cooler areas.
Mourvedre - fabulously rich & spicy with liquorice hints. Mainly grown in Barossa & McClaren Valleys.
Pinot Noir - in its youth delicate strawberry & raspberry flavours predominate, with age it is more savoury [mushroom]. It is grown in the coolest regions.
Shiraz - [known as Syrah in the Rhône] it is Australia’s premier grape. In general a cedary, mulberry, spicy & “wild” flavour although its style varies markedly region to region - in Victoria’s cool climate it is elegant & peppery, in Coonwarra & Margaret River more spicy, in Clare Valley powerful & minty, in McLaren Vale sweet & chocolaty, in the Barossa Valley muscular & ripe & finally in the Hunter Valley rich leather.
Chardonnay - formerly considered to be “oaky” & obvious, it is now better made with usually a hint of vanilla oak. The warmer inland areas show peach & tropical fruit flavours whilst the cooler regions exhibit more subtle citrus [grapefruit & lime] aromas.
Columbard- often blended with Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc, on its own it produces a full-bodied wine with tropical-fruit overtones & good acidity, i.e. good with seafood. It favours warmer regions.
Gewurtztraminer [Traminer] - usually pungent spicy lychee, Turkish delight &/or perfumed floral flavours predominate. Grown mainly in Clare Valley, Hunter Valley & Tasmania.
Marsanne - powerfully flavoured with honey, lemon, peach & lemon. Grown primarily in Victoria.
Muscat - electrifying ambrosial sweet nectar raisins from the Rutherglen district of Victoria.
Semillon - whilst generally warm, creamy & peachy its style varies as Shiraz’s. In the Barossa it is a luscious deep yellow with mangoes & peaches often wood-aged, around the Hunter Valley it is lean & flinty at first but matures into a honey, nutty, complex classic whereas Margaret River produces a fine balance between the two. It ages well. Botrytis Cinerea, the noble rot, produces intensely sweet wine.
Viognier - hard to grow but
increasingly blended with Shiraz to add perfumed aromas & softer tannins.
19 Crimes S.E.Australia
Bin No. |
£ |
RP |
WS |
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433a.
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Chardonnay Chard 2019 13.5% |
22 |
Amon-Ra Barossa Valley
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433.
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Unfiltered Shiraz Ben Glaetzer 2005 14.5% |
165
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96 |
92 |
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434.
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Unfiltered Shiraz
Ben Glaetzer 2012 15%
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135
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97+ |
d’Arenberg McLaren Vale
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436.
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Shiraz The Dead Arm 2003 15%
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105
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95 |
86 |
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438.
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Shiraz Viognier The Laughing Magpie 2007 14.5%
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42
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92 |
87 |
De Bortoli New South Wales
| 439. |
Bortrytis Semillon Noble One 2002 11.5% |
1/2 |
125 |
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440.
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Orange Muscat & Flora Special Late Harvested DB 2004 10%
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19
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441.
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Moscato 2008 5.5%
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14 |
Capercaillie Hunter Valley
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442.
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Semillon
The Creel 2002 10%
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24
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443.
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Dessert Style Gewurztraminer 2003 10%
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1/2 |
21
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Domaine A Tasmania
| 444. |
Pinot Noir Domaine A H Peter Althaus 2005 13.5% |
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109 |
91 |
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445. |
Sauvignon Blanc Lady A H Peter Althaus 2008 14% |
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101 |
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Henry’s Drive Padthaway South Australia
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446.
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Shiraz
2003 16%
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59
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94 |
90 |
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447. |
Shiraz Dead Letter Office 2010 14.5% |
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40 |
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89 |
Henschke Eden Valley South Australia
| 448. |
Shiraz Hill of Grace 2001 14% |
1262 |
94 |
95 |
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449.
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Shiraz Mount Edelstone 2005 14%
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242
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97 |
92 |
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450. |
Semillon Louis 2005 13% |
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40 |
90 |
87 |
451. |
Semillon, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay Tilly's Vineyard 2007 12.5% |
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47 |
89 |
88 |
Ingleburne McLaren Vale
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452.
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Shiraz
Penny’s Hill 2002 15%
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59
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92 |
Knappstein Lenswood Adelaide Hills
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453.
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Cabernet
Merlot Malbec The Palatine 1998 13.5%
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62
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92 |
83 |
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| 454. |
Pinot Noir 2000 14% |
45 |
86 |
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455.
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Gewurztraminer 2003 13%
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18
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Mitchelton Central Victoria
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458.
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Cabernet
Sauvignon Merlot 25th Anniversary 1990 13.5%
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69
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459.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot 25th Anniversary 1991 13.5%
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69
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460.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot 25th Anniversary 1992 13.5%
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69
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Moss Wood Margaret River
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461.
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Cabernet Sauvignon 2006 14% |
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147
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90
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462. |
Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Ribbon Vale Vineyard 2010 14% |
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19 |
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463.
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Semillon Sauvignon Blanc Ribbon Vale Vineyard 2011 13%
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23 |
87 |
87 |
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464. |
Semillon 2011 13% |
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27 |
89+ |
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465.
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Sémillon Sauvignon Blanc Ribbon Vale Vineyard 2012 13% |
26 |
88 |
Parker Coonawarra Estate
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466.
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Cabernet
Sauvignon Merlot Cabernet Franc First Growth Terra Rossa 1999 14%
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142
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92 |
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467.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot First Growth Terra Rossa 2001 14%
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79
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92 |
90 |
Pauletts Clare Valley S. A.
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468.
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Riesling
2006 12.5%
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30
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Penfolds South Australia
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469.
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Shiraz
Grange 1981 12.5%
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750
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97 |
89 |
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470.
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Shiraz Grange 1999 14%
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752
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92 |
94 |
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Tahbilk Nagambie Lakes, Central Victoria
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471.
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Shiraz 1860 Vines 2001 13.5%
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140
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Torbreck Barossa
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472.
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Shiraz
The Struie 2012 15.5%
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82
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92 |
92 |
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Two Hands Barossa Valley
473. |
Shiraz Bad Impersonater 2003 15% |
62 |
93 |
90 |
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474. |
Shiraz Bella's Garden 2003 15% |
102 |
95 |
94 |
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Workshop South Eastern Australia
475. |
Shiraz Bench Blend 2016 13.5%
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15 |